OBJ staff

Kelly Haussler, manager of destination development, Ottawa Tourism

Business: Destination marketing and management Born: Ottawa Biggest business achievement: A tie between helping to develop Indigenous Tourism Entrepreneurship...

Meseret Haileyesus, CEO, Canadian Center for Women’s Empowerment

Born: Ethiopia Biggest business achievement: Reached more than 10,000 people on how to identify and respond to economic...

Shawn Gandhi, world wide head of AI/ML solutions, Amazon Web Services

Business: Cloud platform Born: Ottawa Biggest business achievement: After growing the AWS enterprise business in New York and Boston,...

Kurtis Funai, chief technology officer, Fullscript

Business: Supplement dispensing technology platform Born: Ottawa Biggest business achievement: Building and scaling the Fullscript platform, playing a major...

Gareth Davies, founder and CEO, Maker House Co.

Business: Retailer selling a curated collection of furniture, homewares and gifts from Canadian makers. Born: Brampton, Ont. Biggest business...

Dr. Tracy Dalgleish, psychologist, Integrated Wellness

Born: Toronto Biggest business achievement: I founded Integrated Wellness, starting as one clinician. It’s now a collective of...

Sarah D’Angelo, director of people operations, You.i TV (a WarnerMedia company)

Business: Software that powers streaming app experiences Born: Ottawa Biggest business achievement: Led You.i TV on all HR-related matters...

Sean Cochrane, president, TCC Canada

Business: Serviced offices, coworking and business support Born: Edmonton Biggest business achievement: Grew an embattled coworking firm to a...

Michelle Coates Mather, vice-president, Syntax Strategic

Business: Public relations and public affairs consulting Born: Ottawa Biggest business achievement: Supporting a diversity of clients achieve their...