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Toronto, Canada Area

Maison Marvaan is a socially-focused creative enterprise that works with young mothers and recovering addicts in developing countries training them in highly skilled craftsmanship to make luxury sustainable garments.We have worked in Nepal after the earthquakes and in Pakistan supporting women entrepreneurship.

Toronto, Canada Area

Improve My IT (IMIT) is an IT advisory firm founded by IT professional and career consultants based in Hong Kong. As Manager of Business Development efforts in North America primarily responsibility is to create and execute strategic plans for improving IMIT's market position and attract new clients to achieve financial growth.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Facilitator for SIC Inc., a leadership development practice aimed at creating breakthroughs in performance of entrepreneurs and their teams• Created and delivered curriculum to professionals aimed at creating change. This content combined knowledge from Lean, process improvement, adult learning, change management and behavioural psychology

Toronto, Canada Area

• Reporting directly to the VP of Business Transformation, this role provides strategic and operational advice to executive management while serving as the Subject Matter Expert on Lean, Six Sigma and Project management • Lead and manage multiple complex, multi-phased projects with diverse stakeholders with often competing needs• Lead, support and coach teams in the development and implementation of complex, operational projects• Pro-actively work with departments to identify and lead projects aimed at allowing the hospital to realize tangible improvements in effectiveness, efficiency and financial performance• Played a key role in the change and risk management process during the hospital’s move to the new facility in April 2013• Design, implement and facilitate seminars and workshops focused on process improvement, project management and change management

As a consultant for a Ministry of Health and Long-term care sponsored process improvement project, this role involved leading projects to increase access to care and improve efficiency of medical imaging services across Ontario while delivering quantifiable results in two and a half month timelines• Designed and implemented solutions to address the client’s unique needs resulting on average, in an average decrease of 55% in overall wait time, 38% increase in utilization and 44% increase in throughput• Designed and facilitated workshops for training clinical staff in LEAN, project and change management and Kaizen events• Assisted clients in the development of strategic and operational plans to meet the Ministry’s targets

(Business Process Improvement Department) onassignment with TD BANK & FINANCIAL GROUP• As junior project manager created project plans, resource and financial plans, managed deadlines for project deliverables, while developing strategies to mitigate project risks, issues• Managed relationships between stakeholders and diverse set of project team members working on the development and implementation of a new commercial software application for TD Bank• Integrated process improvement methodologies into business practices

Waterloo,Canada

• Accountable for driving operational excellence across department resulting in a reduction of 37% in lead-time and anincrease in of 35% in over-all processing efficiency, within one year• Played key role in streamlining the inventory management, order processing, forecasting and order replenishmentsystems for pre-production devices, resulting in an increase of 40% in order accuracy and customer satisfaction• Co-coordinated requirements and deadlines between global manufacturing, testing, development and marketing teams• Technical problems solving, hardware and software troubleshooting

Performed current and future state assessments aimed at streamlining and optimizing the storage, management and sharing of information across the organization• Played pivotal role in project management activities during the development life-cycle of a new software application• Business analysis and serving as the point of contact between stakeholders, business and technical teams

Tecumseh, Ontario

• Implemented lean six sigma to improve product quality, on-time delivery resulting in an improvement in overall plant efficiency of 17%• Performed analysis of complex data and processes to identify trends and opportunities for improvement in cost, quality, delivery and safety• Designed and implemented new production processes including the training and supervision of employees