Project Lead and Consultant
Areas of specialization include design/build, multi-team/discipline management, human resource management, finance, and project management. Transition management, Reserve management, contract bid and RFP Bid Team experience. Team lead on Research project for CABHI, Think Research, And PCC launch.
Extensive experience with compliance, employment standards, human rights, peer review benchmarking, industry standards, and 13 accreditations. Able to take a LTC operation under Ministry supervision to full compliance in nine months. Unique ability to turn-around a volatile situation by delivering efficiency and professionalism to a crisis environment.
Results oriented using indicators to turn 4 operations profitable. Proficient in both official languages. Managed all support services in 10 operational contracts. Project management of extensive Care services programs.
FSEM - Dexterra Stanton Territorial Hospital
(2023-01 - 2025-12)
Manager of support services including policy generation, SOP's, Protocols, contract bids for the North, Food Services, Laundry, Housekeeping, Waste Management,
(2020-01 - 2023-12)
Managed 3 mine support services and one Retirement Home contract
Manager for launch of new patient service delivery system
(2019-01 - 2020-12)
Consulting, Project Management, Contract Management. Introducing the Universal worker, and overseeing COVID outbreak.
Regional Hospitality Manager - Good Samaritan Society - Kelowna, Penticton, BC
(2017-01 - 2019-12)
Directly responsible for quality initiatives to improve Food Services, Housekeeping, and Laundry. To assess, develop and implement menumatics, staffing compliments, and budgetary reconciliation.
Manager Environmental Services/Support ROH/ROP, Environmental services/ Food Services - ROP
(2014-01 - 2017-12)
Directly responsible for Food services, LTC, Housekeeping, Linen, Laundry, Move management, Green initiatives, and turn around of Food Service compliance. Green Card Award
General Manager, The Ravines 1 and 2
(2013-01 - 2014-12)
Lease up and design/build project administration opening of second facility, management of all aspects of both Retirement Home Sites
General Manager, The Royale - Kingston, ON
(2011-01 - 2012-12)
Receivership management. Re-opening of facility and launch of all new programs in second new facility.
Executive Director - Sunrise Senior Living - Windsor (Marriott)
(2010-07 - 2011-12)
Budget reconciliation, streamlining of all staffing, budgets and departments, conversion to departmental accountability. Executive Director of Month Award.
Food Service Manager - Delhi, ON
(2010-01 - 2011-12)
Delhi LTC. Oversaw all aspects of the Dietary department, design/build project (new dish pit) and divestment of properties.
Executive Administrator-Long Term Care/ Retirement - Gravenhurst
(2009-01 - 2010-12)
214 bed LTC/33 suite retirement. Under Ministry supervision to full compliance within nine months, all aspects of food service management, responsible for supervisors and RD's, compliance inspector.
Executive Administrator-Long Term Care/ Retirement
(2008-01 - 2009-12)
Consultant/Corporate Nutritionist - Iseco, International
International Contract. Capital Expenditures, Human Resources, Negotiations, Budgeting, International Export, Breda Holland. Responsible for conversion of conventional kitchens to cook/chill kitchens and menu/recipe development/staff training.
Regional Director of Nutrition and Food Services - Peace Country Health - Grande Prairie, AB
Marriott Management Project Services.
Management and Strategic Planning for 7 regions to 5. Design of new P3 lodge facility build and Food Services retro-fit.
Selection and Physical Plant Feasibility - 300 Employees, 8 Supervisors, 5 Managers, 2 HR Generalists, 16 Sites including Long Term Care, 15 Dietitians and Social Workers. Extensive human right investigations, Internship program, design retro fit of cook chill, conversion from cook/freeze, for LTC, retirement, and acute care.
Director of Nutrition and Food Services - Thunder Bay Regional - Thunder Bay, ON For 3 sites, McKellar, Lakehead Psych, and Port Arthur. Design/build of first teaching hospital to open in Canada in 30 years 19.5 million project. Merger and Move Management / Strategic Planning for 3 sites to one; move to one staff and one union; all nutrition care programs, in and out/patient including interns.
Walk the Talk Award, Healthy Heart Award for Healthy Heart Cafeteria Menu. Divestment of property, equipment selection with Professor Barb Pickworth University of Guelph/Ryerson, departmental layout including equipment real estate and physical plant changes, launch of new cook/chill production and menu.
Transition manager - St. Joseph's Hospital - Guelph, ON
(2001-01)
Marriott Management- Transition and merger of 2 Sites. Design/build of new facility, divestment of old property, conversion to cook-chill, recipe testing and product selection, equipment selection, compliance of food services for LTC wing.
Luther Village Aging in Place complex, Douglas House Vancouver Island and two satellite sites (retirement) and, Hanover Hospital, ON. Introduction of new menus, upgrade to services, budget realignment.
Project manager - CAMH - Toronto, ON
Manager of Amalgamation Project – 11 Sites to 1 Site, conversion of conventional kitchens to one central cook chill production centre, selection of cook chill equipment, standardization of for Addiction and Mental Health, Donwood, Ludwick Institute, Clark Institute, Lakeshore, Toronto Western. Project Champion for Computrition, Dr. Elizabeth Bright-See Western U.
General Manager - Support Services - Michener Centre - Red Deer, AB
Directly responsible for all aspects of all support services for 877 mentally and physically disabled clients, RD' s and supervisors, nutrition interns, introduction of health care compliant food contract; introduction of dining with dignity program and diversity program. Mr. Marriott Award, President's award.
Director of Nutrition and Food Services - Laurentian Hospital
Directly responsible for all aspects of Nutrition and Food Services, Rd's including Nephrology, design/develop and implement ingredient control, on team for merger of three hospitals to one, regionalization of medicine, Nutrition and Food services for the opening of the Rehab facility and Cancer Lodge; on launch team of Program Management model. Project Champion for Computrition, Haven Program Clinic and Cancer Lodge opening and roll-out of food services.
Director of Nutrition and Food Services - Welland County General Hospital
Directly responsible for all aspects of Food and Nutrition services, in and outpatient counselling, retro fit of kitchen, launch team of Satellite Diabetes Education Centre, menumatics, introduction of compliant purchasing contract for health care facility, design/develop and implementation of outsourced menu, Haven injection Clinic.
Bachelor of Commerce - Hotel and Food Administration - University of Guelph
BaSc - Applied Human Nutrition - University of Guelph
