Jobspring Partners is a professional recruitment and placement agency with operations in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, Orange County, CA, and Toronto, Canada. We specialize in technology hiring for both permanent and contract positions, and have made over 30,000 successful technology hires since 1989.

• Lead a systems integration project for an external client which consisted of defining the workflow, tailoring the software to meet their requirements, and conducting testing• Gathered business processes, defined standard operating procedures, and deployed software at the client site• Provided support to clients by resolving issues related to our software• Conducted training sessions and assisted clients in troubleshooting

• Co-manage a team of 11 people in organizing a weekend-long business case competition held at the University of Waterloo • Approve case studies developed by start-ups in the Waterloo community such as Velocity and the Communitech Hub• Assist other Directors with sponsorship, business development, logistics, and marketingUW Apprentice is a case-based entrepreneurship competition that challenges UW's top students to solve real cases currently facing Waterloo's top start-ups. Competition weekends have been huge successes, delivering varied and compelling cases from Kik Messenger and early-stage start-ups such as SparkGig, Planboard, Nightclub Booth, and Fora, as well as a closing ceremony featuring Keynotes from Mike Kirkup, Director of Velocity, and closing remarks from the Dean of Engineering.Voted best new club by the Student Federation, the only goal in sight is to execute even better for subsequent terms.

• Supported the Portfolio Managers and overall annual planning process• Developed a bi-weekly Resource Dashboard detailing metrics and forecasting for delinquent resources• Identified capacity and demand needs with Resource Management in relation to the annual planning process• Created the Quarterly Portfolio Review template and gathered data from Portfolio Managers to track a multi-million dollar budget• Prepare various work products to assist governing bodies in decision making on portfolios and resources

• Maintained a central repository of project competencies, plans, reports, and history to provide a knowledge center for project managers• Monitored the vital signs of an IT project, and managed its progress and delivery schedule• Assisted in the tracking and reconciliation of financials to ensure resolution of anomalies• Ensure that all necessary risk assessments and risk assessment processes are carried out at the appropriate time (Security Threat Risk Assessment, Operational Gating, etc.)

• Deliver tasks on or before committed dates within the approved budget on an ongoing basis. • Manage project team resource utilization• Review business requirements and functional specifications• Capture meeting minutes and distribute to the required parties• Support the Project Manager in daily activities, chairing meetings, action items, and project schedule• Update weekly project status reports, dashboard, health check, financials, and resourcing plans

• Provided support to Senior Analysts and Advisors by conducting in operational strategic analysis• Manipulated data with IBM Cognos • Aggregated data, formed conclusions, and communicated results to managers• Coordinated with internal stakeholders to complete a project• Suggested solutions to conduct efficient distribution of report requests

• Updated database to ensure the usage of the most recent data by internal staff• Answered customers' English and French questions pertaining to troubleshooting barbecues quickly and efficiently• Performed orders for returns and parts in a timely manner• Maintained good customer relationships by providing excellent customer service

• Assisted students in completing their daily mathematics homework with team members• Corrected students' homework and communicated strengths and weaknesses

• Helped create and direct a show following the Ontario Ministry of Education guidelines for Health and Physical Education – Grades 7 to 9• Toured Ottawa high schools and middle schools to perform skits for Insight Theatre, a non-profit public education theatre program that educates youth about adolescent issues• Spoke with students after the shows to discuss the material presented