Heather Paterson Email and Phone Number

Health Authority - Quality, Safety and Outcome Improvement - Provincial GovernmentManager for the Medical Affairs team, a member of the Medical and Academic Affairs portfolio working closely with Quality, Risk Management, and Legal Services. Provide central leadership for medical affairs and credentialing for nearly two thousand medical staff across the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) including BC Children's and Women's Hospital, BC Cancer Agency, BC Centre for Disease Control and BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services.Additional Involvement:- Completed corporate Core LINX Leadership and Healthcare Management Training Program- Green+ Leader - champion the adoption of sustainable practice and behaviours to provide colleagues with sustainability information and help the organization identify green alternatives.

Health Authority - Information Management and Technology (IMIT) for Patient Care - Provincial GovernmentLed a technical team of ten that provided technical systems analysis, systems design and application support to the Provincial Public Health (PPH) community. Panorama, the application supported, is a pan-Canadian public health clinical surveillance system that is part of a larger integrated eHealth strategy. It is used for healthcare management including immunizations, communicable disease, family health and investigation management. Additional Involvement:- Completed intensive coaching certification through the Coaching Out of the Box program to grow leadership skills and leverage the power of coaching individuals to achieve their goals. -- Membership on the Employee Health and Wellness Committee and Social Committee

Provided project management, business administration and financial analysis and reporting to support the Sr. Manager, eHealth Services and PHSA IMIT Executive Management. Managed, coached and evaluated a team of Project Coordinators who supported more than ten eHealth project and operational teams.

Film Studio – Branch of Pixar Animation Studios – wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company (note: Pixar Canada closed October, 2013)Reporting directly to the Manager of Finance, provided a broad range of business forecasts and financial models to support key financial decisions for both studio operations and each individual production.

International Market Research and Consulting Firm – Medical Device and Dental Industries – Private Directing a team of four analysts and reporting to both the Analyst Manager and the CEO, produced business intelligence reports to facilitate executive-level decisions. Promoted to Senior Analyst after only nine months.Quoted from Letter of Reference - July 22, 2010"Heather was a hardworking, intelligent, adaptable, and ambitious employee. She was able to learn quickly and she finished all her projects on time or ahead of schedule. Her ability to gather, analyze, and utilize large amounts of information quickly is indicative of her high intellectual capacity. Heather has excellent communication skills, as demonstrated by her ability to engage people and effectively gather data. In addition, Heather seized the initiative to help more junior members of the team, improving team efficiency and cohesion. In conclusion, I would highly recommend Heather Paterson. Heather's positive attitude, academic, and communication skills will make her an asset for any company." - Alfred Pechisker, Analyst Manager