In 2014, Abbigale opened her digital doors and launched Be of Good Comfort Designs, a branding agency that focuses on enhancing the visual presence of women-led brands. Since then she has helped numerous female bosses create impactful visual experiences that increase their credibility, visibility and income through strategic branding and web design.

Adeela has shaped and aided in the growth of global corporations, small businesses, entrepreneurs, and influencers, resulting in extraordinary achievements and the exceedance of business goals. Throughout her years of consulting, Adeela identified a gap in the funding opportunities and resources available specifically for women entrepreneurs. This prompted her to co-create Pitch Better Inc., a Canadian based market research firm where she is the Head of Marketing and Communications. Pitch Better Inc.’s focus is to use data and strategic insights to help diverse women founders make informed decisions regarding their businesses. Over the course of her career, Adeela has been featured in several media publications such as Forbes, Flare Magazine, and Refinery29. She has hosted fireside chats for the United States Black Chambers Inc. in Washington DC, and moderated panels at both Build Your Own Brand Conference in Atlanta and The Caribbean Women’s Power Lunch in Trinidad and Tobago. Adeela prides herself on her ability to build connections with individuals and businesses, while empowering others to do the same.

Alicia also develops direct marketing strategies and performs post-mortem campaign analysis. Additionally, she is the Community Manager for Pitch Better and the Founder of Imagine Woman – a social initiative that recognizes and supports Caribbean Canadian women. Alicia holds a BSc in Marketing from the University of the West Indies (Jamaica) and a Post Graduate in Digital Media Marketing from George Brown College (Toronto).

Through enticing pitches and building strong brand partnerships, she secured approximately $5M in funding for local entrepreneurs, start-ups and community organizations. In addition to running Pitch Better, she is the co-founder and Executive Producer of the AfroChic Cultural Arts Festival. She is currently completing her Executive MBA at Ivey Business School where she is on track to graduate in June 2021.

Dr. Ayanso’s research focuses primarily on data management, business analytics, electronic commerce, and electronic governance. He is the founding director of the Centre for Business Analytics (CBA) at Brock University. Dr. Ayanso teaches Business Analytics, Database Design and Management, Data Mining Techniques & Applications and Management of IS/IT. Dr. Ayanso received the Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, Graduate Professor of the Year, and Departmental Researcher of the Year Award from the Goodman School of Business, as well as a Fulbright Scholarship.

His consulting sectors include financial, manufacturing, government and retail. Brian’s background has prepared him to understand and work comfortably and effectively in a wide range of industries and environments. Through his work with various customers, Brian has led numerous teams to successful Information Technology implementations that ultimately lead to more efficient workspaces.

With an authentic approach, she’s now continuing her commitment by equipping leaders to foster better inclusive climate. A graduate from Cornell University, she‘s raising awareness on the competitive and human advantages of creating more inclusive spaces. Her method consists in offering guidelines and solutions based on a deep analysis of unconscious biases and leadership. Carla Beauvais is also a social entrepreneur whose purpose is to build innovative ecosystems that can help empower and promote melanated communities. In 2017, she co-founded The Fondation Dynastie and the Gala Dynastie. In 2019, she co-founded 0rjin Vilaj — an initiative who want to regroup melanated people towards a collaborative goal: unite and prosper.

She has been involved in studies that look at the challenges faced by the BIPOC community when navigating the entrepreneurial terrain in North America. Chantelle has an MBA in Strategic Management from Wilfrid Laurier University and a BA in Business Economics – Economic Analysis and Statistical Methods from York University. Her consulting focuses on strategic business development, key marketing and strategy initiatives to meet business needs and improve firm performance.

His expertise lies in Operations, Public Speaking, Management, and Teamwork. He acquired a post-graduate Certificates in Digital Marketing, Brands management and Marketing.

She’s spent over a decade managing millions of dollars for large world renowned corporations and leading high performance teams. Her diverse experience in corporate leadership roles and the digital marketing online space provides her with a unique vantage point of understanding the implications of marketing and operational activities across one’s entire organization. As a self-proclaimed tech nerd she can be found creating winning launches and automated funnels at theopscollective.com.

and mandates successfully, Natasha assists these entities with a variety of matters including corporate governance and tax compliance. Natasha’s practice focuses on helping her clients to determine the best structure for their organization and to navigate the complex regulatory environment in which they operate. Specifically, she provides tailored advice on various issues including incorporation and charitable registration, operating in foreign jurisdictions, structuring complex gift agreements, reporting, and general compliance under legislation governing the voluntary sector. Natasha has experience structuring merger and asset-transfer transactions between non-share capital corporations, advising on social enterprise and social finance ventures, and facilitating corporate re-organizations.

Her educational background in Political Science, History and Law, positions her to have a global understanding and perspective that is substantiated by facts and reason. She is the CEO and Co-founder of Four Brown Girls (FBG) – a collective changing the narrative and creating space for Black women and immigrant women alike to share, grow, invest, encourage, support and speak up.

Dr. Ifinedo holds a Ph.D. in Information Systems (IS) from University of Jyväskylä, Finland, an MBA from the Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, an M.Sc. from Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, a B.Sc. from the University of Port-Harcourt, Nigeria, and a Diploma in Education from University of British Columbia, Canada. He sits on the board of various IS journals and is affiliated with academic professional organizations and bodies such as AIS and ASAC.

Her ability to ensure seamless transitions between all team projects, and facilitate streamlined scheduling, project coordination, and exceptional communication is unmatched. Currently, she is the CEO of Crown Management, project support for Hightower Safety Supplies Inc. and will be starting her project management consultancy by Q2.

In true entrepreneurial fashion, Sarah launched the not-for-profit Innovate Inclusion to advocate for the economic success of tech talent and entrepreneurs from underrepresented communities. After getting her BA from the University of Waterloo, Sarah became a consultant specializing in strategic human resources management for the growth and development of strong companies. Sarah is a recipient of Canada’s top 25 Women of Influence award.

She obtained a Bachelor’s degree from Covenant University in Nigeria. She is passionate about making a significant impact by interpreting data and uncovering insights. She volunteers with Slum2school – an organisation focused on providing educational scholarships & other support for disadvantaged children in slums.

After receiving his Bachelor’s degree from The University of Mississippi, Zamani Thomas moved to South Florida. He attended Florida International University and enrolled in the Master’s of Economics Program. Following that he attended St. Thomas University School of Law and received his Juris Doctorate degree along with a joint Master’s in Sports Management. Currently Zamani is the Managing Attorney of Zamani Thomas Legal and his practice areas are entertainment, music, media and intellectual property law. Mr. Thomas is also a consultant for entertainment professionals in the music and media industry in Toronto, Ontario Canada and the Caribbean. Mr. Thomas’s client list is vast and includes influential artists, actors and industry professionals from around the world.

They include extracting information from biomedical publications, web mining, Named Entity Tagging, Semantics, etc. Zelalem has over 4 years of experience in applying machine learning (ML) and natural language processing (NLP) to solve real-world problems both in industry and academia. He received his first Information Systems degree from Addis Ababa University and his second degree from the same university. After moving to Canada, he studied Big Data at York University.