Rié Shigematsu Collett Email Rie

Rié Shigematsu Collett (McGill MBA'96) has over twelve years experience in communications and marketing management in North America, Europe and Asia. She began her career as a film, tv and video producer in London and then, following business school, worked as a "marketeer" for ABC in NY overseeing branding campaigns for the television network. She then moved to Disney in LA where she responsible for all advertising and promotional programs for ABC Children's Programming, and The Wonderful World of Disney. In addition, she has marketing experience with two interactive, educational software companies in Silicon Valley and is currently working for Numetrics Management Systems, Inc. an innovative company which provides software and professional services that dramatically improve integrated circuit (IC) development capability.

Rié has also recently launched a non-profit organization, StoryCorps, which leverages the skills of media professionals and enthusiasts to help non-profits produce videos to promote their organizations and the issues they care about.

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Handol Kim Email Handol

Handol is currently Director, Sales & Marketing, Asia Pacific, at the MicroDisplay Corporation, a leading Liquid Crystal on Silicon HDTV component supplier based in San Pablo, CA. Handol was previously Director, Strategic Development at Coradiant, and before that spent 7 years in the Canadian Foreign Service where he was Consul, Canadian Consulate Silicon Valley, and Deputy Director, Investment, at the Canadian Trade Office in Taipei, Taiwan.

Handol earned his BA in English Literature (Class of 1991), and is active in the Canadian ex-pat community in San Francisco/Silicon Valley, having co-founded the Digital Moose Lounge in 1999. He is married and lives in San Francisco.

Wynnie Chan Email Wynnie

Wynnie is currently working in high-technology marketing communications in the Bay Area. She is also an active volunteer for the Red Cross and an avid snowboarder. She moved to Northern California after completing a Bachelors (B.Com '00) in Marketing, Finance and International Business. At McGill, she co-founded the currently largest Asian club called M.A.N.A.B.A.

Wynnie is a native Montrealer who frequents her hometown and enjoys travelling. She works in Palo Alto and lives in San Francisco.

Palash Desai Email Palash

Palash (B.Eng '93 and M.Eng '95) is currently the product marketing manager for Conductus, a manufacturer of wireless network enhancing equipment. Prior to joining Conductus, Palash was a management consultant with PRTM and an engineer with Lucent Technologies.

Palash holds an MBA from Cornell University and was also a committe member of the McGill Alumni Association of New York for three years.