ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015

 

Table of Contents

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR .................................................................................................... 1

MESSAGE FROM THE CEO ....................................................................................................... 3

CAPSTONE MANAGEMENT CONSULTING - BOARD OF DIRECTORS ................................. 5

CAPSTONE MANAGEMENT CONSULTING - COMPANY OVERVIEW .................................... 6

CAPSTONE MANAGEMENT CONSULTING - STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS ...................... 8

CAPSTONE MANAGEMENT CONSULTING - SUPPORTERS .................................................. 9

CAPSTONE MANAGEMENT CONSULTING - THE CONSULTANTS .................................... 10

CAPSTONE MANAGEMENT CONSULTING - CURRENT AND PAST CEOS ........................ 12

THE CAPSTONE GALA ............................................................................................................. 13

CAPSTONE MANAGEMENT CONSULTING - SELECTED TESTIMONIALS ........................ 16

MSA EXECUTIVE TEAM ........................................................................................................... 17  

 

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Chair Message

I delighted with Capstone Management Consulting. The mission of the Edwards

School of Business is to “develop professionals to build nations.” Through rolling up

their sleeves, working with actual clients in

real-life settings, and being responsible for

professional-quality reports, our students are

making remarkable strides in their education.

We are very grateful to the clients for

supporting our efforts and providing such

interesting projects.

In addition to the pride we take in our

students’ performance, and the partnerships

that have developed with various client

enterprises, I should say that we are

extremely fortunate to have an award-

winning professor, Vince Bruni-Bossio. He received the highly-coveted USSU teaching

award this year for the quality he brings to all his interactions with students. Through

this course and the Capstone experience, Vince has been recognized for extraordinary

teaching and a learning environment that is deeply appreciated by his students.

 

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Capstone Management Consulting is doing truly wonderful thing for raising the stature

and value of the Management major, by showcasing the quality of our students, and by

raising funds for scholarships and support of the project-based style of teaching.

Thank you to the students who fund other students!

I thank Vince Bruni-Bossio and Department Head Marvin Painter for supporting this

course.

Each year, I am gratified by the talents of the CEOs of Capstone and their board of

volunteers. It has been a pleasure working with Rayleine Seymour, and I look forward

to working with Colby McClelland.

Well done!

Daphne Taras, Dean, Edwards School of Business

Management Consulting

 

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Message from the CEO

The Management Students’ Association (MSA) and

Capstone Management Consulting, realizes the

value and the opportunity that COMM 448 provides

both students & organizations. With a decision to

support the goals and initiatives of COMM 448,

Capstone Management Consulting helps to create

an environment of excellence that provides

business students with a tangible bridge between

the classroom and the boardroom.

This year, Capstone Management Consulting has commissioned 12 projects for

COMM 448, with a total 25 students in the class. We are very excited to help bring

Edwards School of Business experiential and applied projects that engage students to

use their skills beyond the classroom. The MSA hopes to be an accountable

connection with local communities to create positive future relationships and open

opportunities for students for future employment. We are also happy to reward

students with a scholarship for excellent service that improves recognition of Edwards

School of Business in the community.

This year for our annual gala we decided to partnership with the Governance and

Leadership Development Practicum course at Edwards School of Business. By

 

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partnering with this organization, we will bring more community based organizations to

the event, to aid us with our goal to create an accountable connection with local

communities.

After this year I will be passing the reigns over to Colby McClelland, who will become

the new Management Students’ Association President and CEO of Capstone

Management Consulting. In the future, beginning 2016, the Marketing Students’

Society will have Synergy Consulting and join with Capstone to expand COMM 448.

This expansion will make it viable for both terms of the school year, instead of only in

second term. We are very excited for this development and see it as an approach to

work with other student associations at Edwards School of Business, as well as

integrate into the community.

In closing, I would like to thank Dean Taras for allowing us to develop Capstone

Management Consulting with Edwards School of Business, as well as Vince Bruni-

Bossio and Marv Painter for making this class possible. I would also like to thank all

the community organizations and businesses that have supported us to make this

organization successful.

Sincerely,

Rayleine Seymour President, Management Students Association CEO, Capstone Management Consulting

 

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Capstone Management Consulting - Board of Directors

                                                                           

       

                           

   

Vince Bruni-Bossio Assistant Professor, Faculty

Member at the Edwards School of Business

Daphne Taras Board Chair, Dean of the Edwards

School of Business

Marv Painter Professor of Entrepreneurship, Faculty Member at the Edwards

School of Business

 

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Capstone Management Consulting - Company Overview

Capstone Management Consulting was founded in 2012 by Toni-Lynn Beckman and is

a cooperative venture in partnership with the Edwards School of Business and the

Management Students' Association. It has been organized to promote an environment

of excellence, which provides business students with a tangible bridge between the

classroom and the boardroom. At the conclusion of each COMM 448 session, a panel

of judges selects the most outstanding consulting reports and awards scholarships of

$2,500, $1,500 or $1,000 to the top three consulting groups for outstanding

achievement.

The Experience

Capstone Management Consulting provides Saskatchewan businesses and not-for-

profit organizations with the chance to attain applied research and management

consulting at a reasonable cost while also providing Edwards' students with hands-on

experience in creating functional consulting projects for business and service

organizations. The vision of Capstone Management Consulting is to create an

environment of excellence that provides business students with a tangible bridge

between the classroom and the boardroom.

The Overall Value Proposition for Students great project to talk about in job

Student Consultants learn how to specify business research questions, propose

appropriate methods of researching the questions, analyze the results of the research,

 

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and present conclusions and recommendations. They gain experience in consulting,

working with real clients and often encounter a high-level challenge and use of

business skills. The students also receive one on one coaching and mentorship, career

planning and resume preparation and have the ability to expand their networks and

connections.

Management Consulting Projects

Student Consultants learn how to specify business research questions, propose

appropriate methods of researching the questions, analyze the results of the research,

and present conclusions and recommendations. The most common types of business

research requested by clients have been marketing research studies, business plans,

feasibility studies, and industry opportunity surveys.

 

 

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! !!!!!Statement!of!Operations!!!!!For!the!year!ended!April!30

2012 2013 2014 2015!(Est.)

Revenue: 15,000!!!!!!!!!!! 21,000!!!!!!!!!!! 16,000!!!!!!!! 18,000

Expenses:Printing )!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 66!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! )!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!)Entertainment! )!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1,232!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1,405!!!!!!!!!! 2000Working!Lunches 1,000!!!!!!!!!!!!! )!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 495!!!!!!!!!!!!! 600Student!Scholarships 1,500!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1,500!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1,500!!!!!!!!!! 5000Pro!Bono!Consulting 1,200!!!!!!!!!!!!! )!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 500!!!!!!!!!!!!! 4,500Total!Expenses 3,700!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2,798!!!!!!!!!!!!! 3,899!!!!!!!!!! 7600

Net!Surplus 11,300!!!!!!!!!!! 18,202!!!!!!!!!!! 12,101!!!!!!!! 10,400

Accumulated!Surplus 11,300!!!!!!!!!!! 29,502$!!!!!!!!! 41,603$!!!!!! 52,003$!!!

Capstone Management Consulting

 

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Capstone Management Consulting - Supporters  On behalf of the Management Students’ Association and Capstone Management

Consulting, we would like to give a big thank you to all our past and current clients who

have contributed to the success of COMM 448.

Fitzpatrick Occupational Therapy

Lung Association of Saskatoon

Genome Prairie

Gordon & Maureen Haddock

Lux Wind

Melissa Strom

Sarcan

Envirotech Services Inc

Experience First Design Inc.

Industry Liaison Office

PREVENT

Saskatoon Cycles

Saskatoon Opera Association

Saskatoon Summer Players

Saskatoon Box Lacrosse Assoc. & SWAT

VIDO - InterVac

Western Heritage

AREVA

CAFÉ

Canadian Red Cross

Ecol Direct

Marian Gymnastics Club

Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies

Unity Credit Union

Waskesiu Golf Course

3sHealth

D'lish

SREDA

Saskatoon Mothers’ Centre

Association of Saskatchewan Realtors

Saskatoon Chamber Singers

Sunset Bay Resort Inc.

ESTI Consulting Services

Dr. Susantha Gomis

 

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The Consultants of Capstone Management Consulting  

2011 Geoffrey Lang Debbie Werezak Whitney Walker Margaret McLaughlin Leah Hoffarth Jay Brown Anna Burton Mary Panteluk Satyanand Dursun Carson Widynowski Travis Magnus David Robinson Stephanie Morcos Jennifer Hung Jenna MacIntyre Carly Neil Brett Polanik Joshua Glew Lacy Grambo Kally Schlemko

2013 Qamar Ahmed (Scholarship winner) Faraaz Akhtar Toni-lynn Beckman Diana Bourque Brennan Bunko Spencer Chilliak Jacqueline Cook Laura Epp Rebecca Fedoruk Nena Fyke Ryan Hanchuk Kent Janostin Rebecca Koskie Justin Lutzko Regan McGrath Kirstin Meadows Kate-Lynn Merkowsky Anna Mosolov Julian Nahachewsky (Scholarship winner) Rohit Nundy Evan Olynuk Emmanuel Owusu Banahene Reagan Reece Tina Rorquist Riley Sittler Roberto Villanueva Shan Wang Ryan Wig

 

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2014 Nathan Adams

Kirniot Bhamra Samantha Dearing Tianda Dranchuk Bethany Godhe-Knight Tyler Haldorson Spencer Hey Kimmy Higgs Adam Leung Jayson Mak Stephanie Marshall Natasha Miller Blake Moser David Neufeld Colin Patterson (Scholarship winner) Mavis Sanderson James Sawatzky (Scholarship winner) Tyles Schwark Shauna Hewchuk Adam Slobodzian Cody Smuk Cameron Stark Micheal Tastad Shenuka Wickramasinghe Brayden York

2015 Jace Anderson

Benjamin Copeland Jena Delahey Alexanne Denysiuk Megan Duford Riley Giraudier Cole Grove Brandon Huczek Eugene Irwin Kyle Jurgens Kathryn Le Shelby McLeod Lucas McPhee Mark Nisbet Adam Schwinghamer Rayleine Seymour Celeste Smith Abbey Stang Kyle Stark Mason Stott Tracy Sundquist Rizza Guia Villardo Dean Villeneuve Colton Wiegers Lindsay Wileniec

 

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Capstone Management Consulting - Current and Past CEOs    

                                   

   

 Rayleine Seymour 2014-2015 CEO

Colby McClelland 2015-2016 Incoming CEO

Kimmy Higgs 2013-2014 CEO

Toni-Lynn Beckman 2012-2013 CEO

 

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The Capstone Gala    The Capstone Gala is an annual event put on with the cooperation of Capstone

Management Consulting and the Management Students’ Association (MSA). This event

celebrates the relentless hard work of the students, faculty and business community

that are involved with Capstone’s COMM 448 management consulting projects. Great

appreciation is shown towards the businesses and non-profit organizations that

entrusted Capstone with their consulting projects during the working term. This event

includes an award ceremony to present the MSA Scholarships for outstanding

performance in COMM 448.

 

Founders: Jenna Weiman,  Toni-lynn Beckman and Kimmy Higgs

 

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The scholarship winners of 2014, James Sawatzky and Colin Patterson

COMM 448: Class of 2014

Professor, Vince Bruni-Bossio

Professors: Chelsea Willness & John Rigby

MSA members: Curtis Clavelle, Elanne Krainyk, Casie Stevens

 

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 Kimmy Higgs, Dean Daphne Taras, Vince Bruni-Bossio and Rayleine Seymour

             

 Management Students’ Association Team 2014 - 2015

 

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Capstone Management Consulting - Selected Testimonials  

“The most useful class I have taken in my undergrad.

Period.” -Regan McGrath

COMM 448 Management Consulting allowed me to experience real life hands-on consulting while I was still a student. I feel like I have gained so much knowledge in terms

of all the different approaches for consulting and how to tackle challenges that came throughout the process. This course made me realize that consulting is what I want to

pursue when I am done my degree.” -Anna Mosolov

“The most challenging yet rewarding experience of my University career.” -Riley Sittler

“COMM 448 has been one of the highlights of my final year in the Edwards School of Business. It has provided me with the courage and confidence to move from the education

system to the workforce. I had the opportunity to work with a non-profit organization in Saskatoon that taught me how to solve problems in unique and creative ways. I am

grateful for everything I have learned with this class and discovered a new interest in non-profit organizations for future employment.”

- Diana Bourque

“This was a great class to take- it really helped bring what we have taken in our classes into perspective. Vince was very supportive and provided assistance with any questions

that we had. I would recommend students to take this class!” -Tina Rorquist

“This course is an excellent way to bridge the gap between being a student and working in the real world. I have been a student for most of my life, and this class gave me the

knowledge and confidence to try my skills in a project that has an actual effect for the client.”

-Rohit Nundy

 

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MSA Executive Team 2014-2015

 

Rayleine Seymour

President

 Colby McClelland

Vice President

 Brian Pham VP Finance

 Tyler Reinheimer Social Coordinator

 Casie Shae

Secretary

Elanne Krainyk

VP Charity

 Desirae Barker

VP Marketing

 Peter Siarkos

Marketing Director    

 

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Blake Moser VP Academic

Curtis Clavelle

Technology Coordinator

 Jordan Cleghorn

VP Academic

 Keefe Sherstobitoff

VP Social

 Keenan Davreux Second Year Intern

 Muyi Yang

Academic Coordinator

 Lidia Arapis

Academic Coordinator