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Markham, Ontario, Canada

• Responsible for coordinating capital planning for external 10-year regulatory (OEB) asset management plan and internal budget and long-range plan (4-year) using Copperleaf scenario planner and optimization for capital.
• Supporting development and delivery of defensible evidence for Leave-to-Construct and other regulatory submissions such as Enbridge's rebasing, Asset Management Plan, and Addendum applications.
• Championing the use of data analytical dashboards (PowerBI) to ensure data quality and make reporting of budget and long-range plan capital, risk, and value more transparent, consistent and efficient
• Supported development of asset categories (strategies, programs, planning groups) to show why and where capital is being spent to strengthen business case justification and alignment to regulatory requirements and.

Markham, Ontario, Canada

• Responsible for overseeing the consistent application of the Value Framework in the business and ensured alignment with business needs and enterprise requirements
• Identified and implemented continuous improvements to the value assessment process
• Developed a Value Assessment Quality Assurance plan to support Asset Management Plan Optimization through data analytics and stakeholder engagement leading to identification of process and data quality improvements
• Led the development of a Life Cycle TotEx Value Models Framework, including a structured process, templates, and models to complement existing processes and strengthen decision basis

Calgary, Canada Area

• Senior Manager New Ventures, 2019 – 2021Senior Manager Portfolio Planning, 2017 – 2019Strategy Lead, 2016 – 2017
• Led a team that developed and utilized proprietary technical and commercial data analytic tools to identify growth opportunities and asset optimizations which resulted in the acquisition of 2 oil and gas assets that.
• Led a commercially focused team that developed and executed strategies reducing capital and operating costs by 20% through development of a market and competitor analysis platform, collaboration with business teams.
• Led a team that developed and coordinated a technical and commercial assurance process for the Resource Play organization to improve consistency and transparency during the annual and quarterly forecasting and planning.
• Developed cross-functional teams through a period of organizational changes and transition improving the team’s focus and alignment within the organization through mentoring, coaching, and role modelling capabilities.
• Networked with the Investor Relations team to design and build Investor Day highlights and messaging for our Resource Play organization on behalf of the SVP for Western Canada

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

• Developed processes and cowrote guidelines to quantify technical risk and uncertainty consistently across Husky’s onshore and offshore portfolio
• Organized and led assurance meetings to identify and mitigate technical, operational, and commercial risks for projects in Husky’s long-range plan
• Coordinated Husky’s global exploration committee’s quarterly meetings and presented key findings from competitor and market intelligence to Husky leadership
• Promoted cross functional technology and process sharing through data analytics (Spotfire), internal websites (SharePoint), and presentations

Calgary, Canada Area

• Supported asset and corporate commercial evaluations across Husky’s portfolio including the $860 million acquisition of oil and gas properties from ExxonMobil Canada
• Planned and coordinated internal data rooms (physical and virtual) including preparing and presenting divestiture marketing materials to potential purchasers
• Monitored key competitor and market intelligence and presented trends and growth opportunities to senior leaders across Husky resulting in a 5 to 10 times increase in gas well productivity at Husky’s core gas asset
• Promoted collaboration of exploration and acquisition evaluations between the Calgary head office and the Atlantic and Asia offices

Calgary, Canada

• Senior Geologist, Suncor, 2010 – 2010Senior Geologist, Petro-Canada Resources USA, 2008 – 2010 (Denver)Senior Geologist, Petro-Canada, 2006 – 2008Junior Geologist, Petro-Canada, 2004 – 2006Geologist-In-Training.
• Planned and executed oil and gas exploration and appraisal drilling programs in Alberta, British Columbia, and Utah with budgets ranging from $5 million to $60 million per year
• Generated regional mapping and play assessments of conventional and unconventional natural gas opportunities across Western Canada and the US Rockies
• Prepared land sale and budget justification materials to present to senior management resulting in the $26 million purchase of approximately 70,000 acres of mineral rights
• Maintained operational joint venture relationships with partners

Master'S Of Science, Geology

Bachelor'S Of Science, Geology