Experience

• SIAST

  Women in Trades and Technology Coordinator

  - Recruited and trained staff and casual instructional team members
  - Created and maintained relationships with trades and technology programs to provide instructors, space, and resources for Women in Trades and Technology courses and workshops
  - Coordinated programs designed to introduce women and girls to trades and technology opportunities
  - Organized workshops and programs across four campuses
  - Developed and delivered technology courses and programs
  - Designed evaluation structures and course materials
  - Managed course materials
  

• University of Saskatchewan

  Human Resources Business Analyst

  - Lead the website development team
  - Designed and tested enhancements to the Human Resources Information System
  - Analyzed business needs and coordinated and prioritized technical efforts to address them
  - Coordinated the development of a rapid entry tool that streamlined the entry of hiring data for hundreds of employees each quarter
  - Involved the end user group to ensure the new system addressed their needs
  - Ensured the system had the flexibility to cover exceptional cases while simplifying and improving accuracy for standard cases
  - Translated end user requirements for data and information to technical specifications
  - Responded to ad-hoc data requests
  - Amalgamated complex data from multiple systems to support business functions (i.e. long service awards)
  - Developed tools and methods to simplify processes and ensure accuracy
  - Created tools for complex payroll calculations to eliminate manual steps
  

• University of Saskatchewan

  Programmer/Analyst

  - Developed pages/reports/tools within the Human Resource Information System (PeopleSoft)
  - Created data diagnostic reports and processes
  - Designed and generated reports to aid decision making
  - Responded to ad-hoc requests for complex data
  - Automated or streamlined manual processes
  - Applied maintenance packages (PeopleTools, HRMS Bundles, WebLogic, jdk)
  - Scripted to streamline maintenance procedures
  - Managed production updates
  - Designed and executed test plans, including coordination of testing effort with functional experts
  - Documented complex procedures to ensure consistency and create capacity for knowledge transfer
  - Modified in-house point of sale system (ColdFusion)
  - Lead technical transition from monthly to semi-monthly payroll frequency including development of online time reporting system (see project description below)

• Self-Employed

  Author

  - Writing and revising short stories and novels
  
  Publishing History
  Elation - published in "Release Any Words Stuck Inside of You: An untethered Collection of Shorts"

• Edwards School of Business, University of Saskatchewan

  Assistant Professor

  - Prepared and delivered Collective Bargaining and Industrial Relations course material
  - Designed interactive role-playing exercises to enhance learning opportunities
  - Evaluated student performance