Manara

Projects

• Visualization of environmental indicator data for the Living City Report Card update by Toronto & Region Conservation Authority (TRCA)
• Visualization of complex climate change vulnerability data for the Peel Climate Change Partnership in the Region of Peel
• Designing & delivering a workshop on emergent innovation for the Conference Board of Canada’s Council for Learning & Leadership Development
• Designing & delivering graduate course on Business Model Development for Philadelphia University’s new Strategic Design MBA
• Participation in the Economic Futures Ontario 2032 project with sLab
• Business model analysis & development for OCAD University’s strategic plan 2012-2017
• Design & co-facilitation of stakeholders engagement event for Ontario Regional Consortium on Climate Change (ORCCC)
• Contribution to program design and content development of OCAD’s Master Program in Strategic Foresight & Innovation
• Designing a SMART Social Media Strategy for Sharpe Blackmore
• Customer engagement strategies at ING Direct Canada
• Designing an internal brand auditing system for a major Canadian Broadcaster
• Exploring brand evolution properties for a major global Consumer Packaged Goods Company
• New Media Strategy for the McMichael Art Gallery of Canada.
• Designing a new range of export products for Jaba System Inc.
• Designing ICT infrastructure and processes for Nautical Data Systems Inc.
• Technology evaluation and new product ideation for eRecords Ltd.
• Facilitating internal strategic discussions at International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
• Strategic options development for Delfour Corporation (later acquired by Headwater Technology Solutions Inc.)
• Designing future-proof ICT infrastructure for Mayhew + Associates’ new headquarters in Markham
• Assessing the technology of VisionMD for an investor group (acquired later by Nightingale Informatix)
• Designing the national information and telecommunications policies for first democratic government of South Africa
• Structure and programs of the Centre for Environmental Health Activities (CEHA) of the World Health Organization (W.H.O.)
• Advising on the sustainable technology dimension for IDRC’s ACACIA Project
• Advising the Government of Jordan on creating its National Information System and defining its information economy

Speaking Engagements

• Harvard Kennedy School – Center for International Development
• IPAC Panel on Social Innovation
• The Hague Process
• Commission on Social Assistance Review
• Lac Carling Conference
• Conference Board of Canada
• CIO Association of Canada, Toronto
• Association of Public Sector Information Professionals, Ottawa

Pro Bono Work

• DiverseCity Fellow Mentoring program
• CIOCAN E- Mentoring Program
• York Technology Association (YTA)
• Canadian Advanced Technology Association (CATA) / Women in Technology (WIT)
• International Development & Relief Foundation (IDRF)
• Canadian Centre for Diversity
• The Canadian Dawn Foundation
• Brandaid Foundation