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Building Digital Community
by Chirag Sheth
In a world where we can't meet face to face, building a sense of community can be a challenge. Especially when you're starting a new job, or in my case an MBA program, and can't meet your peers in person. Building Digital Community is an interview-style podcast where each week I talk with one of my new peers and learn more about their story, with the goal of building genuine relationships and building a stronger community in a world where we are all going digital. Music from Bensound.com.
Episodes
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Episode 60: Andrew Dupuis
Welcoming my friend Andrew Dupuis to the podcast for the final interview of Building Digital Community! In the final week of his MBA, Andrew is excited to leverage his management experience at Enterprise Rent-A-Car and accelerate his career into the consulting industry. Andrew has a passion for...
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Episode 59: Gurveer Dhanoa
Gurveer Dhanoa is finishing up his MBA journey at the DeGroote School of Business. He has a background as a process engineer as well as a passion for entrepreneurship, having started up multiple small businesses. He also has a passion for technology and will be starting with Deloitte as a...
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Episode 58: Lesleanne Blakeley
Lesleanne is a graduate from McMaster University's Life Sciences program (HBSc '10) and the DeGroote School of Business (MBA '13), and currently works in Operations on the Client Experience team at Wealthsimple. Since graduating from Mac, she has built a career working at technology startups in...
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Episode 57: Jacob Lechowicz
On this episode we're welcoming Jacob Lechowicz. Jacob is an engineer turned MBA student who has found a passion for finance. He's currently completing his CFA designation, recently writing the level 2 exam. He is set to finish up his MBA this summer before heading out East with his fiancé. The...
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Episode 56: Justin Baker
Welcome to the podcast DeGroote alumnus, Justin Baker! Justin is a Hamilton native and loyal McMaster student, graduating from both the Kinesiology program and MBA program. He has 10+ years of experience in software sales, working for companies such as Salesforce, Perfecto and DocuSign. He is…
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Episode 55: Stephanie Keen
Stephanie is an MBA candidate at the DeGroote School of Business. She has over four years of building business intelligence in diverse industries and has directed international strategic marketing programs from initial conceptualization to program launch and success. Through team leadership…
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Episode 54: Chris Pimentel
We're back with a brand new season of Building Digital Community! To kick off season 4, we've got Chris Pimentel. Prior to starting the MBA program, Chris worked as a reporter for five years in Peterborough, Six Nations (First Nation Reserve), and Milton. He is a massive sports fan, including a...
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Episode 53: Felipe Senisterra
Felipe Senisterra is a McMaster student to his core, graduating with a BA in Political Science and MBA with a double major in finance and strategic business valuations. During his time with DeGroote he held co-op roles with companies such as Ford and Eli Lilly before finding a passion for...
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Episode 52: Jordan Boyes
Jordan is a current MBA Co-op student at the DeGroote School of Business. Before entering the MBA program Jordan received his degree in Sport Management at Brock University in 2017. He worked in various roles before deciding that an MBA was the best course of action for his long-term career...
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Episode 51: Joel Fox
Joel graduated from DeGroote’s Co-op MBA in 2014. On the search for variety, his co-ops spanned the auto industry, ad agency world, and consulting. Upon graduating from DeGroote, he joined the Leadership Development Program at RBC, rotating through multiple roles in Personal & Commercial Banking...
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Episode 50: Andriana Lukich
Andriana Lukich is the Director, Digital Solutions at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton. She holds a HBSc Kinesiology and an MBA from McMaster University, a PMP certification and is Prosci Change Management certified. Throughout her decade of healthcare experience, she has held multiple roles all...
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Episode 49: Mariel Bulcan-Gnirss
Mariel Bulcan-Gnirss is a current MBA co-op student at DeGroote School of Business. After completing a bachelor’s degree in chemistry, she decided to pivot into business. Prior to starting the MBA, she gained experience in the insurance industry but missed incorporating her interest of science…
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Episode 48: Anu Singh
On this episode of the podcast we're welcoming DeGroote MBA Alumni, Anu Singh! Anu graduated from the DeGroote MBA program in 2013. She went into the program with a focus on the healthcare industry, however through her years in the MBA she found a passion for consulting and hasn't looked back...
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Episode 47: Bhavika Sachdev
On this episode of the podcast we have Bhavika Sachdev, the happy energetic and sometime confused DeGroote MBA student. She loves to talk, eat, and crack lame jokes. Along with a Bachelor’s of Commerce , she has a CPA designation and decided to join DeGroote to pivot from audit to other areas in...
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Episode 46: Mark Sabotig
Season 3 kicks off with Mark Sabotig! Mark is an MBA student at the DeGroote School of Business. He likes to describe himself as a huge Formula1 fan who can be seen cheering on the Scuderia Ferrari racing team during race weekends. His favourite pastime during the pandemic has definitely been...
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Episode 45: Chirag Sheth
Well it looks like your host is in the hot seat this time! Check out the latest episode of Building Digital Community with special guest hosts Victoria Mazzarolo, Justin Lee, Michael Bethune and Aafreen Muzaffar, as they turn the tables on your host Chirag Sheth and ask him some heavy hitting...
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Episode 44: Nav Nanwa
Nav Nanwa is a proud DeGroote alumni of both the Undergraduate (B.Com Honours 2010) and MBA (2013) programs. He currently serves as an Associate Producer and Business Columnist at CBC Toronto for the current affairs radio show 'Here and Now'. Before that, he was living the life of a brand…
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Episode 43: Sanjay Kumbhare
Sanjay Kumbhare is an Ontario lawyer and lover of jurisprudence. He previously worked for Hicks Adams LLP, a criminal law firm in downtown Toronto before deciding to start an MBA at DeGroote. Aside from the law, he is an avid reader, a movie buff, a student of the rap game and an obsessive...
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Episode 42: Hazel Walker
Hazel Walker is a second-year MBA Co-op student at DeGroote School of Business. Before coming to DeGroote, Hazel did her undergraduate bachelor’s degree in business administration – specializing in entrepreneurship at Trent University. Hazel is passionate about entrepreneurship and startups and…
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Episode 41: Saachi Jain Jaiswal
Saachi Jain Jaiswal is a second year MBA Co-Op student who holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Mumbai. She is an animal lover, who has recently started pet sitting in her spare time. On the professional front, before coming to Canada, Saachi worked as a Talent Acquisition...
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Episode 40: Nikhil Aranha
Nikhil completed his undergraduate degree at McMaster University with the Bachelor’s of Material Science Engineering. He began his MBA journey at the DeGroote School of Business last September, in hopes of becoming a consultant in the engineering industry; his back-up plan is to be investment...
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Episode 39: Shilpa Sri Raja Vijayan
Shilpa Sri Raja Vijayan is a MBA with co-op candidate, who has been living at the Middle East for the past 19 years. She is an optimistic lady with a determined attitude, which led her to pivot her career from Chemical Engineering to Business. To never miss out on an opportunity to explore and...
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Episode 38: Vivian Sadeh
Vivian Sadeh is a first year MBA student at the DeGroote School of Business. During her undergraduate degree, Vivian studied criminology and philosophy in the hopes of becoming a lawyer; however, in her third year she found her passion in marketing and hasn’t looked back since. Vivian enjoys…
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Episode 37: Atri Mukherji
Atri is a first year MBA student at the DeGroote School of Business and aims to explore the fields of marketing and operations in the near future. He is a long time soccer fan, a die-hard Manchester United supporter and believes sports is the best teacher. His love for stand up comedy and hip-hop...
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Episode 36: Sabrina Ibrahimi
Sabrina is a first year MBA student who hails from an undergraduate background in Science and International Studies but is currently exploring the world of banking on Co-op. Coming from a diverse academic background, Sabrina has a variety of interests ranging from history to anthropology and...
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Episode 35: Michael Bethune
Michael is a first year MBA Student at DeGroote who holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Guelph. He is an avid sports fan, truly loves travelling and constantly seeks new adventures. Michael considers himself a huge extrovert who is energized by being around people. He loves...
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Episode 34: Tyler Boulanger
Tyler is a current MBA Co-op student with a passion for life science innovation and an itch to broaden his horizons. After completing his undergraduate studies in Genetics and master’s degree in Biotechnology, Tyler picked up work experience at an exciting genetics startup and medical marketing...
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Episode 33: Dwitiya Sapre
Dwitiya is a first-year MBA student at McMaster university. She graduated from Emory University in 2018 with a BA in psychology and women’s gender and sexuality studies. She worked as a sports supervisor throughout her time at college. She also has 2 years of experience as a diversity and…
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Episode 32: Maddy Swierczynski
Maddy is a first year co-op student in the DeGroote MBA program. Before coming to DeGroote, she studied at the University of Guelph where she completed her BSc in Agriculture Science and MSc in Animal Biosciences. She originally wanted to be a veterinarian before realizing it wasn’t right for…
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Episode 31: Paulina Kwasny
Paulina is a current MBA candidate in her second academic year of the program. Before joining the MBA program, Paulina did her undergrad in Economics at McMaster University while working as a math tutor, shift supervisor at Starbucks, and waitress. With her time during her undergraduate degree…
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Episode 30: Justin Lee
Justin is a recruiter turned business student that has a strong passion for entrepreneurship, sports, and a love for bartending. He has spent the past 5 years within the field of recruitment sourcing and hiring for a diverse set of industries including health care, pharmaceuticals and sales....
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Episode 29: Vinayak Bajaj
Vinayak is an MBA co-op student at the DeGroote School of Business. He graduated in 2016 with a BBA specializing in marketing. After graduating he worked in consulting for a little over 3 years focusing on clients in the media and manufacturing sectors. He loves watching cricket and...
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Episode 28: Remy Gascoigne
Remy is a recent graduate of the MBA program at DeGroote and you may know her as the former MBAA President. On this episode of the podcast we talk about Remy's journey to starting an MBA, her passion for healthcare, her learning throughout her many leadership positions while at DeGroote and we…
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Episode 27: Siddharth Manda
Welcome to the podcast Siddharth! Siddharth is a FT-MBA student at DeGroote with over 5 years of professional experience. He completed his B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering before starting work as a Software developer with Wipro Technologies. Later he started his own start-up which was a...
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Episode 26: Zaryab Ahmed
We're back! On the first episode of season two we have Zaryab Ahmed. Zaryab was born in Pakistan but has lived most of his life in cities across southern Ontario. He completed his undergraduate degree in Biological Psychology from Queen’s University in 2020 and chose to go directly into his MBA…
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Episode 25: Alissa Smith
Alissa is from Troy, Michigan and is an MBA co-op student at McMaster. She completed her undergrad at Hope College (Holland, Michigan) as a double major in business and communication in 2020. She has worked in marketing and consulting all around the world, including Sydney, Australia, Paris,...
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Episode 24: Sabrina Molero
Sabrina started her journey at Sheridan, where she graduated with an advanced Business Administration diploma. She then transitioned to completing a Bachelor of Commerce, specializing in marketing management at Ryerson University. During her educational journey, Sabrina worked as an Educational...
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Episode 23: Kopica Thayaparan
Kopica is a 2020 graduate from McMaster University from the Life Sciences Co-op program. She always knew that she wanted to work in healthcare, and spent the last few years exploring different roles with the goal of bringing about positive change. After working in both government and healthcare,...
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Episode 22: Stefan Toral
Stefan graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration, specializing in marketing. He has worked for a packaging company as a Marketing Specialist that services CPGs such as Unilever, Mondelez, and Kraft-Heinz. As a marketing Specialist he supported the National Sales Directors with...
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Episode 21: Brandon Kober
Brandon Kober is a small-town guy with big ambition. His experience as a Registered Nurse and a manager left him wanting to do more for people in the worst life circumstances. Brandon is interested in working to shape public policies and programs that will improve health at the population level.…
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Episode 20: Farhan Mughal
Farhan was born and raised in the historic town of Lahore, Pakistan. Motivated by his early passion towards sciences, he pursued Mechanical Engineering in his undergrad. After graduation, he has worked for fortune 500 companies like Unilever and British American Tobacco within Operations and…
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Episode 19: Pavitra Iyer
Get to know Pavitra, a sports enthusiast with a background in finance, and how she came to doing an MBA.
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Episode 18: Bhumik Dedhia
Learn more about Bhumik, his passion for technology and how he went from helping to transform a family business in agriculture to now pursuing an MBA.
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Episode 17: Aafreen Muzaffar
Learn how Aafreen went from a background in banking in India, to studying consumer behaviour and marketing in Scotland, to now pursuing an MBA in Canada!
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Episode 16: Prajay Shah
Prajay is a movie, anime and video game enthusiast from India with a background in business and marketing. With 3 years of experience at GLG, he is excited to explore new cultures and the new experiences that come along with doing an MBA in Canada. Learn more about his creative fuel, experience...
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Episode 15: Heidy Sosa
Heidy is an international MBA student from Colombia. She has an undergraduate degree in international business and worked previously as an International Business Director and General Manager for a furniture company in her home country.
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Episode 14: Madhavi Bachani
Madhavi (Maddy) is a Full time MBA student at DeGroote School of Business. She completed her Bachelors in economics at University of Delhi and started her career in the human resource industry in 2015 working for companies such as ADT BY TELUS, Gerson Lehrman Group and The Smart Cube. Learn more...
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Episode 13: Tije Oyetunji
On episode 13 learn more about Tije, a MBA co-op candidate at DeGroote. She is originally from Nigeria, is passionate about people, business and tech, and she's also a big foodie!
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Episode 12: Adil Maswala
Learn more about Adil's journey and passion for entrepreneurship, and how those things brought him to an MBA program.
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Episode 11: Seamus Mulroy
On episode 11, learn more about Seamus and how his background in biotechnology and economics fueled his passion for business and how that brought him to pursuing an MBA.
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In a world where we can't meet face to face, building a sense of community can be a challenge. Especially when you're starting a new job, or in my case an MBA program, and can't meet your peers in person. Building Digital Community is an interview-style podcast where each week I talk with one of my new peers and learn more about their story, with the goal of building genuine relationships and building a stronger community in a world where we are all going digital. Music from Bensound.com.
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Chirag Sheth
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