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Greater Toronto Area, Canada

Development, implementation, and communication of specialty solutions, partnerships and process changes.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Completed multiple process improvement projects from conception to successful closure while providing stakeholders with regular updates, leveraging key Lean principles and methodologies to achieve a significant increase in KPI monitoring.• Executed multi-departmental Standardized Work Initiative resulting in departmental cross-training, plant-wide Standard Operating Procedures boards and KPI reports. For example, collaborated with IT and Production to implement custom manufacturing software that provides operators with visual training and visual job aids which enabled the plant to achieve a step improvement in productivity metrics.• Rolled out Preventative Maintenance programs, in two plants, that provided a clear view of the plants’ assets to Operations and senior management. This helped optimize maintenance schedules to reduce downtime and ensure installations and repairs get completed at o -peak shifts.• Consulted subject matter experts and stakeholders to produce business cases for three automation initiatives (concurrently) while shaping and driving new product launches to completion with Engineering and Production teams.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Leveraged clinic experience to enhance inventory restock and counting process by color-coding shelf tags based on vendor and product color.• Assisted new clients with onboarding, documentation review and performed patient-related duties on a daily basis.

Guelph, Ontario, Canada

• Gathered business requirements and created functional requirements for ERP implementation project (Oracle NetSuite).• Created and maintained the company's asset tracking and management system, enabling a clear view of value andremaining lifetime of assets• Conducted Lean business process mapping workshops with Supply Chain, Logistics, Shipping, E-Commerce, andAccounting departments in Canada, USA and China resulting in value stream maps, business cases for improvements andrecurring KPI reports.• Reduced assembly cycle time by 15% using proven Lean principles and marketing-to-production lead time for new productintroductions by 20%.• Leveraged PMP principles to produce and present project scopes, work breakdown structures, milestones, schedules, andexecution plans for four simultaneous projects in North America (process automation, ERP integration).• Trained sta and authored Standard Operating Procedures to ensure compliance to regulations and best practices.• Communicated updates to senior management on software and product troubleshooting as the liaison between IT,Manufacturing, Customer Service and Engineering departments.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Assisted clients with paperwork and digital documents for boarding, daycare and medical check ups

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Internship placement within the Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Project Management Office for the construction of the Louvre Museum in Abu Dhabi.•Helped prepare Daily Stand Up notes for meetings and assisted with presentations•Worked directly with Senior Mech. Engineer Project Manager and contractors•Took part in site visits, daily progress meetings and HVAC workshops

Toronto, Canada Area

•Planned and executed programs that benefit Chestnut as well as the community through the Centre for Community Partnership and Canadian Blood Services•Coordinated diverse social and educational programming geared towards international students, engineering students and community service projects•Collaborated with other work-study residents and worked closely with the Residence Life Office

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

•Assisted team with equipment and material requests as well as logistics•Prepared and filed inventory, HSE (health, safety, environment) documents•Organized and assisted with HSE training and workshops

Master'S Degree, Mechanical And Industrial Engineering

Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Innovation & Technology in Engineering Courses - Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering at the University.

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Special Projects & Programs Assistant, Chestnut Residence; Arabs in Engineering at the University of Toronto.

Basic Machining Course, Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians

Activities and Societies: Advanced work on the Lathe -Basic work on the Milling Machine -Project: One-piston pneumatic engine

Advanced Machining Course, Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians

Activities and Societies: -Advanced work on the vertical Milling machine -Worked with materials, tables, rates and speeds -Assembly.