Find A Way Podcast

Rochan was born and raised in a small sub-urban city - Chandigarh in North India. At age 23 he moved to New York to pursue a Masters in Finance at University at Buffalo. Today, Rochan Kakar is the Chief Strategy Officer at Granimals ( www.granimals.com ) a digital healthcare startup focused on helping people with mindset-led well-being, injury rehabilitation and prevention care. Granimals was boot...

Jorge is a serial entrepreneur with experience as a partner in numerous industries and countries. He has played a key role in managing and structuring over 30 business ventures, focusing on aligning strategies and policies across various sectors.  Currently, he is focused on K3 Green Tech’s mission to bring sustainable solutions to the North American transportation industry, contributing his...

Nida is a Canada-based entrepreneur and marketing strategist with a background in engineering and sales. She transitioned into marketing after moving from India, bringing a unique blend of technical expertise and business acumen to her roles.  After working for a marketing agency and building strong client relationships, she founded her own marketing agency, which has been thriving for over a...

Ting is a dynamic entrepreneur whose journey has taken her from China to the USA, and now, lucky us… To Canada! Ting has a bachelor in Interior Architecture, a Masters in Entrepreneurship with the University of Waterloo and is a cofounder of Rice Slurp Restaurant.  Passionate about revolutionizing the Asian food scene in Toronto, Ting aims to elevate their culinary creations to global recogni...

Edgar is a disruptive innovator, who believes in imagination rather than knowledge.  Co-founder of XactSize and successful serial entrepreneur who has helped in the growth of multiple sectors including telecom, retail and seafood. XactSize is an AI/AR (Artificial Intelligence/Augmented Reality) enabled Body Measurement Solution that has the ability to provide precise body measurements.

Ritu is a tech-edupreneur on a mission!  With over 12 years of experience in education across the globe, Ritu has worn many hats – from a humble teacher to a proud school principal, spanning across Canada, Singapore, Dubai, and India. Her passion lies in STEM education, and she is driven to revolutionize how students interact with science, technology, engineering, and math. Currently, she’s t...

Farhad Khan is the CEO and founder of Member Lounge, a leading technology platform that empowers associations to build robust membership websites. Based in Canada, Farhad brings a wealth of experience at the intersection of software and business. Under his leadership, Member Lounge has become a trusted partner for professional associations seeking to enhance member engagement and streamline their...

Having more than 8 years of experience study-abroad industry, Milan is a recent international student, entrepreneur, and a Master of Entrepreneurship degree holder from Carleton University. He is a founder and CEO of EdMission Inc. based in Ottawa.  Milan is passionate about immigration and very much active within recent immigration challenges being faced by both governments and international...

Pavla is a recently exited founder (WFHomie acquired by GoCo.io, HR Tech) and a mentor at the Neo accelerator. She began her startup career as a Product designer, moving on to lead Product at Nudge.ai (acquired by Affinity). She’s a triathlete who loves supporting ambitious people, abstract art, and debate.

Ravi is a 4X startup founder, a former Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the University of Toronto, and a Social Capitalist.  Currently he is the CEO and cofounder of BLUMEx, an experiential media startup. BLUMEx automates the workflows of Podcasters, Streamers, and Creators. Its mission is to capture the stories of innovators advancing their ideas through startups, research, or intrapreneurship....

Israel Gasperin is an Engineer and Entrepreneur known for his passion for creating innovative solutions to address global challenges. He began his academic journey in 2004 at the Institute of Technology of Xalapa, Mexico, where he pursued a degree in Software Engineering. After graduating, he sharpened his skills as a software engineer and IT project manager in various banking institutions for fiv...

Max is an Education Influencer with a community of 300,000 members across various social media platforms. He moved to Canada 5 years ago, and started sharing his problems and bringing solutions that simplified complicated Government websites. His mission is to empower new Canadians with information and the support systems they need to thrive.

Kingsley is the founder and CEO of Expedier – A global Digital money app for everyday banking for under-represented and underbanked communities.  Kingsley is also a global digital nomad, speaker, and tech leader with over 15+ years of background as a Technology & Business Leader at Fortune 500 companies. Kingsley and his team at Expedier have won several awards including Platform Calgary...

An accomplished structural engineer, that has dedicated 14 years to the design of high-rise and mid-rise structures. Recognizing the evolving needs of the industry, Fatemeh founded Strucwise, melding traditional engineering practices with AI.  Strucwise stands out as an intelligent, automated AI-driven software, dedicated to addressing engineering challenges while prioritizing cost-efficiency...

Gilson is a tech operator with extensive experience as a founder and executive. He is also a startup advisor, mentor and angel investor. With a 20-year career in technology companies, Gilson built and led teams in multiple functional areas. He has been a COO, CMO, CPO, Business Unit Leader, and a co-Founder, leading teams of hundreds of people in 7 countries. Born and raised in Brazil, he has live...

Join us as we dive into Roya’s mission to empower millennials and Gen Z’s to make better financial choices.  Roya for many years was deeply engaged in sports, having to set aside her athletic dreams to focus on academic achievements, leading her to study computer engineering. This decision paved the way for her eventual move from Iran to Canada with plans for a master's degree, which shifted...

Jay is a globally successful entrepreneur and the CEO of the Accelerator Centre. He brings 20+ years of executive leadership across venture capital, entrepreneurship, and product development. Having founded and guided three startups to acquisition, he has extensive firsthand experience in the startup lifecycle. Before entrepreneurship, he held key roles in product management and engineering at Cis...

Kasia is an avid explorer of ideas & cultures. As a professional executive coach, author and founder of Mindquest Global Leadership Development, Kasia works with founders who are ready to scale globally, as well as busy leaders at global companies, including Amazon, Cisco, LinkedIn, Salesforce, Samsung, HSBC and Visa.   She loves equipping leaders with modern leadership skills so they can...

Urooj Qureshi is the Founder and CEO at Design Centered Co. a leading design and digital transformation agency shaping the narrative around design and technology in Canada. He also leads the product division at the firm responsible for the creation and operation of Impactor App, an innovative solution that is enabling organizations to accelerate, inclusive decision-making and amplify project succe...

Julie Smolyansky, is a soviet immigrant that became the youngest female CEO of a publicly held firm when she took over Lifeway Foods at the age of 27 in 2002. Since then, Julie has continued the company’s growth trajectory with creative product development and marketing to bring kefir, the company’s flagship product, into the U.S. mainstream. Under Julie’s leadership, Lifeway’s annual revenues hav...

Nardin is a co-founder and CTO at Simmunome, where she combines her knowledge in engineering, machine learning, and neuroscience.  After gaining experience as a regional electrical engineer at Proctor and Gamble, Nardin's passion for research drew her back to academia. This led her to pursue a Ph. D. in Neuroscience at McGill University, where she utilized machine learning and diverse modelin...

Born and raised in Iran, Pouya migrated to Canada and got into sales at a young age, he has worked across 07 industries, outsourced sales for multi-billion dollar companies and celebrity entrepreneurs. After that experience, he ventured into business for himself. Pouya does a lot of training and consulting work, helping business owners sell more and scale. 

Dinesh is a Relationship Builder and a Change Agent.  As a Human Resources Leader, with more than 25 years of global corporate experience, Dinesh has worked both in North America and India.  One of Dinesh’s benchmarks of success is his community work. He believes in lifelong learning and sharing his knowledge with other professionals in the industry.  He has helped a number of skill...

Christine is the founder of Kaima Designs, an African-inspired trendsetting clothing brand whose Corporate Social Responsibility prioritizes poverty reduction through girl-child education and women empowerment initiatives in West Africa.  She co-founded United Colours of Fashion, a non-profit whose mission revolves around harnessing the talents of newcomers and persons of BIPOC heritage in th...

Amadeu Ferreira, CEO & Founder of Vambora, is a FinTech innovator championing financial inclusion who moved from Brazil to Canada with his wife in 2016. With a unique background in legal, financial analysis, and product development, he's transforming the financial landscape for those underserved by traditional systems. As an immigrant, he’s passionate about helping newcomers to succeed in thei...