Meet the E20 Team
Finance
Logistics
Logistics
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Visuals
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Communication
Creative Director
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E20 Experts
With management and fashion expertise, and her commitment to several boards, Debbie Zakaib has been leading the mmode Cluster since 2016 as Executive Director. Launched in May 2015, mmode, the Metropolitan Fashion Cluster aims to improve the competitiveness and the growth of the Quebec fashion industry by acting as the main platform for exchange and collaboration of the ecosystem.
Debbie Zakaib holds a Masters degree in Marketing from HEC Montréal. After working for a few years at the Federal Office of Regional Development Canada within a program to help designers and promote fashion in Quebec, she worked for more than 10 years in the field of consumer products as Brand Development Director at L’Oréal, Coca-Cola Enterprises and Johnson & Johnson.
Passionate about art and collector, she has been involved in many visual art projects, and for 9 years she has been on the Board of Directors of the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation, for which she chaired the organization of the annual Ball for nearly a decade. She has also been a director on the BOD of the Factry, the School of Creativity Science, ran a blog for Clin d’oeil Magazine, and was a tv urban columnist for ICI Radio-Canada.
Melisa Alessi
Director of Sustainability and Product Development
Frank And Oak
Experienced Senior Product Development Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the apparel and fashion industry. Skilled in Supply Chain Sustainability, Trend Analysis, Technical Design, Textiles, and R&D.
Eva Hartling founded The Brand is Female in 2018. She is a Brand Development, Marketing and Communications Strategist who is passionate about women empowerment in all its forms. She specializes in working with women entrepreneurs and women-focused brands from the lifestyle, fashion and beauty sectors. Through her 20 years of experience helping brands achieve their objectives locally and internationally, Eva has built an expertise in understanding and successfully targeting women consumers.
Prior to launching her own company, Eva was VP, Birks Brand and Chief Marketing Officer for Canada-based Birks Group, At Birks, Eva delivered innovative new product and marketing strategies to a redefined audience of self-purchasing women and led communications campaigns that generated phenomenal exposure in the context of Birks’ global repositioning. Prior to joining Birks, Eva held positions in Marketing, Communications and Public Affairs at Telefilm Canada, RONA, BDC and IBM. Eva is also the founder and host of “The Brand is Female” which has become Canada’s leading female leadership podcast. Eva is actively involved with the Fondation du Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal and Toronto-based CANFAR.
Anick's strength is to link great ideas to business results. Her knack for understanding the business goals of current and future partners leads her to build meaningful, long-lasting partnerships for C2. Through her deals with tech and financial institutions such as IBM, Facebook, ElementAI, RBC and more, she has set the partnership bar to a new high, and proved herself to be key to C2's broad local and international network.
Always a team player, Anick brings results to the table, and successfully inspires her team to aim higher, incorporate winning strategies, and inspire new ways of thinking. To her, intrapreneurship is the name of the game.
Sustainability
Business concepts that focus on the notion of upcycling or minimizing waste.
Moreover, the foundation of all projects lie on a premise of global consciousness.
4TH DIMENSION
Alternative clothing for independent thinkers. Local, ethical and sustainable.
Voir le profil de l'équipeConscious Uniforms & Co.
Sustainable uniforms that meet your needs with easy identification and minimal waste.
Voir le profil de l'équipeDé-boutonne
Button manufacturer made with recyclable and biodegradable materials created with a 3D printer.
Voir le profil de l'équipeFigurare
Figurare, designs and engineers bespoke homeware for the modern luxury consumer from recycled carbon fiber utilizing the latest in 3D...
Voir le profil de l'équipeitsy bitsy box
Itsy Bitsy Box is an online subscription-based service that provides parents with boxes full of essential seasonal garments for their...
Voir le profil de l'équipeNeutrum
Lifestyle brand focused on transforming precious metals found in electronic waste into stunning jewellery for everyone for their day to...
Voir le profil de l'équipePIKABOO
Preloved kids wear company aiming to close the cycle of consumption, based on the 4R strategy (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repair).
Voir le profil de l'équipeTassu
Pet apparel and accessories made from upcycled textiles, each piece is as unique as your pet.
Voir le profil de l'équipeThe Rework
A vintage consignment store focusing on re-selling luxury handbags, with the opportunity to repair and customize.
Voir le profil de l'équipeCollaboration
Business concepts that exist thanks to an affiliation with one or more established companies.
Moreover, the foundation of all projects lie on a premise of global consciousness.
ART. XMTL
Ethical and ecological T-shirt in collaboration with local artists from Quebec
View Team ProfileF.CAPUANO
F.Capuano is a Montreal fashion business offering a women ready-to-wear clothing line, with a custom made design service.
View Team ProfileFINDERS KEEPERS
Change the way you shop. Finders Keepers is a second hand luxury fashion website that does the browsing for you....
View Team ProfileJUICE Communication
A boutique communication firm specialized in guerilla marketing for fashion businesses.
View Team ProfileL’INTERVALLE
Restructuring L’Intervalle men’s collection by incorporating items made from pineapple leather and vegetable tanned leather.
View Team ProfileLAKUACHIMOTO
Gender less clothes from the designer Lakuachimoto, combining streetwear and luxurious materials.
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Innovation
Business concepts servicing existing needs in a unique and innovative manner.
Moreover, the foundation of all projects lie on a premise of global consciousness.
AUDIOMATIX
Redefining the fashion experience through sound, Audiomatix will help your fashion brand break grounds through personalized audio branding.
View Team ProfileGottaGo
A Montreal company on the lookout for fashion and the environment by using Canadian food dyes and natural fabrics.
View Team ProfileHOUSE OF BLACK SHEEP
Custom Haute couture wedding gown designed for the marginal and rebellious
View Team ProfileHYSOFEL
High-performance underwear made from microcapsules that reduce stretch marks and prevent sagging skin
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MAKA
Vegan handbags with structured forms, square shaped forms and rectangular forms, with a well structured angle of 90 degrees
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SOLACE
A fashionable bracelet that doubles as a straw and will change colours in interaction with a beverage that has been...
View Team ProfileGraduates 2020
Dé-boutonne
The Rework
Conscious Uniforms & Co.
Maka
HYSOFEL
HOUSE OF BLACK SHEEP
Dé-boutonne
Awards
ALUMNI AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Elizabeth Pulos
LaSalle College, Class of 2001
Senior Manager of Social Compliance at Macy’s
THE ACADEMIC AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Anne Schafer
LaSalle College, Class of 2019
Prize awarded by Dynamite
CONTINUING EDUCATION AWARD
Alexie Gelé
LaSalle College, Class of 2019
Prize awarded by Reitmans
Mélina Quenneville
LaSalle College, Class of 2019
Prize awarded by The Kersheh Group
FACULTY AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Soukaina Fouzi
LaSalle College, Class of 2019
Awarded by Télio
Marina Haeusler
LaSalle College, Class of 2019
Awarded by Télio
DREAM INTERNSHIP AWARD
Carolina Agudelo Rios
LaSalle College, Class of 2019
Presented by LAMOUR
