Most of you know about my crossfit, olympic weightlifting and nutrition pursuits, but many do not know of my other business endeavors.
After obtaining a bachelor of commerce degree in entrepreneurial management, I articled with Grant Thornton LLP where I had a chance to audit organizations from various industries . This was a great opportunity to see how institutions operated and develop my project management skills, but I decided public practice accounting was not the right environment for me and returned to school to get my MBA. Since graduating, I have been both teaching at local colleges and acting as a consultant taking on various roles including capacity building, change management, stakeholder management, project management and facilitation.
Part of this experiences also included obtaining my Six Sigma Greenbelt-Six sigma projects look at breaking down complex problems into measurable components to identify inefficiencies and act as a baseline to quantify results. Role include:
• Planning and establishing project charters, creating gant charts, timelines and budgets
• Meeting with stakeholders at various levels,
• Collecting and analysing data-including holding focus groups and pilot projects, performing root cause and statistical analysis
• Reporting findings and presenting recommendations
• Monitoring and measuring results.
Part of this also included working on Lean projects aiming for continuous process improvement. This greatly expanded my toolbox and has led to various successful non six sigma project management roles as well.
Whats next?
As my mat leave is quickly coming to and end I am currently in talks with Fraser Health for a Senior Consultant Position with their Strategic Transformation team and with Vancouver Coastal Health for a Lean Educator Position. I have no immediate plans to go back to coaching crossfit, although I have begun to work out again and will continue coaching O-lifting in my backward!
