MBA Internship
Abishek Mathpal
MBA Candidate
Specialty – Finance
Career goal - My aspiration is to make a mark in the auditing, accounting, and finance industry and give back to society with my knowledge.
Why are you attending this Fab 40 Event?:
I am looking forward to meeting Genesa Greening and Gerri Sinclair, due to their active roles in charitable associations and financial platforms which are in line with my interests. Also, the event will help me connect with distinguished members of the auditing, accounting, and finance sector.
Akshay R. Salian
MBA Candidate
Specialty - Marketing
Career Goal - Have my own sports marketing firm where I connect firms/individuals to the solutions they need.
Why are you attending this Fab 40 Event?:
Fab40 by itself is an honorable event, it makes me feel valuable to myself and to the university. I personally feel Fab40 is medium for me to put myself out in the industry, build a message for myself and build connections.
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Alexis Beaubier
Graphic Design, Interior Design, Sport, Health and Physical Education
Anjali Thakur
MBA Candidate
Specialty – Management
Career goal - Looking for opportunities for the position of business analyst or project manager within the IT sector
BIO - With more than five years of work experience in Infosys and HSBC as a Software Engineer serving clients and delivering business solution along with my MBA qualification, I believe will open a gateway for me to assimilate in the IT industry again in the role of Business Analyst or Project manager.
What can I offer -
Accomplished in understanding, articulating and communicating business requirements.
Providing solutions to internal and external customers.
Coordinating with clients for effective software solutions.
Strongest skills - Business Analysis, Project management, Agile and Devops.
Why are you attending this Fab 40 Event?:
To connect with people from the related industry and looking forward to listening to a range of speakers to share their knowledge and experience.
Bernie Heise
On-Campus Student Employment Specialist
Bernie Hou
MBA Candidate
BIO - Accomplished MBA professional with 5+ years of experience, including a comprehensive background in leveraging sales, marketing and customer service to drive an organization’s growth, revenue, profits, and efficiency. Understanding of corporate finance, risk management, private equity, and compliance, as well as an interest in equities analysis, fixed income management, derivative product design, corporate finances, and portfolio management. Adept a quickly assimilating to new processes, procedures, and technologies. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills used to interact and collaborate with others. Passed CFA Level 1 exam. Background as a volunteer at the VIU peer helper.
What can I offer -
More prospective clients
More energy
Empowerment
Strongest skills - Communication, Research, Data analysis
Brook Pearce
Recreation & Tourism Management
Cynthia Lange
Work Integrated Learning Faculty, Community Engagement
David Woodward
Computing Science, Engineering, Criminology, Geography
Dheeraj Menghi
MBA Candidate
Specialty – Marketing
Career goal -To hold a chief executive position in the future and contribute my skills and knowledge to the development of the organization and mankind.
BIO - My name is Dheeraj Menghi and am currently pursuing MBA at VIU. With a Post Graduate Diploma in International Marketing and Baccalaureate in Engineering, I have acquired technical and management,knowledge and aptitude. With above 6 years of experience in Sales, I have excelled at the art of customer relationship building,client focus and retention that leads to customer satisfaction, and increased revenues for the company. I believe in creativity and designing and so Digital Media inspires me. I love it so much that I like to design our family celebration invitations myself.
I am a person who believes in ethics, moral values, discipline and hard work. Integrity is of utmost importance to me. I like reading,dancing and public speaking and my free time gets occupied by these fun-filled activities.
We all face challenges and so did I, but overcoming them is what makes them interesting. While working with the previous company, my manager referred a difficult customer to me. This customer was disappointed with the service provided and was planning to cancel the contract with the company. The customer had decided to write bad about the company on the website. This would have meant a huge loss for the company. After gaining knowledge about the situation, I contacted the customer and met him and apologized to him for the inconvenience caused and offered to assist him throughout the process. I assured the customer that his requirements would be met and and his satisfaction would be our top most priority. After a couple of meetings and phone calls, I was able to convince the customer to continue business with the company and renew the contract by offering the service, he was looking for. As a result, the customer was happy and delighted to have met me to solve his problem. So, this is how I used my communication skills and industry expertise to solve the problem and turned an unhappy customer into a happy one. With an inclination towards helping people and when my role gave me an opportunity to do so, I felt motivated and excited!!
What can I offer -
Outstanding market growth
Brand recognition and awareness
Excellent customer service
Strongest skills - Building Long-term Relationships, Client Focus, Communicating Effectively and Supportively.
Why are you attending this Fab 40 Event?:
Chamber of commerce is a business community promoting the interest of local businesses. I am looking for job opportunities in banking sector. In this event I will be able to meet business leaders who can help me to expand my understanding of financial job market.
Frank M Dias
MBA Candidate
Specialty - Marketing
Career Goal - Business is about helping people, and I would like to see myself become an ethical leader in the field of marketing.
Why are you attending this Fab 40 Event?:
To understand better the community that I am living in. To help learn the various aspects (businesses) of the city, how the leaders of today are working towards creating a better future to the ones who are counting on them.
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Jamie MacFarlane
Assistant, Office of Co-Curricular Engaement & Learning
John Woychuk
Work Integrated Learning Faculty
Kim Hoa Do
MBA Candidate
Career goal - Working worldwide in a multinational hospitality corporation and becoming a front line leader in the organization.
BIO - I'm a B.A graduate with specialization in accounting and finance. Having many years of working experience as frontline manager at multinational hospitality corporations, accounting and financial management. Possessing deep understanding and knowledge of international accounting principles and financial report analysis. My current focus is pursuing MBA in finance to get an opportunity to work at finance department for one of the international hotel brands in Canada. Long term goals are, getting CPA certificate in Canada and attaining a high level position in hospitality industry, such as a frontline leadership. I’m interested in the details as well as the overall big picture of a task, and I feel comfortable when optimizing and improving processes. Moreover, I am flexible and can work collaboratively within a team in order to achieve the common goals and objectives.
What can I offer -
Quick in adapting to new situations
Proactive and creative in handling tasks
Logical and analytical in thought process
Strongest skills - Supportive and constructive communication. Solving problem. Leadership skill.
Why are you attending this Fab 40 Event?:
Event means to me an opportunity to interact with business leaders and establish networking opportunity. My participation in the event would avail me a chance of having firsthand knowledge of the roles of the Chamber of Commerce in business in Canada generally and in Nanaimo specifically. This event also is an opportunity for sharing with the network audience my knowledge of operations in the hospitality industry in Vietnam both for local and foreign corporations from the perspective of a management member. Finally, the event would support my search for an internship placing in numerous business organizations that will be participating in the event.
Lillian Morpak
Experiential Learning Assistant / Peer Supported Learning Program Assistant
Lynda Robinson
Hospitality Management, and Upper-Level Internship
Nancy Akello
MBA Candidate
Specialty – Marketing
Career goal - To become a successful management professional while using my integrated knowledge and experience to set a pace and make a difference in my community, nation and continent at large.
Why are you attending this Fab 40 Event?:
I believe that, women are capable of so much more and given the opportunity, our abilities and contributions are impeccable. It has always been a dream of mine as a little girl to walk into a room/boardroom and see that the majority are women and that is exactly why collaborations and gatherings especially for women, is crucial. In business, networks are key in determining how far one goes as an individual. So, this is such a prestigious opportunity for me to expand my network.
Nattalle Tessier
Work Integrated Learning Faculty
Omar Karim
Office of Co-Curricular Engagement & Learning
Pouria Bahmani
MBA Candidate
Specialty – General Management
Career goal - My career goal is working in the music industry, having my own band and being a band manager/being at a managerial level in a music label.
Why are you attending this Fab 40 Event?:
In order to expand my networking circle and get to know more people in different businesses.
Pratik Deb
MBA Candidate
Specialty – Finance.
Career goal - Working in the operations sector of the banking industry to bolster my customer service, operations and digital literacy skills.
BIO - A BBA in Marketing graduate pursuing MBA in Finance to get an entry level job in banking sector. Long term goal is to get CAPM and PMP certified to land a job in banking operations. Awarded Star Associate from Walmart Canada for customer service, digital literacy and team-play skills.
What can I offer - Loyal, Proactive and Structured performance.
Strongest skills - Communication, Problem solving and Quick Learning.
Why are you attending this Fab 40 Event?:
Chamber of commerce is a business community promoting the interest of local businesses. I am looking for job opportunities in banking sector. In this event I will be able to meet business leaders who can help me to expand my understanding of financial job market.
Rohan Passi
MBA Candidate
Specialty – Marketing
Career goal - The goal has always been to be the best in what I do. Being a Data Analyst with over 4 years of experience in Business Intelligence on R, Python & SAP was not only my biggest take-away, but also specializing in marketing to develop Brand Strategies and Market Positioning into one definable plan makes it a better asset for my career.
Why are you attending this Fab 40 Event?:
Passionate for marketing drive with high-level planning, time management, and organizational skills is the key to a company’s efficiency and productivity. To meet new people and expand my network within the island, I don’t think there would be any better choice than Victoria to be more proactive closest to Nanaimo. For any company to improve the bottom line and grow its customer base it's important to build a business relationship and keep up to date with trends. Through this opportunity, I can connect with key influencers, because to me mentorship is critical to be on the right track. This event will help me build my visibility for who I am and what I’m seeing for.
Selena Martin
Work Integrated Learning Faculty
Senthil Gowrithasan
MBA Candidate
Specialty - Finance
Career Goal - As a Chartered Management Accountant and Charted Global Management Accountant with nearly a decade of expertise in the field of Management Accounting and Financial Analysis my contribution to the Multinational enterprises I worked for was enormous. Managed in various supervisory levels in Finance with the exposure to ERP systems, my career objective is always firm which is built upon the core values and strengths of mine that is to dig deep and explore the areas yet to be tapped, master it and ultimately stand out among many by creating difference that is of real value to my organization.
Why are you attending this Fab 40 Event?:
This event is going to bring some of the key manufacturing industries that I’m looking for and also the presence of high profile business leaders in the region, this is in fact going to make a difference in my career moving forward. I can further enhance my knowledge on the sectors of business I’m really interested in and this is a clear opportunity to show up and market myself among many. Moreover this is a channel for networking and building up true relationship which is the key first step to get an internship offer that I would dream of. Finally I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to VIU and the entire Internship team to offer me this golden opportunity to take part one of the fabulous events organized by Chamber of Commerce of Victoria.
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Sharon Davidson
Culinary Arts
Shelley-Anne Gajda
Peer Supported Learning
Shivangi Mohite
MBA Candidate
Strongest skills - Being Organized, Communication (Field of Expertise), Sense of Responsibility
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Swetha Mandadi
MBA Candidate
Specialty – Marketing
Career goal - Having worked in cloud computing, I would like to enter into management roles where I can apply my previous experiences along with my MBA learning to build a strong and successful career.
Strongest skills - Quick learner, Hard worker, Communication skills.
Why are you attending this Fab 40 Event?:
I perceive this as a best opportunity to meet new people and expand my professional connections. Meeting successful entrepreneurs inspires me to build better life goals.
Tawnya Hoff
Experiential Learning Assistant
Tawnya Hoff
Experiential Learning Assistant, MBA Internship Program
Vanessa Stratton
Work Integrated Learning Faculty