Speakers

Brianna is the Manager, Talent Strategy leading Invest Ottawa’s inaugural Talent Program. She manages the program’s knowledge-based industry Talent strategy with a focus on engineering. With a background in Human Resources and private recruiting, she has over 5 years of professional experience. She graduated from the University of Ottawa in the French Immersion Commerce program with a specialization in Human Resources Management. While at University she was a part of Enactus which ran social enterprises and was her first introduction to the world of start-ups. 

I am a proactive, curious, dynamic, and energizing professional with the mission of bridging people and business together through an effective HR strategy by helping nurture and retain talent while making a daily positive impact in people’s lives. My current focus is on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, leveraging on my experience in topics such as Wellbeing, People Experience, and Internal Communications.

I am currently the VP for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Teleperformance Portugal where my mission will be to provide strategic leadership and oversight for researching, developing, implementing, and maintaining a range of successful practices for supporting a climate at Teleperformance Portugal that values and prioritizes diversity, equity, and inclusiveness.

At Teleperformance Portugal we know that a fulfilling and happy work environment is only possible when we respect and celebrate our differences, raising awareness of the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Eva is a life and career coach who helps her international clients with personal and professional transitions. Passionate about people development and human interactions Eva started her coaching business Multipaths in 2016.

Whether the challenge entails the transition to a more meaningful job, the exploration of a career after parenthood, or adapting to a new country or culture, Eva helps her clients connect to their talents and values, helping them to own their direction.

Being a (international) working mother herself, Eva easily connects to her clients. Her learning path ranges from studies in psychology, human resources management, project management, neurolinguistic programming, person-centered counseling and coaching.

Her +10 year international career in recruitment and talent development coupled with her studies allow her to use diverse approaches and techniques with her clients.

Today Eva offers coaching programs and services – from individual coaching, to training and facilitation. To contact Eva, please visit her coaching website at www.multipathscoaching.com

A Talent Acquisition evangelist with 21 years of experience in managing a lean, agile data centric hiring practice. Worked extensively in IT, ITES and Infra hiring across industry verticals of Finance, Communication, Media, Digital, Health, Public Services and Utilities, Learning and Development, Pharma and Voice. Driven transformation projects that aided in better candidate and hiring manager experience higher conversion rates and tool intervention. Was instrumental in driving higher diversity hiring.

Ankit Tomar, a Computer Science graduate from IIT-Delhi, is the co-founder & Chief Technology Officer at Bizongo. The urge to create something with far-reaching impact drives him personally and professionally.

He heads the technology vertical at Bizongo focusing on product innovation and engineering to transform the way B2B enterprises approach procurement and supply chain challenges. His passion for Bizongo reflects in bringing in game-changing products like Procure Live, Partner Hub, and Artwork Flow to offer a seamless experience for customers. He is methodical and a votary of automation to drive efficiency in the business process at Bizongo.

Ankit is from Dehradun and loves sweating it out on the pitch playing cricket or football, but nothing excites him more than ideas. He also likes reading non-fiction in his spare time.