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Transitioning an Organization into the Virtual World with Monica Vucko

entrepreneurship@UBC Season 1 Episode 2

This week, host and Creative Specialist MJ Araujo speaks with entrepreneurship@UBC’s Senior Manager of Operations, Monica Vucko. Monica was instrumental in moving the organization and 150+ person network online in a matter of days amidst the world's move indoors, transitioning entrepreneurship@UBC’s entirely in person program into the virtual world. 


BIO
Monica M. Vucko is an entrepreneur and operations professional who serves as entrepreneurship@UBC’s Senior Manager of Operations, where she is in charge of ensuring that all program operations and services run seamlessly, on time and within budget. Prior to this, she was the founder & CEO of tech start-up LookLab which aimed to bring the sharing economy to the fashion industry. Monica completed a MSc. Sustainability & Social Innovation with a focus on Impact Entrepreneurship at Hautes Études Commerciales de Paris (HEC Paris), holds a BA(H) in Health Studies from Queen’s University and was a fellow at the Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics. When she’s not working at entrepreneurship@UBC, she’s moonlighting as a founder for Speak for Success, a company that provides communication skills training to women who are early in their professional careers. Monica’s passions include impact entrepreneurship, gender diversity and supporting founders.