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United States

Canada

Leading management consulting engagements for large enterprise organizations in Eastern Canada (for services, consumer, and discrete industries) primarily focused on an end-to-end consultative engagement to drive business value and user adoption.

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United States

Help students strengthen various aspects of their business concept and pitch, hone financials or marketing plans, practice presentations skills, and work through other individual challenges.NFTE activates the entrepreneurial mindset and builds business startup skills in youth from under-resourced communities.NFTE is an award-winning education nonprofit that activates the entrepreneurial mindset in young people. NFTE's Entrepreneurship Pathway program integrates the development of an entrepreneurial mindset with academic and industry skills to ensure NFTE youth are career-and startup-ready. Research shows that the entrepreneurial mindset-skills and behaviors including innovation, self-reliance, communication, problem-solving, and comfort with risk-prepares young people for lifelong success. Equipped with the mindset, as well as the business and academic skills that NFTE teaches, students are ready to thrive in the innovation economy no matter what path they choose. Through its nationwide network of program offices, NFTE programs have reached more than a million young people across the U.S.

Montreal, Canada Area

I partnered with global business leads (Aerospace & Transportation), defined roles and responsibilities, catalogued operating models’ processes, addressed communication and cultural barriers between business units’ resources, and established productive relationships at all levels. I restructured organizational processes and teams, outsourced IT services, streamlined business process, and standardized systems. I strategized solutions as a member of project Steering Committees and the Investment Review Board, collaborating with stakeholders and vendors. I led a team (based in Germany, USA & Canada) in the delivery of solution architecture, functional analyses, and transition support agreements for HR and Finance systems of acquired and sold businesses.Key achievements include: ● Enhanced business-wide leadership by adding accountability for Finance (within first three months of hiring), and IT, Corporate Real Estate, Industrial Security, and Technical Services & Automation Divisions to HR, Communication, Legal, and H&S portfolios.● Intelligent Enterprise program: Initiated, blueprinted, and led data/process redesign project with $370M USD total investment, achieving increased agility, efficiency, and competitiveness, by redesigning and deploying leading processes. ● Drove deployment of technology to standardize processes, automate transactions, and enable global reporting (Source to Contract and Procurement Operations).● Gave rise to net savings of $1M USD and unprecedented rise in employee experience through HRIS transformation program to enable more efficient compensation processing and reduce risk of errors and data breaches.

I devised IT and business solutions in close consultation with Senior Executives. I liaised with cross-functional teams and built relationships with third party service providers and consultants, escalating as needed. I monitored and supervised project life cycles to ensure on-time delivery, and spearheaded concurrent global concurrent projects, from month-long to multi-year in scope. I contributed expertise as member of Steering Committees and Finance and HR Governance Committees and supported previously deployed solutions and implemented continuous improvements, focusing on future-focused IT strategies. Key achievements include: ● Drove North America Payroll and Timesheet project worth >$8M, helming vendor/RFP selection, collaborating with PM and solution architect/project teams, overseeing all aspects to ensure timely and quality delivery.● Improved efficiency of global corporate business process, moving from individual systems to standardized global processes, as part of $6M enterprise performance management projects. ● Deployed first corporate operational framework for outsourced IT services. ● Received Finance Executive approval to deliver new Financial Management ($1.5M project).● Achieved time and money savings by simplifying contingent manufacturing division workers’ timesheet tracking process.

I project-managed functional and technical deliverables to implement ERP systems, collaborating with team of ten business analysts and developers. I ensured global deployment of system, overcoming a large knowledge transfer challenge. I facilitated stakeholder consensus and defined project scope, priorities, and deadlines. I crafted end-to-end test script, policies, and procedures, as we well as data integration plan. I led data conversion and interface teams, resolved issues, and supported end users. Key achievements include: ● Developed system through clear definition, thorough analysis, strategic implementation, and documentation.● Planned, managed, and executed deployment of AP scan tool and its integration with Oracle EBS finance modules (specifications, technical design, testing, roadmap, etc.)

Promoted by CFO to project manage company’s retail ERP system implementation; spearheaded and deployed ERP on time and on budget with smooth, concurrent rollout across 50+ Canadians locations.Led implementation of multiple software solutions, which included supervising team of 6, cross-functional team, outsourced helpdesk, and in-house development; estimating and managing budgets; training hundreds of end-users in 24x7 environment; and developing related policies and procedures.Implemented business and technical processes for the conversion of a custom-made accounting package to the Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains.

Artificial Intelligence Programme, Artificial Intelligence

Oxford Artificial Intelligence Executive Programme. Artificial Intelligence in the context of policy, governance, ethics and business.

Executive Mini-Mba Program

Executive Development, Advanced Management, Integrated Management Thinking

Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.), Finance