Wesley Found

Experience

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  Hobarts Bar and Steakhouse

  Jan 2001 - Sept 2009

  All levels kitchen hand

  Worked under the instruction of internationally traveled Red Seal chefs. Know how to efficiently and safely use knives and all other kitchen tools. Primary responsibility was prepping the kitchen for the evening which involved filling out produce orders, processing all the necessary foods, making fresh soup, and cooking for the daytime customers.

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  City of Kawartha Lakes

  May 2009 - Sept 2011

  Capital Operations Analyst (Summer)

  •Conceived and implemented cost saving approaches to tendered projects including contingency buffers and minimum time allowances for change orders.•Acted as an interdepartmental interface between the public works and finance departments to convert processes and materials to financial figures. •Networked with different departments to synthesize information for presentation to a variety of audiences. •Experience working with GIS software and Microsoft databases to coherently create, organize, and synthesize data. •Trusted to visit work-sites to gather data and discuss planning details with foremen and engineers. •Researched and proposed new road maintenance methods and standards of practice to increase efficiency. •Created plans which were complimentary to the goals set out by the city and provided valuable services for taxpayers. In order to do this effectively it was necessary to keep up to date with city asset management issues and government legislation regulating the material and processes used for road maintenance. •Planning construction involved providing direction, continual support and management of processes to keep a project on task and under budget. Show less

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  Trans Canada Trail Ontario

  Apr 2011 - Apr 2012

  Trail Ambassador and Survey Data Analyst

  •Shared information about the trail and surrounding communities to promote local tourism. •Encouraged trail users to fill out surveys and provide donations. •Gathered information and consolidated into a large dataset to conducting statistical analysis of trail use.•Principal Author of “Consumer Preferences on the Trans Canada Trail: Past and Present”. •Conducted research to stay current with literature pertaining to public trails for addition to the local library. •Summarized survey results in a presentable form using Microsoft Office programs and STATA software. Show less

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  University of Calgary

  Sept 2012 - Oct 2013

  Conduct research on the utilization rate of health-care services for various socio-economic characteristics. Tested the feasibility of using preventative health-care services as a method to reduce the growing cost of providing public health care services.•Experence operating large datasets and employing quantitative techniques to obtain accurate results using statistical software (SAP, STATA, GAMS, MATLAB).•Evaluated the suitability of the Pure North S'Energy Foundation health program’s methodology for assessing the effectiveness of the program and the community health impacts via the logic model.•Utilized the Canadian Community Health Longitudinal Survey (CCHS) to understand how changes in health status influence health care service utilization rates for older Canadians.•Developed counterfactual experiments to analyze the cost and benefits of including upstream preventative health services in Alberta’s public health-care system.•Comprehensively researched health databases and peer-reviewed journals to acquire extensive knowledge of health care policy as it relates to the core mandates of Canada’s Health care for aging Canadians Show less •Insured confidentiality when using sensitive datasets involving highly personal participant information. •Worked with minimal supervision under tight deadlines when assisting and marking for classes with over 200 students while still ensuring course objectives were achieved.•Responsible to guide and direct the students understanding of course material as set out by the instructor and university guidelines. •Efficiently used resources in facilitating seminars designed to expand on course material to meet learning objectives and student needs. •Represented the economics department during course evaluations and exam invigilation. Show less

  • Health Economics Research Assistant

    Apr 2013 - Oct 2013

  • Economics Department Teaching Assistant

    Sept 2012 - Sept 2013
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  Alberta Ministry of Infrastructure

  Jul 2014 - Apr 2015

  Workforce Analyst

  Analyze and report on Alberta Infrastructure's workforce to gain valuable insight on issues as they relate to HR policies and initiatives. I provided data based guidance that enables our department to make sound business decisions that are aligned with Alberta Infrastructure's current responsibilities and long term goals.

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  Linborough Property Corp

  Nov 2019 - now

  •Develop key performance indicators from company financial statements for comparison to industry trends to gain insights that improve profitability. •Create detailed retail financial models to monitor operating & overhead expenses aimed at improving profitability of businesses with high fluctuations in revenue.•Conduct labor analysis using shift schedule data through statistical regression analysis to optimize & plan labor relative to sales for full-service & QSR restaurants.•Expert in restaurant analytics grounded in over 8 years’ experience at the operations level in the restaurant industry & reinforced with micro-economist analytical techniques.•Create precise food & alcohol costing models to create menu engineering reports that are simple for restaurant managers to understand & act on.•Using detailed invoice analysis to create supplier management systems to accurately capture changes in pricing & volume of items & set up supplier bidding systems. •Ability to gain support by constructively engaging key stakeholders by advocating for data driven decision making as an analytics consultant & workforce analyst. •Experienced in data validation, trending, benchmarking and dashboard reporting. Show less

  • President

    Nov 2021 - now

  • General Manager

    Jan 2020 - Dec 2021

  • Analytics Consultant

    Aug 2015 - Dec 2021

  • Senior Business Analyst

    Nov 2019 - Jan 2020