Experience

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  City of Brantford EPAC - Environmental Policy Advisory Committee

  • Brantford

  • Chair

    • Jun 2012 - Present
    • Brantford

    Volunteer position - giving advice to city council on matters pertaining to Environmental awareness, conservation, and renewal ie Waterfront Master Plan implementation.

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  CDBA

  • Brantford

  • Intervenor

    • Oct 2013 - Present
    • Brantford

    Deaf/Blind Intervenor

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  Lean Productivity Systems Inc

  • VP Kaizen/Communications

    • Jan 2008 - Present

    Lean/ TPS consultant: Operational improvements, Strategic Planning, Industrial Engineering, Process and product analysis. visual management, Kaizen and CI training, problem solving training, TWI, communication effectiveness, management consulting, team building, Training, Facilitation, Coaching, Leadership Development, seminar and conference speaker.Communications: Research, social web networking, writing activities, administration, marketing, web design, public speaking, networking, creative design

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  City of Brantford EDAC - Economic Development Advisory Committee

  • Brantford

  • Volunteer Member - former

    • Jun 2012 - Feb 2015
    • Brantford

    Volunteer member of the Advisory committee -giving advice to city council on matters pertaining to economic development and business attraction and retention.

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  Woodview Children's Centre

  • Child and Youth Therapist, Supervisor

    • Feb 1998 - Feb 2008

    Child, youth, and family therapist:Administer, develop, and liase with other mental health professionals to engender the well being of families and children in crisis. Create and adminster group and individual counselling.Teach coping, and problem solving strategies.Develop, research, and present treatment plans in conjunction with other professionals. Create, plan and deliver programs to enhance mental health. Supervise, administer, and enhance the ability of employees to administer program objectives and program plans. Teach various skills based behavioural techniques to employees and target groups.Collaboratively administer, create and plan programs to enhance mental health ability in a classroom setting in conjunction with teaching professionals. Create, administer and plan programs that enhance the physical well being, therapeutic effectiveness, family cohesion and enjoyment of children and youth. Create, administer and deliver an outdoor therapeutic camping and canoeing program - with special emphasis on improving the mental health of individuals and families.

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  JBM Inc

  • Brantford

  • Manager - Service Excellence

    • 1988 - 1998
    • Brantford

    Schedule, facilitate, train, and improve the customer satisfaction in a high tech, fast paced business.Identify, train, mentor, and improve the technical and communication skills of employees.Identify, research and verify tracking of data and trends for an effective customer experience and efficiency of the service department Administer the supply chain and related cost cutting goals and strategiesLiase, and improve the technical effectiveness of equipment with supplier companies and representativesUpgrade my own technical and customer service skills.Marketing and sales of supplies, service and aftermarket contracts.Upgrade the company image through ongoing marketing efforts and strategies.Verify and implement relevant government regulations.Develop and Implement appropriate strategies identified through various plannin activities like Value Stream mapping and SWOT analysis.Plan 5 year outlook and relevant departmental goals and data collection.Maintain and improve costs and resource efficiency of various departments

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  Vincents Equipment

  • Various - Southern Ontario

  • Electro-mechanical Technologist

    • 1977 - 1987
    • Various - Southern Ontario

    Technologist diploma from the University of Guelph, and Fanshawe College (London, Ontario). Specializing in diesel, hydraulic and electrical systems.Motive Power/Construction includes: Agricultural. Industrial, and Heavy equipment including diesel and electrical power generation.Technologist is responsible for the maintenance, supply and improvement of both machinery and systems like supply chain, documentation, upgrades and data collection. Customer satisfaction is the foundation of this position.