WORK EXPERIENCE



Dates Occupation
June 2001 - present

Royal Bank Visa

Fraud Investigations, Montreal, Québec
Fraud Analyst and Team Leader: analyze credit card fraud and take preventative action to reduce further fraud; communicate with corporate investigators and Visa; lead a team of 10 fraud agents who deal with customers and who analyze counterfeit credit cards; performance reviews; create and update operations manuals
August 2000 - May 2001

USBank National Association

Corporate Payment Systems, Toronto, Ontario
Business Systems Analyst: move coordination; support for Commercial Cards staff; knowledge of Total Systems; projects in payment systems, client management, monthly report facilitation
October 1998 - August 2000

Royal Bank of Canada

Central Card Centre, Commercial Visa Cards, Toronto, Ontario
Account Co-ordinator: direct link between Visa centre and Company representative; knowledge of Total Systems; responsible for maintenance of individual Visa accounts, payments, new company setups, new cardholder applications, distribution of information, system reports, support for Royal Bank Program Managers
November 1996 - September 1998

Royal Bank of Canada

Central Card Centre, Business Cards & Credit Services, Toronto, Ontario
Customer Service Representative: telephone agent for CreditLine for Small Business, Corporate Expense and Commercial Visa Cards; knowledge of Total Systems, VIMS, SRF, RICS, ULS and CAPS; responsible for taking incoming cardholder calls, lost/stolen reports, replacement cards, address changes, retention, distribution of information, credit limit evaluations, account transfers, support for Account Coordinators in Commercial Cards
June 1996 - August 1996

Merlex Engineering

North Bay, Ontario
Geo-Technical Engineer's Assistant: responsible for drill crew supervision, soil sample collection, data collection, soil testing, soil classification, report-writing, site investigation
April 1996 - June 1996

Burak Jacobson

Toronto, Ontario
Bilingual Marketing Researcher: responsible for making outgoing calls to collect answers to various surveys
October 1995 - November 1995

Placer Dome Canada Ltd.

Dome Mines, Timmins, Ontario
Contract Metallurgist: assisted in collecting samples at various points in the grinding section of the mill, carrying out lab tests on these samples, and gathering data towards optimizing the grinding circuit
February 1995 - September 1995

Placer Dome Canada Ltd.

Endako Mines Division, Endako, British Columbia
Contract Metallurgist: responsible for quality control of internal and final products, product shipments, Canning Crew supervision, Ultrapure Crew supervision, Roaster Crew supervision, daily and monthly mill reports, monthly metallurgical accounting reports, grinding and crushing circuit surveys, particle size indicator calibration (Outokumpu PSI-200), new Molybdenum Inventory System set-up and integration
November 1994 - February 1995

Chevron Town Pantry

Fraser Lake, British Columbia
Cashier: knowledge of cash register, lotto machine, POS functions; responsible for cash, safe, stocking, cleaning up, measuring levels in gasoline tanks, security
February 1994 - October 1994

Placer Dome Canada Ltd.

Division Mines Sigma, Val d'Or, Québec
Environmental Coordinator/Metallurgist: drafted the Environmental Operating Plan and the 1995 environmental budget, acted as government liaison for the mine; contributed to the tailings pond carbon column project and the mill expansion/upgrade project; supervised mill crews and summer students
June 1992 - February 1994

Placer Dome Canada Ltd.

Endako Mines Division, Endako, British Columbia
Metallurgist: responsible for monthly metallurgical accounting reports, 1994 Roaster and Canning budgets, supervision of Canning, Ultrapure and Roaster crews, quality control of internal and final products, product shipments, equipment maintenance and work orders, liaison between mine and head office for product distribution
May 1991 - August 1991

Placer Dome Inc.

Gibraltar Mines, McLeese Lake, British Columbia
Metallurgical Student: participated in grinding circuit surveys, tailings dam piezometer monitoring, flocculant efficiency testing and particle size analyzer calibration
May 1990 - August 1990

Strata Engineering Corp.

Don Mills, Ontario
Geotechnical Engineering Student: responsible for laboratory soils tests, including sieve analyses, plasticity indices and proctor tests; on-site testing included concrete slump tests and cylinder preparation, and well testing
June 1989 - August 1989

Merlex Engineering

North Bay, Ontario
Geotechnical Engineering Student: responsible for laboratory soils and concrete testing, including proctor tests, sieve analyses, soils classification, concrete cylinder and grout cube preparation, cylinder curing, cylinder and cube shear tests; on-site testing included soil compaction tests, concrete slump tests, cylinder and cube preparation, pile testing and column strength testing
May 1989

J.S. Redpath

North Bay, Ontario
Geotechnical Engineering Student: reorganization of engineering library, auditing strength calculations, data gathering and analysis
May 1988 - August 1988

Northland Engineering (1987)

North Bay, Ontario
Civil Engineering Student: assisted in office duties, including report-writing and preparation, blueprinting, mylar drawings; also assisted in site investigations and city planning projects


Throughout my stay in University, I worked as receptionist in St Joseph's College on a part-time basis. Previous to entering University, I worked a summer at Midland Doherty (before they became Midland Walwin) performing general office duties. I taught piano for Brian McDowell Studios in North Bay for two years. I earned money one summer playing the trumpet in a street band on the main streets of North Bay. I worked at Pinehill Coffee Shop for several years, and also delivered the North Bay Nugget from the age of 10.




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