Join us and three featured guests, to discuss their respective career trajectories as Asians working in US/Canada. Our informal chat will touch on the Asian-Canadian experience, the bamboo ceiling, and other topics relevant to young Asian professionals.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:

Ryan Ing is a technology professional working in Enterprise Sales at IBM Canada. He graduated from the Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University. In 2017, Ryan produced a viral video documenting his transition from door-to-door sales intern to his present role at IBM, and his story was featured by the Globe and Mail.

Brian So is a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada with a Chartered Accounting Designation. He joined the HSBC Canada Audit team in September of 2017 and represents the Toronto division. Previously he worked in the Internal Audit group of the Royal Bank of Canada for 4 years where he was specialized in the finance areas of retail banking, capital markets and corporate treasury. He was also responsible for heading the Pre-approved CPA program at RBC which assists aspiring students out of University attain work experience and attain their CPA designation. Prior to his industry experience Brian worked in external audit at Grant Thornton specializing in financial institutions and manufacturing. He has a combined audit experience between internal and external audit of over 10 years and holds a graduate degree in Chartered Accounting from the John Molson School of Business and a Bachelors in Commerce with a major in Accounting from McGill University.

Kevin champions organizational transformation at Weston Foods by enabling others to adopt new technology and processes. With a diverse background of experiences in psychological research, psychometric testing, and even woodworking, he has the know-how of breaking into niche industries and hopes to share the insights he's gleaned.