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Ontario, Canada

Waterloo, Ontario

Kitchener, Ontario

Provided consulting services in project management and controls to engineering firms, manufacturers, and industrial clients. Delivered projects in the SCADA, instrumentation and industrial controls domains, for applications including new cogeneration facilities, facilities monitoring, and high-speed packaging lines. My role has included multi-discipline team leadership, technical concept development, budgeting and cost justification as well as project management.

London, On

I managed all engineering and after-sales support activities related to specialized robotic and fixed automation in the food processing industry. During my time at KL I was able to realize significant month-over-month growth in service and parts sales, and develop in-house robotic simulation capabilities to support system sales, reduce engineering costs and improve performance.

Cambridge, On

Program Manager delivering capital equipment in a variety of markets. Managed the launch of life sciences and high-volume solar manufacturing programs, including procurement and labour strategy, manufacturing engineering, start-up, quality assurance, line performance reporting, and process optimization. Completed assignments including the initial build of an innovative robotic pharmacy solution, and start-up of semi-automated 25MW and automated 100MW solar manufacturing lines.

Project Management, Proposal Development and Change Control on large capital equipment projects for EPC clients and end users in the energy and forest products industries

Cambridge, On

Manager of the Engineering Services consulting/project business, leading a distributed team of up to 30 project management, supervisory, technical and administrative staff. Quoted and delivered solutions within Ontario district spanning a wide range of industries and technologies.

Mississauga, On

Provided leadership to a team of 18 engineering, proposal and project management resources, delivering a multi-million dollar project portfolio. Delivered business unit cash flow, revenue and resource forecasts to financial stakeholders. Acted as project manager for large, multi-year programs.

Responsible for mechanical and electrical engineering groups, as well as robot programmers and commissioning personnel.

Mississauga, On

Developed controls systems solutions from concept through to deployment. Responsibilities included for hardware specification, schematic and panel design, PLC/HMI programming, and commissioning.

Oshawa Car And St. Catharines Facilities

Mba, Finance

Financial Management concentration. Additional work in the areas of Strategy and Innovation

Bsee, Electrical Engineering