Kelly Aizicowitz, Figure 1: How Politics Shaped Her for Sales

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Host: Rebecca Luo, account executive at Close.io @rebeccatluo

Kelly Aizicowitz is the Senior Director of Business Development at Figure 1 (https://twitter.com/KellyAizicowitz), (https://www.instagram.com/kelly_aizicowitz/).

Special thanks to Ilya Motamedi, undergraduate student in computer sciences at the University of Toronto, for filming this interview.

Kelly held adviser roles between 2004-2010 with the Government of Ontario, before moving on to various roles in her career which included being at a government relations consultancy in Toronto for four years.

Kelly discusses what she learned about communication and stakeholder management from working in government and consulting. She also shares how her career journey has come full circle from her childhood aspirations to where she is today!