lisa ebert

Zeemo is a high tech startup in Montreal that uses artificial intelligence to build the smartest baby audio monitor in the world. We've acquired university technology to build a product that can monitor, log, and understand babies' activities and cries. We help parents communicate and bond with their babies, while tracking their vitals and health - making parenting less stressful and more rewarding.

* Identified market opportunities for technologies in artificial intelligence, augmented reality and robotics. * Built a team of technology experts in acoustics and machine learning. * Created marketing and pitch material and pitched to multiple interest groups. * Collected live data and built a working prototype.

Conducted research, due diligence and financial modeling analysis for the firm

Assisted International Business Law (BUSA 391) professor and graded 44 research papers and final exams

Played an executive role in configuring and organizing Canada’s first student run African business conference (16 speakers, 115 participants); in charge of communications, internal relations and sales

Completed several photo shoots as face of CJAY Collection; modeled for La Biosthetique and McGill Phassion at runway and trade shows

Transformed one-on-one sales strategy to scalable automated SAAS platform, including B2B and B2C sales - Led team of 3 to generate leads through social media, conferences, campaigns and other marketing efforts

* Built a $52,000 residential house painting business in Westmount; (“Star Award” for a business of $50K or more) * Established business relations with over 40 clients and led up to 5 employees simultaneously in 3 crews * Personally closed all sales, and managed project execution, and consistently held margins of 35% or better

* Promoted after 3 months to head secretary of the elementary school and private assistant to the headmaster * Improved efficiency of administrative and accounting tasks using Simply Accounting, COBA and Excel * Organized events and activities * kept track of expenses, inventory and employee records * ordered supplies * arranged for substitute teachers if needed

* Trained internationally competing Polo horses in a high performance environment * Developed strong team spirit and contributed to the team's success in the annual national polo tournament * Embarked on an around-the-world tour exploring 20 countries on 5 continents in 2 years

Bachelor of Commerce, double concentrations in Finance and International Business, Minor in Arabic; GPA 3.7 - Awarded a McGill scholarship for outstanding academic performance in 2012 - Learned Arabic from scratch, maintaining a 95% average, and completed an intensive stage in Oman in 2014 Activities and Societies: McGill Undergraduate Society Case League (participant & judge) 2012 - 14, Corporate Case Simulation 2012, Model Arab League 2014, Raise Your Game Competition 2014 hosted by Procter & Gamble (2nd place), Jeux De Commerce 2015 (Entrepreneurship Team), Inter-Collegiate Business Competition 2015 (Strategy Team)