Experience

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  Aurora Cannabis Inc.

  • Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada

  • Security Guard

    • Nov 2018 - May 2021
    • Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada

    Facility surveillance using computer surveillance system.-> Combined several Windows Paint 3D building drawings into one drawing using cad software LibreCAD. This improved efficiency when changes to the facility’s layout needed to be made.

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  Atelka Entreprise Inc.

  • Montreal, Canada Area

  • Customer Service Agent

    • Oct 2017 - Nov 2018
    • Montreal, Canada Area

    Customer Service Center provider for several companies.-> Provide customer service to Rogers Cellular corporate clients.-> Place orders for phones, resolve billing issues and orient customers.

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  CIRKUITS

  • Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

  • English Second Language Teacher

    • Sep 2015 - Apr 2017
    • Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

    Private English school.-> Teach English to Mexican corporate executives.-> Translate Spanish documents to English.-> Proof read English documents.

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  ASOCIACIÓN PORQUE AYUDANDO, ME AYUDO A.C., CUERNAVACA, MEXICO

  • Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

  • IT Support & English Teacher

    • May 2014 - Dec 2015
    • Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico

    Community based organization that helps people improve their living conditions by providing workshops to gain new skills and achieve their independence.-> IT Support: Installed LINUX on laptops, trained participants to use Linux and several applications.-> Taught English to Mexicans and prepared application for government grants.-> Performed the lead role in a Spanish play.

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  Condominiums 3710 Verdun

  • Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  • Director

    • Jan 2000 - Dec 2013
    • Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    -> Oversee building maintenance projects and obtain cost estimates.-> Review condo fees for increases and prepare report.-> Prepare agenda and lead yearly meetings with condo owners.-> Perform accounting, prepare year end statements, budget and expenditure reports.

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  THE CEDERS HOME FOR THE ELDERLY, Montreal

  • Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  • Project Assistant

    • Jan 2007 - Dec 2011
    • Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Retirement home for elderly requiring 3+ hours per day of long term care. -> Organized filing systems, reference libraries, archives and simplified documentation of nursing procedures and regulations and made nursing information easily accessible in preparation of an accreditation audit. Accreditation granted by the Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation after their successful audit of the home. The Ceders Home was deemed an example for all other homes by the council.

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  JOSEPH PORTO

  • Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  • Mechanical Engineer

    • Jan 2000 - Dec 2004
    • Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    -> Identified a cause of hot box derailments. Designed 4 solutions and obtained patent protection. (Canadian Patent # 2,353,861 – U.S. Patent # 6,572,313 B2) Presented results to US and Canadian railroad associations and governmental regulatory bodies,-> Performed accounting using QuickBooks and yearly financial statements.-> Successfully passed an audit by Revenue Canada.

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  CANAC Railway Services

  • Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  • Technical Officer, Canadian National (CN) Services - Asset Management

    • Jun 1995 - Dec 1999
    • Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Single source provider of end-to-end integrated railroad solutions. CANAC has a mix of young talent and seasoned rail professionals with numerous years of experience in the rail industry. With this expertise and knowledge CANAC provides its customers with technical and operational know-how in rail infrastructure, operations, logistics, rolling stock and training.Responsibilities:-> Manage and sell surplus rail cars for reuse or scrap.-> Maintain CN’s IT infrastructure of its rail car inventory up to date.-> Solicit offers from suppliers for the on-site destruction of scrap rail cars.-> Invoice the sale of surplus rail cars.-> Report revenue generated, surplus rail car levels, newly released and disposed surplus rail cars to CN on a weekly basis and transferring CN’s portion of the revenues.Achievements:-> Developed mainframe applications and a Microsoft Access application to completely manage CN’s rail car inventory, disposal of the surplus rail cars, invoicing and reporting, thereby increasing efficiency by 40% and improving accuracy.-> Achieved 10% reduction in CN’s rail car fleet by identifying and selling 6,000 surplus cars in compliance with CN’s initial IPO release.-> Reduced surplus car inventory from 2000 to 500 by reducing time required to sell cars while maintaining annual revenue levels of $10-12 million.-> Successfully concluded a CN audit of surplus rail car inventory.

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  QUANTUM IMAGES

  • Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  • Photographer

    • Feb 1993 - Dec 1996
    • Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    -> Co-founded a photography studio.-> Performed accounting and income taxes activities.

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  Construction

  • Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  • House Builder

    • Oct 1994 - Jun 1995
    • Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    -> Simplified a complicated structure into a series of tasks, minimized need for contracted labor and motivated the owner into completing the house within 8 months.

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  CN

  • Canada
  • Rail Transportation
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Technical Officer, Equipment Department (Production Optimization & IT Development)

    • Aug 1991 - Dec 1993

    Responsibilities:-> Develop wheelset production quotas and material delivery schedules for the wheelshop.-> Ensure all repair facilities have sufficient wheelset inventories.-> Maintain and code applications to forecast wheelset requirements.-> Provide IT support to team members.Achievements:-> For 2 years successfully managed $8,000,000 worth of yearly wheelset inventory without any shortages during the critical winter months and kept surplus inventory to a minimum.-> Coded applications to forecast the weekly wheelset inventory levels required at each repair facility.-> Enrolled group’s cooperation, standardized IT personal computers and gained productivity.

  • Project Engineer, Equipment Department (Structural Design, Operation Optimization & IT Development)

    • Oct 1982 - Jul 1991

    Responsibilities:-> Develop specifications, modifications and repair procedures of freight rail cars.-> Develop IBM mainframe applications to access infrastructure data.-> Develop IBM mainframe to PC interface thereby processing freight car information efficiently.-> Develop and test new car designs to reduce operating costs and capture new freight traffic.-> Forecast shop workload and rail car maintenance timetable to optimize operating budget.-> Interact with suppliers and CN shop personnel to develop cost estimates.-> Ensure rail car modification projects are delivered on time and within budget.-> Inspect modified rail cars for quality.-> Code applications to report rail car projects workload, budget, expenditures and completion reports.-> Develop applications to assess condition of freight cars fleet.-> Provide IT support to Car Equipment team.Achievements:-> Tested new one coat paint for robotic application on covered hopper cars to increase production.-> Initiated replacement of 108 asbestos products, resulting in a safer and healthier work environment.-> Developed application to efficiently produce a maintenance costs by rail car type manual. Originally it took 6 months of labour to produce this manual. With the new application it took only 2 hours to produce it.-> Managed and completed over 100 projects involving rail car modifications, which included some that were safety related. The budget of some of the projects were over $1,000,000. Prepared cost estimates and monitored actual costs to ensure that they remained within budget.-> Led design, construction, delivery and testing of the first movable bulkheads on a car within six weeks. Successful testing performed in front of major North American railways executives. CN successfully closed this contract with this client for 120 more rail cars. Acknowledged for my contribution.

  • Industrial Engineer, Pointe-Saint-Charles Shops (Maintenance Improvement)

    • Oct 1981 - Sep 1982

    Responsibilities:-> Undertake studies and provided recommendations to optimize daily operations.Achievements:-> Determined most cost-efficient main bearing alignment system for locomotive engine blocks.-> Streamlined blacksmith shop operations, implemented new tools and lowered production costs.-> Relocated the electrical group and released two stations for locomotive repairs.-> Coordinated and directed construction of foundation for a 600-ton press.

  • Industrial Engineer, CN Express (Operation Improvement)

    • Oct 1980 - Sep 1981

    Responsibilities:-> Undertake studies and provided recommendations to optimize daily operations.Achievements:-> Analyzed costs and revenues associated with heated trailer service. Streamlined this service, developed new delivery schedules, and implemented new fuelling system. Reduced costs by $500,000/year.-> Determined the optimum number of terminal tractors required at each CN Express terminal.

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  LUC-CAS Administrative Services Inc.

  • Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  • Bookkeeper

    • Jan 1977 - Apr 1980
    • Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Provider of accounting services to small and medium size companies.-> Processed invoices and payrolls, performed book keeping, and issued T4 slips.