Colin Macdonald Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Lead on research and analysis- Lead on Asset Management Policy file, included formulating and writing organizational responses to Provincially led asset management regulation consultation

Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto, Canada Area

Critical infrastructure researchhttp://cip.management.dal.ca

Halifax, Canada Area

- Manage various research proposal and grant application submissions, as well as corresponding ethics applications- Manage the logistics of online workshops and the publication of a research project newsletter - Develop budgets for major research projects ($200K+ over multiple years)- Conduct literature reviews, provide advice on research design, and.

Halifax, Canada Area

- Managed relationship with program participants- Co-developed strategic plan for Executive Education- Managed contracts and ensured all necessary components were in place for the successful delivery of full-day intensive sessions with external client companies- Coordinated payroll for faculty and documented expenses

Halifax, Canada Area

- Worked with Director of School on 1.5 year program evaluation and review – guided information gathering and statistical analysis, drafted final report, determined necessary steps for implementation of recommendations, then completed necessary documentation for implementation by liaising with various internal stakeholders

- Met with students having difficulties to help them understand concepts of statistical analysis in a graduate level course.- Marked assignments and exams.

- Developed and implemented evaluation framework for Child Benefit Adjustment (CBA) policy- Coordinated and led meetings to advise senior managers on CBA policy- Member of committee that met weekly to discuss and revise policy language

- Processed invoices; recorded sales and expenses into Simply Accounting.- Prepared tax forms.- Ensured designs were print-ready, then printed and applied necessary finishing techniques (e.g. binding, lamination, etc.)

- Assessed skill level, then trained and delegated duties to team of four.- Resolved account information deficiencies by liaising with various departments and/or clients.- Liaised with superiors regarding issues in the implementation process and suggested possible solutions.- Devised and presented a list of best practices with regard to deficiency.

- Liaised with commercial clients and CIBC employees regarding account deficiencies, as defined by federal anti-money laundering policies, until said deficiencies were resolved.- Provided documentation advice to commercial managers during the client sales process. - Authored and designed a training manual for new employees in Ontario's Commercial Banking.

- Identified customer issues in all areas of personal banking, presented customers with available resolution options, and implemented their preferred solution.- Met or exceeded product sales targets in each quarter.- Handled and diffused customer complaints.

Master Of Public Administration, Public Administration

Activities and Societies: Member of IT committee for Atlantic Conference on Public Administration, rewrote major sections of School of.

Bachelor Of Arts, English

Activities and Societies: Assistant editor of Compendium2 journal, writing tutor

Certificate Program, Data Analytics, Big Data, And Predictive Analysis (Expected Fall 2015)

Database and query software: MySQL Server, SQLite, MongoDB Data analytics software: R programming language, SAS, Weka, SPSS, Hadoop.