Matthew Parks

Experience

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  Rockwood Music Academy

  Sept 2015 - Apr 2019

  Music Instructor

  - Instruct & develop musical skills on six instruments- Instruct & develop musical skills to a variety of individuals with ages ranging from 6-years-old to 50+- Expert level teacher, regarding music skill development with the following instruments: Guitar, Bass & Ukulele.- Intermediate to Beginner level teacher, regarding music skill development with the following instruments: Drums, Banjo & Piano.

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  University of Waterloo

  May 2016 - Aug 2017

  Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

  - Assisted the University of Waterloo's mechanical shop with maintenance specific activities that involved upkeep on University student residences.- Inspected University of Waterloo campus fire-hydrants, and helped provide general upkeep with hydrant safety regulations.- Assisted with University of Waterloo construction projects, aiding supervisors with tasks that required support- Work experience at University of Waterloo involved two separate terms; May 2016 to August 2016, & May 2017 to August 2017. Show less

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  Sun Life Financial

  May 2018 - Jan 2019

  - Apart of Sun Life's Campus Recruiting Department- Recruit young talent to Sun Life via networking and communicating with University of Guelph student body- Work with the University of Guelph and Sun Life, and aid with students transitioning to the workforce- Provide a detailed outline to University of Guelph students, regarding personal experience at Sun Life - Inform University of Guelph student body about upcoming positions at Sun Life- Aid & assist University of Guelph students interested in working at Sun Life, while they're beginning their careers in Financial Services. Show less - Supported entire AOS department with Tableau development- Created multiple Tableau tutorial projects for employees unfamiliar with application functionality- Proactively gathered large data sets and built Tableau projects using said data sources- Designed tutorial to help Sun Life employees navigate new meeting application (Zoom)- Managed support requests, and identified solutions to resolve application issues.- Delivered new Tableau projects to upper management, resulting in savings of days/weeks of head down work- Managed field, filter, & T/F calculations within Tableau. Thus, allowing for data computations to take place automatically, and simplifying extractions of large data sets Show less

  • Campus Ambassador

    Aug 2018 - Jan 2019

  • Business System Analyst

    May 2018 - Aug 2018
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  Canada Life

  Jul 2019 - May 2022

  • Financial Security Advisor

    Jul 2019 - May 2022

  • Investment Representative

    Jul 2019 - May 2022
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  Woodland Planning Group INC.

  Sept 2021 - Nov 2023

  • Investment Representative

    Sept 2021 - Nov 2023

  • Financial Security Advisor

    Sept 2021 - Nov 2023
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  Whitehaven Wealth Management INC.

  May 2022 - Nov 2023

  Associate Advisor
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  McDonald Benefit Advisors

  Nov 2023 - now

  Individual Solutions Manager

  Providing individual solutions tailored to specific client needs, and aiding with generational wealth transfer solutions.