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Tugreofia Smith, VP of Operations at A&T Ascension Consulting (ATAC), a Virtual Staffing Company

Tugreofia (Tugs) Smith is the Vice President of Operations at A&T Ascension Consulting (ATAC), a virtual staffing company she co-founded with her husband Adrian, where she manages hundreds of remote workers across North America. Having successfully led virtual teams for over 10 years, she is passionate about the opportunities that remote work provides to individuals, rural communities, and evolving businesses. As the mother of five children, Tugs fully appreciates the challenge of balancing work and family. Part of her mission is to offer better work-life balance to thousands of working moms throughout the country. Tugs is based in the Toronto area.

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Jane Stoller Gives Insights on Transitioning from Corporate Career Climber to Global Declutter Coach

Jane Stoller is a Swiss-Canadian life-biz organizer, speaker, author and university instructor whose passion is in decluttering spaces and organizing business processes. Jane wrote her first book in 2016 to help friends get more organized. It ultimately gained international attention, and this allowed Jane to turn her passion into a profitable business, Organized Jane.

Stoller’s global reach has helped thousands gain clarity and get organized with her critically acclaimed books, Organizing For Your Lifestyle and Decluttering for Dummies (Wiley Publishing). Additionally, Stoller has created a sought-after Business Booster course that helps business owners cut through the clutter and gain back their time, and has been featured on numerous talk shows, podcasts and magazines.

With a proven track record in both the corporate and entrepreneurial realms, Jane has spent the last decade helping unprofitable businesses become profitable. Not only do Jane’s strategies impact her clients’ work environments, but their personal lives as well, as all organizing processes start with the closet. Her mantra? “The closet sets the mood for the entire day. It’s also an ideal place to practice and hone organizing skills that can transfer over to the rest of your organizing goals. Choosing clothes from a laser-focused closet, you’re well on your way to a structured, system-driven office space.”

When Stoller sets down her pen and paper, she puts on her teaching hat. Stoller lectures at Vancouver Island University in Canada for part of the year, helping students learn management skills.

Jane also aims to give back to businesses and organizations in her local communities through her passion for education. She is doing pro-bono work for ONE TO ONE, A Children’s Literacy Program, and assisting indigenous children with their schooling on Vancouver Island and the Sea to Sky corridor.

Stoller currently resides in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.

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Mike Desjardins is CEO of ViRTUS, Which Focuses on Leadership Development and Strategic Planning

Mike Desjardins (pronounced day-jhar-dain) is an entrepreneur, husband, dad, Crossfitter, skier, yoggie, and long-time meditator. His business, ViRTUS (pronounced ver-tuss), has been on an 18 year journey focused on making a difference in the lives of others through leadership development and strategic planning. His clients are $100M+ medium to large enterprise organizations spread across Canada. ViRTUS was proud to become certified as a BCorp this past week.

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Amongst Forbes’ Top Real Estate Entrepreneurs, Morgan Browne Shares Market Intelligence About Vancouver and Insights on Top BC Communities to Invest in Next

Morgan Browne is a fierce and passionate partner at Oakwyn Realty. Co-founding the company in 2014, Morgan has nurtured Oakwyn Realty into Vancouver’s fastest-growing realty brokerage. Morgan’s can-do attitude and passion for building make it possible for Oakwyn’s forward-thinking and expansion plans. Driven to make a difference in the Canadian business community and embracing change in the real estate industry.

Oakwyn is one of the fastest-growing brokerage firms in the Vancouver Real Estate marketplace. Oakwyn Realty has grown exponentially since its inception in 2014, with 4 offices, 300+ realtors, and $2.7 billion dollars in sales in 2018 and is one of the top real estate agencies in Vancouver. Committed to a new, collaborative model that innovates every step – Oakwyn Realty wants to set new standards in service and satisfaction by re-inventing the real estate industry! Entrepreneurs are the backbone of Canada’s economy.

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Raj Singh, Founder & CEO of Fuelled, Which Allows Vetted Partners and Equipment Owners to Monetize Surplus Equipment with No Risk

In today’s challenging economic climate, it’s more important than ever to celebrate a business success story. Calgary-based Fuelled, the exclusive online reseller of new and used idle energy equipment, has placed No. 5 out of 400 on the 2020 Report on Business ranking of Canada’s Top Growing Companies. The top Alberta company on this year’s ranking, Fuelled earned its spot with a three-year growth of 6,661%. The company’s platform allows vetted partners and equipment owners to monetize surplus equipment with no risk – a tremendous opportunity for oil and gas producers and services companies to stay competitive during these trying times. It’s a disruptive business model, shaking up the industry during a time when resiliency and innovation are top of mind. We speak with Raj Singh, Founder and CEO.

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Shawn Johal Former President of EO (Entrepreneurs’ Organization) Montreal and Founder of Elevation

Shawn Johal co-founded DALS Lighting, an LED lighting business, in 2009. He implemented the Scaling Up Growth System and led the company to 3X its revenues well into the 8-figures. Shawn went on to found Elevation, a business growth coaching & consulting firm, working with entrepreneurs & their teams to help accelerate their growth – while helping them find personal balance and happiness.

Former President of EO (Entrepreneurs’ Organization) Montreal, Shawn remains an active member & mentor to numerous young entrepreneurs, helping them improve as business leaders and as individuals. A Finalist for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year, Shawn also sits on the Board of Directors for “Champions for Life,” a non-profit foundation helping children develop their physical literacy.

A passion for endurance sports & rigorous goal-setting, Shawn is obsessed with high-performance, the pursuit of happiness & the power of mindset to fuel a successful life – an he’s committed to bringing his message to the world.

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Janet Candido, Principal of Candido Consulting Group is an Authority on Workplace Systems & Culture

Principal of Toronto-based Candido Consulting GroupJanet Candido is an authority on workplace systems and culture. With more than 20 years of business and HR expertise, she provides innovative solutions for clients with the goal of helping organizations, executive teams and their employees reach optimal performance.

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Marc Daniel’s Nextwork is Providing the Next Generation of Business with Experienced Talent to Get Work Done

Marc Daniel is a business psychologist, talent expert, and founder of Nextwork – a digital talent marketplace and work platform that connects organizations with experienced talent on demand. Marc has an ambitious vision – to retire retirement – and is realizing this vision through championing a more flexible approach to ongoing work that better serves everyone’s needs.

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Mark Morissette is CEO and Founder of Foxquilt, an Insurance Technology Company for B2B

Mark Morissette created Foxquilt to empower consumers with greater purchasing power when acquiring and managing their insurance. Foxquilt is a Canadian financial technology company focused on using big data and machine learning to empower social groups to save on Small Business and Home insurance. Foxquilt creates new value opportunities for customers by bringing people and communities together online with a smart and modern approach to insurance. Leveraging innovative technology and creating unique products, they make it easy for customers to buy insurance online from leading carriers and access group purchasing power.

Mark’s career includes more than 15 years in various leadership roles spanning Underwriting, Operations and Sales & Distribution for some Canada’s premier Carriers and fintech organizations including, Aviva and Real Matters.

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Brandy Gallagher, ‘Place-making’ entrepreneur invites communities across Canada to ‘Go Village’

Brandy Gallagher (BSW, MA) is one of the original founders and developers of O.U.R. ECOVILLAGE, Shawnigan Lake (Vancouver Island) BC. She is one of the designing ‘creatixes’ dedicated to outreach projects (local and International), and the development of O.U.R. ECOVILLAGE as a demonstration/model sustainable village. Her sustainable land management planning and ecological design work has made her the main proponent behind the Canadian precedent setting rezoning which has allowed for the legal/political/community framework containing multi-use allowances for ecovillages and shared land projects across Canada. Born and raised in community her life work has been focused around the development of ‘Sustained Community’. She is also the developer of TOPIA: The Sustainable Learning Community Institute which operates onsite at OUR ECOVILLAGE. With a deep compassion for people and place Brandy works with other communities/projects to find their way through regulatory and legal processes which challenge the development of legitimate models of land use, alternative building, ownership and governance. The intention to have individuals & communities step aside from their rank & roles to enter into a more connected sense of community building is at the heart of her work. She provides these services through her business “Sustainable Community Solutions Consulting – SC2”.

Her published work is a documentary titled “Creating TOPIA: The Journey of Developing a School of Sustainable Community Building.” She is also featured in the movie “Escape From Suburbia” and the documentary “Peak Moments: Creating the Impossible”. Look for the wide variety of articles written, and web based interviews documented in relation to her work.

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