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• Spearheading grant fundraising initiatives to secure sustainable financial support
• Developing and executing innovative business strategies to align with organizational goals
• Building key partnerships and fostering relationships to drive long-term value

Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

Newmarket ON

• Design signage, millwork and fabrication jigs and fixtures using 3D modeling software.
• Construct and weld metal (aluminum, steel, stainless) structures according to design specification using TIG and MIG processes.
• Electrical assembly and wiring of signage components e.g., sign boxes, channel letters, halo letters
• Installation of signage and millwork at customer sites. Fabricated and installed signage and millwork components for chain and independent grocery stores.. Designed, fabricated, and installed custom shield.

Newmarket

• Develop and execute marketing strategy and plan for organization
• Manage sales cycle and pipeline from seeking opportunities through to closing.
• Establish partnerships and alliances with public and private organizations that are a strategic fit.
• Seek sponsorship opportunities from suitable organizations that are a strategic fit.
• Develop and execute operational plan for organization establishing objectives with measurable outcomes
• Define business processes, procedures and systems to maintain a set level of operational effectiveness, operational efficiency, and customer experience.

Toronto, Canada

• Facilitate requirements gathering sessions with stakeholders, business leads and SMEs.
• Develop documentation including, technical specifications, POVs, use cases and test cases.
• Guide project through delivery phases from application configuration through to user acceptance testing and implementation using Agile methodology.
• Provide post-deployment support and guidance as needed
• Assist change management team in defining and carrying out activities i.e. communication, training
• Develop and provide operational reports to management outlining end user issues, incidents and production change requests. Delivered Open Text ECM solution that helped the business deliver on the workplace of the.

Barrie, ON

• Gather requirements in user stories through interviewing, observing, conducting meetings with the business.
• Define functionality of technical solution through analysis of requirements.
• Develop documentation sets including, technical specifications, BRDs, functional specifications, use cases and test cases.
• Guide project through delivery phases from application development through to user acceptance testing and implementation using SDLC and Agile-like methodology.
• Provide post-implementation training and support as needed.
• Ensure projects are compliant with change management process.

Markham, Ontario

• Gather functional requirements for the web access component of application server and create functional specification.
• Gather functional specifications for the automated testing framework (functional and performance testing) and create functional specification.
• Provide analysis of user behavior to improve customer experience with software. Achieved two software deployments with European telecom companies.

Toronto, Ontario

• Coordinate the development and maintenance of software product.
• Provide analysis on using software product (browser accelerator) to serve new business development opportunities.
• Provide analysis to business development in the creation of RFPs and RFQs. Achieved software deployments with companies in healthcare and transportation. Reduced payroll costs through streamlining the software.

Toronto, Ontario

• Manage product requirements ensuring alignment with the product roadmap and strategy.
• Provide analysis to business on competitors and industry.
• Manage vendor and partner relationships through partnership program.
• Provide technology analysis to business development in the creation of RFPs and RFQs.
• Represent company at industry tradeshows and exhibitions to promote product offering.  Achieved two high profile software deployments with Starwood Hotels and British Telecom.  Achieved sign-up of four key hardware.

Toronto, Ontario

• Designed the software architecture for key components (database object mapping, IMAP/POP3 access) of the Java based wireless application server.
• Develop the software code for wireless application server.
• Establish and manage the software development build processes and procedures.  Achieved $5M VC funding by developing wireless management server software.

Waterloo, ON

• Provide engineering and manufacturing support for standard camera products revising existing, test procedures, BOM documentation and assembly instructions.
• Transition new camera products from engineering into manufacturing creating, test procedures, BOM documents and assembly instructions.
• Develop custom cameras for special customer requirements.  Delivered four new cameras from engineering prototypes to manufactured products. Achieved additional revenue through establishing the Special Products.

Associate'S Degree, Computer Science Technology

Associate'S Degree, Electronics Engineering Technology