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    Adam Halpert

    [email protected] | www.about.me/adamhalpert
    CORE COMPETENCIES
    Team Leadership
    Key Partnership Development

    Project Management
    Marketing / Grant Writing

    Client, Public and Media Relations


    Research and Data Analysis

    EDUCATION
    Master of Business Administration (Global Strategy and Leadership)
    McGill University

    Cumulative GPA: 3.93 | GMAT: 710 (93rd percentile)

    2008 2010
    Montral, Canada

    Bachelor of Arts (Honours Arts and Business, Honours Psychology)


    2004 2008
    University of Waterloo
    Waterloo, Canada

    Cumulative GPA: 3.93 | Valedictorian, Faculty of Arts | Academic Exchange: National University of Singapore

    EXPERIENCE
    Managing Director
    Feb 2012 Present
    Project Manager
    Sep 2011 Feb 2012
    Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management (MDIIM), McGill University
    Montral, Canada
    Developed the Institutes strategic plan; provided leadership to seven core staff members and numerous part-time
    employees; managed daily operations (administration, funding, budgeting, recruiting, IT, reporting) and oversaw budget
    during highly-charged period of budget reductions; co-developed educational programming, launching highly successfully
    Faculty Fellows and Student Associates Programs; graduated McGills Leadership Development Program.
    Kiva Fellow (sabbatical from McGill University)
    May Aug 2014
    Kiva.org
    San Francisco, USA | Kampala, Uganda
    Performed an audit of UGAFODE Microfinance Limited, one of Kiva's largest microfinance partners in Uganda;
    evaluated UGAFODEs operations, identifying 18 areas for improvement and 11 key recommendations; trained 30+
    UGAFODE management and front-line staff on best practices and program compliance; conducted interviews with rural
    borrowers; and authored three blog posts detailing my field experiences on Kiva's website.
    Financial Security Advisor
    Oct 2010 Feb 2012
    Freedom 55 Financial
    Montral, Canada
    Founded advisory practice; developed knowledge about insurance and investment products, macroeconomic trends,
    Canadian estate planning and tax laws; prospected and cultivated clients, guiding them through the financial planning
    process; earned Rookie of the Year honours and Vice-Presidents Club membership for exceptional sales productivity.
    Volunteer Consultant
    Sep Dec 2007
    Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
    Manila, Philippines
    Evaluated a Philippine NGOs leadership practices, physical infrastructure, HR, IT systems and strategic planning;
    completed a analysis on the living situations of 180 impoverished Manila families to better understand the organizations
    clientele; successfully negotiated a pilot job placement program for 8 street children with a local grocery conglomerate.

    OTHER EXPERIENCE

    Team Leader, Kiva Review and Translation Program


    Aug 2013 May 2014
    Editor, Managing and Developing - International Magazine of MBAs Without Borders
    Oct 2008 Apr 2009
    Technical Writer, Business Objects / SAP
    Jan Aug 2007
    Emergency Room Volunteer, St. Pauls Hospital
    Feb July 2007
    Editor and Technical Writer, Multi-Health Systems
    May Aug 2006
    Fundraiser: CARE Canada (2005), Big Brothers (2007), Montreal Jewish General Hospital - Segal Cancer Centre (2008),
    Childrens Miracle Network (2010-2011), Room to Read (2013), Montreal Childrens Hospital (2015)

    Languages: English and French

    Interests: Adventure travel, mountain trekking, theatre, strategy board games

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