Experience

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  Ministry of employment and investment

  May 2000 - Aug 2001

  Administrative officer

  Provided front line reception services for the division, then worked as part of a team that administered a $6 million federal, provincial, municipal infrastructure program, including the receipt and evaluation of applications. Contributed to the development of processes and templates to support the program. • Acted as the team liaison to create federal and provincial databases for information shared by several levels of government.

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  Pan american health organization

  Sept 2001 - Mar 2002

  Intern

  Responsible for project management of the implementation and impact evaluation of a children’s development television program, a series of public health related events, web development and consultation processes for local PAHO service delivery.• Awarded a $12,000 grant to develop and lead a strategic capacity building project of a local HIV/AIDS orphanage.

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  Aerie resort

  Nov 2003 - Sept 2004

  Spa director

  Supervised 14 employees in a four-star resort and operated the spa in all respects, including contract management, human resources, inventory, scheduling, customer service, product development, marketing and budgeting. • Realized $50,000 in sales each month, an increase of 100 per cent from previous management.

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  Province of bc, ministry of economic development

  Sept 2004 - Sept 2005

  Senior analyst, pine beetle task force

  Project led the development of research into economic opportunities for communities in pine beetle impacted areas; worked collaboratively with federal, provincial and private researchers. • Created a database of federal, provincial, municipal and industry funding programs.• Conducted a literature review and generated an annotated bibliography of economic transition research.

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  Bc oil and gas commission

  Nov 2005 - Jun 2008

  Director corporate compliance

  Responsible for business planning, service planning, corporate policy, procurement and project management services. Key contact for the environmental liability program for the Province and supervised a team of policy and risk management staff.• Implemented a new payroll system for the organization, on time and on budget.• Led the business transition of the Oil and Gas Commission out of core government and into the broader public sector.• Successfully introduced a fully redeveloped service plan, an integrated risk register and operational business plan. Show less

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  Ministry of children and family development, province of bc

  Jun 2008 - Oct 2010

  Procurement project manager

  Introduced corporate tools and processes to support six regional groups undertaking ~$1 billion in annual procurement with 6,000 service providers through 12,000 contracts. • Managed implementation of a $7.4 million reduction in the contracted services budget for the ministry.• Developed an Aboriginal procurement strategy, resulting in $5 million in funding flowing to Aboriginal peoples. • Led implementation of a procurement quality assurance framework and a 3-year work plan for contracting activities. • Primary author and recipient of a Premier’s Award in Organizational Excellence. Show less

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  Province of bc, shared services bc, client services

  Oct 2010 - Oct 2011

  Project director

  Directed the transition of the largest public sector client of Shared Services BC, the BC Ambulance Service, from core government to the broader public sector. Provided account manager services, assessed impacts of transition, contributed to tri-partite negotiations and developed plans for future service delivery. • Contributed to the negotiation of a successful tri-partite agreement for $30 million of annual service delivery.• Developed a real estate business development strategy, and introduced business intelligence for annual client spending.• Primary author for a successful Premier’s Award application on Collaboration for the Robson Square Celebration Square. Show less

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  Province of bc, shared services bc, logistics and business services

  Oct 2011 - Sept 2014

  Director business development

  Responsible for collaborative creation of a strategy to transform procurement across government and implement related projects. Supervisor of a team that directs divisional marketing and business development, web and continuous improvement activities. • Introduced integrated branch plans for divisional marketing and business development, web and continuous improvement.

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  Province of bc, technology, innovation, procurement and supply

  Sept 2014 - Oct 2017

  Executive director, procurement transformation

  Lead for the development and implementation of a procurement transformation strategy within the provincial government, delivered through technology, capacity development, and continuous improvement of templates and tools.• Introduced a two-page short form request for proposals template, now used for approximately 40% of all RFPs issued on BC Bid by the Province of BC• Responsible for Procurement Community of Practice, delivering 8 webinars, 4 newsletters and an in person event to over 2,700 individuals in core government and broader public sector annually• Launched BC Bid Resources, a website of over 300 pages of public guidance on how to do procurement in government, based on UX design. Over 520,000 page views in 2016/17.• Executive sponsor of a lean project to improve access to corporate supply arrangements and streamline administration for vendors• Created a process to provide up to 3 years advance notice of upcoming opportunities to vendorsPublic Speaking:• Conference Board of Canada, May 30, 2017: Value Based Procurement for Innovation in Healthcare, keynote panel • Region to Region 2017 (Victoria/Prince George): Strength, Peace Clarity - the path to work life balance Show less

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  Province of british columbia

  Oct 2017 - Apr 2018

  Sabbatical
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  Province of british columbia, ministry of transportation and infrastructure

  Mar 2018 - Mar 2019

  Project director

  Working on the development of a cross-government community benefits framework for infrastructure projects.

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  Ministry of agriculture, province of british columbia

  Mar 2019 - Apr 2020

  Executive director

  Lead a diverse range of programs and priorities to advance Agriculture within the Province of British Columbia, including climate change and adaptation, domestic and international marketing, land use planning, traceability and premises identification, innovation, and technical specialists.

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  University of victoria

  Apr 2020 - now

  Phd candidate and director, ecosoil lab