Delivering degree and diploma level courses within the Schools of Business and Management, Computer Studies, and Environmental Technologies within Georgian College and the Lakehead University – Georgian College Partnership. Focus is on Entrepreneurship, Operations and Global Supply Chain, Responsible for providing academic leadership and fostering a collaborative learning environment for students. Tasks include the design, revision, and updating of courses to ensure their relevance in today's fast changing business environment.

The Henry Bernick Entrepreneurship Centre helps students, faculty and community members start their own businesses and accelerate the path to success through mentorship, networking, training and funding. Working with HBEC's existing and future entrepreneurs, providing mentoring and strategic guidance. I work to provide valuable advice, insights and strategic connections that will help move their business forward. Design and Development of educational workshops incorporating student and community members to deliver multi-perspective engaging learning experience.

Deliver accountable support and resources to business owners to overcome challenges as quickly as possible in order to accelerate the path to market and profitability

Delivering business guidance and mentorship, with a focus on Business Excellence and Customer Service, through innovation and thought leadership. Specializing in customer retention and business resiliency, with a focus on an innovative culture and business sustainability

Leading ventureLAB’s Ecosystem Engagement, delivering on the strategic plan, mission, vision and values; balancing the needs vs. wants of multiple stakeholders, passionate for enhancing the stakeholder experience and able to advocate effectively on behalf of ventures and partners alike.

Executing the (Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario) grant, “Health Ecosphere: An Innovation Pipeline for Commercial Health Solutions” delivering embedded project and solution support to Key Partner and program Stakeholder Southlake Regional Health Centre, producing an innovation pipeline for commercial health technologies and services that bring preventive and healthcare delivery into new spaces and integration throughout the ecosystem. The projects will transform health promotion and management to improve health and access to health care.

Mentoring entrepreneurs through the commercialization process to build and launch their high growth, scalable business; building their skills, encouraging their innovation; teaching courses and workshops focused on entrepreneurial skills, business and finance, lean start-up, and best practice; emphasising and incubating innovation, focused on adaptive change, responding to client needs

• End to End Relationship management and leadership for a $50+M Global Account that supported pivotal business strategies in both supply chain and customer serviceo Successfully led transformation of services; reduced costs and ensured profitability while exceeding customer satisfaction. This included: supplier performance, delivery of key customer initiatives, and implementation of new supplier serviceso Oversaw and delivered a global portfolio of contracted services delivering cost savings - aligned supplier usage with organizational requirements and an outstanding customer experience; reduced total contracted price through effective supplier utilization strategy.o Led Global RFP and RFQ negotiation prior to expiration of a global small parcel air and ground contract. Generating savings > 10% over previous contracts while maintaining customer satisfaction. Included supplier response analysiso Built an innovative and non-traditional supply chain solution when status quo was no longer effective; exceeded customer expectations by balancing supply chain solutions with their needs; realigned and strengthened complex processes and built strong supplier relationships; processing, transportation, and delivery to the customer exceeded expectationso Immediately responded to customer needs and uncovered and addressed KPI deficiencies and improved supplier performance. This included a “Best Practice” global logistics performance management system and prevented service failures through early detection via leadership of a stakeholder and supplier team;

Led and delivered several high profile projects that supported pivotal business strategies:• Redesigned and led the complex execution of the NEW Geodis Canadian Service Parts Network producing a thriving 4th party logistics (4PL) arrangement for a newly outsourced IBM supply chain network; o Steered the complex transition for a multidisciplinary team from Geodis, IBM and Exel (3PL);o Customer experience was key and any disruption was kept to a minimum• Won a new major customer requiring 24x7 national coverage. o Delivered to the customer a low cost, scalable solution capable of meeting complex and changing customer requirements; • Delivered a high profile 24x7 Canada/US call centre with order management and end to end customer transparency and involved detailed collaborated with the Geodis US.o Achieved revenue in excess of $200,000 USD with significant contractual advancement from 1 initial site to 3; renewal after year 1 and scaled to support a cross-border inventory support.

• Led the outsourcing of the service parts network; evaluated the feasibility and performed a cost benefit analysis; Contributed an estimated $10 million in savings over 5 years; proposed and negotiated a fixed variable price solution with minimized stranded costs. o Directed a multidiscipline project team; released the outsourcing RFQ, delivered the findings and recommendations to the senior executive team..• Leader of a team charged with providing emergency 24x7 support to >1,000 technicians, business partners and direct customers o Guided, coached and mentored a staff of 65 located at 20 facilities across Canada o Tasked with the need for change as a strategic priority, built a strategy aligned with business objectives; initiated a successful, collaborative team restructure and supported the change; boosted training; established Best Practices/Lean Six Sigma.

• Delivered a supplier management strategy focused on cost savings, performance improvement; network optimization• Led the extraction of cost savings through, part reclamation, warranty redemption, and improved vendor performance and evaluation. Hand-picked to lead this key 14-person teamo With customer needs at the forefront, implemented a strategy to redesign the supplier management process; utilize new innovative tools and techniques; optimize the supply chain; utilized Lean Best Practices; measured, challenged and drove operational excellence; exceeded year-over-year double digit cost reduction targets.• Re-aligned the US warehouse management system, delivering it on time and on budget, matching to business strategy with customization and implementation; customized a US solution for Canadian needso Oversaw and lead a team of analysts and software developers through special projects: assessing fit and feasibility of key system changes; tracked open business requirements, gaps, and issues; ensured timely completion and communication of critical milestones throughout each project phase.

• Significantly improved control posture of field services network and drove efficiencies up by 10% to 15% and reduced costs by 10% by leading the redesign and delivery of a new management system. o Evaluated and selected soundest processes, while enhancing or replacing ineffective control points; delivered a performance dashboard to prospectively monitor activities and performance for ongoing improvements• Delivered a NEW Services Governance system and control process prior to the release of the Sarbanes Oxley Act, to then successfully pass 5 IBM corporate audits. Led the drafting and deployment. • Collaborated across the business to develop and deliver a robust and agile governance system that encompassed robust controls but allowed for business flexibility