Devraj Ray Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Through a secondment, I was able to assist the Assistant Deputy Minister with the division's top priorities including releasing legislative and regulatory packages to strengthen transparency and accountability in the sector. I was also able to work on implementing division wide processes to speed up delivery and streamline tasks.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Drafting various policy documents such as issue notes, memorandums, estimate rebuttals, and transfer payment agreements.
• Designing and developing an analytics dashboard, using Excel, to update the Deputy Minister on weekly numbers.
• Developing technical documents such as FAQs and Tip Sheets to mitigate communication burdens.
• Conducting jurisdictional scans on policy issues nationally and internationally such as de-streaming, Back to School plans and synchronous learning.
• Corresponding with stakeholders on key policy initiatives outlined in memorandums and policy documents.
• Assessing qualitative and quantitative data (manipulating and cleaning using Excel) to develop an in-depth analysis using data trends on school board reports.

Rwanda

• Developed concept and session notes on various innovation salons at the Next Einstein Forum (NEF) Global Gatherings including the future of agritech, transport/logistics, e-commerce, and sustainable mobility.
• Worked collaboratively to design and develop a science index giving African countries a rank based on how strong their innovation ecosystem is.
• Designed a statistical model to calculate the cost of education in each African country which involved collection of data, processing, analyzing and visualizing data using Excel.
• Edited public relation communication notes such as news articles and Wikipedia pages
• Created content notes for the development of PR videos for the Impact Sourcing project at the NEF Global Gatherings

Toronto, Canada Area

• Successfully placed resources at senior level positions in large enterprise clients such as Bell and Sapient.
• Recruited and placed newcomers to Canada for them to gain their first level of experience in the country.
• Interviewed and met over 15 software developers weekly to update and refresh Randstad’s internal database and stay updated on upcoming technologies.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Managed the hiring process end-to-end; from qualifying requisitions to identifying priority requirements and ensuring that stellar candidates are being identified, through to coordinating interviews and onboarding.
• Successfully built new business relationships from scratch with Fidelity Investments and the Toronto Stock Exchange by meeting key stakeholders, conducting market research and signing master sales agreements with them.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Successfully identified, sourced, managed and placed 22 qualified candidates for various IT roles within the financial industry with focus on Citibank and Scotiabank.
• Conducted over 200 interviews with IT contractors, specifically Project Managers, Software Developers and Business Analysts and was recipient of the Community Builder award five times.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Identified, developed and recommended youth engagement strategies
• Maintained a resource center for prospective student leaders at universities across Canada
• Developed a Terms of Reference for the organization’s Youth Advisory Council
• Established key grant-writing and fundraising strategies for future programming

Montreal, Canada Area

• Provided customer service to students and staff purchasing computers and electronics
• Identified the needs of each client in order to recommend the best products
• Led an initiative to reorganize the visual merchandising for the entire store

Nigeria

• Provided operational support and timely assistance to the CEO of a large private sector company
• Arranged and catalogued the CEO's personal files and kept all logs and record up to date
• Identified potential international trading partners for auto parts

Masters Of Public Administration

Activities and Societies: Completed two terms of coursework. Completed two coop/internship programs. Wrote and defended a thesis.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Joint Honours History And Political Science

Activities and Societies: Co-Founder of NewSphere, Executive member of the Indian Students Association

Bilateral Exchange Program, History And Political Science

International Baccalaureate, High School/Secondary Diplomas And Certificates, 3.5 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Student government, Non-governmental organizations, soccer team,