About OPM Pros

Paresh Vadavia started off his affiliate marketing career in 2006, as Affiliate Manager for Ice.com and Diamond.com. During this two-year stint, he made a name for himself thanks to his hard work, dedication, and networking skills – ultimately winning LinkShare’s Golden Link Publisher’s Choice Award in 2008, and earning a nomination for the same award the following year.

Today, with an agency to call his own, vast industry recognition, and valuable experience under his belt, Paresh has come a long way since earning his Computer Engineering degree from Concordia University. He now serves on the OPM Agency Advisory Boards of top tier-one affiliate networks such as LinkShare, Commission Junction and Google Affiliate Network. He also hosts hot-ticket networking parties several times a year under the branded name PareshConnect.com.

Fun Fact: Mr. P plays a mean game of Monopoly. In fact, he came in 2nd in Quebec’s 2001 Provincial Monopoly Tournament. His favorite pawn is the top hat.

With a Finance degree from Concordia University’s John Molson School of Business, Sonny Lamba makes good business his business. A seasoned entrepreneur, some of his past ventures include i-Con, a video game accessory company he co-founded in 2006 that achieved enough success as to be bought out by a competitor in 2008. He was one of the driving forces to help build sales to over $10 million.

Sonny’s killer business instincts drove him to dip his toes in the realm of online affiliate marketing. He took his first steps in the industry as a publisher of coupon and deal sites before co-founding OPM Pros. His experience, as both a business leader and affiliate marketer, has taken him to great heights.

Fun Fact: Sonny once appeared in a Bollywood music video, which very nearly launched his acting career. But he happily resisted that glamorous life for OPM Pros.

With a degree in Economics and Computer Science from Concordia University, and having garnered invaluable online and affiliate marketing experience since entering the field in 2005, Chaunstin Fung is the brains behind OPM Pros’ operations.

Along with Paresh, Chaunstin became known and recognized for his work on the affiliate team at Ice.com and Diamond.com. He played a big part in earning the LinkShare Golden Link Publisher’s Choice Award in 2008, as well as the finalist spot in 2009. These achievements make Chaunstin as an integral member of the OPM Pros team.

Fun Fact: Never once missing the honor roll in high school while thriving as a track and field competitor, Chaunstin is one nerd who could outrun anyone.

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After majoring in Information Systems Management and earning a Bachelor of Commerce from Concordia University’s John Molson School of Business, Kunal Vohra put his talent to good use and started his own event management company in his hometown of Montreal.

But with the online industry rapidly expanding, Kunal saw the potential in affiliate marketing and made a bold career move. This led him to work for the Share Results affiliate network, and to manage several retail affiliate programs, notably Addition Elle, Penningtons, and MXM—all Reitmans Canada Limited brands, i.e. the largest plus-size women’s apparel merchant in Canada.

Fun Fact: Kunal prides himself on his discerning palate and culinary exploits. He is a sensational cook—if microwavable frozen dinners are your thing.

University of Ottawa graduate Jatin has a knack for creative design work and mobile technology. Having toiled admirably in the Customer Support and Operations department of one of Canada’s leading mobile companies, he brings a versatile skillset to the OPM Pros Operations team.

Fun Fact: Jatin possesses the remarkable ability to eat a large pizza entirely on his own, without looking like someone who can.

Bobbie Bryson has her B.S. degree from Syracuse University to good use in the Public Relations Department at the direct mail merchant Lillian Vernon before she was tapped to join the newly formed Internet group in 1999. After managing their website content, customer emails and customer service aspects of the company's online initiative she launched their affiliate program in early 2002. The rest is history as it grew to become one of the most successful marketing channels in their online strategy.

Bobbie's next challenge was the role of Affiliate Marketing Manager at the UK company, Figleaves.com. Figleaves was already successful overseas, and they were looking for Bobbie to help them build the brand, acquire new customers and broaden their buying demographic in the U.S. market. She took an unknown program, with less than 10 active affiliates in 2004, into their most successful marketing channel in the U.S.. In late 1995 she migrated the program to LinkShare and garnered the International Merchant of the Year Golden Links Award in 2006.

Her desire for sunny shores meant relocation to South Carolina and the opening of her own, successful outsourced program management venture. She's brought the same energy, keen understanding of affiliate marketing, and strong contacts with top performing publisher partners to the role of Senior Affiliate Manager at OPMpros.com.

Fun Fact: Bobbie is an avid antiques collector, and owns more than 200 juice reamer squeezers.

Nita earned her Bachelor of Commerce degree from Concordia University, with a Marketing Major and Minor in International Business. She has worked in the affiliate space since 2005, when she joined the team at Ice.com, ultimately finding her way to OPM Pros.

Fun Fact: Nita has a passion for photography and a knack for successfully working with the most difficult of subjects – babies.

Michael Rubano is a noted self-starter who put himself through Concordia University’s John Molson School of Business by running freelance online ventures, all of which then led him to the affiliate space and OPM Pros. A knowledge junkie and productivity maven, Michael brings innovation to his affiliate programs that surpass the limits imposed by mere conventional wisdom.

Fun Fact: Michael is equally at ease discussing philosophy, sports, or trading recipes. Connect with him on the subject of your choice, and you’ll find that he’s always game.

Cosmin Jelea was born in Romania and grew up in Montreal, where he went on to attend Concordia University’s John Molson School of Business. A marketer by trade but a geek at heart, Cosmin identifies himself as a techie, designer, athlete, photographer, and pianist in the making. Cosmin’s breadth of knowledge, critical thinking, and overall creativity ensure that he leaves no stone unturned when maximizing the potential of his affiliate programs.

Fun Fact: Having spent time living in Japan, Cosmin is proficient enough in Japanese to count it as his fifth spoken language. Apparently he wasn’t satisfied with fluency only in Romanian, French and English, and Spanish.

Kathleen (Katie) Power’s path to OPM Pros has traversed a good portion of Eastern Canada. Born and raised in Ontario and educated at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Katie distinguished herself at leading firms Research in Motion and Pareto before arriving in Montreal to join OPM Pros.

Fun Fact: Katie danced competitively for 13 years, and can lay claim to being a championship-winning quarterback from her flag football days. She doesn’t, because she’s too modest, so we’re doing it for her.

Mariya Rayda earned a Fine Arts degree in Design from Concordia University. She has a passion for all things design, whether theory or practical applications, and she is adept at channeling that passion into the work that she does at OPM Pros.

Fun Fact: Mariya is a proud gamer girl, prolific in action online RPG (role-playing games) such as the Mass Effect series, Diablo, and the Witcher series.

Megan Driver is a Marketing grad from Concordia University’s John Molson School of Business whose education included cooperative placements at Le Chateau (whose affiliate program is managed by OPM Pros), and aerospace firm Pratt & Whitney Canada. Such exacting standards of precision makes Megan a key member of the OPM Pros Operations team.

Fun Fact: Megan grew up competing in both soccer and figure skating. She is notorious for scoring goals via her patented move, the Triple-Axle Bicycle Kick.

Born and raised in Montreal, Natalie Filion is a marketing graduate from Concordia University’s John Molson School of Business. Natalie has gained her experience dealing with clients at the first point of contact by working as a credit agent at the Royal Bank of Canada. Her passion for marketing and e-commerce is what led her to joining the OPM Pros team.

Fun Fact: On her free time, Natalie enjoys baking in the kitchen! Her specialty is her chocolate chip banana bread.

Elizabeth earned a Bachelor of Commerce from Concordia University, with a major in Marketing and a minor in Human Resources. She gained valuable internship experience as a member of the school’s Institute for Co-operative Education and achieved her objective of graduating with distinction. She brings her solid work ethic and focus to OPM Pros.

Fun Fact: Elizabeth was pranked on the notorious Just For Laughs Gags television show. She threw a basketball at a goalpost, which tipped over and crushed a car! Good thing it was all a joke…

Kenny graduated from Concordia University with a major in Marketing and a minor in Mathematics & Statistics. On the day of his convocation, he proved that mathematics is in his blood by calculating the opportunity cost of a Kanye West and Jay-Z concert as higher than attending the ceremony. He went to watch the Throne. When he was grade 10, having an English name was a fad. Hence, instead of calling him Wei-Chieh, Kenny’s professor gave him the name Kenny for the convenience purpose. Ever since, Kenny has taken on this alternative identity.

Fun Fact: Kenny became obsessed with sneakers when he got his first pair of Air Jordan’s from his mother back in 1998. In his high school years, most of his lunch allowance became his funds for Nike Air Force 1’s. Even now, Kenny is still an active sneaker collector with more than thirty pairs of Air Jordan’s in his closet. But he can’t afford a car yet…

Born and raised in Montreal, is a self-taught Jack of all trades with a rich background in direct sales, communication, email marketing, affiliate marketing, experiential marketing, branding, promotion, graphic design and copywriting. Delaine has always tackled new challenges head on and thrives in fast paced, high energy environments. After working for another prominent company in the affiliate marketing space in Montreal for the past two years, while also maintaining a close working relationship with the OPM Pros team, she made the logical jump over to OPM Pros where she plans to bring a creative, innovative, and detail oriented approach to every client’s unique set of needs and objectives.

Fun Fact: Delaine has a twin sister (she’s older by one minute...but who’s counting, right?). She also has a Fashion Design degree from LaSalle College in Montreal.

Mark has Ph.D. degree in Math and Economics. For 25 years he had worked in one of the best institutions of academy of Sciences of USSR - Central Economics & Mathematics Institute. He had written many papers and took part in many international and soviet scientific conferences and symposiums in applied math and economics areas.

Mark left Russia for Canada in 1994. Here, he took part in few interesting projects in biomedical R&D and software development areas.

Classical music, travelling, biking and skating are some of Mark’s hobbies. He also enjoys classical and art-house movies and good books.

Fun Fact: At some point in his career Mark had been working in a kings’ summer palace (under Vienna) as part of an international team working on project Acid Rains.

Born and raised in Malaysia, Genevieve graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a Bachelor of Arts in Advertising. She started her career in Affiliate Marketing in 2007 with Omaha Steaks. In her career, she had brought Omaha Steaks affiliate program to Linkshare’s Golden Links finalist for Publisher’s Choice and Most Innovative Advertiser. Genevieve also brings a broad knowledge in other marketing avenues including : Marketplaces, Shopping Comparison & Portals, Retargeting, Social Media, Competitive Intelligence, eCommerce Business Development, new customer acquisition, email marketing, lead generation, broadcast and print media and other marketing channels.

Fun Fact: Genevieve is a reality show junkie. Talk to her about any shows from antique collecting to paranormal, to cake making, to 19 kids.

Elissa graduated from Concordia University, and then moved on to work in the Fashion Industry for a few high profile companies. She gained experience learning all facets of the industry. She also worked in sales with major retailers and travelled to the US and China. She recently joined the OPM team and brings her strong administrative skills to the company.

Fun Fact: When Elissa was a baby she appeared in a diaper commercial with her mom!