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Vancouver, BC, CA

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Strategic leader, proficient in identifying opportunities for improvement and managing change in a rapidly changing biotechnology industry. Fostered team unity, supporting 15 staff across multiple locations that were.
• Demonstrated executive level communication by engaging with the c-suite team and key stakeholders and presenting weekly project and operational updates that secured adoption and alignment for team priorities.
• Provided mentoring, training and support to teams and individuals to increase engagement and consensus towards achieving shared goals.
• Proficient in recruitment processes and discerning competency for selecting skilled candidates from hiring 15+ entry level to mid-level positions that aligned with company values and brought diversity.
• Empowered 100% of team members to meet or exceed expectations performance expectations collaboratively setting SMART goals and conducting 1:1s as an effective monitoring and measurement system.STRATEGY AND OPERATIONAL.
• Created KPI’s that clearly outlined operational targets to meet 100% of annual performance goals and strategic forecasting plans that enhances operational efficiency at reduced cost.

Vancouver, BC

Promoted three times within 2 ½ years, entrusted with integrating teams and transforming operations that encompassed 21 team members across BC, SK, AB and ON, as part of multiple acquisitions.In addition to managing operations and teams, formulated operational performance assessments of 5 lab facility and implemented a change management strategy for.

• Oversaw day-to-day activities and strengthened the tissue culture division by designing an over 1500 sq.ft. R&D laboratory in Vancouver that opened Jan 2020 and generated new revenue opportunities.
• Applied forward looking and strategic thinking that effectively assessed workflows, safety and personnel capacity limits to facilitate future expansion plans.
• Built brand awareness by representing Anandia as the service specialist at trade shows and industry events to expand client portfolio to new service offerings.

Vancouver, BC

Effectively kept pace with exponential company growth to achieve promotion within two years to oversee the expansion of tissue culture and cultivation teams and establish a Joint Health and Safety Committee that implemented new safety measures in pace with staff growth.

Vancouver, BC

Elevated a start-up company by adopting many roles with minimal resources to establish Health Canada regulated testing services, procurement processes, safety program and plant cultivation and tissue culture operations.

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Met production demands by overseeing daily cultivation operations and leading up to 30 team members through large scale bio-pharmaceuticals production in a GMP plant-based manufacturing facility.

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Mba Essentials Certificate

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.) Four-Year, Microbiology And Immunology