Age: 38
Birthplace: Ottawa
Company: We offer digital marketing services to businesses around the world.
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For Ginger Bertrand, some of her earliest childhood memories in Ottawa are centred around healthcare. “I grew up across the street from what was originally the General Hospital,” she explains,
Education: Bachelor of science in computer mathematics, Carleton University (2002)
Charitable involvement: St. Elias Cathedral
Biggest biz achievement: Co-founding seoplus+ with my partner Brock Murray in 2012. We started off with a desk, a laptop and a USB hard drive working out of a storage facility. Today we have grown to a team of 16 amazing professionals with clients all over the world.
Biggest obstacle: Balancing the challenge of running two companies while volunteering in the community and raising a growing family.
Biggest influence: My father, Joseph Abou-Nehme, immigrated to Canada from Lebanon in 1965. He arrived in Ottawa and started working literally the next day. From there he saved his money, invested in land, built a business and started a family. He taught me to never give up and that any obstacle can be overcome.
Biggest lesson learned: Be flexible. Whether it’s regarding your staff, your clients, your suppliers or even your product and service offerings, you have to be reasonable and adaptive.
First job: Newspaper courier
Advice I’d give the younger me: Read more. Everything you’d ever want to know is out there and available for you to learn.
I’m currently reading: Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It … and Why the Rest Don’t by Verne Harnish
Favourite movie: Gladiator
Favourite song: Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N’ Roses
Favourite local pro sports team: Ottawa Senators
Favourite local summer event: Ottawa Bluesfest
Preferred social media platforms: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn
Twitter handle: @edco2001
