Education

2002: 

• After taking a year off I ended up at what was then called Capilano College and I pursued a one year diploma in the Retail, Marketing & Sales Program. 

• It made sense given at the time I was working in Retail and though the program was not exactly what I hope it would be it lead me to the Business Administration Program

2003-2009:

• Originally, the Business Administration Program was only able to offer a 2 year diploma program with the option of transferring to SFU. 

• During the time I was there, emerged to become a full fledged degree program, which still maintained its college roots of smaller class sizes and a very hands on approach to learning.

• I spent 6 years working on my goal of obtaining a degree and choose to focus on the Marketing.

• I choose Marketing because I had always had a fascination with product knowledge and being able to expose and  educate people on new products and services. 

• I had some phenomenal teachers who really knew their stuff and in some cases still worked in the fields that they then taught their students about. 

• They offered us a real world perspective and if they were unable to find a textbook that covered the subject matter appropriately then they developed their own or the course did not require the use of one. 

Program Highlights:

• Almost every class we took involved 3 major exams, a number of papers and  assignments and the final assignment was usually a group project.

• In many classes we did not get to choose our own groups, had to work with pretty strict, deadlines, and had to cover a lot of material for example: writing a full business plan that included a marketing plan, financial projections, and a whole lot of research

• Our teachers kept it current and industry relevant, we learned about digital marketing early on and we were exposed to social media marketing back in 2007

• The overall program, gave us a great understanding of business and its many facets