Sonia Qureshi Email & Phone Number

Mississauga, On, Ca

Canada

Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto, Canada Area

Mississauga, On

• Directed strategic business plans for nuclear services and reactor projects for existing and emerging markets. • Managed the reporting and budgeting for the Marketing and Business Development team.• Developed new marketing material and updated existing material with market competitive data. • Prepared multiple strategic plans for new business initiatives by assessing strategic rationale, strategic partnerships and risks while ensuring economic viability through financial analysis.• Represented the Nuclear business unit at many domestic and international tradeshows, conferences, industry events, and international trade missions.• Managed and supported major proposals, including the successful bid for the AECL Government-Owned Contractor-Operator (GOCO) 10-year contract.• Lead and managed the annual Scientific Research & Experimental Development (SR&ED) tax credit claim process for the business unit, resulting in tens of millions of dollars of tax savings.

Mississauga, On

• Managed the Scientific Research & Economic Development (SR&ED) tax credit claim process. • Lead the Intellectual Property (IP) strategies within the company to effectively protect Candu’s technology and maintain its commercial advantage.• Prepared business cases for new R&D products and services through strategic assessment, risk analysis, tax credit valuation and financial analysis. • Lead the preparation of yearly budgets and forecasts for the Marketing and Business Development department.• Participated actively at the quarterly Candu Board of Director meetings.

Candu Energy Inc./Atomic Energy Of Canada Ltd.

Senior cost analyst for new nuclear build projects in the Cost Engineering department and performed in a supervisory role for all new nuclear build cost estimates for 2 years. Developed and managed many multi billion dollar cost models for Canadian and overseas markets. Major areas of expertise include estimates in the following nuclear new build projects areas; engineering, project management (home office and site), equipment and supply, procurement, construction, and commissioning. Key results:• Responsible for the development of cost estimates for the Advanced CANDU Reactor (ACR), the Enhanced CANDU 6 Reactor (EC6), and the generic CANDU 6 reactor for markets worldwide.• Prepared supporting documentation for all cost estimates for the purposes of; risk review, basis documentation, strategy documentation, cash flow analysis, and marketing support.• Prepared tender packages for major equipment suppliers worldwide that valued multi-million dollars ($1 M to $800 M).• Involved with the economic and technical evaluation of bids and tenders from various equipment/component suppliers. • Completed many deadlines within limited time and under extensive pressure with ease and confidence.

Atomic Energy Of Canada Ltd.

Consistently delivered high performance expertise in executing a variety of specialized technical tasks, in the area of process systems design engineering, for various CANDU reactors across Canada and Asia. Key results:• Involved with the process system design and analysis of many different CANDU nuclear reactors worldwide (e.g. Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, China, and Korea).• Responsible for technical consultation with nuclear utilities and nuclear regulatory/licensing organizations on varying process related problems, in the capacity of a project leader and a task holder (e.g. system re-design, equipment and component specification revisions, nuclear regulatory assessments, design registration packages, etc.).• Facilitated with the development and planning of new and existing engineering tools and software databases, for in house usage at AECL (e.g. engineering equipment databases, operational feedback from nuclear generating stations databases, etc.)• Consistently produced a wide range of technical documentation for various process systems at existing nuclear reactors such as; technical specifications, functional requirements, environmental qualifications, project technical instructions, design certification packages, and design base documents.

Bachelors Of Applied Science (Honours), Chemical Engineering

Chemical Engineering, Honours