Experience

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  Td waterhouse

  Nov 1997 - Nov 2008

  • Financial Planner

    Dec 2005 - Nov 2008

  • Associate, Business Development

    Apr 1999 - Dec 2005

  • Customer Service Representative

    Nov 1997 - Apr 1999
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  Business ninja inc.

  Jun 2009 - now

  Clients include RBC, Canada’s Wonderland, Heart & Stroke Foundation, Mr. Sub, Bell, and Wild Wing (among 15+ others).- Direct resources, personnel, budgets, and operations to manage the delivery of a portfolio of digital marketing solutions implementations across a client base of small to medium-sized businesses, securing over $10M+ in net new sales in 5 years. - Develop and grow a portfolio of projects by searching/ bidding on new projects, developing proposals, and building relationships to foster opportunities for growth. - Oversee all project planning, project documents creation, contract negotiation, and client relationship management activities, and contribute to sales strategies across new, repeat and existing clients.- Manage end-to-end marketing and advertising activities for clients, including budget management (100K+ annual budgets), campaign planning, and performance measurement. - Develop and supervise a team of marketing and technical personnel. Foster a high-performing and client-centric team culture with a focus on leadership development, growing the workforce from 5 to 30 personnel in just 5 years.- Drive team collaboration and change management processes to facilitate innovation, concept integration, and project change requests.- Develop and present creative marketing solutions unique to each client, working to build consensus and buy-in to key changes. Translate proposals into materials/ work estimates, schedules, and project plans.- Lead long-term, strategic planning and business planning activities, including organizational restructuring, IT implementation, and change management initiatives to advance outcomes in service capacity and responsiveness.- Build and maintain over 40 strategic partnerships to develop new business opportunities.- Lead the long-term planning and administrative functions of the business, including operations management, invoicing/ accounts receivable, financial reporting, and supply/ procurement. Show less Take It And Go - www.takeitandgo.ca (Acquired August 2012 by DealFind) - Oversaw end-to-end project management activities in the development, launch, and management of a cost-competitive website that finds daily deals for members. - Developed the website concept, coordinating the work of technical/ marketing teams to develop, deploy and improve the website infrastructure. - Established and scaled processes for customer service, sales/ business development, and member management, leading recruitment and training to develop each department.- Successfully positioned the brand for acquisition in 2012, leading all negotiation and hand-over activities. Show less

  • Marketing Lead, Director of Operations

    Sept 2008 - now

  • Director of Operations

    Jun 2009 - Aug 2012