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• Provide strategic leadership across the Division to improve decision making through integrated financial, program and human capital planning and enhance integrated program performance reporting of the Division’s program and operational finances• Lead the development and management of the Division’s resource planning and reporting environment, including structures, systems, processes, operational policies and best practices for budget and program allocations/re-allocations, financial forecasting, FTE monitoring and reporting of the Division’s delivery of more than 30 transfer payment programs, with a budget in excess of $1B• Lead the development of all corporate financial and program reporting and TB submissions and represent the interests of the Division with central agency on all reporting requirements• Provide strategic leadership to divisional senior management in the strategic planning, development, implementation and management of the Division’s human capital plans, including the provision of systems, tools and services for FTE monitoring and reporting, recruitment tracking, human resource forecasting and analysis for more than 800FTEs

• Provide strategic leadership across the Division to ensure its business needs are met through planning, development, and implementation of new business systems, tools and technologies to delivery employment and training programs across the Provinceo Develop, implement and manage the Division’s overall strategic IT plan for systems development o Provide advisory services to ensure system needs are being identified to support the delivery and management of the Division’s programs and serviceso Provide leadership of concurrent project teams, working groups and committees comprised of staff, IT specialists and service providers to conceptualize and translate business requirements and create solutions to a wide range of complex business related systems needso Engage business representatives across the Ministry to promote new projects and the benefits of all new systems

• Managed the development, implementation, and ongoing enhancement of the quality management framework for the Division of the Office of the Chief Coroner and the Ontario Forensic Pathology Serviceo Managed the development, implementation, and communication of policies and procedures for use by service providers to ensure continuous quality improvements in the conduct of death investigations o Provided strategic professional direction and advice to the Chief Coroner, Chief Forensic Pathologist, and Director in the investigation and analysis of complex incidents identified through quality assurance audits and processes o Managed the strategic development of the newly-formed Quality Unit o Member of the independent Death Investigation Oversight Council’s Quality Assurance Secretariat and Quality Assurance Sub-committee, provided advice and delivered presentations related to developing a Division-wide strategic plan for implementing a Quality Management System o Chaired the Division-wide Quality and Risk Management Committee, which is responsible for leading the development of a Quality Management System for the Division, key performance indicators, benchmarking • Managed the Division’s information management systems used to document, track, and report on all aspects of the death investigation processo Managed research, data mining, and qualitative and quantitative analysis of data within the systems o Provided leadership and management for the development, support, and Province-wide implementation of a new information management system o Maintained effective and collaborative working relationships with various inter- and intra-Ministry members of the information management project team to identify and assess needs related to achieving the objectives of the project

Toronto, Canada Area

• Project Manager for the implementation of a Province-wide information management system to consolidate and enhance current legacy systems, for use by internal and external stakeholders o Developed and built effective relationships and partnerships with vendors, project team members, our IT cluster, senior management, staff, and fee-for-services Coroners and Pathologists o Facilitated cooperative approaches to identify and resolve problems, reach agreement and further the project plano Utilized relationship management skills to ensure that project deliverables are achieved and timelines met where components are dependent on external contributions• Project Manager for the transformation and implementation of a new business model for the Division of the Office of the Chief Coroner and the Ontario Forensic Pathology Serviceo Developed communication plans and disclosure materials o Developed and managed collaborative relationships across the Division (Office of the Chief Coroner, Ontario Forensic Pathology Service, Operational Services) and with the Ministry’s Strategic Business Unit (SBU) and HROntarioo Managed highly confidential and sensitive information and materialso Identified, monitored, and implemented mitigation strategies for risks to the projecto Managed recruitment activities and provided support to managers for staffing• Project Manager for the high-profile systemic review of the Death Investigation System in Ontarioo Managed a variety of stakeholders (i.e. external fee-for-service Coroners and Pathologists, Professional Associations, and internal staff) with competing interests to ensure project deliverables were met o Fostered a collaborative working relationship with the external consultants responsible for conducting the reviewo Developed communication materials and briefed up the Steering Committee and Executive Sponsors o Managed highly confidential and sensitive information and materials

• Organized and directed the day-to-day operations and long-term development of a team of thirteen (13) Forensic Scientists and fostered a diverse and inclusive workplace• Quality Assurance Coordinator for the multiple Units. Responsible for:o Developing quality management policies and procedureso Ensuring staff’s compliance with all quality management policies and procedureso Benchmarking quality-related activities against other forensic science organizationso Management of quality issues self-identified and through quality assurance assessments/auditso Relationship management of staff members that were not direct reports and motivating them to improve the quality of services they deliver• Technical lead/advisor for the Documents Unit. Responsible for:o Providing technical expertise and direction to staffo Resolving technical issues between staff memberso Identifying opportunities to continuously improve the quality of work product• Conducted quantitative analysis of data in the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) to assist in performance managing staff, identify trends in case statistics, and to present overall case statistics to senior management within the Centre of Forensic Sciences and the Ministry• Delivered education and training to internal and external customer and stakeholder groups• Provided ongoing consultative advice and support to customer and stakeholder groups • Successfully initiated and implemented the re-engineering of the workflow within the Documents Unit resulting in a significant decrease in the paper content of case files and increased use of new technologies to create an enhanced quality product• Developed a ‘Toolkit’ and provided training for court-going Scientists in the Documents Unit to improve the quality of their testimony and assist in evidence admissibility challenges • Created a model to assist in evaluating the cost-effectiveness of the services provided by the Physical Sciences Section at the CFS

• Undertook forensic examination, analysis, and interpretation of findings for various types of documents involved in criminal investigations• Produced scientific reports that are understandable, objective, and timely for customers and stakeholders• Presented the findings to the courts of the Province of Ontario• Providing education and training to internal and external customer groups

Masters, Science

Bachelor Of Science - Bs

Senior Executive Finance And Accounting Program (Seafap)