Karen Sinotte

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Karen Sinotte
Professor

Biography

Karen has been a faculty member of George Brown College since 2009 and has over 30 years of experience in marketing and leading advanced business analytics and customer insights teams. Karen enjoys bringing real world experiences to the classroom bringing business leaders to speak to the class and using real businesses for class assignments.

Karen loves data and looking for customer insights to drive actionable decisions that deliver measurable bottom-line results which is the focus of her consulting projects. Some research projects at George Brown College include the George Brown College Centre for Business Student Retention study, Gamification to Reduce Math Anxiety, Barriers to Intentions to Study Abroad and the Effect of Employment on Student Success.

Karen’s industry experiences include financial services, retail, not-for-profit and technology at TD Bank and American Express. She has had functional roles ranging from product management, marketing, customer strategy and segmentation, automated marketing decision making, customer information management, database design, marketing research, modelling and marketing dashboard reporting.

As a professor at George Brown College, Karen has developed several online and traditional courses and research in the area of student retention and success. She was also a faculty adviser to the CMA Gold Winner for Student Awards Marketing Case in 2014.

Karen is active in the community with numerous volunteer roles including Board Member for Rexdale Women’s Centre and Chair of Volunteer Recruitment and Training Committee at Harbourfront Centre.

Academic Credentials

MSc, University of Salford

BA, Economics, university of New Hampshire

CSC, Canadian Securities Institute

IFIC Certificate, Investment Funds Institute of Canada

Areas of Specialization

Advanced Business Analytics

Business Intelligence

Marketing Strategy

Marketing Metrics

Business and Marketing Research

Financial Services Marketing

Areas of Expertise

Financial Services Marketing

Credit Card Marketing

Marketing Information Systems Development and Implementation

Customer Relationship Management

Segmentation and Customer Management

Strategy Development

Marketing Research

Campaign Management and Optimization

Data Mining and Predictive Modelling

Direct Marketing and Analysis

Career Highlights

2009-present, Professor, George Brown College, Centre for Business

2008-present, Business Strategist at CRM Consulting

2004-2007, VP, TD Bank Financial Group

2003-2004, VP, Interact Direct Marketing

1997-2003, VP, American Express

1995-1997, Campaign Strategist, IBM Canada

1992-1995, Marketing Manager, Eaton Credit Corporation

1983-1992, Various roles at Central Guaranty Trust

Other Activities

Member, Volunteer Recruitment and Training Committee, Harbourfront Centre

Mentor, TRIEC Mentoring Partnership

Past Member –Board of Directors, Rexdale Women’s Centre

Awards

Nominated, Innovation in Teaching Award, George Brown College, 2016

CMA Student Awards Gold, Faculty Advisor, 2014