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Burlington, ON, CA

Puslinch, ON, CA

Vancouver, BC, CA

Member of senior leadership team with 8 direct reports serving an organization of 400 across 6 sites. Accountable for Planning and Forecasting, Procurement, Logistics and ERP Master Data across all sites. Responsible for coaching, mentoring and succession planning within department. Point person on external vendor relationship management. Managing a budget.

Vancouver, BC, CA

Strategic partner to the COO and Senior Leadership Team with overall responsibility for continuousimprovement initiatives across the company for 3 sites with a total headcount of 250 across Ontario and Quebec. Accountable for identification and execution of capital projects, operational margin improvement and process control through establishment of KPI’s.

Vancouver, BC, CA

Collaborated as the owners representative on the design and construction of 2 facilities, for a total CAPEX of $400MCoordinated with teams of Engineers, Architects, City Planning, Designers, Specialists in Agriculture, Equipment vendors and suppliers to create best-in-class facilities. 6 years later, the resulting lowest cost per unit due to excellence in.

Vancouver, BC, CA

The cannabis industry is currently in it's nascent stages. This presents the opportunity to understand and help shape this industry from the ground-up. Production strategies, understanding the market, catering to new needs and developing standards that serve as a basis for comparison within the industry and that will help guide public health and consumer.

• Broadening Horizons | Breaking Barriers | Removing Educational Fear | Encouraging Intuition in LearningI have a passion for the educational process and have, over time, developed my own philosophy on the purpose and.
• Created and delivered curriculum for first year and second year engineering students at McMaster University in Physics (Mechanics, Electricity, Magnetism), Math (Linear Algebra, Multi-variable calculus) and Chemistry.
• Widely popular paid courses were attended by majority of incoming freshmen classes every year, with many students crediting their love for engineering to the delivery of the course content
• Crafted delivery of curriculum to impart my own love for learning while also helping students connect with the physical reality of the subjects such that they were not simply learning concepts, but rather were able to.
• Routinely conducted lectures of >100 students, with majority of growth due to referrals
• Grew business to include other faculties (other than Engineering), with content being delivered by other employed tutorsFacebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/mcmasterscholars/

Hamilton, Ontario, CA

• Spearheaded critical installation capital project in Steelmaking – completed project 6 months ahead of schedule, 300k OPEX savings
• Redesigned process for bottom-change for EAF furnace; reduced change-time from 16 hours to 8 hours, a monthly process at line time of $30k/hr
• Redesign of heat shields and cooling coils for furnace components, reducing downtime and failure rate
• Conducted complete analysis of all equipment in the Hot Mill in preparation for major production improvement initiative
• Improved process for forecasting and scheduling of orders in Automotive Sales, resulting in $1.2M annual improvement
• Liaison between Dofasco and a key client (Magna) in the role of Automotive Technical Sales, improving product quality and reducing defect rate as received by the customer

Hamilton, Ontario, CA

As my first "official job", I was uncertain as to the possible scope of my involvement in decisions that could have an appreciable impact on our business prospects. However, this was an eye opening experience.Through the 16-month internship, I: - Managed a critical installation project (6-months early completion, $300k in value recovery) - Conducted.

Hamilton, Ontario, CA

I worked for one of my favorite professors, Dr. Phil Koshy, during the summer of 2010. Dr. Koshy has always aimed for elegant solutions to some of manufacturing's problems. In 2010, we were setting the stage for a tribological study to determine if there was an "elegant solution" to the problem of micro-texturing surfaces using Electric Discharge.