Jane Porter

Current

• Project Manger, Global Venture Lab (University Alliance Finland) & PhD Student at University of Jyväskylä - Corporate Environmental Management

Past

• Marketing Project Coordinator at Procom
• Marketing and Sales at Distil Interactive
• Facilities Coordinator at Carleton University

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Jane Porter’s Summary

Entrepreneurship Experience:

- Currently working with a Finnish startup (small-scale windmills in India)
- Researching, working with the Growth Venturing Group at JYU
- Entrepreneur in Sharon Ballard’s Launch Pad training course
-Won spot at the National Annual Wes Nicol Business Plan Competition (created and pitched to professional VCs in Canada)

International Experience:

-currently studying and working in Finland
-one year studying and working abroad in France
-taught hundreds of French high school students the “Everyday English Language”
-broad theoretical and practical knowledge in international marketing, globalization, and international expansion and operations

Marketing and Sales:

-experience in sales, sales strategy and marketing (ex. Selling new digital game-based training tools to national and international organizations through cold calls, trade shows, and demonstrations, )
-planned events for self and for other organizations and catered to events on site
-events include: golf tournament, engineering/tech tradeshow, leadership conferences

Interests and Goals:

Sustainable development in entrpreneurship (high growth ventures)
-want to learn from "the best" and take those skills around the globe where it's needed