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Behshad Hastibakhsh
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Behshad
Hastibakhsh, 35, is an award winning political scientist by
training, marketing & public relations specialist by
experience, public speaker and published writer with the will to
stand for the just cause.
Educational
Achievements
Born
in the Northern Iranian city of
Sari
, at the
Caspian Sea
, Behshad has been mentored in the study of literature,
philosophy, history, politics, and arts since his early youth.
He has lived outside of his native country since 1984 in
the pursuit of his high school education in
Köln
,
Germany
, before immigrating to
Vancouver
,
Canada
, in 1990 to continue his post-secondary
educational- and professional career.
Behshad
is best known for his vision, leadership and competence to
identify personal, professional and group objectives and to
execute project plans with mere determination and resolve.
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Fortitude and perseverance have been the driving force
beyond many of his accomplishments.
While Behshad has nurtured his knowledge of Persian
language, literature and culture, he has gained full command of
German and English in the process of social adaptation as an
immigrant.
Upon
his arrival in
Canada
, Behshad enrolled first at
Capilano
College
and transferred later to the Faculty of Arts at
University
of
British Columbia
where in May 1996 he received a Bachelor of Arts degree with
specialization in Political Science and Germanic Studies.
During his academic years, Behshad intensified his research
in political philosophy, contemporary history, models of
democracy, and comparative paradigms of governance.
In 1996, Behshad was recognized by the Leadership Institute
with the Youth Leadership Award for his contribution to shaping
the public policy process. Behshad
has continued his academic career with the successful completion
of graduate level curriculums in Business Administration at
Simon
Fraser
University
and
University
of
Phoenix
.
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Professional
Accomplishments
Since
September 2000, Behshad has been part of TIO Networks’ award
winning team (www.TIOnetworks.com) that has been ranked as the 49th
fastest growing company in
British Columbia
by Business in
Vancouver
. TIO Networks has
made PROFIT 100 magazine’s list of top 50 Canadian companies
based on its percentage of sales growth (1367% between 1997 and
2002). In addition, TIO Networks has been recognized with Deloitte
& Touche Fast 50, Deloitte & Touche Fast 500, Burnaby
Board of Trade’s Entrepreneurial Spirit, KIOSKCOM’s
Excellence, and Profit 100 awards.
Behshad
is currently the Senior Director of Public Relations and Corporate
Communications at TIO Networks, a Burnaby based software company,
which is building the largest and most convenient national
multi-retailer network of financial services kiosks for the
“cash preferred” consumer marketplace in North America. |
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Behshad has been credited with developing a systemized
public relations and B2B strategy that has secured TIO Networks
coverage in daily, business, industry publications and online news
portals, such as: The New York Times, El Paso Times, Tennessean, The
Vancouver Sun, The Business Journal, The Province, Washington
Post,
Forbes Magazine, Business in Vancouver, Business Edge, InteleCard
News, NACS Daily, National Post, Independent Banker, American
Banker, Canadian Business, BC Business, Business Report, deloitte.com, etc.
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Prior
to joining the business sector, Behshad was active in
grassroots-based community initiatives at North Shore
Multicultural Society, a non-profit agency serving the immigrant
community. As a
settlement worker and community liaison, Behshad established a
strong reputation for his compassionate display towards daily
concerns of new immigrants. By
establishing the organization’s community liaison program,
Behshad public raised public awareness on immigrant and settlement
issues to a new level. In
an exclusive interview with The Vancouver Sun, Behshad elaborated
positive contributions of The North Shore Multicultural Society, a
non-profit organization that has been helping new immigrants
integrate into mainstream Canadian society since 1991.
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Community
Involvement
Behshad
has been an outspoken community activist who has never shied away
from addressing controversial issues at public gatherings, in his
regularly published articles (in Persian and English), TV and
newspaper interviews. While
addressing existing challenges within the expatriate community, he
highlights the common purpose and the ultimate goal of realizing
change through cultural renaissance.
In
an exclusive interview with Global Morning News in October 2005,
Behshad explained the main theme of his writings as socio-economic
challenges within the expatriate community.
Over the past sixteen years, he has openly discussed ways
and means to break the cycle of ignorance on global issues.
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