CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS___________________________

Spearheaded the people integration effort for over 500 employees acquired from ATCO I-Tek in a span of less than 8 months in a volatile Alberta market through effective talent onboarding strategies, competitive compensation and benefits roll out, employee banding utilizing the Mercer evaluation framework, innovative change management and organizational development (OD) interventions.

2017 Wipro Global Best Community Initiative, 2016 Impetus Thought Leadership Award : White Paper

First Place Global Thought Leadership Award. Topic: Technology, alienation, work stress, personal issues, burn out and depression. Managing this interplay in the emerging IT work environment. 2016 Impetus Thought Leadership Award : White Paper Finalist, The changing dynamics of employee engagement in the digital age

2015 Wipro Global Catayst Award, 2015 Wipro Global Collaborator Award. Spearheaded the Top 100 Canada Employer & Diversity Award application for Toronto & Edmonton which won 2017 Top Toronto Employer.

Professional Overview_______________________________

Responsible for the conversion of business and training requirements into Cloud-Based Solutions. This includes design

and branding, hardware configuration, infrastructure components, security, communication mechanisms, control processes and audit ability. Successfully launched an HR Onesource Platform, Benefits Onesouce Platrform, Exception Pay Program, Rewards & Recognition Program, Career Tracks, Training & Development Platform and Referral site. Solutions saved the Company over $500,000 in one year alone with unprecedented and sustained success enabling global collaboration and increasing reporting accuracy from 60% to 98.9% in a quarter.

Integration & Project  Lead (pan Canada). Activities include aligning corporate polices, critical talent management, alignment of career grades, recruitment process and set up, employee benefit set up and communication, and creating an engagement framework. Worked with senior management (locally and internationally) to initiate a heterogeneous system migration from Oracle E-Business to SAP, ADP Payroll and to myWipro. Saved over 2500 manpower hours in one year through enhanced performance, reduced fragmentation and self-serve options. Awarded the prestigious Wipro global Catalyst Award for this initiative. SAP/Oracle /HRIS lead.

Canada-wide Employee Engagement Champion. Increased participation in EE events by over 45% through social media communications including Yammer, cloud-based online Engagement Calendar, formalizing an Engagement and HSE Committee. Events include Corporate Challenge, First Book, Big Bike Heart & Stroke, Spirit of Wipro Run, Town Halls, Canada-Wide Newsletter and Leadership Speak. Innovative themed events like ‘Go Paperless’ saw a 61% reduction  in paper utilization of 61% over 3 months.

Meet regularly with management to offer direction and support for inter-departmental projects and to confer on organizational goals, objectives and policies. Provide strategic direction to leadership in areas such as organizational structure, performance improvement plans or actions for bottom performers, absenteeism management, disability management, employee grievance handling and enhanced productivity. Advise leadership on Corrective Action Practices including PIP’s and disciplinary action and act as the lead on the resulting actionables.

Meet regularly with management to offer direction and support for inter-departmental projects and to confer on organizational goals, objectives and policies. Provide strategic direction to leadership in areas such as organizational structure, performance improvement plans or actions for bottom performers, absenteeism management, disability management, employee grievance handling and enhanced productivity. Advise leadership on Corrective Action Practices including PIP’s and disciplinary action and act as the lead on the resulting actionables.

Spearhead resource management and reallocation to different accounts within Wipro, contracting agreements and redeployment of resources to retain positions whenever possible. Work collaboratively with the Recruitment team to recruit and identify best fit internal/external top talent for the organization.

Anticipate and plan for future talent capability needs by analyzing and interpreting workforce information and executing systematic talent review planning and succession mapping exercises. Anchor the Meet Your People initiative (MYPP) entailing a series of employee one-on-ones, skip manager feedback and new manager assimilation sessions. Partner with various leadership to resolve complex HR issues as they arise and provide coaching where required to ensure a positive outcome.

Skill Overview: Collaborative leadership style demonstrating coaching and mentoring abilities, Demonstrated ability and extensive experience providing sound advice and counsel to senior management,

Strategic focus, Execution excellence, Customer and client focused, Strong ability to develop and build relationships, Business and financial acumen, Strong analytical skills with the ability to apply data and metrics to support human capital strategies, measure results and business impact, strong project management skills, advanced computer skills

EDUCATION____________________________________

CHRP/CHRP Certified

CHRP Professional Dev. Board Member

Wipro Management Program

Wipro Certified Global Trainer
Bachelor of Arts U of A/Athabasca (GPA 3.92/4)

UA Elementary Education Diploma, Northern Lakes College (GPA 3.98/4)

CPP (Honors)

Prince2 Foundations (certified)

Lean Six Sigma, Payroll Compliance Lg (APA)