Jordan Fisher is widely recognized as one of BC’s top experts in cost-effective energy & water efficiency strategies for building retrofits. He has 15 years’ experience and has led energy efficiency upgrades across over 30 million square feet of space. This work has helped save millions of dollars in utility costs, and significantly reduced greenhouse gas emissions.

Jordan supports clients with a wide range of building types across BC and Alberta. His work has included restaurants, retail, office, hotels, light industrial, and multi-family housing. He has a particular focus on cost/benefit analysis and developing business cases for cost effective projects.

Jordan oversees a team of professionals including energy managers, mechanical and electrical engineers, and project managers. In addition to overseeing individual building energy efficiency upgrade projects, Jordan leads the development and management of energy efficiency programs that serve commercial and multi-family building owners and operators.

When not at work Jordan enjoys hiking, paddling, surfing, camping, and biking with his wife and two children.

Jordan Williamson, Senior Product Manager, is responsible for in store payment products at Moneris.

Jordan is an experienced product leader who specializes in delivering industry-leading payment solutions. Prior to taking on the payment industry, Jordan had 10 years of experience working in restaurants ranging from family-owned to mid-market franchises and major national brands.

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Julie Wang is the founder of Tiny Planet Digital, a full-service digital marketing agency based in Vancouver, Canada servicing sustainability-focused services and products across the globe. A Surrey Women in Business Awards 2020 Finalist, Julie has leveraged her expertise to help many business owners to build and grow their digital presence.

As the Regional Manager for Western Canada at Salesforce, Kalle Sveder helps small businesses grow by developing strategy, processes and implementing best in class technology. Before Salesforce, Kalle co-founded Vancouver based music-tech startup, SKIO Music. As the Chief Operating Officer at SKIO Music, Kalle was responsible for product-market fit, sales and marketing strategy, business development and general business operations.

Kelly McBain is a Senior Product Manager of Business Solutions at Moneris. She is a passionate product professional specializing in innovative online and mobile payment systems.  Kelly is always looking at how technical innovation can help solve business problems in the online and mobile space with her keen sense for business needs and creative mind.

Kelly has over 20 years in the payment industry having worked in a variety of areas including sales, operations, audit, project management and now more recently leading a team of driven product managers while managing products of her own.

Prior to working in the payments industry, she worked in the financial sector in fraud and telephony.  She holds a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) designation, is Scrum Master Certified and has completed many courses with Pragmatic Marketing (Foundations, Focus, Marketing).

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Kelly Walker is the President of Uniserve Communications. He has worked with a large number of multi-sized organizations in architecting, developing and supporting their technical infrastructure and strategic digital transformations. A highly experienced technical executive, driven to provide unique, cutting edge solutions to complex business requirements, helping to educate businesses on best practices when employing technology has been at the forefront of his personal mandate. As with numerous entrepreneurs in BC, Kelly created his first business with the help of Small Business BC and is grateful for the opportunity to give back by providing his knowledge and experience through an informative webinar series.

Kelsey Jorssen is a social media expert and founder of Jorssen Media.

Jorssen Media is a digital marketing company in Vancouver with the goal to help grow businesses, but who may not require employing someone in-house, full time. They are happy to step in whether you’re a startup, non-profit or an established business. They aim to provide affordable options, and as well create digital marketing solutions that are simple and easy to convey. They strategize with you to take out the confusion and offer straightforward and elegant ideas.

What can clients expect when they attend a seminar hosted by Kelsey?

"To be able to see the importance of building an online community, which can lead to sales and then a loyal customer. It's my goal for them to learn how every action they conduct online is connected and can support their business goals."

Kristi Tomasin is the Director of Smartmail Marketing at Canada Post. She has 20 years of sales and marketing experience & has spent the last 13 years at Canada Post working with large enterprise and mid-market marketing organizations. She helps to advance their marketing initiatives & grow their businesses through strategy and data intelligence. Kristi holds an MBA from Niagara University and an Economics degree from the University of Waterloo. She’s an avid sports fan, rooting for the Buffalo Bills and Toronto Raptors, & is a dog lover, especially fond of her mini labradoodle, Stella.

Kyla is the Senior Manager, Marketing at BCAA. She is a marketing leader with over 15 years’ experience in marketing, communications, and product development across various industries and is currently leading the marketing of BCAA’s Small Business Insurance.

Laura Sukorokoff has always had a passion for the employee experience. Her mission is to guide managers in the creation of human-centred workplaces and, in so doing, help to change the corporate world. This passion for the people side of business has led Laura to senior roles in learning and organizational development. She is a mentor and coach who enjoys helping people find their voices and bring their ideas to life.

Laura is a highly regarded speaker, learning and development professional, and subject matter expert in the area of engagement and retention. She is the author of It's Not Them, It's You: Why employees "break up" with their managers and what to do about it and  works with leaders, entrepreneurs, managers, coaches, and professionals on the soft skills (or, as she prefers to call them, power skills!) side of business. Laura is also a small business owner and her company, C-Change Learning and Development, provides soft skills training for leaders and their teams in all areas of business.

Leon Wong started Leontrepreneur Education Inc. in 2017 to help small to mid-sized businesses grow. By providing Digital Marketing services such as SEO, SEM, Social Media and Paid Ads, he has helped businesses meet their goals through unique and personalized strategies. Aside from being a Digital Marketing Strategist, Leon is also an instructor who takes joy in educating people about promoting brands online. 

With over 8 years of industry experience and having taught over 300 students, Leon and has had the opportunity to work with small, local businesses to global, million dollar franchises. He is married and is an animal lover who adopted 2 cats and owns 2 dogs.

Liisa Atva is a Chartered Professional Accountant and Chartered Business Valuator (CBV). She has valued both large and small businesses and appeared as an expert witness in court on valuation matters.

Liisa has also been a CFO for companies in the manufacturing, software, mutual fund and venture capital industries. Subsequently, she spent nine years on the deal team of an investment bank specializing in structured finance transactions. She has taught at the SFU Beedie School of Business, and rewrote the UBC Sauder School of Business Real Estate Appraisal Program’s online course on business valuation.

Although Liisa has worked for a number of large businesses she has a soft spot for the smaller ones. When she was a teenager it was the owner of an auto body shop that first sparked her interest in a business career. Her focus now is writing, teaching and mentoring business owners and students.  In addition to her Canadian experience she has lived and worked in Bermuda, Australia and the USA.

Liisa has been published in The Globe and Mail, Huffington Post, The Vancouver Sun, The BC Shipping News and The Journal of Business Valuations. One of her editorial pieces was a Google pick as top business story of the day. She is the author of The Ask: How Much is a Small Business Worth? and was awarded the Canadian Institute of CBVs 2018 Communicator of the Year award.

Lorcan O’Melinn is a Chartered Professional Accountant, CPA, CGA with experience as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in the Health Care (Riverview Hospital), Kindergarten to Grade 12 (Coquitlam School District) and Post-Secondary Education (BCIT) sectors. Experienced as a senior executive and board member, he can balance social purpose objectives and goals with appropriate risk assessment and business planning.   Lorcan understands the governance role that a board member needs to play in addition to being an advisor for senior management.

He recently served on the board of the Great Northern Way Trust (whose shareholders are SFU, UBC, Emily Carr University and BCIT) in addition to being a member on the Finance Committee and the Real Estate Committee.  Key responsibilities included governance for land transactions and the Centre for Digital Media.

He retired at the end of September from his position as Vice President, Administration and Chief Financial Officer at BCIT.

He is married, with two children and four grandchildren. He is an avid cyclist and cycling advocate in addition to enjoying hiking and reading.  He has spent a number of years working as a volunteer and board member with sports associations in the Tri-Cities area.

Louise Fogharty is Vice President, Financing & Consulting for South Fraser Area at BDC.  She is also the Executive Sponsor of the Bank’s Women Entrepreneurs’ initiative for the BC & North region.

Lynn is a Health Promotion Specialist, who’s been working on the Healthy Workplaces program as part of the Canadian Cancer Society since March 2020. She has a Masters in Public Health and an Undergraduate Degree in Biology and has been working in the Healthcare sector for the past 10 years.

Marc is the founder and CEO of Routific.  Routific is a smart logistics platform that optimizes routes for last-mile delivery fleets, saving businesses up to 40% on time and fuel. Today, the power and efficiency of our proprietary algorithm combined with a stellar user experience makes Routific the best routing solution for the small and mid-tier market.

Marilyn Sing, CIPP/C  (Certified Information Privacy Professional – Canada) started IPP Consulting (IPP) in 2016. Based in Victoria, IPP focuses on helping small to mid-sized businesses to meet their obligation to operate in compliance with British Columbia’s and other applicable privacy laws

Marina Bertoldi is an entrepreneur at heart.

She holds a post-graduate degree in management, another in financial planning and she's currently finishing a Masters in Digital Media. After co-founding and managing three businesses in her native Brazil, Marina decided to change careers and move to Canada in pursuit of new opportunities. She has always been drawn to creative problems and people to want to make an impression in the world.

Marina's passions are entrepreneurship, business strategies and innovation.

Marta is currently the Director, Product Portfolio, Online and Mobile at Moneris.