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You manage your research. You want to manage a business. How about managing your career?

Dr. Teresa Snelgrove of ProFitHR and Dr. Frederick Sweeney of VG Partners talk about career management theory and practice: what inputs are needed for critical career decisions and their execution. Join us for some very practical advice on how to manage your own success.

About the speakers

Teresa Snelgrove
President, ProFitHR

Teresa Snelgrove is President of ProFitHR, an interviewing/assessment methodology and tool for admissions to professional schools, and for recruitment and professional development in the corporate world. She was formerly a Managing Director in Boyden Global Executive Search Inc.’s Toronto office where she specialized in senior level searches in emerging growth companies. Teresa’s work has been closely associated with entrepreneurial endeavours beginning with the co-founding of Timothy’s Coffees of the World in 1975 (Timothy’s won the Canadian Enterprise of the Year Award and Teresa was named a Chatelaine Woman of the Year), Chapters Bookstore café, and General Wellbeing (a small chain of wellness stores in hospitals).

Prior to joining Boyden, Teresa co-founded her own executive search firm where she spent 12 years as a Partner where the focus of the practice was management recruiting within the venture capital community and their portfolio companies, primarily in the technology, healthcare, life science and biotechnology sectors. For the former companies she has placed Partners and Associates, and for the latter “C level” roles including technical roles such as Chief Technology Officer, and Chief Scientific Officer. Additionally, she has successfully completed searches in Retail, Not-for-Profit, NGO’s, and Boards of Directors

Teresa received a B.A. from McGill University, a M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. Her Ph.D. included the development of one of the very first structural analysis software packages.

Teresa has a passion for the entrepreneurial and for guiding young people to follow that path if so inclined; she frequently gives lectures and workshops on these topics.

Frédéric Sweeney
VG Partners

Frédéric joined the life sciences investment team at VG Partners in 2008, one of Canada’s premier private equity firms with over $1.3 billion invested in close to 200 innovative Canadian companies. Fred’s main responsibilities are to provide operational support and coordinating follow-on investments for the current life sciences portfolio companies as well as sourcing new investment opportunities for the firm. Fred also acts as an observer on the Board of Cytochroma, Interface Biologics and Axela.

Prior to VG Partners, Fred worked at a Toronto-based boutique investment bank and helped private life sciences companies secure financing. He was also involved with MaRS by helping to organize bioentrepreneurial lectures and appearing as a guest speaker on topics such as strategic financing in biotechnology and career management.

Fred holds a Ph.D. in Molecular and Medical Genetics from the University of Toronto where he was a Terry Fox Scholar of the National Cancer Institute of Canada. During his scientific training, he acquired a deep expertise in cancer-related phenomenon by using structural and molecular biology and small molecule biochemistry. His background also includes years of research in other areas such as neurobiology, developmental biology human and yeast genetics.

Part of the Entrepreneurship 101 Series