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Toronto, ON, CA

Toronto, ON, CA

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Spearheaded development of new cost-tracking model using Jira story points while still satisfyingcapitalization needs, allowing 40+ individuals to stop manual time tracking and save ~20 minutes eachper week. This model.
• Supported annual planning activities, based on strategic plan roadmap and overall market trends.
• Designed new internal operating frameworks for initiative intake, prioritization, and ongoing reporting.Received strong recognition for success, including for taking a strong test & learn and agile approach.
• Monitored financials and provided regular updates to leadership regarding $20mm initiative portfolio.

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

• Created policies and procedures for new project requests, ensuring alignment to key strategic goals.
• Enhanced financial reporting deliverables to better reflect persistent-team vs initiative funding model.
• Developed annual $40mm budget and monitored actual spend vs. budget to ensure traction.
• Represented 200-person department through new project management software roll-out, liaising with EPMO and other departments while surfacing key challenges and managing the implementation.

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

• Built a SharePoint application to manage weekly resourcing information for 150+ employees.
• Assisted in migrating over 5,000 employees to MS Outlook, building an Excel file to consolidate variouspieces of information initially stored across four different locations within the organization.
• Developed change management material to assist in the organization-wide transition to IFRS17.
• Created “how-to” videos, educational presentations, and support documentation for Workplace by Facebook.

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

• Competed in management-consulting style case competitions across multiple disciplines; analyzedproblems and provided recommendations based on industry research, pre-existing knowledge, andinnovative ideas..
• Solved cases such as: new product and market growth strategies for Helvetia Insurance Spain, OTP Bank increasing client lock-in throughout Europe, and Coca Cola’s market expansion into Eastern Europe.
• Earned 1st place wins in Canada, Serbia, Spain, and Hungary, and coached teams to podium finishes inAustralia, Portugal, and USA, against 95+ universities including Berkeley, Chinese University of Hong Kong, McGill.

Waterloo, Ontario

• Coordinated a team of 35 undergraduate teaching assistants and ~2,000 undergraduate students.
• Led a total of 16 labs over 8 terms, teaching 350+ students key business skills including case analysis,business planning, presentation skills, and financial analysis.

Waterloo, Ontario

Bachelor’S Degree, Mathematics (Bmath)

With Distinction - Dean's Honours List Minor: Computer Science

Bachelor’S Degree, Business Administration (Bba)

Dean's Honour Roll