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. 🌱

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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

Forge Growth

Financial Services Professional

Ford Motor Company

•	Primarily involved in Data Migration using SQL, SQL Azure, ADLS and Azure Data Factory
•	Build analytic tools that utilize the data pipeline to provide actionable insights into customer acquisition, operational efficiency and other key business performance metrics
•	Worked with Business team to build E2E pipelines to extract data and process.
•	Working with Source team to extract the data and it will be loaded in the ADLS
•	Involved in Design and Development of Ingestion Framework which is metadata driven. 
•	Used Azure Databricks notebook to develop Facts and Dimension tables from extracted data in ADLS 
•	Once it’s created pipelines and datasets will be triggered based on LOAD (History/Delta) operations
•	Based on source (big or small) data loaded files will be processed in Azure Databricks by applying operations in Spark SQL which will be deployed through Azure Data Factory pipelines
•	Involved in deploying the solutions to DEV, QA and PROD
•	Involved in setting up the environments for QA, DEV and PROD using DevOps
•	Professional in creating a data warehouse, design-related extraction, loading data functions, testing designs, data modeling, and ensure the smooth running of applications
•	Developed pipelines that can extract data from various sources and merge into single source datasets in ADLS using Databricks
•	Performed encryption of sensitive data into ADLS which are sensitive to business using cypher algorithm.
•	Decrypt the sensitive data using keys for refined datasets for analytics, by providing end users access
•	Created connections from different sources from On-prem and cloud to only source for Power BI reports
•	Coordinate with external teams to reduce data flow issues and unblock team members
•	Always actively participate in four ceremonies: Sprint planning meeting, Daily Scrum, Sprint review meeting, and Sprint retrospective meeting.

Azure Data Engineer

Citibank (Banamex USA)

•	Design and developed pipelines to extract the data from Relational sources like Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL and non-relational sources like Flat files, JSON files using Azure Data Factory (ADF).
•	Developed Azure Databricks notebooks to apply the business logic transformations and perform data cleansing operations.
•	Built end-to-end metadata driven incremental loading pipeline using Azure Data Factory (ADF).
•	Developed data-flows for a code-free data transformation experience using Azure Synapse Workspace.
•	Built reusable pipelines in Data Factory to extract, transform and load data into Azure SQL DB.
•	Implemented SCD Type1, SCD Type2 logic using Azure Data Bricks for Delta tables.
•	Developed PySpark streaming applications and loaded them into bronze and silver, gold layers Using Azure Databricks.
•	Utilized version control systems such as Azure Devops Git and Github for efficient code repository management and collaborative development workflows. 
•	Experience on Migrating data from SQL database to Azure Data Lake, Azure SQL Database using Azure Data factory. 
•	Enhanced existing modules with new functionalities as per the user requirement.
•	Coordinating with other teams to get the required information to finish the work in time and to improve the process performance.
•	Resolving the production issues and modify the code to avoid issues in the future.

Data Engineer

Few years ago I found myself in the same position as many 9-5 professional—working long hours, feeling stuck in a routine. Despite having a stable job, I realized I needed to create something that would allow me to scale beyond a traditional paycheck.

Then, I decided to break free by building a scalable financial agency and helping others do the same.

I learned the ins and outs of financial services, applied proven strategies, and partnered with 7-figure earners to grow my business. I found a system that helped professionals like myself could replicate.

I successfully Build my Agency. and today, I help professionals like you build and scale your own financial agencies. My journey has empowered me to create the freedom I once sought, and now my mission is to help others achieve the same.

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