Meet The Team
Yuli Shumsky
AVP, Digital Marketing & Operations @ Canadian Tire
Favourite Quote: “Creative should be driven by insights!”
Favourite Thing About Toronto AdOps: it’s the best platform to network, share knowledge and learn.
Christine Shah
Operations @ Kuration
Fun Fact About Yourself: My passion is tech – I taught myself how to code when I was ten years old.
Favourite Thing About Toronto AdOps: My favourite part about Toronto Ad Ops is the community that we have created. We all share our ideas/tips/advice and help each other out, regardless of competition – It’s a great place with positive vibes.
Kara Dodson
Director, Sales Operations @ theScore
Fun Facts: Distinct laugh. Book Worm. Hiking. Movie Goer (Popcorn enthusiast)
Favourite Thing About Toronto AdOps: What started off small has now grown to a collaborative community where we are enthusiastic to share knowledge and network. Great minds in Ad Ops are growing from one another through knowledge sharing.
Modestos Gikizas
Sr. Director, Performance Marketing @ CIBC
Fun Fact: Went to high school in Greece
Favourite Thing About Toronto AdOps: An incredible amount of practical knowledge that everyone uses to help each other all the time!
Karen Tran
Director, Digital Media @ Bell
Fun Facts: Mother to a 2 year old boy and new baby girl, passionate about photography (shooting weddings as a side hustle), enjoys snowboarding, playing volleyball and traveling to eat.
Favourite Thing About Toronto AdOps: Definitely the people! TAO has brought such a wide group of people with various backgrounds and experiences that its definitely enabled the group to learn and grow together as a community.
Julien Savoie
Senior Campaign Manager @ Hotspex Media
Fun Facts: 10+ years in AdOps, has a twin brother, loves MMA and softball, also not very social