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Halifax, Ns, Ca

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Supporting Communities and Inclusive Growth is more relevant than ever before.

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

At Innovation Canada, we back innovators. From funding to expert advice to driving new collaborations, our flagship programs and services are designed to help businesses innovate, create jobs and grow Canada’s economy.We back possibilities. Through programs like the Innovative Superclusters Initiative. It’s about strengthening Canada’s most promising clusters, where private sector, academic institutions, not-for-profits, and others come together to energize economies and create resilient, well-paying jobs. And the Strategic Innovation Fund which invests in innovative businesses—helping them scale-up, research, develop and commercialize cutting-edge ideas and collaborate in new ways.We back big ideas. Through programs like Innovative Solutions Canada. It creates opportunities for innovators to solve government challenges with the financial backing needed to develop their good ideas into tangible solutions.We back game changers. Through services like our Clean Growth Hub. It gives entrepreneurs and businesses with clean technology projects a personal guide to answer questions, talk through options or make introductions. And our Accelerated Growth Service, which is all about rolling up our sleeves to give high-growth companies one advisor for all of government... someone to knock on doors, pick up the phone and make the right connections.And now, the Innovation Canada digital platform now brings it all together in one place. It's the place to go to get a tailored list of everything that government can do for your business.

Halifax, Canada Area

NSBI supports Nova Scotia businesses by providing access to business advisory services, skills development and training, market intelligence, access to financing, and support accessing global markets, and attracts innovative, globally competitive companies to establish a business location in Nova Scotia. I help businesses in Nova Scotia navigate the support and innovation ecosystem. Notable Accomplishments include: Exceeded target metrics in 2017 and on track to exceed in 2018. • Client Facilitation: 2017 target exceeded by 35% and 2018 target projected to be exceeded by 66%. • Client/Partner Engagement: 2017 target exceeded by 23% and 2018 target projected to be exceeded by 25%. Project managed changes to and the implementation of two of NSBI's flagship funding support programs - The Small Business Development Program and the Productivity & Innovation Program

Dartmouth, Ns, Canada

As General Manager, it was my role to continually analyse our processes and procedures to find ways to improve what we did and how we did it. It was my job to see the bigger picture; to find opportunities to maximize capacity, reduce inefficiencies and manage profitability. Notable accomplishments include: • I regularly dug deep to look at the company's accounts, product lines, and expenses. My efforts resulted in innovative cost cutting measures, reallocation of expenses, time-saving initiatives, office relocation, selling assets and discontinuing product lines.• SME's don't always have the people power they need for each role. As the Jill-of-all-trades, I worked with our teams to develop, implement and maintain policies & procedures. • Relationship management is not only geared towards clients. I played a key role in negotiations of corporate contracts and agreements with suppliers and vendors alike.

Dartmouth, Ns, Canada

As the Director of Sales for an SME, I managed key accounts, including Multinational Club Stores as well as small and medium wholesalers & distributors. Notable accomplishments include: • Independently managed the company’s Seafood sales in the United States and Canada, approximately $5 million per annum in revenue. • Increased distribution from 3 to 65 Costco Club Stores between 2004 to 2012 in the United States with an additional increase in revenue from CAD$1.87 Million to CAD$2.18 Million from 2009 to 2012. • Recognized and facilitated a business opportunity that increased company’s market share in the North-Eastern US by over 300%. • Applied and obtained Federal marketing grants to develop new product lines.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

24 course hours, program not completed

Bsch, Psychology