SUJA RAJAN
Oakville,
Summary
- Results-driven leader with a proven track record of driving cross-functional collaboration to enhance data-driven decision-making and business strategy
- Passionate about aligning data strategy with client needs and business objectives to drive continuous improvement and innovation.
- Adept at leading change management initiatives, improving processes, and fostering stakeholder engagement through a solutions-oriented approach
- Extensive experience in research, data analysis, and performance measurement, leveraging quantitative and qualitative methodologies, statistical modeling, and data visualization tools such as JMP (SAS) and Tableau
- Strong communicator with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights for diverse audiences through reports, presentations, and executive briefings.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead, Performance Measurement & Analytics
Ministry of Labour, Ontario Public Service
06.2023 - Current
- Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis to assess labour policies, business operations, and client outcomes.
- Design and refine KPIs to measure program performance, client impact, and business accountability.
- Collaborate with policy teams, business units, and stakeholders to translate data into actionable insights.
- Use statistical methods and data visualization to identify trends, gaps, and business opportunities.
- Develop reports and presentations to inform senior leadership, business partners, and stakeholders.
- Recommend data-driven policy and operational improvements to enhance client service delivery and business effectiveness.
Assessment Specialist
University of Alabama
01.2018 - 11.2020
- Offered methodological expertise on data collection and analyses to achieve intended outcomes
- Evaluated departmental programs, services, and initiatives based on individual strategic outcomes and offered decision support
- Interpreted quantitative and qualitative data, and designed statistical models to answer questions that advance departmental goals
- Provided leadership in evaluating and optimizing sequential steps of departmental processes
- Increased departmental efficiency by improving process performance using Qualtrics Core XM
- Created user-friendly Tableau dashboards that cater to departmental needs
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Alabama
01.2016 - 12.2017
- Employed research methodology to determine microbial community responses to oil spills with broader impacts on coastal restoration
- Managed diverse research projects with internal and external academic departments
- Assumed lead role in data acquisition, analyses and preparation for manuscript publication
- Trained undergraduate students in data analyses and interpretation
- Assisted with grant application submissions that contributed towards meeting research objectives
Education
Ph.D. - Microbial Ecology
University of Alabama
12.2015
Skills
- Performance Evaluations
- Continuous Improvement
- Strategic Planning
- Stakeholder Management
- Data Visualization
- Tableau Desktop Specialist
- Data Storytelling
- Decision Support
Presentations
- Evaluating the impact of extra-curricular event attendance by improving data quality at the 2019 NASPA-AL Drive-In Conference January 2019
- Microbial community dynamics of a coastal Alabama salt marsh impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill at the Gulf of Mexico Oil spill and Ecosystem Science Conference in Tampa, FL February 2016
- Oil eating bacteria: Bugs that clean at the 2013 University of Alabama Three Minute Thesis Competition in Tuscaloosa, AL November 2013 - Finalist
- Impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and dispersant application on marine bacterial populations at the Alabama Water Resources Conference in Orange beach, AL September 2012 - First place in student oral presentations
Certifications / Awards
- Tableau Desktop Specialist July 2020
- Exxon Mobil Research Fellowship April 2016
- Three-Minute Thesis Competition November 2013
PUBLICATIONS
- Urakawa H, Rajan S, Feeney ME, Sobecky PA, & Mortazavi B. (2019) Ecological response of nitrification to oil spills and its impact on the nitrogen cycle. Environmental microbiology, 21(1),18-33
- Rajan S, Sobecky PA. (2017) Adaptation and Resilience of Microbial Communities to Anthropogenic Stresses. Microbial Ecotoxicology Springer, Cham. 109-131
- Beazley MJ, Martinez RJ, Rajan S, Powell J, Piceno YM, et al. (2012) Microbial Community Analysis of a Coastal Salt Marsh Affected by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. PLoS ONE7(7): e41305
Languages
Timeline
Lead, Performance Measurement & Analytics
Ministry of Labour, Ontario Public Service
06.2023 - Current
Assessment Specialist
University of Alabama
01.2018 - 11.2020
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Alabama
01.2016 - 12.2017
Ph.D. - Microbial Ecology
University of Alabama
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