Danelle Lepage, P.Eng, Mba Email & Phone Number

Canada

Hoboken, Nj, Us

Provide consulting services specializing in business performance management and strategic alignment. Partnering with clients to design and implement measurement systems, including Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Key Results Indicators (KRIs), aligned with critical success factors and long-term strategic goals.

Calgary, Alberta, Ca

Hand-picked by executive leadership to pioneer the start-up and management of a centralized Analytics & Insights function serving 3000+ employees. Developed the vision and strategy for this initiative.► Leadership & Culture: Provided decisive leadership to 3 management-level employees with total staff of 30 people. Succeeded in fostering a highly engaged culture rooted in individual accountability and outstanding performance. Achieved strong results from surveys to employees and internal customers.► Transformational Change: Delivered an end-to-end business intelligence platform where none had existed before to provide automated self-serve reporting across all departments and levels of the organization. Instituted discipline and governance around data management. Increased viewership by 200%+ with stakeholder satisfaction over 80%.► Operational Improvements: Enabled $4M+ annual OpEx savings and a 10% decrease in customer wait-times through improved forecasting and customer experience metrics.

Calgary, Alberta, Ca

Reported to the VP, Infrastructure and National Operations to oversee a team of 40 reports dedicated to continuous improvement, process automation, operational readiness, and change management. ► Strategic Workforce Planning: Developed a tool and process to forecast medium/long term frontline workforce (3k+ employees) in response to Covid-19 enabling senior leadership to plan effectively. ► Financial Modelling: Created financial models to support strategic decision-making and facilitate CapEx and OpEx planning.► Business Continuity: Developed and delivered a holistic view of Operations performance to support senior leadership with business continuity planning through Covid-19.

Calgary, Alberta, Ca

Directed a team of 4 people to drive maturity in the organization’s performance culture through the development of executive/board-level KPIs and reporting to monitor health and progress against strategic priorities. Reported to the Director of Strategic Planning (for the CTO / COO).► Strategic Analysis: Led product economics analysis and forecasting across Shaw, collaborating across business units and Finance to support the future business strategy (revenue of $4B). Provided insights that facilitated decision-making for the COO and strengthened strategic sourcing negotiations. ► Risk & Change Management: Completed an assessment of Shaw’s Voluntary Departure Program to assess the impact and risks of 2.5K employees exiting within a 2-year period. Developed a forecast of impacts and mitigation to enable rapid adjustment to loss of resources and facilitate development of appropriate contingency plans.

Calgary, Alberta, Ca

Chief of Staff for the SVP of Product Development & Strategic Programs, a department with ~100 employees. Developed and led all reporting, communication and engagement initiatives. Oversaw budget management ($35M+).► Project Leadership: Took ownership of a major multi-year project midflight (Shaw’s Digital Network Upgrade) and lead the drive to successful completion. Directed the planning and execution of the last phases of the project touching 55 hub sites across Canada impacting over 130K customers.

Houston, Texas, Us

Entrusted by the Country President to lead a step change in the commercial strategy for Canada with a team of 7 reports. Oversaw $300M+ in key accounts with full P&L ownership.► Client Relationship Management: Leveraged client relationship management skills and business acumen to secure buy-in from the largest client into new commercial strategy which expanded scope of business.

Houston, Texas, Us

► Nominated by the Country President to start up and lead Gender Diversity initiatives in Canada, in addition to assigned responsibilities; engaged more than 20 members including senior managers/directors

Houston, Texas, Us

Selected by senior leadership to lead a team of 5 reports to streamline and orchestrate market analysis, trade planning, performance management (KPIs), budget, P&L analysis, pricing management and presentations to the Canadian Leadership Team and CEO. Reported to the head of Strategic Planning for Tenaris Canada.► Market Share Growth: Collaborated with the sales team to increase market share in the most strategic business segment by over 30% within two years.► Market Intelligence: Led the development of market intelligence to estimate market demand and market share, improve segmentation and targets, forecast revenues, and monitor competitor activity.

Houston, Texas, Us

Accountable for the delivery of all HR activities supporting salaried staff across Canada (300+ employees).► M&A Integration: Following $5B acquisitions that doubled the size of the organization, standardized local processes with global operations, enhancing synergies and operational consistency.► Talent Strategy: Developed a recruitment strategy to improve the quality and retention of salaried staff and established partnerships with target universities to reduce time-to-hire by 20%.► Organizational Learning & Development: Implemented a curriculum-based training model for workers across 3 manufacturing units (1,000+ employees) overcoming challenges with collective bargaining agreements.

Houston, Texas, Us

Scaled the team from 2 to 6 analysts plus 2 coordinators in the areas of Industrial Engineering (Lean Manufacturing/Six Sigma), Cost Accounting, and Financial Planning & Analysis as operations more than tripled.► Performance Reporting & Recommendations: Developed, prepared, and led monthly reporting for SLT and ELT including KPIs, financials, variance analysis, management presentations and executive commentary. Recommended initiatives to improve operational efficiency and performance. ► Financial Planning & Analysis: Consolidated the P&L, balance sheet, and cashflow across production and business units for monthly reporting and forecasts. Developed financial models, forecasts, and analyses to evaluate business and operational investments and impacts.► Annual Planning: Led the budget process and strategic planning initiatives working directly with the Country President.► International Assignment: Spent 3 months in Argentina to learn industrial best practices

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Career Development (Career Success Fast Track Program)

Executive Leadership Development (Own Your Seat At The Table)

Tkb Executive Coaching Program

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Bachelor, Engineering Mathematics (Applied Mechanics Option)