Functional Skills
Procurement
Quality Assurance
Supply Chain Management
Budgeting
Strategic Planning
Agile Software Development
Business Development
Service Delivery
Project Management
Communications
Software Skills
Microsoft PowerPoint
Jira
Microsoft Word
SQL
Canva
Tableau
Microsoft Office
Trello
PowerBI
Microsoft Excel
Certifications
CBAPCertified Business Analysis Professional
CLSSYBCertified Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt
CSMCertified Scrum Master
Sector Experience
Aerospace & Defense
Business Services
Healthcare
Social & Public Sector
Technology
Languages
English
French
Notable Clients
Canadian Tire
DND/CAF
Government of Botswana
Morguard
Transport Canada
Experience
Redcraft Consulting Inc.
Management Consulting
President
1/2021 - Present
• Providing Service Design services to a federal government client so they can modernize and redesign service offerings by collaborating with stakeholders, visualizing the end-to-end customer experience with various service design tools, prototyping solutions, streamlining processes, and harnessing data to persuade decision makers and create buy-in among stakeholders.
• Helping veterans go from underemployed, unfulfilled, and struggling to find their niche, to being skilled, confident, and gainfully employed Red Team Practitioners.
Notable Achievements:
• Co-Developed the Service Design Team Start-up Strategy.
• Ran a proof of concept for the development of a Service Ecosystem ('database') with dashboard.
• Helped advise, onboard, and train a diverse group of public servants from a government of Canada client to form a challenge function team for a $500k service modernization project.
• Helping veterans go from underemployed, unfulfilled, and struggling to find their niche, to being skilled, confident, and gainfully employed Red Team Practitioners.
Notable Achievements:
• Co-Developed the Service Design Team Start-up Strategy.
• Ran a proof of concept for the development of a Service Ecosystem ('database') with dashboard.
• Helped advise, onboard, and train a diverse group of public servants from a government of Canada client to form a challenge function team for a $500k service modernization project.
WithYouWithMe (WYWM)
Management Consulting
Team Leader, Business Analysis
3/2021 - 3/2024
• Leads project teams of 4-16 business analysts and/or technical consultants on client projects with Canadian National Security government departments and agencies.
• Recruits, mentors and trains talented team members in business analysis.
• Handles all team administration and acts as primary contact for team members and clients.
• Responsible for project management functions of planning, execution, monitoring and control.
• Ensures strong client engagement and team delivery of highly exceptional client service.
• Performs business analyst functions on client projects alongside team members.
• Plays a vital role as regional conduit for the team, client sponsor, and WYWM executives.
• Ensures engagement of team members and facilitates cultural alignment with WYWM values.
• Recruits, mentors and trains talented team members in business analysis.
• Handles all team administration and acts as primary contact for team members and clients.
• Responsible for project management functions of planning, execution, monitoring and control.
• Ensures strong client engagement and team delivery of highly exceptional client service.
• Performs business analyst functions on client projects alongside team members.
• Plays a vital role as regional conduit for the team, client sponsor, and WYWM executives.
• Ensures engagement of team members and facilitates cultural alignment with WYWM values.
HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES (HHS)
Information Technology
Senior Business Analyst
8/2018 - 3/2021
• Mentored and guided a team of business analysts to document requirements.
• Planned and led work stream to perform information analysis discovery, workshops, consultations, requirements validation, data quality assessment, and generation of technical artifacts for development.
• Worked with a team of developers to oversee and implement requirements for Tableau dashboards and other analytical reports.
• Set standards for the creation of analytics tools / reports and data visualizations.
• Guided quality assurance and participated in roll-out and education activities.
• Took leading role in the technology/partner procurement process (RFSQ, RFS).
• Worked with the development team to prepare project plans, status updates, estimates, and to identify, document and mitigate risks to project success.
● Notable Achievements:
• Worked alongside Team Lead to establish a team of business analysts and developed methodology and approach to requirements gathering
• Rapidly designed and de
• Planned and led work stream to perform information analysis discovery, workshops, consultations, requirements validation, data quality assessment, and generation of technical artifacts for development.
• Worked with a team of developers to oversee and implement requirements for Tableau dashboards and other analytical reports.
• Set standards for the creation of analytics tools / reports and data visualizations.
• Guided quality assurance and participated in roll-out and education activities.
• Took leading role in the technology/partner procurement process (RFSQ, RFS).
• Worked with the development team to prepare project plans, status updates, estimates, and to identify, document and mitigate risks to project success.
● Notable Achievements:
• Worked alongside Team Lead to establish a team of business analysts and developed methodology and approach to requirements gathering
• Rapidly designed and de
GLOBAL ADVANTAGE CONSULTING
Management Consulting
Senior Consultant
11/2016 - 12/2019
• Identified and analyzed key institutions in an innovation and commercialization ecosystem for partnership opportunities.
• Identified broader commercial system and ecosystem stakeholders that impacts client organizations.
• Designed and populated data-rich, value-stream maps to visualize a client's impact and ecosystem.
Notable Achievements:
• Designed and built the innovation ecosystem map for MaRS Discovery District.
• Designed and built the innovation ecosystem map for Ontario Genomics.
• Conducted an in-depth jurisdictional scan of comparative aerospace hubs internationally (Downsview Project).
• Identified broader commercial system and ecosystem stakeholders that impacts client organizations.
• Designed and populated data-rich, value-stream maps to visualize a client's impact and ecosystem.
Notable Achievements:
• Designed and built the innovation ecosystem map for MaRS Discovery District.
• Designed and built the innovation ecosystem map for Ontario Genomics.
• Conducted an in-depth jurisdictional scan of comparative aerospace hubs internationally (Downsview Project).
MNP LLP
Management Consulting
Senior Consultant
2/2013 - 8/2018
• Assisted in the delivery of a broad range of consulting and advisory services, such as: transformational ERP implementation, business process mapping, process improvement, strategic planning, organizational reviews, feasibility studies, program reviews along with stakeholder engagements and writing proposals for business development
• Became one of the firms most sought-after business process mapping consultants on client engagements.
• Monitored project timelines against targets, managed project deliverables, adjusting where necessary and advising clients of project status in real-time
• Leveraged team to ensure proper documentation is prepared for the client and procedures relating to the engagement were followed accordingly
• Performed complex and detailed research, interpretation and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data for the purpose of proposing, planning and implementing business improvements for clients
• Designed, developed, formatted and proof-read profession
• Became one of the firms most sought-after business process mapping consultants on client engagements.
• Monitored project timelines against targets, managed project deliverables, adjusting where necessary and advising clients of project status in real-time
• Leveraged team to ensure proper documentation is prepared for the client and procedures relating to the engagement were followed accordingly
• Performed complex and detailed research, interpretation and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data for the purpose of proposing, planning and implementing business improvements for clients
• Designed, developed, formatted and proof-read profession
Environment, Department of National Defence (Canada)
Product Management / Strategy
Business Analyst | Infrastructure &
7/2011 - 11/2012
• Supported executive management in the development and planning of strategic initiatives to align the organizations sustain and change agenda to corporate policies.
• Coordinated and consulted with senior management to refine and write reports on strategic priorities and progress reports (RPPs/DPRs).
● Notable Achievements:
• Implemented the Key Performance Indicator structure for the Branch.
• Wrote the Branch submission for the Departmental Performance Report (2011)
• Coordinated and consulted with senior management to refine and write reports on strategic priorities and progress reports (RPPs/DPRs).
● Notable Achievements:
• Implemented the Key Performance Indicator structure for the Branch.
• Wrote the Branch submission for the Departmental Performance Report (2011)
Canadian Forces College, Department of National Defence (Canada)
Research
Senior Researcher
6/2010 - 7/2011
documents
• Planned and coordinated research projects for the academic staff at the Canadian Forces College (e.g., IUS/Canada Conference, CFC Research Symposium)
● Notable Achievements:
• Organized the 50th anniversary Inter-University Seminar (IUS) on Armed Forces and Society in Canada (2010)
• Presented at IUS: Climatic Disconnect: Exploring the Canadian Forces Approach to Climate Change
• Planned and coordinated research projects for the academic staff at the Canadian Forces College (e.g., IUS/Canada Conference, CFC Research Symposium)
● Notable Achievements:
• Organized the 50th anniversary Inter-University Seminar (IUS) on Armed Forces and Society in Canada (2010)
• Presented at IUS: Climatic Disconnect: Exploring the Canadian Forces Approach to Climate Change
Policy Group, Department of National Defence (Canada)
Product Management / Strategy
Strategic Analyst
3/2009 - 6/2010
• Researched a range of geographic and functional issues. For example, Canadian-US relations, Latin America, climate change, asymmetric warfare, and economic statecraft
• Prepared timely and insightful briefing notes and speaking points to better prepare executive management in both national and international arenas
● Notable Achievements:
• Nominated as the policy subject matter expert for Defence on Hybrid Warfare and Climate Change.
• Prepared timely and insightful briefing notes and speaking points to better prepare executive management in both national and international arenas
● Notable Achievements:
• Nominated as the policy subject matter expert for Defence on Hybrid Warfare and Climate Change.
Canadian Imperial Bank
Operations
Second Lieutenant
6/2001 - 2/2006
• Provided administrative support to the Department of Distance Learning.
• Completed a four-year professional military development program, consisting of obtaining proficiency in four core pillars: military, academic, athletics, and second language training, to become commissioned as an officer in the Canadian Forces.
• Completed a four-year professional military development program, consisting of obtaining proficiency in four core pillars: military, academic, athletics, and second language training, to become commissioned as an officer in the Canadian Forces.