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After living through the Dot.com bust, 9-11, and the financial meltdown, this is my view on how to behave during the COVID 19 -- crisis.
After living through the Dot.com bust, 9-11, and the financial meltdown, this is my view on how to behave during the COVID 19 -- crisis.
Never before in my life has a crisis been so swift at touching so many lives. All of us will be affected by this global…
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Why instincts ❤ insights
Why instincts ❤ insights
Over the past few weeks, I’ve written on a broad range of topics pertaining to the customer journey. While we went wide…
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A Balanced Diet of Offline and Online
A Balanced Diet of Offline and Online
In the piece I wrote last week, I talked about the Customer Journey and the many different interpretations thereof. In…
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Finding your Beach
Finding your Beach
Being the captain of the good ship Tagga, whose platform exists primarily to help brands better understand the…
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Even Superheroes Brush Their Teeth
Even Superheroes Brush Their Teeth
So far in my weekly rant I’ve soapboxed on a variety of topics ranging from Generational Marketing to the Influence of…
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You can't please all of the people all of the time, but you can please the right people at the right time
You can't please all of the people all of the time, but you can please the right people at the right time
Okay, I’ll admit it, I’m as guilty as the next person. In a time when phenomena such as Phantom Vibration Syndrome and…
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When Data Meet Data, Beautiful Things Can Happen...
When Data Meet Data, Beautiful Things Can Happen...
Unless you’ve been living under rather a large rock, you will have noticed that "Fragmented Data" has become quite the…
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Lessons come from the journey, not the destination
Lessons come from the journey, not the destination
American novelist and poet, Don Williams Jr., once wrote that "our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.
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Out With The Old, In With The New...
Out With The Old, In With The New...
As sure as water is wet, last month you will have stumbled across a plethora of "Farewell 2015" articles on LinkedIn…
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Before Before-the-Store
Before Before-the-Store
As marketers, we often assume the beginning of the customer journey to be the “awareness” phase; you know……
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Jean-Guy Faubert posted thisA short story from a flight home last week that I haven't been able to shake. I was flying from Helsinki to Toronto with a stop in Frankfurt, seated in a free upgrade to business class. Just after I sat down, the woman beside me asked if I'd trade my window seat for her aisle seat. I usually hold onto my window seat, but I was feeling generous that day. Once we were in the air, she turned to me and said, "You must be Canadian." Her name was Ute, from Germany. She leads fundraising for post secondary institutions across the EU, and she had been at Davos when Mark Carney spoke. She told me she's heard leaders from around the world over the course of her career, but she had never been more moved than by the realness of our Prime Minister... someone who spoke with authority and measure, and who said what few others had the courage to say out loud. What stayed with me most was what came next. She told me that Canada has quietly earned a reputation in Europe as a stable, values driven democracy, one that holds the line on multilateralism and rules based trade, and that people there have taken notice. After twenty five years working across enterprise, SaaS, and the maritime and logistics sectors, I've sat in a lot of rooms where "trust" gets used loosely. Hearing a stranger describe our country's reputation in those terms, unprompted, hit differently. It's a reminder that reputation is built in the aggregate, one decision, one leader, one conversation at a time, and that sometimes it takes an outside perspective to see clearly what you're too close to notice yourself. It's no secret that trust between longtime allies has been tested lately, and the world is watching closely to see how it's handled. I am a proud Canadian, and I trust in the history between our two great nations to come together again, and rebuild a relationship that so many around the world have long admired as an example of what real partnership in trade looks like. 🇨🇦
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Jean-Guy Faubert shared this**Honouring a Trailblazer: My Mom** This week my mother, Dolores McGrath Faubert …Dolly as she was known, was honoured at the Iroquois Falls Museum. Seeing her photo there stopped me in my tracks. In the 1970s, in a small northern Ontario town, in an industry run almost entirely by men, she ran an empire. Two gas stations. A car wash. A tow trucking company. A full service center. A concession with a team of employees who counted on her every day. She wore that Texaco uniform with pride when women simply weren't expected to be there, let alone lead it. She gave me my first business lesson too. As a kid, she let me run a minnow and worm stand at one of her gas stations. She held me to real standards. Consistent quality. Fair pricing. No free pass for being her son. I didn't know it then, but that was the beginning of everything. I've spent my career building and scaling companies, leading through four exits, helping SaaS businesses grow. Every bit of discipline and drive I bring to that work traces back to watching her run five businesses at once with grit and precision. Mom, I am endlessly proud to be your son. Thank you for showing me, long before I understood the word, what entrepreneurial ship actually looks like. #WomenInBusiness #Trailblazer #IroquoisFalls #Entrepreneurship #FamilyLegacy
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Jean-Guy Faubert shared thisGreetings from Seaber @ Breakbulk Events & Media 2026 in Rotterdam, Holland! We're live at Booth 2B02 and we brought a little taste of Canada with us! 🇨🇦 This beauty right here? A Limited Edition 50th Anniversary Single Vineyard Riesling Icewine by Inniskillin crafted by acclaimed winemaker Nicholas Gizuk, sourced exclusively from the Zabek Vineyard in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. The kind of bottle that wins awards and starts conversations. And we're giving you a chance to WIN it. 🎉 Stop by Booth 2B02, say hello, drop your card, and you might just walk away with one of Canada's most celebrated icewines. Oh, and you'll also get to meet a real live Canuck — eh! 🏒 Whether you're here to talk business, break bread (or break bulk 😄), or just curious what all the fuss is about — come find us. We'd love to meet you. See you on the floor! 👋 #Breakbulk2026 #Breakbulk #Canada #Networking #IceWine #Inniskillin #Logistics #SpecialReserve #CanadianProud
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Jean-Guy Faubert shared thisHumbled. Proud. And fired up. Seaber has been nominated for the Breakbulk Events & Media Europe Green World Awards 2026 in the Best Digital Solution for Sustainability category. Let that sink in for a moment. I grew up in Northern Canada. Feet planted in forests, surrounded by lakes, wilderness and the kind of nature that shapes who you are for life. I am an avid outdoorsman at heart, and that connection to the natural world never leaves you. But I am also a fierce believer in economic progress and industrial development. The kind that creates opportunity, builds communities and provides a wonderful quality of life for people everywhere. These two things, love of nature and the drive for progress, can feel like they are on a collision course. I have felt that tension my entire life. That is exactly why what we are building at Seaber matters so deeply to me personally. When we set out to build Seaber, we had a clear mission. Help ship operators and industrial charterers find the right vessels and the right cargoes at the right time. What we did not fully anticipate was just how profound the environmental impact of getting that right could be. Every ballast leg eliminated is fuel that never gets burned. Every optimized match is a CO₂ emission that never enters our atmosphere. Across the bulk, tanker, breakbulk and project cargo sectors, those numbers add up fast. Sustainability is not a feature we bolted onto Seaber. It is baked into the very logic of what we do. Technology is the bridge between the two worlds I have always lived in. Smarter shipping is cleaner shipping. We can move our commodities, drive our economies forward, and do it with the environmental safeguards our planet deserves. Full stop. To be recognized by the Green World Awards alongside the innovators genuinely moving this industry forward means everything to our team. This is validation that the work matters. We will be at Breakbulk Europe in Rotterdam on June 16. If you are there, come find us, come find me, and let's talk about where this industry is going and the role technology plays in getting us there. The future of shipping is smarter, cleaner and closer than most people think. #BreakbulkEurope #GreenWorldAwards #Sustainability #DigitalShipping #MaritimeInnovation #Decarbonization #MaritimeTechnology #DigitalTransformation #Seaber #Outdoors #environmentJean-Guy Faubert shared this🌍 Exciting news: Seaber has been nominated for the #BreakbulkEurope Green World Awards 2026 in the Best Digital Solution for #Sustainability category! We're incredibly proud of this recognition. At Seaber, sustainability is built into the core of what we do. Our platform helps ship operators and industrial charterers find the right vessels and cargoes at the right time, reducing unnecessary ballast voyages and cutting CO₂ emissions across the bulk, tanker, breakbulk and project cargo sector. Every ballast leg eliminated is fuel saved, emissions avoided, and a step toward a cleaner shipping industry. That's the impact we're working toward every day. Thank you to the Green World Awards for spotlighting the innovators driving sustainability forward in our industry. We look forward to Breakbulk Europe in Rotterdam on 16 June 🇳🇱 #GreenWorldAwards #Breakbulk #Sustainability #DigitalShipping #MaritimeInnovation #Decarbonization #Maritimetechnology #digitaltransformation #maritimedigitalization
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Jean-Guy Faubert shared thisJoin me at Breakbulk Europe 2026 next week! Taking place 16–18 June 2026 at Rotterdam Ahoy, this year's show promises to bring the global Breakbulk industry together once again! 🎉 Get your discounted ticket and I’ll see you soon! https://lnkd.in/e6bRFMfv #BBEU #BreakbulkEurope #BBEU26
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Jean-Guy Faubert shared thisAmazing …Jean-Guy Faubert shared this🌍 Exciting news: Seaber has been nominated for the #BreakbulkEurope Green World Awards 2026 in the Best Digital Solution for #Sustainability category! We're incredibly proud of this recognition. At Seaber, sustainability is built into the core of what we do. Our platform helps ship operators and industrial charterers find the right vessels and cargoes at the right time, reducing unnecessary ballast voyages and cutting CO₂ emissions across the bulk, tanker, breakbulk and project cargo sector. Every ballast leg eliminated is fuel saved, emissions avoided, and a step toward a cleaner shipping industry. That's the impact we're working toward every day. Thank you to the Green World Awards for spotlighting the innovators driving sustainability forward in our industry. We look forward to Breakbulk Europe in Rotterdam on 16 June 🇳🇱 #GreenWorldAwards #Breakbulk #Sustainability #DigitalShipping #MaritimeInnovation #Decarbonization #Maritimetechnology #digitaltransformation #maritimedigitalization
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Jean-Guy Faubert shared thisEvery conversation I have with shipping customers ends up at the same place. They don't want more tools. They don't want software that pretends to know their business better than they do. What they want is less friction in the workflow they already run, and instant access to the data and insights that help them serve their customers faster and close more deals in a market that gets more competitive every quarter. That's why this Seaber and Sedna announcement is a game changer. We LISTENED. Live fixture data from Sedna VMS flowing straight into Seaber's AI optimization engine. Chartering and scheduling on the same page in minutes, not days. The 4 to 6% fleet cost impact Sebastian Sjöberg points to is real, but the bigger story is what it represents. Bill Dobie nailed it: "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵." The best technology in shipping today isn't the kind that tries to replace decades of operator and chartering expertise. It's the kind that puts the right insight in front of the right person at the right moment, and gets out of the way. Less friction. More signal. Faster decisions. More deals. That's the conversation I keep having, and it's the direction the industry is moving. Glad to see partnerships like this one pushing it forward. #maritimetechnology #digitaltransformation #chartering #fleetoptimization #AIJean-Guy Faubert shared this📣 Seaber and Sedna have expanded their partnership! Live fixture data now flows directly from Sedna VMS into Seaber's AI optimization engine, connecting chartering decisions to fleet-wide scheduling in minutes. As Sebastian Sjöberg puts it: "𝟒-𝟔% 𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨-𝘵𝘰-𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘢𝘱, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘴." And Bill Dobie’s comment: "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵." The integration delivers measurable improvements for customers using both Sedna VMS and Seaber: ✅ Scheduling decisions reflect current commercial reality within minutes rather than days ✅ Optimization runs against live fixture data, exposing higher-TCE alternatives before plans are committed ✅ Manual reconciliation between chartering and operations is significantly reduced, enabling teams to work from a single, consistent view of the fleet ✅ Earlier visibility into optimization opportunities supports stronger fleet utilization and TCE outcomes ➡️ Read the full press release: https://lnkd.in/dFVtuAuq #maritimetechnology #maritimedigitalization #digitaltransformation #bulkshipping #chartering #fleetoptimization #AI #Seaber #Sedna
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Jean-Guy Faubert shared thisFor the past year, we have been quietly building something at Seaber that we have not talked about publicly. No announcements, no teasers. Just heads down, doing the work. Geneva Dry feels like the right moment to finally show it. What we have built is a new solver that brings together AI-powered planning, real-time decision making, and fuel and cost optimization in a way I genuinely believe this industry has not seen before. The ambition behind it has been significant, and the results have exceeded what we hoped for. I would love to give you a private first look. Twenty minutes, in person. I think it will stay with you. Would you be open to meeting in Geneva? #seaber #scheduleoptimization #fleetschedulingJean-Guy Faubert shared thisOur team will be at Geneva Dry, the world’s premier commodities shipping conference. If you’re there, come and talk to us about how Seaber is perfectly positioned to help industrial charterers minimize cost per ton-mile. Reach out to Sebastian Sjöberg or Jean-Guy Faubert to book a meeting or contact us at https://lnkd.in/eSz6HMTX #maritimedigitalization #scheduleplanning #drybulkshipping #maritimetechnology #genevadry
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Jean-Guy Faubert shared thisLooking forward to being at CMA Shipping next week. For those of us working in the dry bulk and project cargo markets, the conversations around efficiency, margin protection, and better decision making have never been more relevant. Chartering and operations teams are under constant pressure to evaluate more scenarios, react faster to market shifts, and manage increasingly complex fleet programs. Too often those decisions are still being made through manual spreadsheets and fragmented tools. At Seaber we are seeing a meaningful shift when companies introduce human assisted AI into pre fixture analysis, scheduling, and voyage planning. It allows teams to simulate alternatives in minutes instead of hours and uncover options that would otherwise remain invisible. The results speak for themselves: • Cost reductions around 3 percent, with 8.3 percent savings when operational flexibility allows • 49 vessel days saved in just three months • 18 hours per week returned to chartering teams These gains are not theoretical. They are operational improvements being realized by shipping companies today. If you are attending CMA Shipping and want to discuss how this could apply to your fleet, I would welcome the conversation. Jean-Guy FaubertJean-Guy Faubert shared thisNext week, our CRO Jean-Guy Faubert will be at the CMA Shipping 2026. Established in 1985, the three-day event is a cornerstone of North America’s shipping and logistics industry, attracting more than 1000 attendees. Meet with us to discuss how #shipowners and #charterers in the bulker industry can use #AI-powered #prefixture, #scheduling and #planning software to optimize their shipping. Results from Seaber customers include: ✅ Cut costs by 3%, with up to 8.3% savings when allowing short delays ✅ Saved 49 ship days in 3 months ✅ Gave their chartering team 18 hours per week back Want to see how it applies to your fleet? Book a demo or a meeting with Jean-Guy Faubert here: https://lnkd.in/eSz6HMTX More information about the event here: https://lnkd.in/g7qKsDst
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Jean-Guy Faubert liked thisJean-Guy Faubert liked thisNikki Sayer (Cobb) FICS, Managing Director of Casper Customs, was in our London office this week and told me a story that reaches across AI and human in the loop value. A major renewables project is bringing an entire power plant into the UK, component by component. Normally every one of those components needs its own 10-digit commodity code, and contractors would spend thousands of hours working them out. Casper's consulting team secured HMRC authorisation to classify the whole plant under a single code, imported as split consignments. That code is duty free and carries neither a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) charge nor the additional steel tariffs. This results in thousands of hours saved, millions of pounds in duty, CBAM charges and potential steel tariffs avoided, and a much quicker import process for everyone on the project. Casper has always been obsessed with technology, but only ever as a way to do the work better for their customers, not just faster. Their consulting team works the way the best forward-deployed engineering teams do, sit with the customer, understand the real problem, and fix it properly (and not always with more software but with an understanding of the domain). We go back a long way. Casper Shipping Limited was Sedna Email's sixth customer and our first in Europe. Flytta (Acquired By Sedna) started life inside Casper, built for the post-Brexit customs workload Nikki's team was facing. We acquired it 18 months ago, and it has since grown into a much bigger part of Sedna AI, pulling operational and trade data out of email and documents across maritime segments into customs platforms, shipping execution systems, commodity trading and risk systems, and ERPs. Sedna AI can read a packing list and prepare a declaration in seconds. It took Nikki and her team to see that one code could cover an entire power plant. Our software takes the volume. Their people bring the judgement. Very nice for Grace Shields, Hana Shiraaz, Hugo Parker and I to host Michael Shakesheff and Nikki Sayer (Cobb) FICS again. #UKTrade #CustomsAutomation #CBAM #Renewables #AIinLogistics
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Jean-Guy Faubert liked thisCEO Heidi O'Neill started her first day at lululemon connecting with our Educators to learn more about what matters most to our guests. We look forward to all that’s ahead as we work together to realize the incredible opportunity in front of us.Jean-Guy Faubert liked thisToday marks my first day as CEO of lululemon. I began the day with yoga, breakfast, and candid conversation with an incredible group of Educators from across our Vancouver stores. As I step into this role, it is so important for me to hear directly from our team about their experiences, our guests, what is working, and where we can be better. lululemon is an extraordinary brand that I’ve long admired, an industry pioneer built by passionate teams and a deeply connected community. There is also important work ahead. While my initial priority during this onboarding period will be listening and learning to better understand lululemon’s product, brand, and culture, my focus from day one is to build on what makes lululemon special while raising the bar for what comes next. I sent a note to our teams this morning about how I'm approaching this next chapter. We’ve also published it on our website so others who care about lululemon can see the priorities and perspective I shared: https://lnkd.in/dgUaSYbP It’s a privilege to lead this company and work alongside the talented teams and leaders across the business. Thank you for the warm welcome. I couldn’t feel more optimistic about the journey ahead.
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Jean-Guy Faubert liked thisJean-Guy Faubert liked thisA week on the road in Brussels and Antwerp visiting clients, and a stop at COBELFRET’s garden party. Great to see existing customers and catch up with a few industry veterans. As always, a useful read on where market momentum and priorities sit. Cobelfret NV (we’re working closely with Svetoslav Todorov and his team) are leaning into AI in a serious way, and it formed a topic of conversation across the many folks from the industry I chatted with-namely what is a genuine impact it can have day to day. I was reminded again of Alex Crooks observation that LLM powered workflows are the first tech we’ve seen in shipping that can be faster than email or WhatsApp. It’s a game changer. While I was away, Julie Kobbernagel visited our London HQ. She sat exactly where she should. My desk. Julie and I worked together for years when she was at DS NORDEN. She's now Business Application Lead at Clipper Bulk, a customer of ours from nearly day one and innovative from the start. Julie has reinvigorated that relationship, and we're now working on a wide range of new initiatives together. Some on the Sedna side. Some combining work Clipper was already doing with Bridge Labs, now that team is part of Sedna. Clipper are pushing hard on AI, and we're glad to be pushing with them. I like this photo a lot. More than anything, we want customers to feel in charge of what we build. We've grown a great deal over the last couple of years, the focus drifted at times. It's back. Users and customers first, in every choice we make. Thanks for the visit, Julie. Lunch in Copenhagen next time I'm there. #Maritime #Shipping #AI #DryBulk
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Jean-Guy Faubert liked thisJean-Guy Faubert liked thisSafety culture comes to life when people feel confident to recognise risk, speak up and act early — these are behaviours we encourage as part of our Care and Comply approach. Captain Piotr S., Master of Eagle Colombo, received the Shell Goal Zero Hero Award on 20 August 2026 for identifying and proactively reporting a potential hazard. His prompt intervention helped prevent the situation from developing into a more serious incident. Shell’s Goal Zero Hero programme recognises individuals who have the courage to intervene when they identify unsafe work conditions and hazards, supporting the objective of achieving no harm and leaks. Congratulations to Captain Piotr and the Eagle Colombo crew on this outstanding achievement!
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Jean-Guy Faubert liked thisJean-Guy Faubert liked thisThe name "Ontario" has no political or linguistic roots in Canada or the United States, as it predates both countries by centuries. Wonderful body of water between two great countries - what a sad moment in history.
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Jean-Guy Faubert liked thisJean-Guy Faubert liked thisYour TMS vendor says the integration will be seamless. The last three your team tried weren't. "Seamless" is the most overused word in logistics tech. It usually means: seamless for the vendor's reference customer, running the same ERP version, using the same modules, on the same hosting environment, with an IT team that had six months of runway. Before you sign, ask these questions: Who built the connector - the vendor or a consultant? Consultants move on. Vendors maintain. What happens when your TMS upgrades? Does the integration break, or does it update automatically? Can you see a live example in a real environment, built from scratch in front of you? Who owns the integration when something goes wrong at 11pm on a Thursday? The answers tell you more about the real cost of the integration than anything in the proposal.
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Jean-Guy Faubert liked thisJean-Guy Faubert liked thisFor over a year, Canada has worked intensively and in good faith with the United States to negotiate a new comprehensive trade deal. We have been pragmatic, patient, and persistent. Our goal has always been to get the best deal for Canadians, never a deal at any price or on any time frame. Late last evening I instructed our negotiators to return to Ottawa. We cannot accept what the U.S. has offered, and we will not give what they have asked. Canada will match the U.S.’ new tariffs dollar for dollar in order to protect Canadian workers, farmers, families, and businesses. We take this step confident that it is in the best interests of Canada. In the coming days, we will release the details of these new tariff measures, which will come into force the Tuesday after Labour Day.
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Street Coordinator
Portraits Vancouver
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Poverty Alleviation
Potrait Vancouver, would recruit the less fortunate living on the streets of East Vancouver, and would feed, and fuss over their appearance. Hair Stylist, make up artists and Dressers would give them a makeover, and then professional photographers would take their photos, sending them to Digital Masters, who would touch them up, fixing flaws and printing them off into 8 X 6 photos, and Christimas Cards for them to send to loved ones, or to keep. Imagine a discarded and overlooked community…
Potrait Vancouver, would recruit the less fortunate living on the streets of East Vancouver, and would feed, and fuss over their appearance. Hair Stylist, make up artists and Dressers would give them a makeover, and then professional photographers would take their photos, sending them to Digital Masters, who would touch them up, fixing flaws and printing them off into 8 X 6 photos, and Christimas Cards for them to send to loved ones, or to keep. Imagine a discarded and overlooked community, being fussed over and making them feel beautiful. Very touching experience.
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Art Auction and Fundraiser
AIDS Vancouver
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Health
Donated our time, product and service to decorate the entire venue with flowers and dressings.
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Fundraiser
Movember Foundation
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Health
Raised over $ 2,500, and was named Man of Movember.
Honors & Awards
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Sales Idol Award
Make Technologies
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Présidents Club - Top North American Sales Executive
Burntsand
Achieved the highest performer award in a North American Sales Competition. Signed up over $ 13M in sales with Johnson and Johnson world wide.
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Presidents Club - Top Sales Executive
LGS Group
Received a Top Sales Executive Award at LGS Group for driving the BC Branch to exponential growth, by signing up 3 multi million dollar accounts, including Future Shop, BCSC, and Family Insurance.
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Spanish
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English
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GrowWise Partners is Reshaping How Canadian Companies Access SR&ED Funding “Traditionally, founders and technical teams spend an entire year building and experimenting, and then months later are asked to reconstruct what happened,” said Co-Founder & Managing Partner Lauren Valliere. “We built GrowWise around a different idea: what if SR&ED took 10 minutes a month instead of 30+ hours at year-end?” “SR&ED traditionally becomes a major project once a year. We’re trying to make it something that happens quietly in the background,” Valliere said. https://lnkd.in/gdV7skP7
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BetaKit
Former Panache Ventures partner Chris Neumann says there's a "genuine velocity gap" between Canadian founders and their global peers. He wants to solve it by dropping early-stage Canadian tech founders into Silicon Valley to soak up the culture and connections. He is delivering Game On through team-ups with Fasken Emerging Tech, Google Cloud, the Trade Commissioner Service | Service des délégués commerciaux, the Consulate General of Canada in San Francisco, and Werqwise. #CDNTech #Startups
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