Beedie School of Business News

The Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University has announced the appointment of Nelson Lah, Partner and Director of leading IT and business process services provider CGI, as Chair of the Business Technology Management (BTM) Advisory Board.

Lah has a history of strategic leadership, innovative approaches, mentorship, and community-university service. Before joining CGI, he worked as Chief Technology Officer and Executive Director at the BC Ministry of Citizens’ Services.

The BTM certificate is aimed at providing students with skills in technology and business which enable them to design, implement and lead changes necessary for progressive organizations.

Upon completion of the BTM certificate, SFU graduates join an elite group of business professionals supported by a national coalition of employers.

Along with developing interpersonal communications, collaboration, and leadership skills, BTM students learn to analyze business processes, design appropriate technology-based solutions and lead projects.

Lah replaces outgoing chair Lauren Goebel, whose contributions to the BTM program are sincerely appreciated.

For more information about the BTM Certificate, visit http://beedie.sfu.ca/btm/about/.

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Claudia Hepburn, executive director & co-founder of The Next 36, and Andrew Petter, President of Simon Fraser University.

Simon Fraser University has become an official academic partner of The Next 36, Canada’s leading undergraduate entrepreneurship development program.

The partnership further solidifies SFU’s reputation as a Canadian leader in fostering entrepreneurship and innovation, and for developing the next generation of founders and leaders of new ventures.

As academic partner of The Next 36, SFU will support the organization’s vision of increasing Canadian prosperity through the creation of high impact entrepreneurs, and encourage its top student innovators to be part of The Next 36 program.

Each year, 36 of Canada’s most promising undergraduate students are chosen from across the country to participate in The Next 36 program.

The program provides its entrepreneurs with mentorship from some of Canada’s top business leaders, access to funding from Venture Capitalists, and academic instruction from some of the world’s leading business experts.  Keep reading…

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The best and brightest of Simon Fraser University’s entrepreneurial community will go head to head this weekend, as they compete for the title of 2012 SFU Student Entrepreneur of the Year.

The fifth annual SFU Entrepreneur of the Year (SEY) competition will take place on November 24 from 2 – 6.30pm at the Coast Coal Harbour Hotel in downtown Vancouver. The competition is the signature entrepreneurship program for Enactus SFU, and provides the most talented entrepreneurial students with a platform to take their business ventures to the next level.

The SEY competition will consist of two rounds, with the four competitors who advance from the morning session presenting to a panel of industry professionals in the afternoon, following which they will participate in a Q&A session. The event will also include a networking reception and a panel discussion featuring the finalist judges, who will share their insights and advice on their own entrepreneurial endeavours.

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Sam Thiara, Manager of Student Engagement and Recruitment at the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University, has been recognized for his longstanding engagement and leadership by the Leaders of Tomorrow program (LOT) of the Vancouver Board of Trade.

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