| Dates |
Occupation |
| June 2001 - present |
Royal Bank VisaFraud Investigations, Montreal, Québec |
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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 AssociationCorporate Payment Systems, Toronto, Ontario |
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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 CanadaCentral Card Centre, Commercial Visa Cards, Toronto, Ontario |
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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 CanadaCentral Card Centre, Business Cards & Credit Services, Toronto, Ontario |
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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 EngineeringNorth Bay, Ontario |
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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 JacobsonToronto, Ontario |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 PantryFraser Lake, British Columbia |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 EngineeringNorth Bay, Ontario |
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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. RedpathNorth Bay, Ontario
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Geotechnical Engineering Student: reorganization of engineering library, auditing strength calculations, data gathering and analysis |
| May 1988 - August 1988 |
Northland Engineering (1987)North Bay, Ontario |
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Civil Engineering Student: assisted in office duties, including report-writing and preparation, blueprinting, mylar drawings; also assisted in site investigations and city planning projects |