Orchid Jahanshahi, MBA

Orchid Jahanshahi, MBA

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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In 2023, Orchid launched ThinkrBelle, investing in and advising in early-stage AI and…

Articles by Orchid

  • Vaccinated.
    Jan 3, 2021

    Vaccinated.

    Last week, I received a first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine. My first inclination was to announce my joy…

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Experience

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    ThinkrBelle

    Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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    London, Ontario, Canada

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    San Francisco Bay Area

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    Canada

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    Canada

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    Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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    Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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    Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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    Toronto, Canada Area

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    Toronto, Canada Area

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    Ontario, Canada

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    Canada

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    Canada

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    Cambridge, MA (Global Headquarters)

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    Toronto, Canada Area

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    Toronto, Canada Area

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    Toronto, Canada Area

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    Montreal, Canada Area

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    Montreal, Canada Area

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    Toronto and Ottawa, Canada

Education

Volunteer Experience

  • Kinark Child and Family Services Graphic

    Member Board Of Directors

    Kinark Child and Family Services

    - Present 4 years 1 month

    Children

    Kinark Child and Family Services is a leading children’s mental health organization in Ontario that provides evidence-based services that include individual, family and group counseling for children and youth living with mental health issues. Kinark serves close to 10,000 children and youth each year in three program streams: Community-Based Child & Youth Mental Health, Autism and Forensic Mental Health/Youth Justice Services.

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    Mastermind Facilitator

    Verity

    - Present 4 years 3 months

    Lead facilitation team for an elite and diverse group of women at Verity in their quest to reach their career and life goals.

  • Board Member

    Swansea Kids Place

    - 1 year 10 months

    Children

  • CELS - Canadian Entrepreneurs in Life Science Graphic

    Ambassador

    CELS - Canadian Entrepreneurs in Life Science

    Ambassador to help Canadian Life Science startups nurture connections and know-how, advancing their innovations on the path to commercialization and allowing an entry into the Silicon Valley ecosystem.

Publications

  • Leading Exceptional Specialty Sales

    Shanna Landolt | Pharma Biotech Thought Leadership Podcast

    Interviewed by Shanna Landolt* on how to lead, motivate and create exceptional speciality sales teams within pharma or biotech companies. Discuss hiring process, nurturing talent and driving purposeful teams that deliver top sales results within a specialized and highly regulated healthcare environment.

    *Shanna Landolt is a top recruiter and highly sought after media authority as a Career and LinkedIn Expert. She has been featured all across North America on NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, CityTV &…

    Interviewed by Shanna Landolt* on how to lead, motivate and create exceptional speciality sales teams within pharma or biotech companies. Discuss hiring process, nurturing talent and driving purposeful teams that deliver top sales results within a specialized and highly regulated healthcare environment.

    *Shanna Landolt is a top recruiter and highly sought after media authority as a Career and LinkedIn Expert. She has been featured all across North America on NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, CityTV & CTV.

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Projects

  • Champion for Diversity & Inclusion at Novartis

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    Led a 14-member team in strategy and implementation of key initiatives (i.e. training on Mitigating Unconscious Bias), to further diversity and inclusion at Novartis Canada. Played key role in forming culture of Inclusion at various levels of the organization.

Languages

  • English

    Full professional proficiency

  • French

    Professional working proficiency

  • Spanish

    Elementary proficiency

  • Persian

    Limited working proficiency

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