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Headquartered in our nation’s capital, Arctech Accelerate is a national leader in the grant writing, business development, and lobbying sectors, representing organizations across a variety of industries. With a robust team consisting of PhDs, MBAs, engineers, and professionals backed by a wealth of experience, Arctech Accelerate is able to provide effective solutions to our client’s projects, whether it be for grant writing, contract procurement, strategic partnerships, and more.
Some industries we have worked with include:
Energy
Agriculture
Not-for-profits
Technology
Military
Healthcare
Manufacturing
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Managing Director
As the Managing Director of Arctech Accelerate, Tarig’s main duties revolve around creating business plans, overseeing day-to-day activities, improving performance, developing organizational culture, supervising projects and management, as well as directing organizational strategy.
Tarig is a strategist of all trades, including grant writing, strategic partnerships, and contract acquisitions, to name a few. He partners with CEOs, executives, and solopreneurs to grow their personal and professional brands. After nearly a decade of experience working in business development and marketing for multimillion dollar companies, Tarig knows what truly drives conversations, clear visions, and full scope action plans —and it’s not a matter of simply following trends, it’s about the human angle, and how well you can connect with the audience you’re trying to communicate with. Coming from a Business Management background at McMaster University and having continued his studies at Carleton University—where he developed a deep interest in Lasers and Photonics—Tarig is well-versed in both the technical and creative ends of commerce. Tarig has landed contracts, grants, and an impressive range of other opportunities for clients both in the private, and public sectors across Canada.
Proposal & Funding Specialist
Michelle’s main duties include leading all research and content creation for writing successful grant applications. Michelle also creates proposals for financial grants allocated by government departments, companies, foundations, and trusts.
A highly motivated and bilingual professional business women, Michelle specializes in writing complex requests for funding (grant applications), and Request for Proposal responses. With 15+ years of industry experience writing proposal responses and managing contracts, Michelle is uniquely aware of the time-sensitive nature of the bidding process. Michelle will work quickly with clients to identify bid requirements, resource requirements, and risk factors. Once bidding qualifications are confirmed, Michelle will work closely with clients and resources to ensure a strong proposal with a high win probability.
Consultant, Head of Government Contract Acquisitions/Procurement
Guy oversees and evaluates proposals and bids for contractual agreements, as well as negotiation terms between the private sector and the Government of Canada.
In addition to being Arctech Accelerate’s consultant for Government procurements, Guy is also the CEO and founder of Solution Xplus, a company that supports other organizations in preparing their applications to the Innovation Solution’s Canada Testing Stream. His extensive former experience includes overseeing Business Development for Canada at FormVerse ™ (now Autocene), and at The AIM Group. He also co-founded SageTea Group and MaxSys Staffing, where he was Vice- President in both organizations. Guy also worked as an international consultant for the United Nations in Madagascar for their Development Programme (UNDP). Guy’s academic background is in engineering, which led him to fulfilling job opportunities in that field at the start of his professional career.
Senior Management Consultant
At Arctech, Abhishek’s main area of focus would be Management Consultant and provide advice to various clients to build them strong business proposals that global positive impact on society and mankind.
Abhishek is a Ph.D. in the Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. His expertise lies in the fields of computational chemistry, statistical thermodynamics, and data science. During his research career, he has gained immense knowledge in writing grants, managing and designing various research projects that involve the exploration and prediction of heterogeneous ice nucleation by combining molecular simulations and machine learning approaches. During this period, he has acquired independent research and leadership abilities, together with strong programming and problem-solving skills. He has developed himself as a versatile scientist in conducting rigorous scientific research.
Management Consultant
Khaoula’s main duty is to write and summarize grants as well as format and prepare funding summaries and action plans. She uses her strong communication, project management, and mutlitasking skills to constantly verify and keep track of submission requirements and grant deadlines.
Khaoula is a pragmatic professional with a master’s degree of Science in Management specializing in Finance as well as two bachelor’s degrees in Marketing and Finance from Telfer Business School. Along with her strong knowledge in finance, marketing, and general accounting functions, including cash management/reconciliation, financial reporting, revenue recognition, and balance sheet management, she has extensive experience in academic research. She gained invaluable knowledge through her research thesis on the volatility of cryptocurrencies. She is a results-driven and passionate individual with multilangual capabilities in French, English, and Arabic.
Technical and Business Writer
Adam is a technical and business writer with over 30 years experience in the software development industry as a technical writer, trainer, project manager, and system administrator, and in the arts and culture sector as an arts manager and artist. In those capacities, he has an extensive record of writing successful tax credit claims and municipal, provincial, and federal grants. Adam has a BSc in experimental psychology, a BA in arts management and visual art, a certificate in technical and business communication, a diploma in adult training and development, and is a certified Linux system administrator.
Senior Project Manager
Lurraine Villacorta holds over 20 years of experience with multiple international agencies, where a significant degree of her duties in the environmental and developmental sectors were instrumental in scaling small/rural businesses throughout Asia into international trade-ready firms. Since joining the United Nations-International Labour Organization in 1994, she effectively worked with chambers of commerce and employers, labour unions and government agencies, to integrate sustainable development concerns in business and the world of work.
Lurraine holds a Master of Science degree in Agriculture and Food Engineering from the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok, Thailand, a Bachelor of Science in Fisheries Business Management from the University of the Philippines in Quezon City, Philippines.
Advisor - Proposal and Funding Specialist
Colin’s main duties include advising and strategizing with companies to help with identifying opportunities, planning, and even business development activities. Colin’s vast experience allows him to offer clients an in-depth understanding of political, social, environmental, and economic dynamics, and help them leverage various opportunities for the development of their operations. His career has taken him across the globe, from being a member of the Canadian Forces Naval Reserve to working as a field researcher and program collaborator for projects such as the National Rural Sanitation Program in Brazil, and a study of similar nature in the European Union. Colin also worked as the advisor to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation for over 4 years, where he assisted in developing research, drafting reports and diplomatic communications, and managing public outreach activities. He has co-authored several articles in peer-reviewed journals focusing on law, policy, and social practices in relation to water and sanitation services worldwide.
Advisor, Digital Projects
Nick is the advisor for all digital projects at Arctech Accelerate.
Nick is a web strategist and entrepreneur based in Ottawa, Ontario. His expertise is in the field of fundamental targeted advertising, user experience, and sales psychology. In his over 12 years of experience, he has had the opportunity to work with some of the best independent businesses and corporations, which has gained him a wealth of knowledge in his field.
Advisor, Business Development
Darryl informs existing and potential clients on the services Arctech Accelerate provides and refers them back to the team for their initial consultation meeting.
Darryl is a specialist in the design and implementation of specifically tailored tax-efficient private investment solutions. With his experience in both the investing and lending sides of the financial industry, Darryl carries with him a powerful toolkit of knowledge, solutions, innovative strategies, connections, and expert advice for companies and individuals seeking to invest in, or obtain private capital.
Advisor, Business Development
Bernie informs existing and potential clients on the services Arctech Accelerate provides, and refers them back to the team for their initial consultation meeting.
In addition to being an advisor for Arctech Accelerarte, Bernie is also the CEO of Kreativ Insights which provides support to businesses and bridging a network of specialists for the desired results. Bernie is also a member of the following groups: Ottawa Board of Trade, GR Business Network, Phoenix Business Exchange, and The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Ottawa. Bernie’s areas of focus include, but are not limited to, funding and project support, working on Internet of Thing projects, connecting resources across different diverse networks; Integrating business to business enhanced services and developing new relationship streams.
Advisor – Digital Projects
Ilya has been an online marketing specialist since the 1990s and has been running his own internet marketing company, www.internet-exposure.com, since 2001. During that time, he has assisted a variety of clients ranging from giants such as McGill Press, UBC Press, and Road Builders Association to scores of small and medium businesses, as well as self employed individuals. He has been certified with Google and Bing, and has a wealth of experience with most aspects of online marketing, including web design, organic search engine optimization (SEO), pay per click (PPC) campaign management, and social media marketing.
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