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Ottawa, On, Ca

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Implemented the Government of Canada's Innovation and Skills Plan across southern Ontario, delivering multiple funding programs that provided $500,000 to $10 million in loans to high-growth firms focused on commercialization, expansion, and reshoring manufacturing. Led outreach, intake, assessments, contract negotiations, and portfolio monitoring for key initiatives, including the Business Scale Up and Productivity Program (BSUP), Community Economic Development and Diversification Program (CEDD), Jobs and Growth Fund (JGF), and Tourism Relief Fund (TRF).

Toronto, Canada Area

- Developed and delivered site selection services for global and domestic manufacturing investments exceeding $20 million in Ontario, facilitating confidential site options, cross-government evaluations, executive site visits, stakeholder introductions, and permit coordination. - Delivered and designed the "Investment Ready: Certified Site Program" and "Site Readiness Program", Canada’s first certification and grant initiative to prepare landowners and municipalities for manufacturing investments, while promoting Ontario. - Created marketing strategies to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), elevating Ontario’s (and "Team Ontario's") profile through international conferences, brand development, and strategic publications targeted towards site selectors and industrial asset management communities. - Provided policy advice on modernization and red tape reduction to enhance industrial development, investment attraction, and land use planning.

Toronto, Canada Area

Led outreach events across 18 regions in Ontario to foster collaboration among regional non-profits in support of the Youth Jobs Strategy. Contributed to the development of a Ministry of Education-approved web application that teaches business planning concepts to youth and a centralized website providing resources for Ontario's entrepreneurs and innovators.

Toronto, Canada Area

Developed information architecture to aggregate forms, grants, business guides, permits and licenses into a single portal for a seamless user experience.

Designed and implemented the Ontario Business Program Guide, a website for Provincial and Federal funding including the creation of a service level agreement (SLA) for interjurisdictional exchange of information.

Toronto, Canada Area

Project managed the migration of eLaws and the Ontario Building Code to online platforms, collaborating with multiple ministries to improve accessibility. Developed business information webpages to enhance regulatory compliance in the automotive and food manufacturing sectors. Conducted research on service delivery practices, e-Government strategies, and interoperability frameworks, resulting in a comprehensive paper and tool to evaluate stakeholder readiness for multi-jurisdictional collaborations.

Honours Bachelor Of Arts - Hba, Digital Enterprise Management Specialization ; Minor In Professional Writing And Communications

Certificate, Digital Communications