Meet Our Students (2022)
Read the biographies of our Doctor of Business Administration students below.
Maliha Aqeel
Doctoral Student
Maliha is an award-winning, senior communication professional with more than 20 years of progressively senior experience in global financial and professional services organizations.
Maliha’s doctoral research aims to explore whether purpose-led companies that consistently demonstrate their social commitment inspire particular actions, behaviors and attitudes in their customers.
Anuli Ausbeth-Ajagu
Doctoral Student
Anuli Ausbeth-Ajagu is a Certified Human Resource Leader, Consultant, Board Director, and published author of fiction and prose.
Anuli’s doctoral research will explore Black Entrepreneurial Success in Canada. Part of her research objective is to unearth how Black Immigrant Entrepreneurs can overcome systemic barriers, and leverage social capital for success. Read more…
Srini Chelian
Doctoral Student
Srini is an associate vice-president at TD Bank. As a Technology Executive, Srini has successfully led multiple large transformations within the financial services industry across Europe and North America.
Srini’s doctoral research will investigate reasons for leadership’s failure to positively impact employee engagement, despite the abundance of leadership books, blogs, classes, and leadership-development programs. He will focus on identifying leadership traits and/or behaviors that could positively influence employee engagement. Read more…
Malcolm D'Souza
Doctoral Student
Malcolm is a faculty member at George Brown College in Toronto teaching Supply Chain and Operations Management. Malcolm’s general area of interest is the intersect between business and technology.
Malcolm’s doctoral research is focused on eliminating food insecurity through enhanced supply chain optimization using blockchain technology.
David Dalphy
Doctoral Student
David is an HR executive, leader and expert with extensive experience in innovative HR practices and legal compliance. He has worked across multiple sectors including but not limited to: manufacturing, non-profits, pulp & paper, printing, and distribution.
David’s doctoral research will investigate how workers and workplaces were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically generational differences pertaining to a range of employee-centric and workplace-centric factors expected to impact productivity, attendance, relationships, health, safety, and work environment. Read more…
Amanda Davis
Doctoral Student
Amanda Davis runs her own management consulting firm providing strategic governance and executive services within public and private sectors in Canada. Davis specializes in municipal restructuring to resolve local resiliency challenges, leading public infrastructure projects, and contract negotiations.
Davis’ doctoral research will investigate how sustainable development concepts of a circular economies and regenerative sustainability can be applied to civil infrastructure to support the resiliency of small urban and rural communities in Canada. Read more…
Nic Dolar
Doctoral Student
Nic Dolar, MGM, CTDP, is an instructional designer concurrently supporting various industries through his consulting firm, Lautstark Ltd.
Nic’s doctoral research is investigating the job design of the knowledge worker post-COVID-19. This research aims to present data to higher management and leadership who are having challenges in adapting to a fully remote or hybrid workforce and is also aimed at new business who may want to set up a virtual workforce from inception. Read more…
Sarah Gowans
Doctoral Student
Sarah works as a Business Analyst responsible for supporting clients through their operational challenges. She provides client organizations insights on business practices and areas for improvement through process and data analytics.
Sarah’s doctoral research is on how Indigenous communities can foster long term sustainable development opportunities through partnerships with mining companies in Canada. Read more…
Chris Harper
Doctoral Student
Christopher is a Senior Director of Digital Advisory Services with a multi-national technology consulting firm where he works with a team of management consultants to support clients in defining and executing their digital transformation journeys.
Chris’ doctoral research intention includes the investigation of the intersection of technology and strategy and how adaptations to existing strategic frameworks in the context of industry structures where the planned future is highly unpredictable, and irrational can be made.
Lisa McDonald
Doctoral Student
Lisa McDonald is the Director of the Change Management Office (CMO) for the Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board. For the past 12 years, Lisa has dedicated her career to leading change efforts on large, complex technology and process change projects.
Lisa’s doctoral research will investigate how change management activities can positively impact the uptake of change in application to a business transformation program.
Tade Owodunni
Doctoral Student
Tade Owodunni is a corporate lawyer, corporate governance practitioner and a certified chartered tax professional and compliance and ethics specialist.
Tade’s doctoral research will examine impacts of the adoption of governance practices built around environmental, social and governance (ESG) and related business sustainability concepts on small and medium-scale enterprises operating in emerging markets. His research will examine how the adoption of governance precepts and practices by both regulated and self-governed entities can enhance their growth and long-term sustainability and how this can help stimulate wide-scale economic advancement for emerging market economies. Read more…
Denise Prindiville
Doctoral Student
Denise is a business consultant and executive coach, based in Toronto, in the health and life sciences sectors.
Denise’s doctoral research will focus on physician burnout prevention at the systemic and organizational levels, from strategic planning through management practices. She will investigate the knowledge gap towards understanding which key organizational and executive management theories and practices will bring a significant and sustainable impact on reducing burnout.
Sana Ramzan
Doctoral Student
Sana is an accounting professional with several years of experience in teaching Financial Information for Marketing, Business Computer Applications, Microcomputer Applications in Accounting, Management Accounting, Financial Accounting.
Sana’s doctoral research will investigate how artificial intelligence will impact accounting conservatism and audit quality using machine learning and python. She will investigate this by analyzing financial ratios of profitability, solvency and liquidity using python and machine learning capabilities.
Susan Rochefort
Doctoral Student
Susan is a business consultant and associate faculty at Royal Roads University and BCIT. She has enjoyed a variety of internal and external change agent roles over the last 25 years. She has worked in the oil and gas, financial services, professional services, and manufacturing industries in positions such as analyst, auditor, controller, project manager, financial consultant, and software instructor.
Susan’s doctoral research aims to develop a change management approach to assist resource constrained organizations (RCOs) with change management decisions.
Ndidi Uzo-Ojimadu
Doctoral Student
Ndidi is a Management Consultant and Business Instructor for post-secondary institutions in Canada.
Ndidi’s doctoral research focuses on examining economic diversification opportunities for the Alberta economy from its oil dependency. She aims to determine resilient strategies that should be adopted for sustained diversification and future economic stability within the province in a post Covid-19 era.