Real Estate

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The importance of family is at the root of everything the Couillard Group does

Finance, Real Estate 00:18:24

Jessica Theroux joined the Couillard Group in 2014 coming from a background in commercial real estate. She successfully completed a Bachelor of Commerce degree at the Haskayne School of Business as well as her Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation and Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) designation.

Jessica is the founder of a not-for-profit foundation, Souls for Sisters, and is passionate about women’s rights and education around the globe. She is also a registered yoga instructor and donates her time teaching weekly providing support to Souls for Sisters.

Outside of work, Jessica spends her time with her husband Greg, two boys, Bennett and Austin and her daughter Aidah. She is passionate about yoga, food and travel!

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Decarbonizing and electrification of buildings with carbon-free heat pumps

Building & Construction, Real Estate, Tech 00:27:32

Belinda Gilbey is a woman entrepreneur, green building enthusiast and market leader in heat pump technology. Her graduation from the University of Ottawa with a Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering kick started her successful professional journey that was fueled by her passion for clean technologies. For several years, she worked in sales and consulting helping commercial property owners, operators, and developers with their mechanical equipment needs, with a focus on improving efficiencies and reducing building energy consumption and operating expenses. While working in the solar and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) industries, she gradually developed a true passion for creating cost-effective decarbonization solutions for a better tomorrow, which brought her to co-found and become President of Bondi Energy. Since then, she’s been raising awareness on the positive effects that these technologies provide, not only from an environmental point of view but also from a cost reduction angle. Under Belinda’s guidance, Bondi is now aiming to decarbonize as many buildings as possible across North America. Belinda is co-founder of US-based Gigawatt Heat Pump Supply (2021), which sells efficient heat pump and electrification equipment for new-build and retrofit applications.

Aaron Graben is the co-founder and Vice President of Bondi Energy. Shortly after its inauguration in 2019, Bondi became a market leader in energy efficiency retrofits of multifamily and commercial buildings. Aaron, along with his partner Belinda, have accelerated the market uptake of heat pump technology across North America. Aaron’s background in commercial real estate gives him a unique understanding of how energy affects building values and their owner’s decision-making process.

Bondi Energy Corp (Bondi) is a turnkey project management firm specializing in decarbonizing and electrification of multi-residential and commercial buildings with energy efficient, carbon-free heat pumps.

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Taking the stress out of real estate

Real Estate, Tech 00:27:11

Ryan Mracek, founder of Keylo Inc. (Canada-wide) and the broker of Keylo.ca in Edmonton, had a vision years ago to make it so anyone could buy and sell at home at a fair market value instantly and painlessly. Mracek was originally an accountant then moved into construction before settling on a career in real estate.

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Focusing on world-class performance through values-based leadership

Real Estate 00:19:46

AJ Slivinski is an accomplished author and award-winning team leader. He wrote “The Leadership Code” which focuses on world-class performance through values-based leadership – real-life principles and strategies he executed while heading an international-based corporation and leading their team to #1 for customer service in the contact center industry after just four years.

AJ is a visionary with his focus on values, leadership, and service. His current vision as President of Mayfield Management Group Ltd (MMG) is to lead a world-class organization specializing in residential property management services, that is focused on continuously exceeding customers’ expectations with an incredible team of diverse professionals.

AJ brings a wealth of experience and decades of knowledge from senior marketing and sales positions and has a unique perspective on what owners and property managers want (and more importantly, what they need) as he has owned/managed apartment buildings for over a decade and served on several condominium boards.

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Run your own business, and see results happen as you work hard

Crypto, Real Estate, Tech 00:26:39

Eric Klein and Evan Klein are twin brothers, experts in the crypto, metaverse and real estate industry and young Canadian entrepreneurs who have launched MetaSpace REIT – the first tokenized metaverse real estate investment group whose mission is to provide accessibility for users to get involved with real estate in the metaverse. Eric Klein is the founder and CEO of MREIT and KleinCap Investments. Eric has over ten years of combined experience in real estate and crypto and has led expansion for numerous funds and companies in Canada. Additionally, he has worked on the formation of a traditional REIT in his early 20’s. Evan Klein is the COO at MREIT and oversees MREIT’s strategic operations and brand vision. Evan has worked with major companies like Compass, KW, and Sothebys.

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Make sure people are the core of whatever you’re doing

Business, Real Estate, Tech 00:25:30

As co-founder of Vancouver-based real estate software company, Spark, Simeon Garratt has been responsible for landing some of Spark’s top real estate clients in North America. Years of living abroad in Asia and building his experience in the real estate industry fueled his ultimate vision — to transform and streamline how new developments are managed and sold. With an extensive background in selling and marketing property, Simeon has been involved in the sales of over 1,000 homes internationally which helped bring Spark into more than 80 cities worldwide. Recently, Garratt has been nominated to President of the BC Real Estate Tech Association, where he looks forward to sharing his expertise and institutional knowledge of the fast-changing industry.

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Creating a fashion and accessories brand popular among celebrities

Fashion & Garments, Real Estate 00:34:46

Lisa Drader-Murphy designs and produces seasonal collections of fashion and accessories that are of the moment yet enduring and classic in quality and expression of timeless design, all from her 250-year-old sea captain’s estate in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley. Willow Vale Estate, co-managed by her husband, Carey Murphy, also operates as a 5 star boutique resort, boasting multiple spa amenities.

Her label has received extensive international coverage including CNN, New York Times, Entertainment Tonight, BFM Europe, NRJ France, European Vogue, Cosmo, Flare, ELLE, CTV, CBC, SLICE, Canadian Learning Television, Global TV, and has been seen on runways across Canada. Jennifer Love Hewitt, Missi Pyle, Linda Cardellini, and Michelle Rodriguez are among the many celebrities who have selected Turbine for their wardrobes. Turbine has been invited to present at celebrity gifting suites during the Toronto International Film Festival, Golden Globes, Oscars, and the Cannes Film Festival and their signature leather handbags have been spotted on the red carpet.

Established in 1997, Drader-Murphy’s design house is unique in that it is one of few vertical fashion companies remaining in Canada. Her collections are sold exclusively at her 5 privately held retail locations and online.

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Full-service media squad helping real estate agents showcase their personal brand

Communications, Marketing & Advertising, Media, Real Estate 00:30:15

Laura Stewart is the Co-Founder of FTGU Media, a full-service media squad helping real estate agents showcase, through content, their personal brand. Laura is able to reverse engineer what agents are looking for, because she herself is an agent. In just 6 years, Laura has been promoted to Vice President of the #2 Real Estate sales team in Canada for Royal LePage and has subsequently helped over 700 buyers, sellers and investors every single year.

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A woman of many hats as a lawyer, realtor and fashion retailer

Design, Legal, Real Estate, Retail 00:16:05

Emma May is the Founder of the digitally native fashion brand SophieGrace and the boutique real estate brokerage Charles Real Estate. A former corporate lawyer, Emma has worked in film and television and was a senior staffer to former Alberta Premier Jim Prentice.

Emma has consistently demonstrated commitment to her community. Following the floods of 2013 she Co-Founded the Calgary River Communities Action Group and advocated on behalf of her fellow Calgarians for policy and mitigation that would protect the City of Calgary in years to come.

In 2014, because of her activism, Premier Jim Prentice appointed Emma Executive Director, Office of the Premier, Southern Alberta. Her responsibilities included stakeholder relations, strategic policy development, issues management, and public affairs. She was responsible for the management and public programming of McDougall Centre and directed and collaborated with Provincial Administration on Flood Recovery Policy and Process. Emma also assisted in the consultation and re-write of Bill 10 (Gay Straight Alliances In Schools) in order for it to achieve unanimous all-party support.

Emma was called to the British Columbia Bar in 2000 and to the Alberta Bar in 2002.

As a lawyer, Emma explored best practices regarding corporate structure, intellectual property matters, strategic planning, and contractual concerns. She was also responsible for the negotiation and drafting contracts relating to financing, insurance, cast, union and guild related matters.

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Challenging the established real estate market

Marketing & Advertising, Real Estate 00:37:14

Ken LeBlanc has successfully challenged an established industry and selflessly shares his passion for helping others build a business through his activities with organizations such as the Canadian Youth Business Foundation. Ken has been in the business of building his own business since his student days. Now, 20 years later, he has leveraged his drive and vision into the largest real estate marketing franchising network in Canada, Property Guys.

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