Wine Wednesday with Hanif Joshaghani

InterGen invites you to an exclusive evening of wine, conversation, and insights with Hanif Joshaghani, Co-founder and CEO of Symend, a leading fintech company revolutionizing customer engagement through behavioral science and data-driven insights.

Hanif will sit down for a fireside chat with InterGen's CEO, Sandi Gilbert, to share his experiences on building high-performing teams, scaling internationally, and navigating enterprise sales cycles.

With over $100M in funding raised and a customer base that includes global telecommunications and financial services firms like Telus and Rifco, Hanif has successfully scaled Symend onto Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 and Fast 500 lists. A visionary entrepreneur, he’ll discuss the challenges and triumphs of entrepreneurship at scale.

 

Topics to be covered:

• Navigating International Expansion – Key lessons and strategies for taking your business global.
• Selling to Banks and Telcos – Strategies for managing long sales cycles and multiple decision-makers, in very large and complex organizations.
• The Art and Science of Delinquent Account Recovery - How pairing AI with behavioral science transforms delinquency management into a trust-driven process.
• From Founder to Scale - Transitioning from a founder-driven sales model to a structured, scalable sales strategy.

 

Date: March 26th

Time: 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM

Location: Hyatt Regency Calgary

 

Should you have any questions or require additional details, please do not hesitate to reach out to Alexandria Cuckow at alexandria@intergenconnect.com. 

 

Speaker:

Hanif Joshaghani is a serial entrepreneur with a diverse background of over 15 years of senior roles in capital markets, energy finance, business development, and entrepreneurship across various industries, including investment banking, energy, and technology. He has successfully raised over $150M across the four companies he has founded, with several exits to date.

Hanif is the Co-Founder and CEO of Symend. Founded in 2016 and globally recognized for innovation, Symend drives meaningful and sustainable improvements in collections strategies while fostering lasting customer relationships.

Under Hanif’s leadership - Symend has achieved significant recognition as winner of Microsoft Canada Impact Award, EY Entrepreneur of the year Prairies Award, rankings on The Globe & Mail’s Top Growing Companies list, Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50TM and Fast 500TM. Symend was also named Tech Deal of the Year by Start Alberta and featured in LinkedIn’s 10 Top Startups in Canada list.

Hanif has recently been inducted to JA Alberta Hall of Fame as 2024 Young Innovator Award recipient. He is also an EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2021 Prairie Region Winner and Avenue Calgary’s Top 40 Under 40, Class of 2020.