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Overview

At AzureHR, we are an all-encompassing HR and recruitment agency aiming to pair employers with qualified jobseekers. We have an extensive pool of talented and skilled candidates ranging from various industries, vocational backgrounds, and tangible work experiences. Whatever your employment needs are, we are highly confident we can fulfill said needs with our extensive database of jobseekers.

Our mission is to provide flexible and cost-effective human resource solutions to our clients. We firmly believe in providing the highest quality of service, with the utmost professionalism, at all times.

Ultimately, we provide local jobseekers job opportunities with our core group of partnered employers. We routinely possess exclusively job opportunities that are not readily advertised or available on the public job market.

AzureHR

Located in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, AzureHR is a business consulting company and a subsidiary of the North America Vocational Education Group (NAVEG). With a focus on HR, AzureHR provides a comprehensive range of HR services and solutions to both employers and job seekers.

Career Counsellors

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Mohammad Kallas

Senior Human Resources Manager,
CIBC Bank

With over 12 years of professional HR experience, currently a Senior Manager of Human Resources at CIBC Bank Headquarters, providing manpower support to over 200 banking centres in BC and Northern Canada
Former HR Manager at Best Buy, Staples, McDonald's and other leading companies in Canada West headquarters

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Andrew Yao

Software Engineer,
Amazon.com, Inc

He is a Software development engineer in the Promotion Analytics Team (PAOS) at Amazon fulfillment Canada. PAOS is a small team in charge of the promotion quality of global Amazon events such as Prime day, Black Friday and Cyber Monday

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Jada Stevens

Director of Graphic Design,
TransLink

She is an award-winning Graphic Designer with over 20 years' experience creating engaging campaigns for organizations such as The BMO Vancouver Marathon, Vancouver Fashion Week, and the City of Victoria
In her current role at TransLink, she designs and develops experiential graphics, branded environments, and wayfinding information to improve the customer experience

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Natasha Kvitka

Director of Digital Marketing Operations,
GiftBasetsOverseas.com

She is an experienced digital marketing professional who helps brands and individuals achieve their goals by establishing a solid online presence through a variety of digital marketing channels
Outside of the corporate setting, she is passionate about digital personal branding - and loves to coach students on how to do it right
She is heavily involved in mentoring at different entrepreneurship development programs including George Brown College

Anita Chin

Senior product development consultant,
Eminence

As a logistics supply chain expert with a background in product development and marketing, she has more than 15 years of comprehensive experience in consumer product procurement, strategic planning, innovation, merchandise sales, local and overseas manufacturing, and marketing. She currently works as a senior product development consultant at Eminence, focusing on project management, global sourcing, forecasting, seasonal promotion, and achieving sales and profit targets
She is also a career mentor, she is passionate about helping students move towards creating a fulfilling life

Colleen Beresford

Human Resources Leader,
MCM architect

She is an accomplished human resources leader with over 20 years of success in enabling companies to achieve their business goals
As an HR Generalist, she has an extensive background in all areas of human resources and has worked in a wide variety of industries including high tech, union and professional services
In her current role at MCM architect, she is passionate about coaching leaders through change to bring about cohesive and engaged work environments

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Elyn Zhang

Financial Knowledge Trainer,
Vancity Bank

She is an experienced Executive Coach specializing in guiding students towards a successful career in the finance industry. Moreover, she coaches business professionals through challenges in workplace and personal situations
With over a decade of experience as a Finance Literacy Trainer from Vancity Bank, she is a skilled facilitator who has delivered numerous seminars regarding the non-profit sector across the Lower Mainland

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Octavia Tang

Senior Business Analysis Specialist,
BHC Consulting Group Ltd.

She is skilled at business analysis and design, project management, agile methodology, facilitation and collaboration, database design and analysis, web programming and has the unique ability to speak business and technical languages to shape business needs and processes and into valuable technology solutions
Notable clients include: Herschel Supply Company, TREZ Capital, Chrysalix Venture Capital, TIMIA Capital, Fraser Health Authority, Provincial Health Services Authority, WorkSafe BC, Boeing Vancouver
Over 15 years of experience working in the business consulting field
Selected as an ambassador for the Vancouver Board of Trade between 2013 and 2016
Current board member of Women in Tech (CanWIT), a local organization

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Agnes Chow

Senior partner,
Oanda

Senior Partner at OANDA, has been working in Human Resources for over 14 years
Majority of her career was in the tech industry in roles responsible for all aspects of human resources including performance management, benefits, payroll, recruitment, immigration and relocation, employee relations, and training and development

Ivy Sang

Senior Experience Design Manager,
Electronic Arts

Located in Vancouver Canada, Ivy Sang is a User Experience leader & pioneer in the gaming & technology industries. With 14+ years experience, Ivy is currently working as Senior Experience Design Manager in Electronic Arts.
Ivy is also an experienced educator and instructor who is specialized to train up design students with basic foundation & curious minds, craft emphatic & interactive courses and prepare students for real industry through shortening the gap between academia & workplace.
Ivy is excited to meet everyone and shares her career experiences & knowledge at WeDo.

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Jamie Kozak

Owner/Principal,
CopyCat Invest

He is currently the Owner/Principal of CopyCat Invest, he is the finance expert conducts company-specific research to understand company's business dynamics and fundamentals to analyze investment opportunities
After graduating from SFU, he started working for TD Bank (now TD Canada Trust) in the retail division as a Personal Banker. This has helped him to get in tune with client's investment needs and interests which landed him a Portfolio Manager role at North Growth Management a few years later, a prestigious investment firm in Vancouver, focused on Canadian and U.S. equities. Length of employment was 13.5 years

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Steven Sun

Partner,
Dougan Irwin＆Associates

He is a designated professional accountant holding CPA licenses in Canada, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong, China. As a tax partner/owner at Dougan Irwin & Associates, his primary focus has been on Canadian corporate, personal, trust tax planning and compliance for owner-manager businesses, corporate reorganizations, estate planning, CRA dispute matters and general business consulting
Prior to that, he was a district manager for 13 Subway Restaurants on Vancouver Island

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Herman Eng

Assistant Finance Director,
Niradia

He is a senior accounting professional earned his CPA, CGA accounting designation in 2001. His industry experience spans from municipal government such as the Resort Municipality of Whistler to retail at Best Buy Canada, to high tech, biotechnology, and his current role as assistant controller at Niradia group of companies, a conglomerate involving real estate development, construction, property management, and hospitality. His current duties include working as a team with other professional accountants to lead and manage the accounting department and processes within the organization
He is also part of the management team that makes strategic tax and business planning decisions to move the overall operations forward

Cyndi Hunter

Advertising Executive,
Plentyoffish.com (POF)

Cyndi Hunter is a seasoned growth marketer and product designer based in Vancouver, B.C, focused on user experience (UX)
She has worked in the online dating space sinceMarch 2012 where she was an Advertising Executive at Plentyoffish.com (POF). While there, Cyndi played a key role in a team responsible for growing the number of active users domestically and abroad, as well as monetizing the site through ad sales
In three years, she helped Plentyoffish increase two impressive milestones: doubling its size, from 50 million users to 100 million, while reaching $100 million in revenue. This set POF apart as the world's largest free dating site, grooming it for acquisition by Match.com for $575 million dollars

Seif Borgi

Founder,
Toumana Consulting

Seif Borgi is seasoned Digital Marketing and Analytics Consultant, teacher, keynote speaker, and storyteller.
His experience, as an analytical leader and a data-driven growth marketer, ranges from defining marketing strategies and maximizing profit for Fortune 500 corporations to accelerating growth for start-ups. Having worked with some of the most reputable organization such as BestBuy,BrainStation, Thinkific, he has a proven track record of driving profit and accelerating revenue growth by leading customer acquisition efforts, increasing retention and conversion rate, and optimizing the end-to-end customer journey. Seif is passionate about using his in-depth experience to teach others how to make sense of data and how to drive profitable outcomes, whether they run an established corporation or a newfound start-up.

Other Team Members

Sia Foryoh

Employer Relations Specialist

Utilizing her stellar communication and analytical skills, Sia Foryoh spceializes in building positive, long-lasting relationships with employers and matching candidates with the most ideal jobs for them based on their qualifications and character strengths. Sia is driven by her passion for guiding international candidates on the path to success in Canada and has proven experience with doing so.

John Fillmore

Employer Relations Specialist

A native of Nova Scotia, from a agricultural region and family, John brings a unique understanding of the needs and employment realities faced by Canadian farmers to bear with his work with Azure HR. With 15 years of sales and employer relations experience, John prides himself on clear and honest communication to deliver outstanding and sustainable service and results.

Lynn Chong

Career Planning Advisor

As a Career Planning Advisor in AzureHR, Lynn specializes in seeking opportunities for candidates, screening resumes and applicants, and matching suitable candidates to the employers.

Christie Gan

Career Planning Advisor

An analytical individual with an affinity for interacting with people of various backgrounds and cultures, Christie believes every human is resourceful and strives to use her drive to see others succeed. By determining the suitability of individuals for jobs that fully capitalize their respective strengths, and vice versa with employers, it allows all parties involved to grow and develop on both the personal and professional fronts. Overall, she aspires to make positive, meaningful and lasting impacts on the lives of job seekers and employers around the world.

HR Advice

More than just your regular HR firm.

Relying on its professional HR team and proven record of HR services, AzureHR has been dedicated to helping business companies acquire qualified HR resources by following rigorous Canadian selection and training standards, utilize and compensate them in accordance with Canadian HR and LR laws, policies and regulations. By applying consistent HR practices and procedures, it aims for standardized risk-free operation of corporate HR functions, optimization of HR resources, reduction of labour costs, and improvement of production efficiency.