Believe it.

Farhana Mahbub

MBA 2019
Director, Transformation Management Office
RBC Royal Bank

As Farhana says, “in order to take decisive action with limited information, you need to feel confident in yourself.”

While earning her Ted Rogers MBA, Farhana learned to exhibit fearless leadership no matter what she was feeling inside. She loves project delivery, and the bigger and more complex the project, the better. Especially if it has the word “transformation” attached to it.

Not only did she make a successful transition from the pharmaceutical industry to the banking industry, but she learned to think differently, challenge the status quo and ask: “Is there a different way we can do this?”

Anas Alashraf

MBA 2015
Senior Lead, Regional Programs, Acute Care
Mississauga Halton Local Health Integration Network

When Anas came to Canada from Syria, he knew he’d have to bridge the large differences in business culture between the two countries. He decided the best way to do that was to get an MBA.

Anas planned a career in pharmaceutical marketing. But then he did what so many MBA students can do here: he talked with one of his professors who has deep roots in industry.

That professor helped him get an internship at Toronto’s University Health Network.  Working in a hospital changed his mind about where he could best use his talents, and today Anas is helping create the future of healthcare.

Jamohl Rutherford 

MBA 2016
Senior Advisor, Strategy Implementation
BDC

Jamohl started his MBA one year into working with BDC. Taking on a challenging career in finance at the same time you’re taking on a challenging academic load also pushes the parallels between work and theory to the front of your mind.

The transformation theories he studied in class offered instant and easily applied lessons to the transformation he saw at work at BDC. Work made him a better management student. And the Ted Rogers MBA made him a more effective leader.

Samantha Cawkell

MBA 2017
Female Club Head Coach, Marketing & Communications Specialist
Newmarket Soccer Club

The Ted Rogers MBA has one of the country’s most extensive range of courses in sports management. That’s why Sam got her MBA here.

In fact, “MBA thinking” has been invaluable in her career today with a non-profit sports club.  Sam works with a huge range of people with different skills from different cultures. It’s easy to lose focus. But the Ted Rogers MBA taught her how to streamline her thinking, “to keep the most important thing the most important thing” and also to think holistically, to see a challenge from many different angles.

Game on!

Matthew Lindzon and Zach Fiksel

MBA 2012
Co-Founders, Chimney Stax Baking Co.

For Matthew and Zach, their MBA not only made them better business builders, it taught them the essential skill every entrepreneur needs: to be a master of business, you need to become a master of multi-tasking.

They also learned the hard business skills needed to make their dreams a reality. Together, they started a business selling Eastern European street food called "chimney cakes." After a year of operation, they presented their business on Dragons’ Den. What got them on the show and secured their funding was their ability to clearly and confidently present their business idea – presentation skills which they honed through case competitions during their MBA.