- Genie Award-winning songwriter- won a Canadian Radio Music Award (CHR) as part of the pop group 'V.I.P.' in 1998- V.I.P.'s hit song "Just My Luck" was one of the most played songs on Canadian radio in 1998- part of the country duo 'After Tuesday'- produced music recording projects for Somerset Entertainment, After Tuesday, Derek James Tilley, Stacey Jamieson, V.I.P., Amy Rose, Tonya Kennedy and more...

Corporate End-User Training on Microsoft Office Productivity Solutions

Program Manager for the Canadian Customer Immersion Experience (CIE). The CIE is a worldwide Microsoft program that engages business customers in an interactive, hands-on experience using the latest Windows devices and Office 365 Business Productivity solutions. • Effectively managed the Customer Immersion Experience (CIE) program, Microsoft’s #1 sales and marketing tool, for the Canadian subsidiary.• Optimized over $200M pipeline in influenced revenue.• Managed program budget and large inventory of equipment in CIE labs across Canada.• Organized training and webcast opportunities to disseminate best-practices and increase program capacity and quality. • Developed, optimized and communicated efficient booking and scheduling processes.• Maintained accurate usage statistics and prepared reports and presentations for management. • Coordinated over 1000 customer-facing CIEs.• Coordinated and directed technicians and other stakeholders to prepare and maintain computer labs in advance of customer-facing sessions.• Led troubleshooting efforts to test and fix technical and/or logistical anomalies.• Proactively worked with cross-functional teams to increase demand generation and awareness.

Responsibilities include songwriting/music production, creative development, business strategy and administration.Executive Producer, songwriter, music producer and mixer for the new feature-length country movie-musical “Country Crush” starring Jana Kramer, Madeline Merlo, Munro Chambers and Sophie Tweed-Simmons. Movie and soundtrack released across North America in 2017 on DVD and digital.

Boutique record label, music production house, management company and music publisher. · Managed all business aspects of the company such as budgeting, scheduling, accounting · Managed all career aspects of recording artists `After Tuesday' and Derek James Tilley. · Directed a team of 3rd party professionals including web/graphic designers and publicists. · Managed project details for album recording projects ­ a multifaceted type of project combining creative, logistical, business and technical decision making. Completed extensive budget planning, and tackled the complicated task of co-ordinating the varied schedules of artists, musicians, studios, and producers. · Secured a national distributor and successfully worked with them to obtain critical placement of CDs in Wal-Mart stores.

Windows Business Group, Marketing & Operations• Programmed promotion schedules for Windows 8 Apps on various marketing channels. • Proactively established a new system for tracking Canadian app development and marketing.• Organized and led an “Apps V-Team” to co-ordinate development and marketing efforts across numerous company teams.• Managed and maintained “Windows.ca PC Shop.” Conducted web analytics to determine visitor trends to assist planning for Retail and Marketing teams.• Managed budgets and forecasts, achieving 0% variance, in collaboration with IE Prod Mgr.• Conducted analytical market share research for the Internet Explorer portfolio in Canada. Proactively added additional layers of analysis to provide competitive insights.• Directed and co-ordinated all aspects of updating the Microsoft Canada student website.

VM Records was the record label for Canadian pop/R&B group V.I.P. (of which I was a part of). V.I.P. was awarded a Canadian Radio Music Award for 'Best New Group' in 1999 based on the success of their hit single "Just My Luck."

Artist management company and music publisher. · Represented all career aspects of the recording artist `V.I.P.' · Developed marketing and strategic plans for company use and grant applications. · Co-ordinated and directed a team of 3rd party team members such as distributors, publicists,radio promoters, webmasters, graphic/web designers, booking agents, publishers, lawyers and producers. Leveraged team members' talents to maximize brand exposure of artists.