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Vancouver, BC

Leading innovative new technologies for the utility and energy sectors.

Serving on the Board of Directors with the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre. Helping the Space Centre engage and educate the community on space science and our world.

Vancouver, Canada Area

BC

Presently working on the BC Hydro Customer Service leadership team as the Manager, Customer Strategy, Partnerships and Business Support Services. Responsible for leading our customer experience and service evolution programs (including self-service, paperless adoption and contact centre systems enhancements) to realize improvements to the customer.

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Responsible for leading the BC Hydro digital communications department that is accountable for online communications including customer self-service transactions, media and public communications, facilitating energy.
• Leads a high performing department consisting of employees (both management and unionized staff), contractors, consultants and vendors.
• Acts as an organizational thought leader surrounding the online environment and is a member of the marketing and brand strategy leadership team.
• Develops and executes the enterprise wide strategy for online public engagement that facilitates the broad needs of the organization.
• Developed a marketing support framework that leveraged high traffic utility sections to realize cross-promotional synergies with strategic programs and partners.ACHIEVEMENTS:
• Recognized as a leading utility website in North America and developed the largest social media following within the utility space.

• Leading a team of 97 employees (managers and union staff), I was responsible for activating the BC Hydro sponsorship of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. The goal was to advance BC Hydro’s conservation message to the.
• Created and executed the 2010 Olympic Winter Games public engagement strategy surrounding conservation.
• Managed a team of 97 campaign managers, event planners, campaign coordinators and community representatives.
• Established partnerships with other sponsors, national retailers, local municipal partners and media to maximize public awareness.
• Conducted regular resource assessments and quality assurance reviews to evaluate compliance with union labour requirements, safety protocols and emergency procedures.
• Developed reporting and analytic systems to communicate the successes of the team both internally within the organization and externally to government, Vanoc and the media. ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Developed a retail partnership channel designed to accelerate the adoption of energy efficient products within the province of British Columbia and realized significant change in consumer behaviour province wide. This.
• Managed the relationships with 18 national and provincial retailers including big box, home improvement, electronics and grocer (i.e. Best Buy, Rona, Future Shop, London Drugs, Home Depot, etc).
• Managed the relationships with 14 manufacturing partners to supply and market energy efficient products (i.e. Sony, Phillips, Whirlpool, LG, Samsung, Panasonic, etc.)
• Led the activities of a retail development team that aligned mass-market campaigns directly to retail sales of efficient products. Campaigns included a combination of TV, radio, newspaper, flyer, online, billboards.
• Assisted retailers in transitioning product lines, increasing gross margins, driving in store traffic and enhancing the customer experience through detailed partnership plans grounded in a common goal of increasing.
• Enabled the introduction of new products to the Canadian market that achieved significant energy savings.ACHIEVEMENTS:

Vancouver, Canada Area

New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

Managed TELUS wireless and Internet product distribution through two big box retail partners (a total of 93 points of distribution). The accounts demonstrated solid performance under my management and were among the highest performing in year over year growth. Developed strong working partnerships with our external partners and have been able to grow.

A facilitator and training design role that focused on the development of employee knowledge and skills within the TELUS retail channel and retail partner locations. I was responsible for developing and executing annual training plans based on stakeholder needs at a national scope.  Analyzing performance results and developing learning strategies to.

Managed a territory consisting of 31 retail points of distribution and focused on business development. Marketed wireless and high-speed products to increase loading within a specific territory through retail partners at the district and store level. Developing and maintain strong relationships with retail partners at various levels.  Executed key.

Specialized in business-to-business sales of corporate communication solutions. My role as sales manager for the WSG involved leading a team of account managers to achieve sales targets and maintain an existing base. This involved: Managing long B2B sales cycles and ensuring high volume from a team of account managers through sales programs (prospecting.

Led the product marketing of custom-built computer systems for A&B Sound. This included creating point of purchase materials, online build tools, inventory logistics and ordering processes. Development and execution of a go to market strategy.  Advertising and POP material creation  Sales coaching and development of managers/supervisors

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Global Innovation Leadership

Commerce

Individual Certificates, Various

Activities and Societies: Federated Press Facilitator 2011 Leading For Results II 2010 Learning Leadership Network 2009 Performance.