Consulting Profile
2001 – 2004 Cameco Corporation (strategy implementation and performance management); this project involved an engagement with Cameco’s Corporate Development and Quality areas. This involved a comprehensive review of Cameco’s culture as it related to two surveys - employee’s health and wellness, and Canada’s Top 50 companies assessment. The final report delivered to executive management detailed 32 recommendations aimed at improving their culture as it pertained to health, wellness and employee morale, and Cameco management now informally refers to that report as their ‘book of 32.’
1996 – 2005 Credit Union Central of Saskatchewan (strategic positioning, strategy implementation, strategy innovation and performance management); this engagement involved assisting CUCS in developing and implementing a balanced scorecard in efforts to drive key strategic areas. The engagement has included the development and implementation of quality measures surveys, defining and implementing service excellence models, providing counsel on strategic positioning, and developing a comprehensive index score for the organization that is utilized by the Board on an annual basis as the primary measure of organizational quality and performance. More recently, I have been involved in assessing their innovation propensity with a view to developing and sustaining an innovation culture.
2004 – 2005 Concentra Financial (strategy implementation and performance management); this engagement involved in the development and analysis of their customer service and quality measures surveys for corporate services, relationship management, financial intermediation, and thrust services. This was done in efforts to support implementation and measurement of Concentra’s overall strategy utilizing the balanced scorecard approach. More recently, I have been involved in assessing their innovation propensity with a view to developing and sustaining an innovation culture. Concentra Financial is a Top 100 Canadian Company.
2005 - Saskatchewan Research Council (strategy insight and strategy innovation); this engagement involved working with the Board of the SRC, helping them to better understand models for new wealth creating opportunities. Another aspect of this engagement involved helping assist SRC’s senior management to identify key performance drivers and measures. The SRC is one of Saskatchewan’s top 100 companies and is involved in providing innovative solutions for their client base which is made up of both public and private sector organizations.
2003 – 2004 EDS (Plano, Texas); EDS, founded by Ross Perot, is a world leader in technology management. Based out of Plano, Texas, EDS provides a broad portfolio of business and technology solutions to help its clients worldwide improve their business performance. Their core portfolio comprises information-technology, applications and business process services, as well as information-technology transformation services. This project involved working closely with EDS staff on two separate projects, The City of Saskatoon e-services development project, and the Information Services Corporation of Saskatchewan e-services redevelopment project.
1996 - SREDA (Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority) (strategy insight and strategic positioning); in collaboration with Mr. Don Gass, former managing partner of Deloitte and Touche in Saskatoon and Chair of two Saskatchewan Government commissions in the 1990’s, we undertook research and developed the economic development strategy for the City of Saskatoon. At that time, responsibility for economic development was being transferred from the City of Saskatoon to SREDA, and SREDA was seeking a focus. This report outlined the foundation for economic development as well as strategies for sector specific development in Saskatoon. This report has proved to be the catalyst for economic growth experienced by Saskatoon over the past 10 years.
2004 - SED (strategy insight and strategy innovation); SED is a division of Calian. Calian is a leader in the technology services industry, their customers are many and varied, and include organizations in both the public and private sectors. With annual revenues in excess of $170 million (CDN) and a staff of over 2,200, Calian ranks among the largest professional services companies in Canada. This project involved working with SED’s executive and senior management and included facilitating opportunity space and strategic mapping sessions. This engagement involved making several recommendations around SED’s strategy process with a view to make it more proactive and innovative at an operational level.
1997 – 2003 University of Saskatchewan (strategy review, strategy positioning, and strategy implementation); since 1997, I have been involved in six separate engagements that involve strategy reviews, positioning and implementation. These involved organizational (strategy) reviews of the College of Graduate Studies and Research, the College of Veterinary Medicine, and the Financial Services Division. As well, customer analysis and strategy positioning engagements were undertaken for Facilities Management, the Centre for Agricultural Medicine, and the Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture.
2005 - University of Hawaii Research Corporation (strategy insight and strategic positioning); this project involved an assessment (and competitive analysis) for the positioning of a specialized post graduate agribusiness degree at the University of Hawaii. The College of Business and Economics at the University of Hawaii – Hilo is an AASCB accredited business school and is looking at opportunities to expand its programming into market-based graduate programming.
2002 – ScienceMap; This project involved developing a methodology to define science activity clusters that have their roots in the University of Saskatchewan and Innovation Place. The project resulted in the creation of techmap that identified 7 distinct clusters of activity. TechMaps allow organizations and communities to identify and highlight complex historic relationships within their geographic region. TechMaps display information based on genealogy, history, and relationships within identified sectors. They allow viewers to visualize the focus of the community's development and its investment attraction. Saskatchewan’s sciencemap can be viewed at www.sciencemap.net.
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