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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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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
