Patrick Professional has over 10 years of experience in business consulting, auditing, and project management. He holds an MBA from the University of Alberta with focuses on management consulting, project management, and managing professional service firms. His professional experience includes serving as an internal auditor for Utilicorp, where he audited business processes to identify risks, inefficiencies, and best practices. He also volunteers his consulting services with a focus on sustainability.
Patrick Professional has over 10 years of experience in business consulting, auditing, and project management. He holds an MBA from the University of Alberta with focuses on management consulting, project management, and managing professional service firms. His professional experience includes serving as an internal auditor for Utilicorp, where he audited business processes to identify risks, inefficiencies, and best practices. He also volunteers his consulting services with a focus on sustainability.
Patrick Professional has over 10 years of experience in business consulting, auditing, and project management. He holds an MBA from the University of Alberta with focuses on management consulting, project management, and managing professional service firms. His professional experience includes serving as an internal auditor for Utilicorp, where he audited business processes to identify risks, inefficiencies, and best practices. He also volunteers his consulting services with a focus on sustainability.
Asks insightful questions to better understand objectives Experience in developing and presenting both summary and detailed reports Ability to gain buy-in from managers and employees to participate in new best practices Deriving meaningful conclusions from large quantities of qualitative and quantitative data Solving problems that are new or that have proved difficult for others
EDUCATION
Master of Business Administration (MBA) 2015 University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta Management Consulting Project Management for Consulting Professionals Managing Professional Service Firms
Bachelor of Commerce 2006 University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Internal Auditor January 2011 August 2013 Utilicorp Edmonton Auditing various business processes in the interest of highlighting to management potential risks and inefficiencies. Using audits to recognize robust business practices and opportunities. Advising senior management on best practices across the company based on information from audits.
VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
Volunteer September 2013 June 2014 Net Impact Edmonton Completed pro-bono consulting projects for organizations with a focus on sustainability. Amalgamated two separately governed and managed non-profit organizations into one organization.
Professional Development
Executive of the MBA Association Participated in a case competitions involving the divestiture of a division of a large organization.
INTERESTS
Travel. Recently climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. Volleyball Basketball Tennis.