Work History

Senior Policy Advisor, Public Safety Canada (PS), Government of Canada (2024-present)

Policy Development

  • Took a leadership role on a Memorandum to Cabinet and its associated requirements (ex. cover memo, suggested talking points, and questions and answers)

  • Led and contributed to an off-cycle budget proposal and its associated requirement (ex. cover briefing note, and letter to the Minister of Finance)

  • Led and contributed to the drafting of a public national strategy

  • Contributed to the public national strategy’s associated communications products (ex. Ministers’ speech, questions and answers, backgrounder, social media plan, and news release)

  • Led the planning and implementation of a national forum on cyber security

    • Drafted Terms of Reference

  • Provided insights and contributed to the planning and management of the Cyber Security Cooperation Program (CSCP)

    • Drafted Terms and Conditions

Senior Management Briefings

  • Provided quality briefings and memoranda to senior management (Minister, Parliamentary SecretaryDeputy Minister, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Director General) to seek guidance, “signal check”, or receive buy-in on key cyber security decisions

  • Contributed to drafts for the Cyber Security program’s corporate needs (ex. Departmental Plans, Departmental Results Report, and Program Information Profile)

  • Provided strategic advice to inform senior management on the Government of Canada’s cyber security initiatives

  • Identified emerging issues and policy gaps in cyber security and cybercrime, and assisted in developing options to address them

Stakeholder Management

  • Collaborated with external and internal stakeholders to respond to specialized queries on cyber security activities, and to produce briefing and policy documents

  • Provided mentorship and presentations to students within the Human-Centric Cybersecurity Partnership (HC2P) for their Summer 2024 Summer Report.

Data Analysis

  • Analyzed information on previous iterations of the Cyber Security Cooperation Program (CSCP) to document possible improvements for any potential future iterations of the program

  • Analyzed and compared other nations’, as well as Canadian provinces and territories’, cyber security strategies

Supervision

  • Supervised, provided feedback to, and provided direction to junior staff on work products and work prioritization

Senior Risk Analyst, Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Government of Canada (2023-2024)

Risk Assessment and Management

  • Led the analysis and improvement of GAC’s risk model that measures threats and vulnerabilities to mission security by applying innovative research and statistical techniques and a variety of sources of information

  • Led the update and improvement of GAC’s risk model that monitors and analyzes emergency management risks of countries by applying innovative research and statistical techniques and a variety of sources of information

  • Analyzed, monitored, and reported on potential and on-going political, economic and security risks that may impact GAC’s people, information, operations or infrastructure through the use of a variety of sources (i.e. open-source, social media, and internal sources)

  • Responsible for assessing, analyzing, and managing security and emergency management risks to our missions abroad

Senior Management Briefings

  • Led the development of briefing products, such as an internal newsletter, dashboards, placemats and strategic reports, on a range of mission security and emergency management issues and themes by consolidating data from databases and existing products

  • Presented informational and strategic presentations on GAC’s security and emergency management risk models to senior management to ensure risk-centered decision-making

  • Provided analysis, visual diagrams, and reports on a variety of risk and readiness databases to our global readiness and security management by using Microsoft Excel, and ArcGIS and design software

  • Provided strategic advice and tools based on risk models to inform travel and visit programming, and the allocation of resources abroad

Data Analysis and Management

  • Contributed to the analysis and improvement of security reporting, readiness policies, and incident tools by managing, mining, validating, cleaning, categorizing, analyzing and visualizing departmental data

  • Analyzed threat assessment and vulnerability assessments, collected quality data and metrics to inform these risk measurements, and aided in audits and investigations.

Stakeholder Consultations

  • Verified and analyzed with security subject matter experts and with officers in mission operations the impact of various proposed policies and procedures for overseas mission environments

  • Collaborated with stakeholders to respond to specialized queries on readiness and security activities, and to produce reports

  • Consulted stakeholders during the risk model improvement process to gain their feedback and buy-in

Information Management Systems

  • Managed data system improvements and upgrades from the stakeholder perspective, to ensure that all mission personnel requirements were included

  • Responsible for managing and improving the systems that allow personnel abroad to report incidents and security needs, and personnel at headquarters to manage those requirements

  • Developed new tools for security analysis and reporting, improving processes and procedures, supporting the computer scientists with access control, and handling search queries from senior management and other stakeholders at missions abroad and at headquartersTraining

Training

  • Contributed to the creation of training materials, such as posters and presentation seminars

  • Contributed to the education of personnel on security and emergency risk management by developing educational material for employees to teach security and emergency management risk principles, reporting requirements, and data management techniques

Readiness Risk and Data Analyst, Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Government of Canada (2020-2023)

Risk Assessment and Management

  • Led the analysis and improvement of GAC’s risk model that measures threats and vulnerabilities to mission security by applying innovative research and statistical techniques and a variety of sources of information

  • Led the update and improvement of GAC’s risk model that monitors and analyzes emergency management risks of countries by applying innovative research and statistical techniques and a variety of sources of information

  • Analyzed, monitored, and reported on potential and on-going political, economic and security risks that may impact GAC’s people, information, operations or infrastructure through the use of a variety of sources (i.e. open-source, social media, and internal sources)

  • Responsible for assessing, analyzing, and managing security and emergency management risks to our missions abroad

Senior Management Briefings

  • Led the development of briefing products, such as an internal newsletter, dashboards, placemats and strategic reports, on a range of mission security and emergency management issues and themes by consolidating data from databases and existing products

  • Presented informational and strategic presentations on GAC’s security and emergency management risk models to senior management to ensure risk-centered decision-making

  • Provided analysis, visual diagrams, and reports on a variety of risk and readiness databases to our global readiness and security management by using Microsoft Excel, and ArcGIS and design software

  • Provided strategic advice and tools based on risk models to inform travel and visit programming, and the allocation of resources abroad

Data Analysis and Management

  • Contributed to the analysis and improvement of security reporting, readiness policies, and incident tools by managing, mining, validating, cleaning, categorizing, analyzing and visualizing departmental data

  • Analyzed threat assessment and vulnerability assessments, collected quality data and metrics to inform these risk measurements, and aided in audits and investigations.

Stakeholder Consultations

  • Verified and analyzed with security subject matter experts and with officers in mission operations the impact of various proposed policies and procedures for overseas mission environments

  • Collaborated with stakeholders to respond to specialized queries on readiness and security activities, and to produce reports

  • Consulted stakeholders during the risk model improvement process to gain their feedback and buy-in

Information Management Systems

  • Managed data system improvements and upgrades from the stakeholder perspective, to ensure that all mission personnel requirements were included

  • Responsible for managing and improving the systems that allow personnel abroad to report incidents and security needs, and personnel at headquarters to manage those requirements

  • Developed new tools for security analysis and reporting, improving processes and procedures, supporting the computer scientists with access control, and handling search queries from senior management and other stakeholders at missions abroad and at headquartersTraining

Training

  • Contributed to the creation of training materials, such as posters and presentation seminars

  • Contributed to the education of personnel on security and emergency risk management by developing educational material for employees to teach security and emergency management risk principles, reporting requirements, and data management techniques

Diversity and Inclusion

  • Represented the Readiness Programs Policy bureau at the ‘Policy Direction to Modernize the Government of Canada’s Sex and gender Information Practices’ working group

  • Participated on the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion working group for the Consular branch by improving our Mentorship program

Research Assistant, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (2022)

  • Provided research assistance to Professor Michael Manulak (Carleton University) and Professor Duncan Snidal (University of Oxford & University of Chicago) with the aim of determining the impact of aviation technology on American diplomatic communication strategies

  • Collected and organized data on United States of America President and Secretary of State international travel

  • Collected and reported on aviation improvements and inventions; with a specific focus on Air Force One aircrafts

Research Assistant, Canadian Defence and Security Network (CDSN) (2020-2021)

  • Provided research documents to the Director to improve our academic outreach and emergency readiness contacts

  • Provided weekly Canadian and international defence and security news updates to help hosts of Battle Rhythm determine topics for weekly podcasts

  • Edited documents about the COVID-19 pandemic to be provided to the Department of Defence

  • Contributed to the Year Ahead 2021 Conference, which had over 300 participants: a virtual conference that focused on China relations, global health and safety, women in defence, diversity in defence, and Russia’s greyzone warfare

    • Led the writing and editing of the Year Ahead 2021 Report

  • Provided recommendations and comments about the organization’s diversity and inclusion initiatives

  • Assembled and edited the CDSN’s Annual 2021 Report

  • Contributed to the Year Ahead 2022 Conference, which had over 300 participants: a virtual and in-person conference that focused on greyzone warfare, islamophobia, organizational change in the Canadian Armed Forces, and Canadian Armed Forces’ domestic operations

    • Collaborated in the writing and editing of the Year Ahead 2022 Report

Data Analyst, Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Government of Canada (2017, 2019, 2020)

  • Provided insightful analysis for a report of Canada’s contribution to the United Nations in comparison to other G7 and G20 countries (and compared total amounts and amounts in comparison to each country’s GDP)

  • Conducted GAC’s first Data Mining Pilot to support the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada’s ongoing North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) negotiations

    • Utilized machine-learning software, IBM Watson Explorer and IBM Watson Analytics for Social Media, to analyze Canadian sentiment towards NAFTA and the ongoing negotiations

      • The process involved data cleansing and statistical analysis of citizen consultations and activity on multiple social media channels

    • Determined statistical significance of findings using methods such as chi-squares and regression analysis

    • Created a report that visualized findings gained through the analysis and presented findings to Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Financial Officer about the gained insight

  • Provided multi-year analysis of the Public Service Employee Survey for the CFO and CIO of GAC.

    • Used statistical methods and software to understand statistically significant results

    • Created slide decks for individual teams and the branch as a whole to explain yearly changes and areas for improvement

    • Utilized IBM software to create interactive visualizations for managers.

  • Performed analysis and provided recommendations for GAC’s green initiatives, such as how to reduce carbon emissions

  • Reviewed and reported on a GAC tech pilot that aimed to improve operations in its American locations

  • Conducted and analyzed multiple surveys, including surveys that measured employee satisfaction, tech migrations, and the readability of internal messages

Associate Editor and Research Assistant, iAffairs Canada, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (2019-2020)

  • Contributed to the relaunch of the website through a marketing plan, event planning, the creation of promotional materials, and leading the social media outreach

  • Wrote, edited, and posted articles to the iAffairs website

  • Assisted in organizing an iAffairs conference, entitled Glorious and Free? Making Sense of Canadian Foreign Policy in an Era of Nationalism, Populism and Illiberalism, by finding 3 panelists and 2 moderators, and by providing graphic design (through posters, Facebook images, and pamphlets) and videography (through interviews of the panelists)

  • Provided research assistance to Professor David Carment (Carleton University)

Writing Consultant, Carleton University (2019)

  • Provided writing assistance to undergraduate and graduate students at Carleton University by reviewing essay structure, purpose statements, and citation formation

Strategy and Operations Management Consultant, BDO Canada LLP (2018)

  • Formulated strategic plans and options analyses to aid Canadian municipalities and First Nations improve their economic development activities

  • Conducted thorough research to identify funding opportunities for First Nations’ general economic development

  • Researched and advised on the economic development opportunities and risks regarding the new federal Cannabis Act to over 30 First Nations

  • Advised and provided a draft for a Memorandum of Understanding to a First Nation in order for it to collaborate with a national cannabis corporation and drive economic development

  • Managed project scope, timelines, and business analysis of a federal Grants and Contributions Information Technology (IT) project

  • Provided project management and business analysis for a Canadian federal governmental department’s transformational Grants and Contributions IT project by creating an analysis framework to prioritize discretionary and non-discretionary requirements

  • Engaged with the Board and Executive of a provincial mutual insurance company to determine criteria for potential amalgamation partners

Telfer Peer Mentor, Telfer School of Management (2017-2018)

  • Mentored over 20 students at the Telfer School of Management by remaining in constant contact, providing up-to-date information about events, and listening to and advising on mentees’ needs

  • Took initiative to create relationships amongst the mentees, provide a positive outlet to mentees, and help international students adjust to cultural differences

  • Acted as a school representative at several events and workshops, such as the Leaders Reception and Pool & School

Financial Administrator, Fotenn Consultants (2017)

  • Coordinated the timely creation and distribution of hundreds of invoices to various clients every month

  • Negotiated late payment terms directly with overdue clients

  • Inputted employee expenditures and client billing to ensure prompt payments

Transformation & Change Management Consultant, Interis | BDO Canada LLP (2017)

  • Supported the project management of a Canadian federal agency-wide data management project

  • Developed a research bank of federal economic development opportunities specific to First Nations for the Assembly of First Nations

  • Researched and reported on international procurement best practices for a federal government department

  • Conducted market research on firms within the Ottawa area who provided human resource services to determine whether Interis | BDO Canada LLP would be able to price its service competitively

  • Attended interviews with high-ranking government officials, provided notes on interviews to the project team, and contributed to the final presentation for an independent technology project review for a Canadian federal agency

Business Liaison, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Government of Canada (2016)

  • Led learning sessions on Microsoft Dynamics CRM to multiple business branches and Assistant Deputy Ministers

    • Internal adoption gained through these sessions allowed for the quick deployment of systems designed to provide information, benefits, and support during the COVID-19 pandemic

  • Pitched technical possibilities to clients using videos created with Adobe Captivate

  • Using Agile methodology, created slide decks that described mock-ups and prototypes using Microsoft Dynamics CRM for clients

  • Conducted business analysis on the Labour division’s business operations to determine business processes and workflows that could be translated to a Microsoft Dynamics CRM solution