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<\/a>Master of Business Administration graduate Pradeep Kirani received his Spirit of Brock award from Board of Trustees representative John Fisher.<\/p><\/div>\n
During her time at Brock she also started and grew her first company, Pupadise, to work with more than 350 clients in the Niagara community, hire Brock students and received business funding from the Deborah Rosati Entrepreneurship Award.<\/p>\n
Poulin gained more experience outside the classroom when she was selected to shadow the PayPal Canada CEO as part of the CEOx1 Day program and went on to represent Brock on a national stage when she was selected to follow Adecco Group Canada\u2019s CEO for one month. She was later selected as one of the Top 5 out of 204,000 applicants from 47 countries around the world for Adecco\u2019s Global CEO for one month program.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll those things are just the resume bullet point results of everything I became as a person and what I learned from each of those experiences,\u201d Poulin said. \u201cThey\u2019re awards and titles that become less relevant as time goes by, but the character I built and the skills I developed are what will stay forever.\u201d<\/p>\n
Later in her Brock career, Poulin mentored and inspired students as a keynote speaker at the DECA Business Conference, a Brock Leadership and Citizen Society mentorship evening and Brock Leadership Launch event. She feels most fulfilled when she\u2019s able to help her friends and peers realize their own potential.<\/p>\n
\u201cLeaders don\u2019t pull from ahead, they push, work and encourage from behind, and I\u2019m proud to encourage other students in my community to do big things and show them, from my example, that it can be done,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Goodman Associate Professor Eric Dolansky taught Poulin during her time at Brock and says she\u2019s left an impact that will be remembered long after she’s gone.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs faculty, we are occasionally lucky enough to cross paths with a student who is driven, intelligent, engaged and responsible at the level that Olivia is,\u201d Dolansky said.\u00a0\u201cShe is one of those special students who will go forth from our University and show the world what leadership, exceptionality and contribution are all about.\u201d<\/p>\n
Poulin and Kirani not only exemplify the spirit of Maj.-Gen. Sir Isaac Brock, but also demonstrate the qualities of successful business leaders, said Goodman Dean Andrew Gaudes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re proud of Olivia and Pradeep\u2019s accomplishments to date and there\u2019s no doubt they will generate a greater sense of pride for the School and University as they take the next steps in their careers,\u201d he said<\/p>\n
Like Poulin, Kirani also excelled when participating in experiential activities, was an active student leader and involved in the community during his time at Goodman.<\/p>\n
During his one-year co-op placement, Kirani was successful in generating more than $20 million in revenue for FedEx, gaining approval from both customers and senior leaders. It was this success that earned him the 2018 Brock Graduate Co-op Student of the Year award.<\/p>\n
Kirani was involved in the Graduate Business Council, and through his role of Vice-President of Competitions and Conferences, he worked hard to increase competition participation by graduate students and initiated competition preparation training for students.<\/p>\n
In addition to achieving high academic standing, Kirani was active in the Niagara community, volunteering his time to support the non-profit organization Bridges for Autism. While there, he worked supporting clients and used his business expertise to help streamline their bookkeeping and application process.<\/p>\n
To hear more about Poulin\u2019s experience in her own words, watch this instalment of Goodman\u2019s Who\u2019s in the House video series:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n