CareerWise Hosted by Adam Kane
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CareerWise is an informative podcast series for anyone who is interested in what it takes to “make it” in today's most exciting, fast-growing and dynamic careers, including digital media, tech, finance, entertainment and science. We will have focused and fun conversations with mentors, industry leaders and innovators who are making these careers a reality right now. We'll discuss industry trends, earning potential, career pathways, advancement opportunities, potential pitfalls and tips and tricks for achieving true job satisfaction. This is digestible and invaluable free knowledge sharing from the real-world bowels of high growth sectors and occupations. So let’s get to work, shall we?
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23 | Cryptocurrency & Blockchain HR Specialist | Kirsten Paquette
Kirsten Paquette is the Vice President of People & Culture at Brane, a Canadian financial technology company, with a focus on blockchain technology and digital asset custody offering products and solutions that make this technology accessible, secure, and useful for everyone. As a human resources specialist with deep recruitment experience in this rapidly emerging technology space, Kirsten discusses the fast growing emergence of career paths and employment opportunities within this ...
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22 | Music Licensing Specialist | Matthew Gutknecht
Matthew Gutknecht is a seasoned music licensing specialist and the Senior Director of Sports Entertainment at APM Music in the United States, where he skillfully negotiates the placement of music featured in top rated sports cable broadcasts with all of the major leagues, including the NFL, NBA and NHL and across all of the NCAA athletics programs. This episode captures Matthew's unique and holistic perspective on music and media, the entire sports entertainment landscape and how he serves up...
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21 | Reflections from the host | Adam Kane
Sponsorship opportunities: If you’d like to address a labour market or skills shortage topic by educating CareerWise audiences about job opportunities within your industry, you can contact the Executive Producer and Host of the podcast, Adam Kane, via email: adamkanefm@gmail.com
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20 | Chief Financial Officer - Author | Melanie Pump
Melanie Pump is a Chief Financial Officer based in Canada, with over 20 years of corporate experience. Her current role overseeing financial activities for the public company Plank Ventures has ensured that the company continues to invest and support the growth of tech entrepreneurs and their businesses. As we will learn from our conversation, Melanie’s unique path to success in finance and accounting was far from conventional. Aligned with her professional experiences, she has recently autho...
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19 | Environmental Engineer | Marla Korpar
Marla Korpar is an experienced environmental engineer leading the energy efficiency movement with the implementation of solar energy across rural and metropolitan regions of the United States. Coupled with the attainment of academic and professional certifications, Marla has dedicated her professional life working towards a vision of a world powered by clean renewable energy - that is sustainable for future generations to harness for the benefit and well being of this planet. Marl...
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18 | Cannabis Industry Strategist | John Arbour
John Arbour is an experienced cannabis industry strategist and the Director of Business Development at Treez - a leading enterprise cloud platform based in California (USA) at the epicenter of the cannabis industry, set up to streamline retail supply chain operations. John's forward thinking vision has seen him co-found a number of B2B technology platforms to date that have helped to accelerate the legal supply of cannabis for medicinal and recreational purposes across the USA. During this di...