Bobby Umar:
CLASS OF 1988
Kennebecasis Valley High SchoolClass of 1988
Rothesay, NB
McMaster University - DeGroote School of BusinessClass of 2002
Hamilton, ON
McGill University Class of 1993
Montreal, QC
Bobby's Story
Life
1988 - Graduated High School, went to Disneyworld, attended Shad Valley at UNB, ended up starting my 1st year at McGill in engineering. Montreal was awesome and I met some of the best people of my life. Also experienced and talked about the most amazing things.
1989 - Also had my first summer job in recreation. My family moved from NB to ONT. Spent last summer there. Also worked and trained as an aromatherapy massage therapist
1990 - Discovered my operatic voice by scoring my first major lead in a musical
1993 - Went to french camp in Chicoutimi in the summer
1994 - Spent an extra year at McGill to finish a degree in Mechanical engineering, with a minor in French and Music. Involved in musicals the whole time, including being a producer. I also got involved with Improv comedy. Each summer I had worked in recreation as a counsellor. After graduation, worked at Shad Valley UBC
1995 - Got my first job as an aerospace design engineer at Bombardier, DeHavilland division. Also started my first foray into community musical theatre.
1996 - Started my own musical theatre company called Markham Thespian Society, where I produced, and directed musicals, while teaching youth how to run a show
1998 - Left Bombardier and dissolved my theatre company and spent a year tryin to find myself - took web courses, went to another french camp at St. Jean sur Richelieu.
1999 - Worked at Shad Valley Acadia which rejuvenated my life motivation. Started my Co-op MBA at McMaster
1999-2001: MBA served me well. I was President of the MBA Association and finally started doing the opposite of what I did in my undergrad and my grades got better. Also during this time I got my P.ENG designation but deci...Expand for more
ded that I didn't want to be an engineer anymore but instead loved marketing (It was fun communicating and connecting with people). My first workterm was as a Market Analyst at a design agency called Fireworks Creative in Toronto. My second co-op was as a Director of Business development at a Venture Capital start-up. My last work-term was at Hewlett Packard as an Assoc Program Manager. Also got involved in business case competitions, travelling to Montreal, and UNB. Went to MBA Games at Saint Mary's and University of Alberta. Ended up Valedictorian, which felt really great. Did some consulting work in teambuilding and group dynamics
2002 - Got married to Ananda Dobbs from BC. Got involved in Shad Valley at McMaster as a Faculty member of Arts, Entrepreneurship, and Engineering (from '02-'04)
2003 - Started working at Kraft Canada in marketing for Cheese. Also auditioned for Second City and got into their Advanced Conservatory training program, which I finished in Jan 2004.
2005 - Living downtown Toronto, Left Kraft and started at Unilever working on Dove Masterbrand. This included building Dove brand essence and working on the Global Campaign for Real Beauty and the Dove Self-Esteem Fund, designed to debunk beauty stereotypes.
2006 - Left brand marketing, started my own company called Raeallan, which does Corporate Training and Motivational Speaking. I do offsite half-day and full-day sessions in teambuilding, group dynamics, and brainstorming. I also do soft-skills workshops and keynote addresses. Most recently I am delivering a motivational keynote address in Portugal at a global IT/healthcare conference. Also joined a sketch comedy group, Fade to Brown, and am the main director.
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