Leigh Huestis
What did you do before your role at Acadia? In terms in education, I have completed a BA in English and law degree from Dalhousie, and an MBA from Saint Mary’s. After I finished school, I joined the IT community in Atlantic Canada, working mostly for a variety of tech-based startups. I loved working with the IT startup community – […]
Read MoreSarah Conrod – EN
What did you do before joining the Springboard network? After my undergrad I went to the Université de Montréal to study French before accepting an opportunity at an engineering firm in international marketing. The company was heavily involved in R&D and rapidly developing new technologies. I suppose I didn’t know it at the time, but it was a good opportunity […]
Read MoreWayne Quilty – EN
What is your line of expertise? After working over 35 years with Federal, Provincial, Municipal and First Nations governments, I consider myself a lifelong public servant. I have been fortunate enough to work my entire career in rural Newfoundland and Labrador with a primary focus of supporting entrepreneurs and community groups in business and community economic development. Federally I was […]
Read MoreValerie Lalande – EN
What is your background and how did it prepare you for the work with the Springboard network? I have a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and a master’s in molecular biology and genetics. When I started as an undergraduate, I was working for an industry research chair at the University of Quebec, working in fermentation with a pulp and paper company. Working […]
Read MoreKara Strickland – EN
What did you do before you joined Memorial TTCO? I’ve worked in the world of research for most of my career. Before working for Memorial, I was with the Research and Development Corporation (RDC), which was a crown corporation that supported academic and commercial research projects. I worked there from 2010 to 2017 and joined Memorial’s Technology Transfer and Commercialization Office […]
Read MoreShawn MacDougall – EN
What did you do before coming to Holland College? I completed a Bachelor of Science Degree with a chemistry major with a minor in business administration at the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI). After that I did a master’s in environmental and analytical chemistry. After completing that degree, I decided that I no longer wanted to be working in […]
Read MoreAndrew Kendall – EN
Where is your field of expertise? My background is in geology. I graduated from Dalhousie in ‘81 and went to work for exploration service companies in Northern Alberta, and then exploration rigs in the North Sea and South-East Asia before I came back here and worked on the Scotian Shelf and Hibernia until ’86. After that, I went back to […]
Read MoreDr. Paula Mendonca – EN
What did you do leading up to your current role? I came to Newfoundland in 2002 to do my PhD in biology at Memorial. During this time, I became more and more interested in the impacts of my research and how research in general can impact society in a positive way. As I was considering what else I could do […]
Read MoreMichelle Gurrola-Gal – EN
Tell us about the work you did before joining Springboard. I worked in veterinary medicine for several years. After I finished my undergrad in veterinary sciences, in Connecticut, I worked for Charles River Laboratories, a preclinical research safety assessment facility, working with laboratory animals as a research technician for almost a year before transitioning into technical training roles. Technical training […]
Read MoreHart Devitt – EN
Let’s start with your professional background prior to Springboard. In 2000, I started at the Research Services Offices at the University of New South Wales in Australia where I was a pre-award manager and also assisted in grant writing. I became familiar with research administration and improved at the soft skills that were needed to fulfill my role as a manager. I […]
Read MoreShane Nason – EN
What did you do before joining UNB? I have an undergrad in Business Administration and then I did a graduate degree (a Master of Science in Civil Engineering with a focus on Transportation Policy and Planning) – both from UNB. The graduate degree was cross discipline, so I did take engineering courses but I’m not an engineer, and you certainly […]
Read MoreMatt Douglass – EN
Tell us about what you studied before joining UNB? My undergraduate degree was a bachelor of arts with honours in History, with a concentration in Military and Strategic Studies (and a minor in Drama Production!) which I then followed with a master’s degree in Military History, the thesis for which was the basis for a book that was recently published as […]
Read MoreDanielle Goodfellow – EN
Let’s start with your background before coming to your current role. I spent a lot of time around the water growing up and so it was a natural fit when I decided to study Marine Biology in Halifax. During my undergrad I took part in a co-operative program, which gave me different work experiences in labs and the field. I […]
Read MoreKevin Buchan – EN
What did you do before SB/ professional background? Education wise, I have a Bachelor of Science and environmental science from the University of Waterloo and a Master of Sciences in Biology with an aquaculture focus from UNB. I also worked for a time in an aquaculture lab with Department of Fisheries and Oceans, in St. Andrews New Brunswick. So, I […]
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