As a Co-chair for diversity, equity, and inclusive practices within the GoA. I make efforts to ensure we continue to advocate for: - Uncovering Unconscious Bias and Mitigating its Impact within our workplace.- Identifying strategies for attracting and retaining a diverse talent pool.- Fostering Inclusive Leadership and Team Dynamics.- Implementing Inclusive Policies and Practices.- Engaging in Meaningful Conversations about DEI.- Empowering Allies and Advocates for Inclusion.

As an agreements Specialist with a split focus on financial reporting for the Government of Alberta, I lean on data mining, business analysis, and systems change management to ensure we clarify, simplify and focus on what matters - our business of supporting Albertans• Government of Alberta 'COMPASS' re-design to ensure efficient monitoring of program outcomes, and deliverables for PRM.• Demonstrated lean thinking and change management in business processes by leading transformation and business processes during an economic renaissance - changing the way we report on business.• Creation and automation of a BORG (Business Outcome and Reporting Guide) to assist our CPS provincial-wide in tracking agreement financials, assess reporting and timely standing of our services.• Design and ongoing maintenance of financial dashboard and program tracking metrics• Expertise in developing, procuring, managing, and administering a variety of agreements across a wide breadth of social programs and client populations.• Led the procurement of services and management of contracts to meet the needs of Albertans.• Systems and Process optimization.• Stakeholder relationships & management.Knowledge of program development, system outcomes, service design, and delivery. Familiarity with legislative, policy, and practice frameworks to plan, procure, and monitor services that meet the complex needs of clients.

Let's discuss some facts:Majority of us will have a problem when we stop working or retire.You might not be able or willing to build significant financial reserves. The fortunate among us who can do so, are facing an investment crisis. Inflation and low interest rates force people to choose very bad risk-reward profiles.Almost everyone makes the same disastrous mistakes...and what‘s worse, they repeat those mistakes over and over.There are several critical secrets for creating stability and saving streams of income, especially after one‘s work life ends. As an Investment Specialist, I draw on my investment expertise and a sound financial planning platform to help my clients realize their financial goals. With such unwavering support, you can become wealthy and give yourself precious time. If you don‘t, you are likely to struggle and probably be stuck in the rat race forever. You will never detach your income from the limited time available to you.My value proposition being, I let you define investments success – while imploring you to trust me in helping you get there with trusted advice and solutions that support your vision. This I can provide with the convenience of meeting with you upon short notice at a time and place that fits your needs.I place a premium on partnerships to help my clients manage their entire financial picture, working with specialized professionals at Scotiabank for tax and estate planning, business succession and financing needs. Using a disciplined approach, I advise my clients on the following valuable services:-Goals/financial assessment -Customized financial planning -Tailored investment solutions -Retirement and retirement income planning-Tax-deferral strategies Please feel free to contact me at any time should you have any questions.

- Successfully managed over $2Billion dollars in contracts portfolio over 4 years- Responsible for creative design for prominent and complex procurement plans, while ensuring compliance with organizational Purchase to pay process for contract development- Initiated key partnerships with client business unit to assist with performing initial vendor assessment and analysis to determine - cost competitiveness, financial and operational qualification to adequately provide business services safely and timely- Evaluated and monitored contracts performance for compliance with organizational policy and to determine need for contract amendments

- Managed and developed contracts, negotiated pricing strategies, through developing and managing strategic customer relationships - Achieved departmental objective of a rapid response to the oil downturn in 2015/2016 by proactively identifying, developing and implementing improved Procurement process to achieve a 50% cut to overhead and profits resulting in an overall 35% cost savings to the business bottom line- Implemented marketing strategies which resulted in 12% growth of customer base- Worked directly with clients to achieve further identify efficiencies to business process via providing quantitative analysis and recommendations through conducting various contractor opp ID workshops

- Delivered necessary leadership, analytics, and strategic focus to all internal team members through effective communication and team-building initiatives- Conducted spend market and stakeholder analysis to develop commodity strategies that drove improvement in cost, quality, speed, and innovation- Developed marketing forecasting tools to assess and address potential supply issues to help mitigate inventory shortages

- Performed extensive fundamental research and analysis of companies in the Energy space -- including data sourcing, financial modeling, and broad due diligence - Acquired in-depth industry expertise and produced written reports around company and industry analysis, earnings results, presentations and recommendations to support the Senior Analyst - Interacted with company management teams, as well as institutional clients and BMO’s Salespeople and Traders- Participated in company management interviews and communication to develop and maintain sources of information in preparation of analyses

- Supported customer requests related to banking services including handling transactions and supporting customers who walked into the branch - Proactively identified customer needs and initiated referrals- Offered advice and guidance on the digital and self-serve options available with the goal of making it easy, simple and fast to bank with BMO- Reviewed the customer profile and engaged customers in a needs-based conversation to identify potential opportunities and address every day banking plans and credit card needs