Leigh-Ann (Ottenhof) Fingland, EMBA, BA’93, B.Ed.’94, began teaching at Smith School of Business in May 2016 as an Adjunct Lecturer, while continuing in her role as the Commerce program’s Director of Operations. She taught the Fundamentals of Marketing course to non-Commerce students and has enjoyed putting her business and education degrees, marketing experience and passion for teaching to good use.
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Orly Hayut (EMBA) relocated to San Francisco, Cal., to pursue a marketing role at Genentech — one of the world’s largest global pharmaceutical/biotech organizations — a wholly owned affiliate of F. Hoffmann- La Roche Ltd. In addition to loving the local wine, produce, fresh seafood and other California wonders, Orly is thrilled to have made the move to Genentech. She is already making her mark, having been nominated for multiple awards highlighting the work she has done in helping allergic asthma patients in the U.S. learn more about treatment options for their condition.
Published in: Winter 2014
GALLANT AND MACDONALD ROUND II Kyle MacDonald and Jeff Gallant, both BCom, were featured in the Summer 2014 issue of QSB Magazine after launching their charity Capitalize for Kids with the goal of raising $1 million annually for the highest-priority needs at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children. By the end of 2016, the pair will have exceeded that goal by raising well over $4 million to help solve the toughest challenges in children’s mental and brain health. Far from being passive philanthropists, Kyle and Jeff have partnered with The Boston Consulting Group, Bain & Company and McKinsey & Co. to accelerate the impact of C4K’s financial support by mobilizing the brightest minds to fundamentally improve children’s access to mental health services. Beyond Capitalize for Kids, Kyle and Jeff have launched a new take on wealth management to further their goal of “doing well by doing good”. The two partners invest the vast majority of their own net worth and provide in-kind investment-management to non-profits, charitable organizations and religious orders. They also provide outsourced CFO services and access to specialists in estate planning, insurance, and charitable giving. capitalizeforkids.com and gallantmacdonald.com
Published in: Summer 2016
Julien Heon, EMBA, has joined Haleo Clinic as vice-president of growth and customer success. Haleo is a telemedicine company that offers solutions in mental health, specifically for the treatment of insomnia. Julien says the company has an employer subscription platform and is “also open to all Canadians for walk-ins.” He adds that several other Queen’s grads work at Haleo: Quentin Gay, AMBA’16, is chief technology officer, and Cherie La Rocque, PhD’18, is clinical lead.
Published in: Spring 2021
Julien Heon (EMBA) completed a career and industry switch by joining Pfizer Animal Health in a product management and marketing position. He also launched a website, www.julienheon.com, to promote his passion—a professional sports photography business. Email: heonjulien@hotmail.com
Published in: Summer 2012
Ben Hertzman, BCom, has been appointed president of Progress Luv2Pak, a provider of premium retail and gift packaging. Ben has held a variety of roles with the business, ranging from summer intern to chief operating officer. He says he is proud that since the start of the pandemic Progress has distributed to hospitals, long-term care homes and businesses nearly 50 million medical masks under its new FiltroLife line.
Published in: Spring 2021
Sukhi Jagpal, CQ-EMBA, was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Vancouver-based ProNAi Therapeutics, Inc. in February. The firm closed its IPO in July and went public on NASDAQ.
Published in: Winter 2016
Sahar Jamal, BCom, let us know that she has started a social enterprise called Maziwa, based in Nairobi, Kenya. She says that Maziwa has designed the only breast pump specifically tailored to working mothers in developing markets.
Published in: Fall 2020
Sujee Jeganathan, AMBA, is the founder and CEO of TrustClarity, working alongside classmate Noorin Sidi, AMBA, who is the company’s director of marketing. Based in Chicago, TrustClarity creates turnkey B2B storefronts that provide companies with a simplified way to sell and buy new, refurbished and excess inventory. In November, the company closed a pre-seed funding round of US$300,000. Sujee says his company’s platform can help companies sell extra inventory that otherwise might go to landfill.
Published in: Spring 2021
Roshan Kalra, MBA, Law'12, and his spouse welcomed their first child in January. “His name is Devyn Nath Singh Kalra, and I'm already jealous of his full head of hair!” Roshan writes. “It has been the greatest joy of my life to be a father and I look forward to watching his future success!” Roshan and his family live in Edmonton and he practises law as a partner with SB LLP. “I was fortunate to join the firm in its infancy stages and have watched us triple in size in the last decade through strategic acquisitions and targeted recruitment,” he explains.
Published in: Fall 2021