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Amanda Paul, 2007 Bachelor of Commerce graduateAmanda Paul, a graduate of the Bachelor of Commerce program in 2007 has been accepted into theBachelor of Education program at York University.Elena Barone, 2008 Bachelor of Commerce graduateWhen Elena was in the final months of her fourth year, she posted her resume online. She wasrecruited by the Oshawa-Whitby branch of Investors Group when they found her resume. Elena’sdivision director was very pleased with the fact that she was in a Commerce program. Over thepast two years, Elena has consistently drawn on the skills and knowledge she learned in her fouryears at UOIT. Elena has found the leadership courses were of particular use as they taught herhow to adapt to meet the needs of her individual clients. The marketing courses were also of greathelp as they taught Elena how to get into the head of her clients, build a successful clientrelationship and relate to them on both a professional and personal level.Elena is entering her third year at Investors Group. As a consultant, it is her responsibility tomanage the financial health of her clients. To do this, she must provide her clients with comprehensive financial plansthat include multiple aspects, such as debt reduction strategies, mortgage planning, investment planning, insuranceplanning and tax/estate planning. Currently, Elena has over 150 clients with the expectation that she will have over 200by the end of this year. Elena has been nationally recognized by her company for her ability to build a successfulpractice through client referrals. She has been featured in a national podcast by her company where she wasinterviewed for her success and asked to give advice for new consultants entering the business. Elena has recentlycompleted a Field Trainer Program which allows her to train new consultants, and she may soon be considering enteringa management role as a division director.Elena says, “My schooling at UOIT gave me the tools to successfully pursue my dream career. I am blessed to be in acareer that allows me to build my own business. There is no ceiling in my business from a success and income point ofview. The sky is the limit! It is very rewarding to know that I can help my clients achieve their own dreams by providingthem with a roadmap to a bulletproof financial future.”
Jawad Hussain, 2010 Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) graduateAfter graduation, Jawad Hussain was hired as a junior accountant for a jewellery company basedin Toronto. Due to recent economic struggles, the company decided to restructure its businessby entering the online market and expanding business on the internet: www.theglamroom.comwas launched.Jawad helped the company build strategic decisions and supplier relationships. Jawad feels hisexperience at UOIT helped him a lot during this period. “We were taught many quality courseswhich gave us an idea on how the real-world industry worked. We did many case studies whichhelped us to gain more understanding. From accounting courses to strategic management, everyknowledge was used and applied in the business.”One of Jawad’s roles was to analyze the business and create a business model. Jawad used the knowledge he learnedfrom his Strategic Management course and applied it to this project. “UOIT trained me and gave me enough knowledgeto apply everything in real world. Another good thing which I liked of UOIT is that we were just not restricted to in-classlectures but also professors were really helpful and gave me a lot of encouragement and suggestions with this project.”Jawad also credits his accounting courses as he felt they provided him with a strong background to succeed in his workenvironment. “We were given cases to analyze with real world situations and how would we resolve that. We had to domany cases which involved enormous accounting knowledge. At that time we all thought this was really challenging andinvolved a lot of work. But today I can say that these cases really helped me a lot. I am more prepared for real-worldindustry and can tackle any accounting issues.”Jawad has plans of moving forward to complete his CMA (Certified Management Accountant) and also to continuebuilding his current work project. Additionally, Jawad manages a music website with over 160,000 registered membersand he is an RJ for a radio station. “University is a lot of work, but at the end everything you do in life will give youexperience and make you better. Do not give up and keep working hard.”Lei Qi, 2007 Masters of Information Technology Security (MITS) graduateLei Qi completed the Master of Information Technology Security degree in 2007 at UOIT under the supervision ofDr. Miguel Vargas Martin. After his graduation, Qi worked for a year at Hoper Inc., UOIT’s first start-up company, underan Ontario Centres of Excellence internship program. At Hoper, he developed the first release version of an innovativeweb tool called Navdriver, which is now commercially available through a local company in Durham Region. After hisposting, Qi continued his career as a software design engineer for a multinational corporation where he worked in thedevelopment and testing of some of the main security features of a leading operating system. After this mission wassuccessfully completed and the operating system was released and deployed worldwide, he moved to a financialinstitution in Vancouver, Canada, to work on their online banking system.
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