A BetterLife Pharma

•	Strengthen shareholder relationships through regular contact, special meetings, & topical discussions
•	Execute IR activity that generates corporate interest, delivers key messages, & brings market activity
•	Leverage industry information to address inquiries, provide education, and share relevant data
•	Monitor financial, regulatory, and research landscape to consult management on key findings
•	Produce corporate material: social media posts, factsheet, infographics, and info cards
•	Manage company’s CRM system to enhance and elevate shareholder relationships

Manager of Investor Relations

MagicMed

•	Coordinated company's participation in investor conferences, roadshows, and events to maximize visibility
•	Analyzed industry and competitor developments to help identify potential opportunities and risks
•	Orchestrated a consistent flow of corporate information to shareholders and financial community
•	Collaborated with VP PR to ensure company’s narrative meets investor’s messaging needs
•	Worked with CEO to develop the investor relations outreach & awareness programs

Investor Relations Manager

Western Magnesium Corporation (TSXV: WMG | OTCQB: MLYF | FRA: 3WM)

•	Set up company CRM to organize shareholder data, automate contact flow + create an organic funding source
•	Conducted research trends on peers, industry, and associations to report key findings to management
•	Strengthened relationships with shareholders, prospective investors, plus sell-side research analysts
•	Initiated and implemented timely presentations for shareholders and prospects
•	Utilized workable KPIs to measure IR strategy success
•	Organized and ran a North American-centric IR team

Investor Relations Manager 

Provincial Health Services Authority

•	Realigned project methodology from function-driven to client-focused to better patient journey
•	Conducted detailed assessment + results at various stages of the business analysis process
•	Determined systems based on client needs, intentions, requirements, goals, & aspirations
•	Delivered result-oriented scope, business, analytical reports timely enhancing client trust 
•	Delivered critical pre-go live training and timely post go-live follow-up + trouble shooting 
•	Well versed on various levels of testing: end-to-end, system, project, and product

Lead Business Analyst

Contractor 

•	Introduced leadership transformation methodology heightening collaboration & performance 
•	Analyzed & enhanced workflow efficiency - process design, HR strategy and system adoption 
•	Utilized process mapping for consistent progression between current and future initiatives
•	Provided stakeholder guidance & coaching facilitating successful change transformation
•	Designed, composed improvements to business processes and operational procedures
•	Conducted process & goal analysis identifying key needs, deliverables, and solutions

Business Management Consultant 

MY PASSION:	
* Be a trust-based relationship architect for shareholders and new investors 

MY DELIVERABLES:
* Provide transparent and holistic communication to enhance engagement 

* Sync investor expectation with management goals to develop long-term fans 

* Continuously learn and adopt new tools that allow for outcome optimization

David B.   Melles

There’s ALWAYS beauty in innocence and in authenticity in life! 🌷

Of course a bit of humor can honor the moment of joy. 🥹 

How often will we be able to experience realism like this if we are conjuring a world of AI …. that’s ubiquitous! ?

David B.   Melles 

“They are in trouble again!” 😅👶💥

When a baby, a dog, and a cat team up, chaos is guaranteed — and AI is just sitting there trying to analyze the disaster 🤖🐶🐱👶

From spilled milk to knocked-over plants, AI Nexus is learning fast… but even the smartest algorithms can’t predict the pure adorable anarchy of pets and toddlers together.

AI Nexus: exploring intelligence, one hilarious mess at a time. ⚡😂


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Kumud, thank you for sharing these very important historical lessons.

🚀  To me ... 
~ a rejection is set up for resumption 
~ a setback is a precursor for a comeback 
~ a NO gets us ready for a N.O. - "New Opportunity" 

All of these moments do not define us as failures. Instead, these "failings" affirm our vision in, conviction in, faith in, and commitment to our dreams. 

These hurdles are necessary for new heights of experiences to be innovated, formed, and realized. 🌱

200K+ LinkedIn & Newsletter Community 🐝 Helping Founders and Leaders Scale with LinkedIn Growth, Talent Acquisition/Hiring & Brand Partnerships 🐝 AI-Savvy - Human-First Approach 🐝 Neurodiversity Advocate

Some of the world’s greatest innovations were born from rejection.

Visionaries who were underestimated went on to reshape entire industries.
🚗 Toyota rejected a mechanic’s new design idea- he built Honda instead.
🐂 Ferrari dismissed advice from a tractor maker- he built Lamborghini.
🏎️ Lamborghini refused to fund an engineer’s carbon-fiber project- he built Pagani.
💻 HP turned down a computer idea from their own engineer- he co-founded Apple.
🎮 Nintendo walked away from a Sony engineer’s disc-console concept- he built PlayStation.
📼 Blockbuster laughed at a founder looking to partner- he built Netflix.
Rejection isn’t a dead end. It’s a redirection.

Sometimes the “no” you hear today becomes the reason you build something the world can’t ignore tomorrow.

If you’re working on something bold and people don’t get it yet…
Keep going.

What’s one rejection that pushed you toward something better? Share your story below. 
Repost as someone might need this reminder to keep going. Thanks!

Visual Credit: Chandrakumar K. Pillai

Rejection Leads to Big Things

Velocity / Vélocité (Collaboration Corporation)

Bilingual consulting services to plan and deliver capital campaigns, corporate fundraising programs, priority-centric campaigns, leadership and principal gifts, cabinet recruitment/training, cases for support and proposal development.
Services de consultation bilingues dans tous les aspects de planification et de réalisation de campagnes de financement, de partenariats corporatifs, de dons principaux, de recrutement et de formation du cabinet, et le développement d'argumentaires/propositions.

President - Président 

André Beaudry & Associates

Bilingual consulting services in the fields of philanthropic and corporate partnerships.
Services de consultation bilingues dans les domaines des partenariats philanthropiques et corporatifs.

President

Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada

Executive director of a national member-based association.
Directeur général d'une association avec une membriété nationale.

Executive Director - Directeur général

Saint Paul University

Thanks to the leadership of the Rector, an exceptional family of donors, and a dedicated team of internal and external champions, milestones achieved included: establishing 2 named Schools, a Centre for Student Life, a Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy, a $1M fund to educate psychotherapists supporting Indigenous communities, expanding the scholarship and bursary fund by $800,000, and confirming the 3 largest gifts in the University’s history.

Chief Advancement Officer - Chef des opérations philanthropiques

Association of Canadian Community Colleges

Vice President Canadian Partnerships  
Through the talent and engagement of a dedicated team of colleagues, as well as internal and external champions, was responsible for delivering $8M per year in national and international programming through over 60 Canadian colleges in the fields of: literacy, immigrant integration, applied research (health services), and third party education services.
Had the pleasure of leading a team of 50 colleagues in Ottawa, New Delhi, Guangzhou, London, and Manila.
Secured funding for feasibility studies and program delivery in the areas of: pre-arrival employment interview programming for immigrants (India, China, Philippines), pre-arrival francophone immigrant integration services (France, Belgium), two national financial literacy pilot projects, pan-Canadian literacy programming, pan-Canadian social finance programming, and international pre-arrival immigrant integration programming (China, India, Philippines).
Managed a network of national and international relationships in government, education, and business.

Director Canadian Partnerships
Responsible for the management and delivery of national programs relating to literacy education through Canada’s network of colleges, cégeps, institutes of technology, and polytechnics.
Managed corporate partner relationships with exceptional partners including Microsoft, CISCO, RBC, SunGuard, and Marsh Insurance.

Vice-President Canadian Partnerships / Director Canadian Partnerships

Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning

Through the leadership and engagement of both internal and community champions, secured $96.9M towards a 377,000 square-foot expansion of the College including a new School of Engineering Technology and Trades, a new Institute of Food Processing Technology, a 75,000 square-foot expansion of the School of Health and Life Sciences, a new Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Training Centre, a new Masonry Training Centre, a new Roofing Skills Training Centre, and a new Powerline Technician Training Centre.
Was responsible for the institution’s fundraising, government relations, and alumni services portfolios.

Vice President, External Relations

British Columbia Institute of Technology

Had the pleasure of leading a team of 9 fundraising professionals to deliver all annual, major, planned, corporate sponsorship, and in-kind fund development activities.

Director of Development

A fundraising and corporate partnership leader driven by the possibility of what an organization can become. Un professionnel de la philanthropie et des partenariats avec les entreprises qui est passionné sur la possibilité de ce qu'une organisation peut devenir.

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