Experience

Royal Roads University
• Canada
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee
• Associate Professor and Program Head, Masters of Higher Education Administration and Leadership

  • Jul 2022 - Present


BC Public Service

• Canada
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Learning Manager, Ministry of Children and Family Development

  • Jan 2021 - Jun 2022

   Learning design for professional development across the Ministry  Ongoing management of Ministry-initiated professional learning programs  Development and delivery of a branch-wide evaluation framework  Learning design for professional development across the Ministry  Ongoing management of Ministry-initiated professional learning programs  Development and delivery of a branch-wide evaluation framework


Vancouver Island University
• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee
• Affiliate - Faculty of Education

  • Sep 2019 - Jun 2022


Self-employed

• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder and Lead Consultant - RAM Innovation

  • Oct 2019 - Jan 2021

  RAM Innovation is a consultation practice that focuses exclusively on strategy and innovation in higher education. I provide consultation services in the areas of higher education strategic planning, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning research, and pedagogical design. raminnovation.org RAM Innovation is a consultation practice that focuses exclusively on strategy and innovation in higher education. I provide consultation services in the areas of higher education strategic planning, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning research, and pedagogical design. raminnovation.org



University of Calgary

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Educational Development Consultant (Tenured Faculty Member)

  • May 2014 - Sep 2019

   Led campus-wide teaching and learning projects, programs, and initiatives  Co-led Educational Development Unit and Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning strategic planning processes; consulted on and facilitated strategic planning processes across campus  Consulted with individuals, teams, departments, and faculties for the purpose of teaching development  Facilitated teaching development, organizational development  Researched social innovation, social innovation… Show more  Led campus-wide teaching and learning projects, programs, and initiatives  Co-led Educational Development Unit and Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning strategic planning processes; consulted on and facilitated strategic planning processes across campus  Consulted with individuals, teams, departments, and faculties for the purpose of teaching development  Facilitated teaching development, organizational development  Researched social innovation, social innovation education, strategic planning, higher education pedagogy, organizational and individual development  Conducted assessment and evaluation of department and faculty-level teaching development processes and programs  Led and co-led development of institutional-level policy and practice with respect to teaching and learning

• Acting Director, College of Discovery, Creativity, and Innovation

  • May 2018 - Apr 2019

   Led the College of Discovery, Creativity, and Innovation through a comprehensive strategic planning process, project planning, and assessment planning  Collaborated with campus and broader community to build capacity in community-engaged research and social innovation  Developed and implemented policies and practices to establish the College of Discovery, Creativity, and Innovation  Led a team to deliver interdisciplinary undergraduate courses, programs, projects, and events… Show more  Led the College of Discovery, Creativity, and Innovation through a comprehensive strategic planning process, project planning, and assessment planning  Collaborated with campus and broader community to build capacity in community-engaged research and social innovation  Developed and implemented policies and practices to establish the College of Discovery, Creativity, and Innovation  Led a team to deliver interdisciplinary undergraduate courses, programs, projects, and events focused on social innovation education and addressing global-level challenges  Developed administrative structure and curriculum for an embedded certificate focused on social innovation with respect to global-level challenges  Served as the course coordinator for all undergraduate global challenges courses

• Instructor, Global Challenges Inquiry

  • Oct 2016 - Dec 2018

  Developed, piloted, taught, coordinated, and assessed the Global Challenges Inquiry courses, through the College of Discovery, Creativity, and Innovation at the University of Calgary.



RAM Research and Consulting

• India
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sole Proprietor

  • Jan 2013 - May 2014

   Organizational strategic planning (corporate)  Educational development – designed and delivered training modules  Subject matter expert in organizational development, leadership development  Organizational strategic planning (corporate)  Educational development – designed and delivered training modules  Subject matter expert in organizational development, leadership development



University of Saskatchewan

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Instructor

  • 2007 - May 2014

  Sessional instructor - ERES 800 (Research Methods in Education) Sessional instructor - BPBE 400 (Entrepreneurial leadership: Leading development, change, and growth in new business) Sessional instructor - INTS 100 (Learning to learn:Strategies for academic success) - in person and online Teaching assistant: EADM 425 (Legal and institutional contexts of education) Teaching assistant: PUBP 898 (Public leadership)

• PhD Candidate

  • 2009 - 2013

  Researcher of: values, organizational values, university administration, critical realism, leadership pedagogy, teaching and learning in higher education, strategic management, educational governance, Indigenous education

• Research Assistant

  • 2010 - 2011

  Teacher Recruitment and Retention in a First Nation Tribal Council and a Provincial School Division: A Comparative Study

• Editorial Assistant

  • 2010 - 2010

  Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 114, Special Issue (Parent and Community Participation in Educational Improvement). Administrator, copy editor.

• Senior Retention Coordinator

  • 2005 - 2009

   Engaged in a variety of project and program planning processes  Led and delivered several institutional-level student retention programs and initiatives  Led teams of 20 – 30 student staff in program delivery  Contributed with the leadership team to the division-wide strategic planning process

• Student Services Officer

  • 2003 - 2005

   Co-designed and piloted centralized, front-line service for all students at the University of Saskatchewan  Co-developed policy and procedure to lead cultural change in a newly amalgamated division

• Leadership Advantage Program Coordinator

  • 2001 - 2003

   Designed, piloted, and assessed an undergraduate, co-curricular leadership development program



Saskatchewan Cultural Exchange Society

• Workshop Tour Instructor/Manager

  • 2000 - 2001

  Tour management, workshop instruction to K-12 students at roughly 80 schools across Saskatchewan (public, Catholic, and First Nations schools). Tour management, workshop instruction to K-12 students at roughly 80 schools across Saskatchewan (public, Catholic, and First Nations schools).


Self Employed
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Actor / Playwright

  • 1998 - 2001