Coffee With Convery

On today’s #CoffeeWithConvery episode we are going to take a journey back with the introduction of “Throwback Thursday.” Throwback Thursday” is a once a month Thursday series with students and young talent I met years ago and to see where they are now.  Now, let's meet today’s guest Supriya. Supriya Ramesh is a Product Designer at Facebook working on internet.org initiatives. Formerly at Apple and IBM, she designed products that impacted millions of users. She’s an Electrical Engineer by education but fell in love with design as an outlet to solve world problems. She is a new mom to a 5 month old baby and lives in the hustling tech world of the California San Francisco Bay Area. I had the chance to sit down to talk Throwback Thursday: Intentionality, interviewing and ally-ship with Supriya Ramesh and I am happy to share our conversation with you, Enjoy! #CoffeeWithConvery #ThrowbackThursday #TBT #SupriyaRamesh #Listen #Learn #BeInspired #March is #National #Coop & #WorkIntegratedLearning Month #innovateWIL

On today’s episode we are going to continue the journey with #CoffeeWithConvery "Sports Talk" where my invited guests will share how being an athlete has helped them to propel their skill building, their mindsets and their futures. “Sports Talk” also helps us understand the hurdles and barriers some athlete’s face while being in school, participating in sports and trying to balance the transition into the workplace. Now let’s meet Victor. Victor Oreskovich holds a Bachelors of Administration, Finance from the University of Notre Dame and Master of Business Administration from the Ivey Business School at Western. Victor once played professional hockey where he selected 55th overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft by the Colorado Avalanche, he played with the Florida Panthers, was traded to the Canucks and joined the team in 2011 on their run to the Stanley Cup Finals, where they lost to the Boston Bruins. Victor retired from hockey in 2012, and he is currently Vice President, Fixed Income Repo Trading with RBC Capital Markets. I had the chance to sit down over a virtual coffee to talk Sports Talk: omnipotence, goofy face emojis and mental strength with Victor Oreskovich and I am happy to share our conversation with you, Enjoy! #CoffeeWithConvery #SportTalk #VictorOreskovich #Listen #Learn #BeInspired #March is #National #Coop & #WorkIntegratedLearning Month #innovateWIL

Students and young professionals are facing barriers, uncertainty, biases, changing priorities and now a pandemic as they navigate the school to work transition. Their collective stories have inspired me and now I want to share these stories with you. Now, let's meet Ryan! Ryan McCuaig is an extremely driven and result-oriented individual with a diverse range of professional, academic, and leadership experiences. During his undergrad at Western University in the Honours Specialization in Political Science program, he spent two summers with the Royal Bank of Canada in Toronto and New York, where he developed a unique business acumen that launched him into a career in business. After his undergrad, Ryan stayed in London to complete his MSc in Management at the Ivey Business School, combining his love for global affairs with his prior work experience in the financial markets through the MSc’s International Business stream. Since joining the MSc, he was elected as the MSc Association President during one of the most dynamic periods of change the program has ever experienced, leading the organization through a large scale digital transformation and restructuring project while negotiating a near $3,000 tuition reimbursement for his constituents during their summer term. He also started the Ivey Management & Policy Forum with his Ivey colleagues: a student-run, faculty-advised think tank that applies management science research to Canadian and global policy issues. After he graduates, Ryan will be joining KeyData, a boutique consulting firm in Toronto, as a Cyber Security Consultant. He balances all of this while working on contract as an Intelligence Officer for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and a Project Manager for HMCS PREVOST’s Innovation Strategy Team – an internal strategy group within the naval reserves – and while working pro-bono for Impact Consulting. Most recently, I had the chance to sit down over a virtual coffee to talk “Delaying gratification, applying knowledge and making global impacts” with Ryan McCuaig and I am happy to share our conversation with you, Enjoy! #CoffeeWithConvery #RyanMcCuaig #Listen #Learn #BeInspired March is #National #Coop & #WorkIntegratedLearning Month #innovateWIL

On today’s episode we are going to take a slightly different twist to the #CoffeeWithConverypodcast with the introduction of “Sports Talk” where my invited guests will share how being an athlete has helped them to propel their skill building, their mindsets and their futures. “Sports Talk” also helps us understand the hurdles and barriers some athlete’s face while being in school, participating in sports and trying to balance the transition into the workplace. My guest today is Kreig Yeh, a Digital Marketing Strategist and Consultant, Founder & Podcast Host, Content Creator, and Team Canada Bobsledder. Kreig is a graduate and Valedictorian from Simon Fraser University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree (with Distinction) in Communications including a Co-operative Education Designation. I had the chance to sit down over a virtual coffee to talk Sports Talk: dedication, empathy and competitiveness with Kreig Yeh and I am happy to share our conversation with you, Enjoy! #CoffeeWithConvery #SportTalk #Kreig Yeh #Listen #Learn #BeInspired #March is #National #Coop & #WorkIntegratedLearning Month #innovateWIL

Students and young professionals are facing barriers, uncertainty, biases, changing priorities and now a pandemic as they navigate the school to work transition. Their collective stories have inspired me and now I want to share these stories with you. Now, let's meet Hannah! Hannah Fleming is result-oriented team player in her fourth year at the University of Waterloo, where she has pursued Business and Legal Studies major in the Arts and Business co-op program. Throughout her degree, Hannah has completed five co-op placements across the financial and legal industries. Three of Hannah’s internships were in RBC Capital Markets’ Global Credit division, where she collaborated in the maintenance of credit facilities for a portfolio of international clients, including sovereigns, bank entities, and supranational organizations. Outside of her co-op placements, Hannah has worked as a peer mentor at Waterloo’s Student Success Office, and has been deeply involved with RBC’s Student Partner and Campus Ambassador programs. Most recently, I had the chance to sit down over a virtual coffee to talk Optimism, introspection and female empowerment with Hannah Fleming and I am happy to share our conversation with you, Enjoy! #CoffeeWithConvery #HannahFleming #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2021 #Listen #Learn #BeInspired #March is #National #Coop & #WorkIntegratedLearning Month #innovateWIL

Students and young professionals are facing barriers, uncertainty, biases, changing priorities and now a pandemic as they navigate the school to work transition. Their collective stories have inspired me and now I want to share these stories with you. Now, let's meet Eshani! Eshani Gupta is a wake-boarder and animal activist, Rotman Commerce Student from the University of Toronto majoring in a double specialized degree in Business Commerce, Finance and Economics with a minor in Mathematics. She has traveled the world, loves math and even did an internship in Hong Kong. Most recently, I had the chance to sit down over a virtual coffee to talk Math, Macarons and traveling the world with Eshani Gupta and I am happy to share our conversation with you, Enjoy! #CoffeeWithConvery #EshaniGupta #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2021 #Listen #Learn #BeInspired #March is #National #Coop & #WorkIntegratedLearning Month #innovateWIL

Students and young professionals are facing barriers, uncertainty, biases, changing priorities and now a pandemic as they navigate the school to work transition. Their collective stories have inspired me and now I want to share these stories with you. Now, let's meet Meena! Meena Waseem is an enthusiastic and self-driven BCom student from The Smith School of Business at Queens University with an expected graduation date sometime in 2023. Meena is a meaningful risk taker who always aims to leave people and places better than she found them. She is an avid public speaker and advocate for equity-centered leadership and accessible health services. She is deeply invested in people and has received multiple awards for her work, including being named Kitchener Waterloo’s youngest Woman of the Year. Meena has also been recognized at the national level for her leadership as a recipient of the Loran Scholarship, Canada’s most competitive undergraduate award. No matter how busy she is, Meena always makes time for weekly movie nights with her family. Most recently, I had the chance to sit down over a virtual coffee to talk Serendipity, inclusive spaces and equity based leadership with Meena Waseem and I am happy to share our conversation with you, Enjoy! #CoffeeWithConvery #MeenaWaseem #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2021 #Listen #Learn #BeInspired #March is #National #Coop & #WorkIntegratedLearning Month #innovateWIL

Students and young professionals are facing barriers, uncertainty, biases, changing priorities and now a pandemic as they navigate the school to work transition. Their collective stories have inspired me and now I want to share these stories with you. Now, let's meet Christina! Christina Caldi is an authentic and fun-hearted McMaster Graduate from 2018, with a 2019 Humber College Postgraduate Certificate in Public Relations. She is creative storyteller who thrives in collaborative environments and has a passion for diversity and inclusion and human engagement. This has been displayed through her efforts both inside and outside of the workplace in raising awareness and support for issues relating to topics such as queer rights, unconscious bias, accessibility and anti-black racism. Christina’s favorite hobbies include cooking, hiking and photography. Most recently, I had the chance to sit down over a virtual coffee to talk Photography, tangible skills and a reflection on self-identifying women with Christina Caldi and I am happy to share our conversation with you, Enjoy! #CoffeeWithConvery #ChristinaCaldi #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2021 #Listen #Learn #BeInspired #March is #National #Coop & #WorkIntegratedLearning Month #innovateWIL

Students and young professionals are facing barriers, uncertainty, biases, changing priorities and now a pandemic as they navigate the school to work transition. Their collective stories have inspired me and now I want to share these stories with you. Now, let's meet Megha! Megha Lad is attending the University of Toronto studying for her Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management, Strategy and in her final semester. Megha is an ambitious and confident young business woman who is eager to disrupt the corporate world we know today. After spending years learning business by the book, she quickly recognized how the real world is something different on its own. With a new found passion for the tech world, Megha is currently the Head of Strategic Partnerships at Torinit, a Toronto based Digital Management Consulting firm. Megha is a creative problem solver and natural born leader. Serving as the President of the University of Toronto’s LIVE Competition in her second year of undergrad, she was able to drive impactful growth by setting corporate sponsorship records and restructuring the norm of campus recruitment. By tapping into the Toronto corporate landscape early on, Megha was able to complete internships at RBC Technology as well as an IT consulting firm. She is also an advocate for women's education, serving as a past mentor for Technovations Girls, a global tech education nonprofit. Not to mention a lover of all things food (@meghasmenus on instagram)! She likes to consider herself an amateur coffee connoisseur and craft cocktail fanatic on the weekends. Most recently, I had the chance to sit down over a virtual coffee to talk Risotto, adaptability and setting expectations with Megha Lad and I am happy to share our conversation with you, Enjoy!   #CoffeeWithConvery #MeghaLad #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2021 #Listen #Learn #BeInspired #March is #National #Coop & #WorkIntegratedLearning Month #innovateWIL

Students and young professionals are facing barriers, uncertainty, biases, changing priorities and now a pandemic as they navigate the school to work transition. Their collective stories have inspired me and now I want to share these stories with you. Now, let's meet Josh! Josh Tillson is a driven and motivated third year Business and Computer Science student at the University of British-Columbia. Josh is a lifelong learner who constantly strives to self-develop, grow, and learn from those around him, while giving back to his surrounding communities. This has been displayed through his efforts increasing awareness and accessibility to youth mental wellness programs in Northern Ontario as well as other leadership positions he’s held in the university community. Josh’s favorite hobbies include trail running or hiking around beautiful Vancouver, reading, and solving problems. Josh and I met through a LinkedIn message and then we setup up our first virtual coffee chat which started with Josh asking if he could be "vulnerable with me."  I will never forget that hot day in August when we first talked and how inspired I was by Josh's strength and determination.  Most recently, I had the chance to sit down over a virtual coffee to talk Heart emojis, self-care and meaningful connections with Josh Tillson and I am happy to share our conversation with you, Enjoy!   #CoffeeWithConvery #JoshTillson #Listen #Learn #BeInspired #March is #National #Coop & #WorkIntegratedLearning Month #innovateWIL