Lori Karpman

Lori Karpman is a seasoned and award winning management consultant and attorney with over 35 years of real world experience. After 7 yrs of private legal practice she became the Director of Legal Affairs/HR for the Master Franchisee for Quebec for the Pizza Hut brand. She later co-founded the wildly successful Zyng Noodlery franchise and won 8 prestigious awards for her marketing/branding work including the pinnacle "Outstanding Overall Corporate Image" for Zyng's entire marketing and branding strategy (awarded by the Ontario Advertising Association in connection with the Canadian Franchise Association). After only 5 yrs in operation Zyng was sold to a US restaurant development group and Lori moved on to found her own firm.

Since 2002, Lori has worked with some of Canada's largest brands such as Petro Canada, CDL Labs and Tim Horton's, but Lori has a penchant for emerging brands that need a variety of services requiring a more holistic approach to business development and where long term relationships can be built. LKA has successfully imported brands to Quebec such as Trade Secrets, Liquid Capital and Chatters Beauty Supplies, to name a few, and was instrumental in creating the Quebec management team for Boston Pizza. LKA has imported concepts to Canada from the US, UK and Australia and exported Canadian brands to the US and the Middle East.

Lori's most favorite duties are her speaking and writing engagements. She is a prolific writer having written hundreds of articles over her career (and quoted as an expert in the field of business development in over 100 more), in the most respected publications and newspapers across the country. She had a featured TV spot on local television on business matters, and is a regular columnist for the Montreal Gazette on matters relating to small business. She is a motivational and engaging speaker and speaks regularly at trade shows and conventions to crowds of people who find her educational style down to earth and easy to comprehend.

A true entrepreneur, Lori is always involved in several different ventures and her work includes, strategic planning, branding and marketing, financing, professional coaching for entrepreneurs, and general business development mandates, especially turnarounds, to name a few. Currently she is running a day spa. She has been involved in almost every industry you can think of and is open to learning about new ones.