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Barrie, ON, CA

Barrie, Ontario, Canada

- Created a decentralized learning solutions organization that embraces the novel idea that learning should actually be fun and engaging; built a network organization that includes contributions from employees, contractors, partners, and content creators from across the globe; quickly gained first client within a month of launch and completed inaugural.

London, Ontario, Canada

- Strongly encouraged to join HRdownloads by the CEO as the organization needed new thinking; joined as the Head of Learning Solutions with an ambitious goal to completely redefine the corporate training offering; successfully managed through the COVID-19 pandemic, including the completion of 45 highly engaging, animated training courses. - Partnered with.

London, Ontario, Canada

- Joined the Ivey EdTech Lab in a Learning Designer Role resulting from progress made in the Ivey Innovation Coordination Group meetings; insights arrived at during the Innovation Coordination Group meetings uncovered the need for Ivey to develop an EdTech lab and new and innovative degree program – the Accelerated MBA or AMBA for short; the Ivey EdTech.

London, Canada Area

- Personally hired by Professor Dr. Rob Austin to lead the newly created Ivey Learning Innovations Initiative, a new experimental R&D group inside the Ivey Business School; led a small team with summer intern support to co-develop a list of over 100 learning innovations with various Ivey Faculty to be experimented on; successfully launched over 10.

London, Canada Area

- Following the successful completion of my MBA, I returned to Info-Tech Research Group to lead a new division that was formed as a direct result of my previous work developing the research study, “The Leadership Paradox: Why High Performing CIOs/CHROs Don’t Become CEO?”; created a cross organizational product division that would serve both the IT and HR.

London, Ontario

- Maximized the return on investment for what was a very high-cost research effort; developed new products and services that were integrated into the organization’s broader solutions offering; reframed the original piece of research and produced secondary piece of research entitled “The Leadership Paradox: Why High-Performing CIOs/CHROs Don’t Become CEO”.

London, Ontario, Canada

- Approached with the opportunity to join a new research team with three other high-performing analysts; joined the team with newly appointed executive advisor as team leader; over the course of 6 months, followed an intense and in-depth research process proven to develop more cutting-edge insight than more traditional processes. - Facilitated the research.

London, Ontario

- Joined Info-Tech in an entry-level position as a Consulting Analyst after a series of suboptimal entrepreneurial experiences; assigned to the notoriously difficult area of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) in the Enterprise Applications practice area; successfully worked with an extremely bright, but highly unstructured practice leader and developed two.

Barrie, Ontario, Canada

- Tasked by founder to grow Silverback Delivery & Logistics by developing a memorable brand, innovative strategy, and implementation plan; successfully rebranded the company, deployed new process improvement tactics and managed day-to-day operations; grew client base from one client to 12 in a 3-month period while also deploying 5 new tactics for ensuring.

Southwestern Ontario, Canada

- Hired by the founding entrepreneurs to manage all aspects of Utilligent’s strategy and day-to-day operations; managed both the sales and installation process for new clients and existing customer’s maintenance requests; successfully signed up 10 new clients during the course of employment but could not make the economics lucrative enough to continue.

Toronto, Ontario

- Launched first small business venture after graduating from the HBA program; created innovative new method for evolving advertising that involved a wearable asset that customers would leave on for days, even weeks after an social event; sparked interest from large Canadian companies like Rogers and Bell.

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

- Personally hired by the CEO, Ted Moroz, to perform strategic audit of the entire organization from supplier to customer; critically analyzed supply chain including over 50 trips to distribution centres, suppliers, stores and customers; provided a thorough list of 25 recommendations at included branded 8-pack carriers for single tall boys, a beer explorer.

London, Ontario, Canada

- Assessed customer’s level of comfort with technology during initial sales conversation; educated consumers on the different features to consider when purchasing a computer and related accessories; facilitated a natural sales process where customers would organically select the right computer package based on their own learning during the sales.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General, 3.8 Out Of 4.0

Activities and Societies: Vice President, Ivey Entrepreneurship Club Teaching Assistant, Marketing Faculty Teaching Assistant, Innovation.

Honours Bachelor Of Arts, Honours Business Administration (Hba), 3.9 Out Of 4.0

Activities and Societies: Dean's Honours List (Magna Cum Laude), HBA1 Dean's Honours List (Magna Cum Laude), HBA2 Ivey Scholar (Summa Cum.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Business Administration And Management, General, 3.6 Out Of 4.0

Activities and Societies: Tom's Tutoring Business for Business Administration 2257- Overcame adversity in my youth, including dropping out.