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Andrew Huynh

Student

Andrew Huynh is a grade 11 high school student at St. Francis Xavier Secondary School in the International Baccalaureate program. He endeavors to disseminate the experiences and lessons he has accumulated growing up as part of his extraordinarily large yet close-knit family, which is primarily concentrated in his hometown of Mississauga. An individual aspiring to pursue a career in the medical field and fascinated by the influence of social dynamics on our perspective of the world, Andrew seeks to elucidate the importance of family and having faith in our loved ones amidst the unprecedented societal distancing imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Angela Bu

Student

Hi my name is Angela and I am a grade 10 student this year. When I'm not doing homework I'm either pondering life or procrastinating. Recently this procrastination has gotten worse as the lockdowns have warped my sense of time. In this talk I show my struggle in trying to win against the immortality of time and the pressure of always trying to finish work but also relax and find joy. I enjoy reading, writing, art, and going outside. If there was one piece of advice I would give it would be that no one can please everyone so stop worrying about what others think. Life is short. Don't let time, or anything for that matter, hold you back.

Harpreet Kaur

Global Technical Program/Product Leader

Harpreet Kaur is a 1st generation Global Technical Program/Product Leader at Microsoft with ~20 yrs. of proven track record of leading business and digital transformation, managing teams and shipping high quality products and solutions. Apart from her day job, she is an award winning keynote/motivational speaker, leadership and career coach across the industry on the topics not limited to technology, personal and career branding and Diversity & Inclusion. In her free time, she loves to show her life learnings through abstract art. Connect with her on LinkedIn and Whyblendin.com.

Jerry Lee

Consultancy Company COO

Jerry is the COO of Wonsulting and an ex-Senior Strategy & Operations Manager at Google & used to lead Product Strategy at Lucid. He is from Torrance, California and graduated summa cum laude from Babson College. After graduating, Jerry was hired as the youngest analyst in his organization by being promoted multiple times in 2 years to his current position. After he left Google, he was the youngest person to lead a strategy team at Lucid. Outside of work, Jerry partners with universities & organizations (220+ to date) to help others land into their dream careers. He's amassed 140,000+ followers across LinkedIn, TikTok & Instagram and has reached 20M+ professionals.

Jonathan Javier

Consultancy Company CEO

Jonathan Javier is the CEO/Founder of Wonsulting, whose mission is to “turn underdogs into winners”. He's also worked in Operations at Snap, Google, and Cisco coming from a non-target school/non-traditional background. He works on many initiatives, providing advice and words of wisdom on LinkedIn and through speaking engagements. In total, he has led 210+ workshops in 9 different countries including the Mena ICT Forum in Jordan, Resume/Personal Branding at Cisco, LinkedIn Strategy & Operations Offsite, Great Place To Work, Talks at Google, TEDx, and more. He's been featured on Forbes, LinkedIn News, Yahoo! News, Jobscan, and Brainz Magazine as one of the youngest top jobs search experts and amassed 700K+ followers on LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok as well as 30+ million impressions monthly on his content.

Justin Roethlingshoefer

Founder, Own It

At the age of 14, Justin Roethlingshoefer was already obsessed with peak performance. That obsession led him to a career first as a professional athlete and then as a strength & performance coach working with the NHL for over a decade. As the productivity hack industry continued to grow, Justin noticed that the very thing he had been hired to do for NHL players was being integrated into entrepreneurial life. The only problem was people weren’t actually getting anything out of it. The more entrepreneurs and business leaders that came to him for advice on what he was doing to stay on top, the more he knew that there was a place for something like OwnIt to help maximize the output of these leaders. A 3 time best selling author, TEDx speaker, and expert in the space of energy mastery, resilience, and performance, Justin lives between NYC and Miami with his fiancé and dog Del.

Natalie Allport

Former Team Canada Athlete + Entrepreneur

Natalie Allport is a former national team snowboarder who made the bold claim at 3 years old that she would go to the Olympics some day. In 2014, she had her chance, but fell short of a qualifying spot on the Olympic team, and ultimately retired from the sport shortly after due to injury and mental health. Today she is a successful entrepreneur, global CrossFit athlete, and passionate speaker, but her success is not because of those accomplishments. She prides herself on the lessons she has learnt through going ALL IN, falling short, and learning the art of failing forward. Natalie is a self-proclaimed 'proud try hard' and is determined to change the narrative that surrounds the word 'failure' as well as the limiting beliefs that hold us back from pursuing our greatest passions. After all, the biggest risk in life isn't going ALL IN and falling short, it's not trying at all.

Steven Wang

Student

My name is Steven Wang and I am a grade 10 student. I have had many chances to strengthen my public speaking through my involvement in an extracurricular called United Speakers Global, as well as founding my own branch of USG in Montreal (@unitedspeakers.montreal on Instagram). I have also had the honor of participating in DECA this year and participating in the student council in middle school.