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• Osobelle Tea Co. | Burlington, ON
• Company overview: Osobelle Tea Co, a local luxury tea business.
• Developed strong partnerships with other businesses to create synergies of collaboration and more significant opportunities for growth.
• Established a successful business by identifying market needs and developing innovative solutions.
• Delivered exceptional customer service by addressing client concerns promptly and effectively resolving issues.
• Managed full product cycle.
• Conducted target market research to scope out industry competition and identify advantageous trends.
• Ensured compliance with industry regulations while always maintaining ethical business practices.
• Secured sufficient funds to cover business obligations by tracking expenses and budgeting accurately.
• Expanded the company's geographical reach, opening new markets and increasing profitability.

Company Overview: Burlington's Foundation, with over25M in assets, grants over1.2M / Annually.

• Supported community service organizations (e.g., Art Gallery of Burlington, ARThouse, Halton Black History Awareness Society, Burlington Public Library) through funding, stakeholder engagement, and evaluation metrics.
• Built an innovative community engagement model that reflects local diversity by fostering strategic dialogues between fundholders and grant recipients.
• Managed 112 fundholder activities on a one-on-one basis, focusing on stakeholder portfolio management and personalized support.
• Streamlined operations by modernizing business tools, achieving a 30% reduction in operating costs, and improving budget management for community engagement and grant cycles.
• Allocated and distributed over $1M in government and community grants, ensuring compliance with evaluation metrics and regulatory requirements.
• Facilitated collaboration among cross-functional teams to enhance decision-making processes and strengthen internal controls, policies, and compliance.
• Identified potential risks and implemented mitigation strategies to safeguard projects and business operations.
• Guided the organization through significant change, advancing senior management priorities and strategic objectives.
• Mentored and developed high-performing committees, providing opportunities for engagement in granting cycles, recruitment, and retention.
• Improved project efficiency through strategic resource allocation, team building, and effective management of deliverables.

• Facilitated 5 group sessions to promote knowledge sharing, peer support, and skill development among community organizations.
• Cultivated and maintained a over 60 supportive network of resources for organizations delivering large-scale programs and services in arts, culture, festivals, and community events (e.g., Art Gallery Burlington, Art House, Halton Black History Awareness Society, Burlington Public Library).
• Coordinated over 20 funder site visits to showcase project successes and strengthen stakeholder relations.
• Managed the full granting cycle, including scholarships, awards, and funder communications.

• Company Overview: Human Resources Training and Development Company.
• Partnering with public and private sector to provide comprehensive EDI training to promote talent acquisition and retention.
• Provided cultural sensitivity training to senior management at the City of Burlington and the Burlington Performing Arts.

Company Overview: A distributor of Scientific Instrumentation for private and public sector

• Lead the Business Growth Analysis team to support overall financial and strategic development of the organization
• Analyzed data to support strategic trajectories to position the organization in position to lead industry
• Was fully responsible to review annual budgets to ensure it reflected business goals
• Performed gap analysis between existing systems or processes and desired state, identifying areas for improvement or enhancement.
• Increased resource efficiency by analyzing detailed business requirements.