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Waterloo, ON, CA

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

- Acting as a project lead and contributing designer across numerous client projects, innovation programs and design labs- Applying human-centred design, systems thinking and agile methodologies to help not-for-profit and public sector clients create people-focused outcomes- Facilitating capacity building and upskilling in design practice aligned with our.

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

- Working alongside social enterprise start-ups and established businesses to increase their overall social impact.- Services include design thinking workshops, business model guidance, financial model building, and strategic planning.

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

- Worked collaboratively with the MBA Program Redesign Team to track key project metrics- Developed and kept up-to-date project documentation- Ensured project timelines and deadlines were met- Facilitated working sessions and meetings

2001 Univeristy Ave East, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

• Coordinated all aspects of the club's U9-U12 Grassroots, U13-U18 Competitive, and OPDL high-performance programs totaling over 780 athletes. Responsibilities include field scheduling, player registration, volunteer.
• Provided supervision and direction for event and program staff and volunteers, on an ad hoc basis.

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

- Acted as an immediate supervisor of 5 student volunteers, 120 volunteer indirect reports- Oversight and execution of Orientation Week event logistics, program planning, and risk management for roughly 7000 incoming students.- Responsible for $120,000 budget creation, enforcement, and reconciliation- Coordinated event contractors and programming partners

Toronto, Canada Area

- Managed all logistics operations within venue; including maintenance of receipt, storage, distribution, ongoing supply and recovery of equipment- Assisted in the managing of delivery schedules for set-up, re-supply, transition, and tear down of assigned venues- Trained, managed, and motivated a labour crew on venue, consisting of staff and contractors.

Waterloo, Ontario

-CFO and COO -Oversaw the creation and management of an 8 million dollar, organization wide, budget and acted as a signing authority of the corporation-Had one direct report, General Manger, and many indirect reports including: Director of Marketing and Communications, Accounting Manager, IT Manager, Student Life Center Manager, Director of Commercial.

Waterloo, Ontario

-Acted as the Administrative Coordinator for the Campus Rec Intramural League, 10+sports, 3500+ athletes-Preformed administrative tasks for all areas of the Department including Campus Recreation, Varsity, and Facilities.-Provided high quality customer service to all customers of the Athletics Department.-Managed the front desk assisting with course.

Waterloo, Ontario

-Provided administrative support of the 31 Warrior Varsity Teams-administrative coordinator for UW intramural leagues (13 sports, roughly 250 teams)-planned, organized, marketed, and executed 4 tournaments (indoor soccer, 3v3 hockey, basketball, multi-sport)-Preformed other duties as assigned

Preformed office duties, data entry, and communications (using Microsoft Office Suite) involved in sports administrationProvided excellent customer service to a wide range of students and staff

Worked creatively and precisely to complete a 70 team league scheduleScheduled, planned, and ran individual player and team captain's meetingsManual Labour

Master Of Science - Ms, Entrepreneurship And Innovation

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business

Activities and Societies: Case Competitions - 2019 Rotman Design Challenge - Kingspan Digital Transformation - 2019 National MBA Games.

Certificate, Financial Modeling And Valuation Analyst

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Honours, Recreation And Sport Business, Co-Op

Activities and Societies: - WUSA VP Operations & Finance - 2014 - 2015 - Federation Orientation Commitee - AHS 2014 - Applied Health.