Career – pvot40

1 Year Review: 5 Things I love about Working at a Small Company

My first work selfie that I ever posted to my socials, after a project for Terry Fox Foundation. I left a decade plus bank career in 2022 to join Pllenty – a fintech “startup” in it’s 7th year. Join me as I reflect on how the last year shaped me in my next few posts.Continue reading “1 Year Review: 5 Things I love about Working at a Small Company”

My Own Personal Career Pivot – Part 3

In part 1, I wrote about the early days of my career – starting at BMO and then at TD. In Part 2, I wrote about finding out what was next and reaching my immediate financialgoals. In this post I’ll describe the steps I took to leave the corporate world and join a start-up andContinue reading “My Own Personal Career Pivot – Part 3”

My own Personal Career Pivot – Part 2

In part 1, I wrote about the early days of my career – starting at BMO and then at TD. In this post I’ll get into the critical three years where I achieved my financial goals and started thinking about what was next. In 2018 I was 37, my sons were out of the babyContinue reading “My own Personal Career Pivot – Part 2”

My Own Personal Career Pivot – Part 1

In spring, I resigned from my corporate job after 15 years to start a role in a startup. Over the next few posts, I am going to talk about this pivot and give updates on what I am learning from this new “world”. First a little story about my career so far. I started myContinue reading “My Own Personal Career Pivot – Part 1“

Leaving Corporate Life to Become an Independent Consultant

This is the story of Joanne Dong, an independent consultant, currently focused on solving challenging problems in US Healthcare using technology. In this in-depth interview, Joanne and I speak about her journey from growing up in communist China to becoming a consultant and the many pivots she made along the way.

What it Takes to Be a Tech Entrepreneur

This is the story of Dan Lee, co-founder of Qalius and CTO of Pllenty. He had the heart of an entrepreneur before being an entrepreneur was in fashion and Toronto became the Tech and Innovation hub that it is today. In this interview I pick Dan’s brain about what it takes to be a TechContinue reading “What it Takes to Be a Tech Entrepreneur”