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Developing GC Data Competencies; Co-Chairing the Enterprise Data Community of Practice's People and Culture Working Group; Hosting data events and developing learning material

Experienced working with multiple stakeholders in collaborative analytical lenses and system development throughout the department of Justice on a variety of projects such as the Departmental Analytical Framework.Developed and implemented a new agile project management platform for the Business Analytics Centre which allowed better understanding of client requests, workflow processes, and management of priorities.Wrote and implemented a costing model for all legal work in the… Show more Experienced working with multiple stakeholders in collaborative analytical lenses and system development throughout the department of Justice on a variety of projects such as the Departmental Analytical Framework.Developed and implemented a new agile project management platform for the Business Analytics Centre which allowed better understanding of client requests, workflow processes, and management of priorities.Wrote and implemented a costing model for all legal work in the department of Justice so that other government departments can view the cost of their legal work to better manage work priorities and finances.Assisted in the creation of Dynamic Databases that integrate the department’s IFMS financial data, PeopleSoft HR data, and case management data in order to create a variety of integrated reports across the department.Successfully provided national training to all sectors and regions within Justice on the new Explore system, and developed the long term training program for all new users. Show less

Created an Indigenous litigation ‘Heat Map’ for the Minister to assist with the government’s Ingidenous Outreach Initiative by integrating band geo-locations from INAC with Justice legal files in order to understand possible areas of litigious risk across the country.Ran statistics, created analyses, and made recommendations to senior management on the department's paralegal involvement, risk and complexity of legal work, productivity, success in outcomes, Crown settlement ratios, and… Show more Created an Indigenous litigation ‘Heat Map’ for the Minister to assist with the government’s Ingidenous Outreach Initiative by integrating band geo-locations from INAC with Justice legal files in order to understand possible areas of litigious risk across the country.Ran statistics, created analyses, and made recommendations to senior management on the department's paralegal involvement, risk and complexity of legal work, productivity, success in outcomes, Crown settlement ratios, and many other departmental metrics that were approved for national reporting.Worked extensively in Tableau and Excel, with experience in SAS, SQL, and other BI tools.Used distribution modelling to create ‘Time per Legal File’ fields in the national case management system in order to model the national demand for legal services.Lead demonstrations on Justice’s new Explore system within other government departments to increase awareness and understanding of its capabilities. Show less

Designed an ‘Early Warning System’ monitoring tool that allowed management to catch possible outlier legal files before they became a national issue.Reported on the Life Cycle of legal files within Aboriginal Affairs relating to land claims, Indian Residential Schools, Infrastructure Projects, and more.

Peterborough, Ontario

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Economics

Activities and Societies: Awarded the Bijit Bora award in Economics; V.P. of the Carleton Graduate Economics Society; Student.

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Economics, A

Activities and Societies: Awarded the Harold van Duzen prize in Economics; Student Representative on the Economics Board of Faculty

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Philosophy

Activities and Societies: Student Representative on the Philosophy Board of Faculty, Varsity Fencer, Co-Founder Trent Theatre Company.