Life at SAIT
Abel joined the School of Business in 2023 and teaches Business Administration Diploma courses, including Introduction to Management, Organizational Behavior, and International Business Management. Abel is an advocate for truth and sincerity in his classrooms and creates opportunities for active learning for his students. He also enjoys mentoring students on career directions and works hard to share the value of skills such as problem solving, teamwork, and effective communication.
Outside of work, Abel enjoys travelling, snowboarding, hiking, and diving.
Education
Abel has a master’s in management information systems from Western Governors University, USA, a master’s in finance from City University of Hong Kong, and an MBA (International Business specialization) from University of Newcastle, Australia. He has previously completed a bachelor's in finance and decision sciences from the University of Oregon, USA. Abel is a Certified Scrum Master (CSM), a Professional Risk Manager (PRM), a Certified Engineering Technologist (CET), and ITIL 4 certified. He is also LLPQ licensed.
Professional Accomplishments
Abel teaching style is informed by his extensive global experience in the financial, healthcare and petroleum sectors. He has worked for several investment banks, hedge funds, healthcare providers and oil and gas companies, including Exxon Mobil, Suncor, Alberta Health Services and CIBC. As his student, you can expect Abel to share his incredible wealth of knowledge on data analytics, sales, trading, investment advisories and business development. Abel has also taught at universities in Canada, the UK and China.
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SAIT is located on the traditional territories of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) and the people of Treaty 7 which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and the Îyârhe Nakoda of Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney.
We are situated in an area the Blackfoot tribes traditionally called Moh’kinsstis, where the Bow River meets the Elbow River. We now call it the city of Calgary, which is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta.