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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Mentors various teams within IT and business spaces on Agile mindset, as well as frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban and Lean principles. Coached Teams on using productivity toools (Jira, MS Devops, Miro, Mural)Performs duties as Scrum Master and Practitioner, coaching groups in implementation of scrum and assisting in tactically positioning groups to enable Agile journeys.Collaborates with teams to coordinate training sessions focused on application of Agile methods in operations as well as acting as neutral facilitator for teamwork activities. Analyze current work practices to identify areas for improvement and educate as to how to enhance processes, devising and testing solutions and rolling out new methods of operation.

Ottawa

Collaborated with large teams to create Information Management Policies and Guidelines, specifically targeted Information Security Guidelines. Leveraged cross-functional and multidisciplinary expertise to provide counsel and advice with respect to various operational aspects.Assisted in development of SharePoint roadmap and governance plans, enabling reliable and supportable foundations for designing and collaborating around information and content.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Directed cross-functional team of Information Professionals on multiple work streams including, SharePoint, information acquisition, and records related assignments.Facilitated Lean and Agile team stand-ups, supporting teams in completion of duties and escalating issues in open environment, initiating iterative approach to problem solving daily operations and project issues.Engaged with Content Management leadership team to design and implement information strategy to fulfill corporation's information related objectives and mandates.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Contributed toward development of Lean initiatives to target specific enhancements to service offerings within both Corporate administration and analytical departments. Implemented new initiatives to build expertise around Lean and Agile process improvement within Bank.

Managed team deploying SharePoint 2013 enterprise wide while collaborating with the Scrum Master to guarantee client needs were prioritized and applied within a fixed cost variable scope framework. Championed Agile adoption by facilitating team retrospectives and actively promoting Kanban principles, resulting in well-defined direction and prioritization of work and clearer solutions for clients. Executed program objectives within scope and budget. Eliminated obstacles for the team, escalating problems to senior program leadership, providing opportunities for clients to prioritize needs and permitting teams to focus on small achievable incremental goals.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Assigned to the ECM project as an Information Analyst. Worked within an Agile Scrum framework to build client oriented SharePoint solutions, and working collaboratively with other information management specialists and client contacts to develop solutions that support their needs and the Bank’s long term requirements for information management.Project prime for Service Delivery project, to facilitate the transition to record services for records stored offsite. Developed service delivery framework options for physical records.As project lead for the Accutrac project, worked collaboratively with K&IS staff, ITS resources and external vendors.Developed a procedure to facilitate the inventory and disposition of over 65,000 microfilms stored and managed by K&IS.Worked with colleagues across the bank to prepare a risked based analysis to frame the destruction recommendation of an obsolete e-mail server.

Collaborated on the development of new records retention rules and an enterprise wide and office level classification schemes. Project brought retention rules up to current legislative and best practice requirements.Provided training and outreach on records and information management to McGill University staff, enterprise wide. Presentations given to both large groups and ad hoc sessions with individual staff members.Coordinated retrospective records destruction projects of previously unprocessed, semi-processed records. Destruction freed up 4800 cubic feet of storage space, enabling the University Archives to meet its storage space allotment.Collaborated on review of potential private acquisitions of historically significant archival material from former professors and student groups as well as affiliated organizations.

Montreal, Canada Area

Analyzed document and records management products in relation to McGill University’s needs for collaborative use, records retention and preservation.Reviewed existing records management projects and trends within education and corporate sectors to leverage existing best practices.Collaborated on the development of standards based best practices for records management policies.Analyzed digital preservation methodologies and standards for archival electronic records

Taught English conversation to children and adults.Created teaching strategies and lesson plans.Worked with manager and colleagues to recruitment additional students and retain existing clienteleAssisted with interview panels by evaluated English language proficiency

Master Of Library & Information Science (Mlis)

Bachelor’S Degree, Liberal Arts And Sciences/Liberal Studies