John O'Neill

Promoted January 2021 from Research Analyst, I have gained progressively greater responsibilities over the past 8+ years.

Policy Advice and Research (Mainly university funding, finance, tuition, enrolment growth, but extending to many other topics):

• Created and maintained large systems to analyze data, identify trends, and distill insights & opportunities
• Supported senior management decision making via briefs and research presentations
• Informed research, policy and program priorities - initiating and often implementing program improvement & development
• Stayed up-to-date with industry research, trends and ideas
• Built surveys and templates to conduct jurisdictional reviews and evaluate/improve programs
• Facilitated communication and relationship development between different stakeholders as departmental Advisor to Canada's Council of Ministers of Education (~2yrs)

Program management (currently managing $21.5M in programs, applied & health research, industry-academic research, start-up supports, and more)

• Evaluated hundreds of proposals for academic research, pilot projects, policy changes, and subsidization
• Developed program policy frameworks and standards
• Negotiated and managed program contracts, making budgetary and change recommendations annually
• Supported cross-functional team/division with process improvement, cost-modeling, research and advice
• Devised tools and benchmarks to improve performance and monitor production
• Improved program outcomes through process improvement and metrics development
• Enforced use of required processes and tools for partnership management
• Facilitated strategy development and planned with cross-functional teams

Data Analytics

Improved data standards & data collection process

Used effective meeting practices

Synthesized data narratives

Created policy report on STEM fields

Evaluated and provided program feedback

Events Logistics:

Coordinated two major conferences

Planned with host partners

Managed event invites

Created agenda, and other event documents

Logistics and supplier, contracts

Event day orchestration

• Planned, organized, and implemented a variety of events for students
• Engaged others to create a more vibrant community environment

• Helped with grading assignments and tests, providing constructive feedback to students based on results.
• Assisted teachers with classroom management and document coordination to maintain positive learning environment.
• Supported classroom activities, tutoring, and reviewing work.

• Used advanced robotic equipment to conduct resection, leveling, topographic, as-built QA, and initial point lay-out

• Pathways to Education Report
• Full scholarship

• Engineering Student Achievement Award
• Founded Summit Lecture Series
• Gold Level Achievement (Student Union)
• Student Union Rep 2007-10
• Varsity Swim Team 2007-09