What drew you to the Bachelor of Management program at UBCO?
The small classes and intimate learning environment.
What takeaways from the program?
How important the accounting and finance classes are when running your own business.
What was the most rewarding part of the program?
The amazing group environment and some of the excellent faculty we had.
What advice or insight would you give to a prospective student considering the program?
Use your class time effectively and actually go to class. Take the classes that are most relevant to the real world (ie. finance, accounting, economics, etc.).
What is your current occupation and how did you get there?
I am the Founder and CEO of Integrated Solar Solutions Ltd. We install residential, commercial & off grid solar systems all over British Columbia. It was kind of a fluke how I founded my own business, but long story short I was working for someone else in the industry and I knew I could do it way better, so I started my own business overnight.
Do you have any career advice you’d like to share?
Network, network, network. Contacts make contracts.
What are your future career goals?
To continue to run and grow Integrated Solar Solutions. I have a few other business ideas I would like to get going on as well.
Do you have anything else you’d like to share?
The Okanagan valley is an amazing place to start and run a business.