Coffee With Convery

On today’s #CoffeeWithConvery podcast we are continuing the series “Throwback Thursday” where I bring onto the show students and young talent that I met years ago and to see where they are now. My guest today is Mary Yao. Mary is a graduate from the Ivey Business School at Western University with an Honors in Business Administration and recently received her MBA from the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business. Mary and I met a few years back at IBM Canada in Global Business Services when she was in the Consulting by Degrees Program. Since then Mary has gone on to perform multiple roles at Oliver Wyman in New York City, to become an innovation consultant at Hass@Work at UC Berkeley Innovation Agency and now as a Product Manager at Adobe in San Francisco, California. In her spare time Mary likes to host dinner parties, meet new people and travel around the world – all things I’m told were deeply hampered by COVID. But instead, Mary has taken up snowboarding quite a bit. I had the chance to sit down to talk Throwback Thursday Celebrating life, pseudo-random events and showing up with Mary Yao and I am happy to share our conversation with you, Enjoy! #CoffeeWithConvery #ThrowbackThursday #TBT #MaryYao #Listen #Learn #BeInspired

Students and young professionals are facing barriers, uncertainty, biases and changing priorities as they navigate the school to work transition. Their collective stories have inspired me and now I want to share these stories with you. My guest today is Aaron Ambrose. Aaron is currently enrolled at Huron University focusing on a Bachelor of Management and Organizational Studies Honours with a Specialization in Organizational Studies, Policy, and Ethics and expected to graduate in 2023. Aaron is also the 2017 recipient of the Alberta First Year Scholarship which was awarded to him for being the Alberta Student with the highest average entering Huron University College at Western University. Aaron also has volunteered his time as the Vice President Finance | Huron Queer Association and has a strong interest in the preservation of human rights. This summer, Aaron was an Operations Agent for RBC and is currently an RBC Student Ambassador at Huron University if you would like to connect with him back on campus. In his spare time, Aaron likes to spend time with friends and family, binge new Netflix shows, and follow politics. I had the chance to talk Self-Acceptance, empathy and compassion with Aaron Ambrose and I am happy to share our conversation with you, Enjoy! #CoffeeWithConvery #AaronAmbrose #Listen #Learn #BeInspired

With November being Career Month in Canada, we are going to extend the 2021 theme of “It’s Possible” into December with the series “Careering Talk” and speak with some amazing guests today. If you are tuning in for the first time, “Careering Talk” is an open mic series to empower job and career seekers with knowledge, insights, career pathing and coaching to find that dream job and develop a career with purpose and impact. Our topic today is The Power of Meaningful Connections with my friends and guests Todd Pastor and Kim Magnus. Todd Pastor is a graduate of Youngstown State University with Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Marketing/Marketing Management. Todd has deep knowledge and expertise working in the CPG Industry with a focus on Food and Beverage for fortune 100 organizations. He has a strong cross-functional background within Sales, Category Management & Insights, Brand and Customer Marketing, Sales Strategy and Planning and People Leadership. Todd has held a number of executive sales and marketing positions with The Dannon Company, Inc, Diageo, Dole Food Company, Miller-Coors, Red Bull, The Heineken Company, Pabst Brewing Company and now with Breakthru Beverage Group as the Senior Director for Walmart/ Sam's Club in Bentonville, Arkansas. In his spare time, Todd likes cooking, entertaining, photography, travel and spend time with his two golden retrievers (Jersey and Jake). Kim Magnus is a graduate of York University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.  Kim is a dynamic and engaging sales leader with a passion for inspiring performance driven teams who challenge the status quo, operate outside their comfort zone & leverage analytics to deliver differentiating insight grounded business plans. Kim has held a number of executive sales and marketing positions with Mattel, Inc., The Heinken Company, Pabst Brewing Company and now as the Senior Vice President and Country Manager for The NPD Group. In her spare time, Kim likes to golf and spend time with her family and her two dogs (Toby and Henley). I had the chance to sit down with Todd and Kim to discuss Careering Talk: The Power of Meaningful Connections and I am happy to share our conversation with you, Enjoy! #CoffeeWithConvery #CareeringTalk #CareerMonth #Careering #Listen #Learn #BeInspired

With November being Career Month in Canada, we are going to continue with the series “Careering Talk.” “Careering Talk” is an open mic series to empower job and career seekers with knowledge, insights, career pathing and coaching to find that dream job and develop a career with purpose and impact. Our topic today is “preparing for that year-end review” with my guest Chase Harder. Chase Harder is a 2019 Goodman School of Business at Brock University graduate with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Information Systems/ Information Technology. Chase has a number of experiences to his name including being a guest lecturer in Data analysis, Professional Selling, and International Business Courses at Humber College, a sole proprietor for The Computer Prof, a Quality Control Coordinator for Gen Z Integrated Marketing, a property manager and business partner for Nirvana Enterprises (a real estate acquisition and management company) and most recently Automation Analysis with RBC. In his spare time, Chase enjoys cooking, martial arts, and exploring the great outdoors with his girlfriend Aruna along with their puppy pal Sherlock! I had the chance to sit down to talk Careering Talk: Preparing for that year-end review with Chase Harder and I am happy to share our conversation with you, Enjoy! #CoffeeWithConvery #CareeringTalk #ChaseHarder #Careering #Listen #Learn #BeInspired

With November being Career Month in Canada, we are going to continue with the series “Careering Talk.” “Careering Talk” is an open mic series to empower job and career seekers with knowledge, insights, career pathing and coaching to find that dream job and develop a career with purpose and impact. Career Month Canada’s 2021 theme is “It’s Possible.” With my guest Dan Gibson I could not think of a better person to represent this year’s theme and so the theme for today’s podcast is “It’s Possible.” Dan Gibson is a 2012 graduate from Conestoga College with an Ontario College Certificate in Fire Science/ Fire-Fighting. Dan is from Cambridge, Ontario where he was born and raised and is a parent to 5 kids which includes a set of triplets. Dan started his journey with RBC back in 2010 while he was in school pursuing a firefighting career and has just surpassed his 11 year milestone with RBC. Dan has been in a number of various branch roles and have been in leadership for a number of years including his current position as the RBC Manager OnCampus at Wilfrid Laurier. Dan describes himself as a Professional Fun Haver, a Social Media Content Creator, a Community-minded Leader, a Student & Youth Financial Literacy Expert and a Digital Photography Enthusiast. In his spare time, Dan likes to…create content, video or photo; and through social media share his journey on what it is like being a parent to multiple children of 5 with triplets. He loves and lives for the dad life! I had the chance to sit down to talk Careering Talk: It’s Possible with Dan Gibson and I am happy to share our conversation with you, Enjoy! #CoffeeWithConvery #CareeringTalk #DanGibson #Careering #Listen #Learn #BeInspired

Students and young professionals are facing barriers, uncertainty, biases and changing priorities as they navigate the school to work transition. Their collective stories have inspired me and now I want to share these stories with you. My guest today is Annie Liu. Annie is attending the Ivey Business School at Western University in the Honors Business Administration Program with an expected graduation date in 2023. Annie spent her summer 2021 with RBC as a Tax Administrator with Wealth Management and is currently a Student Ambassador back on campus. In her spare time, Annie is a huge crafting enthusiast. She frequently makes handmade cards, wall art, and many other paper crafts. Even though the school year gets really busy, she also tries to make time to read some memoirs or murder mysteries on the side and of course, podcasts! I had the chance to talk Skills, the fear of failure and recruiting with Annie Liu and I am happy to share our conversation with you, Enjoy! #CoffeeWithConvery #AnnieLiu #Listen #Learn #BeInspired

Students and young professionals are facing barriers, uncertainty, biases and changing priorities as they navigate the school to work transition. Their collective stories have inspired me and now I want to share these stories with you. My guest today is Dylan Kostka. Dylan is 2020 graduate from the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa where he received an Honours Bachelor of Commerce Degree in finance. Dylan is currently employed as an Associate Advisor with RBC Dominion Securities and he has held a number of internships with us over the years. Dylan has also been active with Enactus Canada and a number of case competitions in his past. Dylan is a customer service | client focused individual who is genuinely interested in learning about people and figuring out ways to help them reach their goals. In his spare time, Dylan likes to Mountain bike, fish and spend time with friends. I had the chance to talk Cold brews, the “7 Whys” and happiness with Dylan Kostka and I am happy to share our conversation with you, Enjoy! #CoffeeWithConvery #DylanKostka #Listen #Learn #BeInspired

Students and young professionals are facing barriers, uncertainty, biases and changing priorities as they navigate the school to work transition. Their collective stories have inspired me and now I want to share these stories with you. My guest today is Shane Meadahl. Shane is enrolled at the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University focusing on his Bachelor of Business Administration | Finance with an expected graduation in date in 2022. Shane has had a number of internships throughout his post-secondary including Deloitte, BMO and this summer with RBC as a summer analyst, Global Investment Banking where he supported the Power, Utilities & Infrastructure coverage group in Capital Markets. Shane will be returning full-time in July 2022 and he is currently an RBC Student Ambassador at the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University if you would like to connect with him back on campus. In his spare time, Shane likes to stay active, adventure around Vancouver, and spend quality time with his family and close friends. A major goal for Shane after graduation is to travel as much as possible before starting full-time with RBC. I had the chance to talk Curiosity, sports and Capital Markets with Shane Meadahl and I am happy to share our conversation with you, Enjoy! #CoffeeWithConvery #ShaneMeadahl #Listen #Learn #BeInspired

Students and young professionals are facing barriers, uncertainty, biases and changing priorities as they navigate the school to work transition. Their collective stories have inspired me and now I want to share these stories with you. My guest today is Alex Dorbyk. Alex is a 2021 graduate from the Smith School of Business at Queens University with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree. Alex is also the Co-Founder, Advisor and previous Co-Chair of Queen’s Commerce Mental Health Association an association which focuses on the mental well-being of students and to provide opportunities to change the stigma around mental health. Alex is the Co-Franchise Owner of Cleen Detailing which he started as a franchise in 2019 where he manages 8 employees and where he was awarded the top performing new franchise in 2019. In his spare time, Alex likes to play board games with friends, practice his squash skills and test out new smoothie recipes. Alex truly is a trail-blazer, entrepreneur with empathy and all around mindful person that I have had the pleasure of meeting and I am super happy to have him on the show. I had the chance to talk School, entrepreneurship and careers with with Alex Dorbyk and I am happy to share our conversation with you, Enjoy! #CoffeeWithConvery #AlexDorbyk  #Listen #Learn #BeInspired

On today’s #CoffeeWithConvery podcast we are continuing the series “Throwback Thursday” where I bring onto the show students and young talent that I met years ago and to see where they are now. My guest today is Joël Collin-Demers is a 2012 graduate of HEC Montréal with a Bachelor of Business and Administration, Information Technology. Joël also spent time on a 6 month exchange program with HEC Montreal at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane Australia. Joël also hold a Post-Graduate Certificate for Strategic Procurement and Supply Chain Management from Robert Gordon University. Joël has spent his entire career focused on being a “translator” between Procurement and IT. If there’s a way to minimize uncertainty while avoiding painful and costly mistakes Joël is the guy. Over the course of his career, Joël has contributed to 15+ long-term procurement transformation and system implementation projects with dozens of clients across 8 different industries. You can check out Joël’s work including articles, podcasts, resources at his company’s website https://www.pureprocurement.ca/. In his spare time Joël likes to spend time with his young kids, do a CrossFit workout, read and write for his blog! I had the chance to sit down to talk Throwback Thursday: Procurement, critical thinking and communication with Joël Collin-Demers and I am happy to share our conversation with you, Enjoy! #CoffeeWithConvery #ThrowbackThursday #TBT #JoëlCollinDemers #Listen #Learn #BeInspired