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Jeffrey Puncher

Ottawa,Canada

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Job Search Status

Open to work
Desired start date: Flexible

Desired Job Title

DirectorVice PresidentExecutive DirectorManaging DirectorPresident

Work Type

Full TimePart TimeContract WorkGig WorkConsultingVolunteerSeasonal Work

Location Preference

On-SiteRemoteHybrid
Location: Ottawa, Canada
Open to relocation: Yes

Salary Range

$115000/yr - $200000/yr

Important To Me

Work-life balanceCompany CultureHealthcare benefitsPersonal development programsFlexible work hoursCareer advancement

Summary

Results-driven leader with a strong background in strategic management and organizational growth. Skilled in developing and implementing effective business strategies, optimizing processes, and driving team performance. Known for adaptability, effective collaboration, and delivering measurable outcomes in dynamic environments. Strong communication and problem-solving abilities, coupled with a focus on fostering productive and positive team culture.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience
13
13

Certifications

Work History

Director, Business Operations, Department of Family Medicine

University of Ottawa
10.2019 - Current
  • Company Overview: The University of Ottawa is the world's largest bilingual (English-French) university. Located at the heart of Canada's capital, it has ready access to the great institutions of our country. Their advances in social sciences, health, engineering, science, and the humanities make uOttawa a unique place to learn, grow, and excel.
  • Collaborate and network with multiple municipal, provincial, and federal stakeholders on the future of family medicine, the expansion of medical residency clinical spaces, and the unattached patient.
  • Develop business plans to establish new family medicine teaching units in partnership with the Federal Government, the Provincial Ministry of Health, municipal Government, academia, and local donors.
  • Collaborate with community housing and indigenous groups to integrate the clinic of the future with other social needs.
  • Provide strategic, operational, and financial leadership to the Department's activities to optimize the delivery of the academic mission and ensure the effective use of all revenue sources.
  • Represent the Department at the Ontario Council of Universities and other Provincial University partners.
  • Develop, implement, and monitor the Department's 5-year strategic plan.
  • Led the implementation of innovative technology solutions to advance pedagogy delivery, department efficiencies, and employee wellness through the use of digital technologies including virtual reality, cloud technologies and various artificial intelligence solutions.
  • Develop interprofessional and interdisciplinary partnerships within academia, all levels of Government, the community, and industry to collaborate on research activities and advance departmental initiatives.
  • Foster sound relationships across faculties to ensure an effective, positive, and collaborative working environment while bringing relevant subject matter experts and diverse perspectives to project teams.
  • Develop, implement, and review department policies and procedures, ensuring they support the Family Medicine mission and adhere to all University and funding agency regulations.
  • Transformed the department’s informatics technology using proper organizational change management processes, increasing the efficiency of its administration, operational, and financial processes.
  • Led the Management Team in re-organizing the Department and its resources to meet the operational needs of the academic mission, using new technology solutions, through the long-term financial plan.
  • Develop and manage, in collaboration with the Chair and the Senior Leadership Team, the short and long-term financial plan in support of strategic initiatives, providing leadership in the planning, negotiation, risk management, and funding of 8 academic units.
  • Collaborate on developing grant submissions and execute them as a principal, co-principal investigator, or technical lead.
  • Source diverse funding mechanisms to support Departmental operations or innovation projects.
  • The University of Ottawa is the world's largest bilingual (English-French) university. Located at the heart of Canada's capital, it has ready access to the great institutions of our country. Their advances in social sciences, health, engineering, science, and the humanities make uOttawa a unique place to learn, grow, and excel.

Director of Finance, Defence & Security

Thales Canada Inc
11.2008 - 06.2019
  • Company Overview: Thales Canada is a leading investor in research and development in Canada and is home to one of five global research and technology centres. Thales Canada employs more than 2,000 highly skilled people from coast-to-coast to support customers in civil aviation and defence and security markets.
  • As a member of Senior Management for the Defence & Security domain, it was my responsibility to develop the financial strategy for the company and work with the other Directors and Vice-Presidents to ensure the success of the annual strategic business plan.
  • Business lead and primary stakeholder for Defence & Security in the finance transformation project of implementing the Country SAP ERP and Finance Shared Services initiatives.
  • Transformed Defence & Security’s finances by implementing and maintaining a new Great Plains 2010 accounting system, electronic requisition system (ReqNet), electronic invoice approval system (Invoice Approvals and Accruals), electronic document management system (Kwiktag), and the development and deployment of Corporate Finance SharePoint 2010 site.
  • Transformed the fixed assets management system by implementing a Corporate Fixed Asset Management system, allowing the tracking of all Corporate Assets through tagging and document scanning system.
  • Instituted new corporate reporting tools through the use of SQL reporting services and visual studio reports and the deployment of OLAP reporting cubes.
  • Thales Canada is a leading investor in research and development in Canada and is home to one of five global research and technology centres. Thales Canada employs more than 2,000 highly skilled people from coast-to-coast to support customers in civil aviation and defence and security markets.

Controller

Trialstat Corporation
04.2007 - 10.2008
  • Company Overview: Trialstat delivers data solutions on-demand for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device companies, Contract Research Organizations, and Data Management companies through the use of eClinical Suite, which consists of three fully unified product offerings - EDC, Portal, and CTMS.
  • Managed the day-to-day finances for the Corporation, including cash flow forecasting, departmental budgets, revenue recognition of software revenues from licensing/hosting and professional services; processed the payroll for Canadian and U.S. personnel; prepared and disseminated the financial reports to Sr. Management and Institutional Investors.
  • Implemented a new Great Plains 10.0 accounting system to replace the SaaS-based Netsuite accounting system using best practices in organizational change management.
  • Managed the company's contracts and participated in negotiating contracts with new customers, including terms for the Master Service and Licensing Agreements, Indemnity clauses, and negotiations on the pricing for each Project, ensuring compliance with all non-disclosure agreements.
  • Trialstat delivers data solutions on-demand for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device companies, Contract Research Organizations, and Data Management companies through the use of eClinical Suite, which consists of three fully unified product offerings - EDC, Portal, and CTMS.

AVP of Finance

MJM Investigations
12.2003 - 02.2007
  • Company Overview: MJM Investigations provided international investigative services to large, national insurance companies to process potentially fraudulent claims. These services included covert surveillance, claims processing, independent adjusting, travel claims and contested death claims investigations, Defence Based Act death and disability services in non-permissive locales, and special investigation units for large-value claims.
  • Managed the finances and accounting personnel of all domestic and International subsidiaries in Australia and Canada.
  • Developed, implemented, and executed the annual financial business plan.
  • Reported key financial indicators on the Financial Scorecard at the weekly Executive Meeting.
  • Transformed and augmented using organization change management processes, the corporate financial systems three times while integrating advanced banking solutions, including image lockbox, EIPP, online payment services, and invoice API system case management system.
  • MJM Investigations provided international investigative services to large, national insurance companies to process potentially fraudulent claims. These services included covert surveillance, claims processing, independent adjusting, travel claims and contested death claims investigations, Defence Based Act death and disability services in non-permissive locales, and special investigation units for large-value claims.

Senior Accountant

ABB
02.2002 - 12.2003
  • Company Overview: ABB is a pioneering technology leader that works closely with utility, industrial, transportation, and infrastructure customers to write the future of industrial digitalization and realize value.
  • Supervised the daily functions of the staff accountants, prepared journal entries, established accruals for salaries, holidays, insurance premiums, and telephones, prepared allocations to distribute the accruals to the business units, and distributed the quarterly corporate, headquarters, R&D, and trademark fees to the business units.
  • Prepared the month-end close schedule to better track and coordinate the close with personnel in Cary, NC, and Wickliffe, Ohio, to meet the close deadline set by Zurich.
  • Maintained the Mac-Pac Accounting system through account/center additions or deletions, new Reference Category additions, account master maintenance, and budget templates.
  • ABB is a pioneering technology leader that works closely with utility, industrial, transportation, and infrastructure customers to write the future of industrial digitalization and realize value.

Senior Accountant

Liofol Company
04.2001 - 03.2002
  • Company Overview: Liofol provides a broad range of laminating adhesives and coatings that meet the highest standards of performance and versatility.
  • Supervised the daily functions of the junior accountant, cut the monthly closing procedures time in half, prepared journal entries, reconciled accounts, monthly bank reconciliation, calculated parent company royalties, customer rebates based on monthly sales, and commissions due to our sales representatives and subsidiary company in Brazil.
  • Liofol provides a broad range of laminating adhesives and coatings that meet the highest standards of performance and versatility.

Accountant and Office Manager

Joyner, Keeny & Associates
12.1997 - 03.2001
  • Company Overview: Joyner Keeny provides quality services to developers, contractors, utility companies, roadway contractors, railway companies, municipalities, and Federal and State agencies throughout the southeast.
  • My responsibilities included networking three offices in different cities together, managing their finances, and closing the books for the partners.
  • Implemented a new job costing accounting system for the business.
  • Managed all operational benefits for the business including insurance, contracts, and employee benefits plans.
  • Joyner Keeny provides quality services to developers, contractors, utility companies, roadway contractors, railway companies, municipalities, and Federal and State agencies throughout the southeast.

Education

MS - Digital Transformation & Innovation

University of Ottawa
Ottawa, ON
12.2022

BS - Baccalaureate of Commerce, Accounting

University of Ottawa
Ottawa, ON
05.1996

Skills

  • Relationship building
  • Strategic planning
  • Verbal and written communication
  • Decision-making
  • Creativity and innovation
  • Organizational development
  • Budget management
  • Financial management
  • Partnerships and alliances
  • Problem-solving
  • Leadership development
  • Coaching and mentoring

Security Cleareance

Canadian, Secret

Languages

English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
French
Upper intermediate (B2)

Affiliations

  • Six Sigma Global Institute, 2024
  • Can Health Network, 2023, Present
  • Simulation Canada, 2023, Present
  • Digital Health Canada, 2022, Present
  • Artificial Intelligence AI Digital Transformation Data Science OpenAI Machine Learning NLP Analytics, 2021, Present
  • Scrum.org, 2019, Present
  • Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI), 2015, Present
  • National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI), 2001, Present
  • Divers Alert Network, 2001, Present
  • Project Management Institute (PMI), 2015, Present

Certification

  • Certified Healthcare Project Manager, Six Sigma Global Institute, 114537228, 2024-09-05
  • Certified DevOps Professional, Six Sigma Global Institute, 98274293, 2024-03-20
  • Professional Scrum with Kanban, Scrum.org, 1077608, 2024-03-06
  • Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Healthcare Professional, Six Sigma Global Institute, 95420684, 2024-02-21
  • Professional Scrum Master II, Scrum.org, 1068588, 2024-02-11
  • Professional Scrum Master I, Scrum.org, 1067157, 2024-02-08
  • Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Certificate, MIT Management Executive Education, May – June 2023
  • Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Human (TCPS 2: Core 2022), Government of Canada, 2022-06-01
  • Blockchain for Business – Foundations and Applications, IEEE Educational Activities, 38367007, 2021-09-01
  • Machine Learning Applications in Cyber Security, IEEE Educational Activities, 36987340, 2021-08-01
  • Mental Health First Aid Basic Provider, Mental Health Commission of Canada, Ottawa, 2017-06-01, This course teaches mental health first aid skills, equipping responders with first aid guidelines in depression, psychosis, deliberate self-injury, and suicidal thoughts and behaviours.
  • Master Scuba Diver Instructor Certification, Professional Association of Dive Instructors, 2019-10-01, Scuba, CPR + EAD/First Aid, Nitrox, Emergency Oxygen Provider, Specialty Instructor
  • Instructor Certification, Diver's Alert Network, 2019-09-01, CPR + EAD/First Aid Instructor, Emergency Oxygen Provider Instructor

Timeline

Director, Business Operations, Department of Family Medicine

University of Ottawa
10.2019 - Current

Director of Finance, Defence & Security

Thales Canada Inc
11.2008 - 06.2019

Controller

Trialstat Corporation
04.2007 - 10.2008

AVP of Finance

MJM Investigations
12.2003 - 02.2007

Senior Accountant

ABB
02.2002 - 12.2003

Senior Accountant

Liofol Company
04.2001 - 03.2002

Accountant and Office Manager

Joyner, Keeny & Associates
12.1997 - 03.2001

BS - Baccalaureate of Commerce, Accounting

University of Ottawa

MS - Digital Transformation & Innovation

University of Ottawa

Honors And Awards

  • Immersive Virtual Reality for Self-Management of Post-Traumatic Stress Injuries in First Responders, 2022, The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic impact on first responders (FR) and emergency health care workers (EHCW). The constant threat of infection, the isolation from having to isolate from their own families, supporting patients at the lowest points, the high patient load, and the increasing death counts have resulted in a growing mental health crisis. Numerous studies have been conducted on the benefits of virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET) on the treatment of post-traumatic stress injury (PTSI), traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and anxiety disorders. The intervention is to educate users by making them more aware of their PTSI to empower them in their own care and well-being. In this study, we will adapt a scuba diving immersive virtual reality (VR) psychoeducational experience to provide FRs and EHCW with functional coping strategies for managing their PTSI during and post-COVID-19 crisis. This study will explore the impacts of using the immersive scuba VR experience to better engage FR and EHCW in deeper and active learning., Co-PI and Technology Lead, Alberta Government, Supporting Psychological Health in First Responders, 277637
  • Immersive Virtual Reality for Self-Management of Stress & Anxiety Grant, 2021, The objectives of this Project are (1) to create and develop an engaging, educational, and immersive virtual reality (VR) psychoeducation experience for faculty and student learners across Ontario to learn about coping with stress and anxiety; (2) to implement and test the VR tool in a small population of faculty and student learners at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario and at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario to understand the psychological support and benefit of this VR learning on stress and anxiety; (3) to validate and refine the VR experience built on the foundational principle of user-centered design; and (4) to evaluate the feasibility and sustainability of this self-learning teaching model in higher education., Co-PI and Technology Lead, eCampus Ontario, Digital Delivery XR Experimentation Project Grant, 199481
  • Contamination Spread & Control in Virtual Reality Grant, 2021, To develop an immersive virtual reality experience to demonstrates the spread of potentially hazardous contamination using visualization in virtual reality and teach the basic concepts of contaminant spread and principles of contamination control., PI, eCampus Ontario, Digital Content, 70050
  • Escape the Office: The Use of Escape Rooms as an Alternative Teaching Strategy for QI Principle in Medical Education Grant, 2021, Many faculty and learners are intimidated or uninterested by scholarly work. Escape rooms are a growing phenomenon that can be leveraged for educational needs. In addition to reinforcing principles using problem solving skills, the escape room allows learners to develop team work, leadership and communication abilities., Technology Lead, eCampus Ontario, Digital Content, 88875
  • UoResilience: Building a Campus-wide Mental Health Approach to Support Our Diverse Students Facing Mental Health Impacts Due to COVID-19 Grant, 2021, The objectives of this grant is a three-pronged approach to building mental health wellness and resilience at uOttawa: Peer-to-peer support; Case Management for Students at Risk and Enhanced Communication and Marketing. uoResilience will include a Wellness Lounge: a hybrid physical-virtual lounge with technological capabilities to support students in-person and virtually using simulcast virtual live broadcasts of wellness programming. Led by peer-educators, the Wellness Lounge will provide a welcoming space for students to get support and stay connected. Peer strategies will include health education, online forums, support groups, game-based learning, and using virtual reality (VR) to address anxiety and stress., Virtual Reality Lead, Ministry of Colleges and Universities of Ontario, Mental Health Call for Proposals, 557200
  • Interviewed for CBC evening news on application of Virtual Reality Scuba Diving for mental health treatment, 2023
  • CBC Open Line Commentator on Flow, CBC Radio, 2023
  • Faculty of Medicine Innovator of the Year Award, University of Ottawa, 2022
  • Staff Innovator Award, University of Ottawa, Department of Family Medicine, 2021

Computer Skills

SAP, Microsoft Dynamics Business Essentials, Great Plains 8.0, 10, 2010 & 2013R2, FRx 6.7, ACCPAC, AS400, NetSuite 11.0, Infinium Accounting, Mac-Pac, Prism, Hyperion, Peachtree 2000, FAS, CAK Accounting, Showcase Query, ESSBASE, MYOB, Simply Accounting, ADP & Ceridian Payroll, Ariett ReqNet, Software Index Invoice Approval & Accrual, Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Visio and FrontPage, Office 365, Figma, Miro, Power BI, SQL Reporting Services, Visual Studio 2008, Report Builder 3.0, SharePoint 2010 Admin, R

Personal Information

Nationality: Canadian

Publications

Yan H, Rahgozar A, Sethuram C, Karunananthan S, Archibald D, Bradley L, Hakimjavadi R, Helmer-Smith M, Jolin-Dahel K, McCutcheon T, Puncher J, Rezaiefar P, Shoppoff L, Liddy C, Natural Language Processing to Identify Digital Learning Tools in Postgraduate Family Medicine: Protocol for a Scoping Review, JMIR Res Protoc, 2022, 11, 5, e34575, https://www.researchprotocols.org/2022/5/e34575, 10.2196/34575

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