332 Euclid Ave.
Toronto, ON M6J 2K2
(416) 964-1568
[email protected]
http://www.ecf.utoronto.ca/~jpp

• Extensive leadership experience
• Excellent organizational and communication skills
• Work well independently and in a team environment
• Strong customer service orientation
• Incorporate preventive and holistic approaches to problem solving
• Laboratory experience: optical and electron microscopy, mechanical testing, metal casting
• Computer literacy: MS Office, FileMaker Pro, Windows, UNIX

• Graduation with honours, April 2001
• Courses include process engineering, statistical process control, hydrometallurgy, corrosion engineering, materials selection and design
• Term project: Investigation of the strength of solder joints on printed circuit boards (in conjunction with Celestica Inc.)

• Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science, University of Toronto
  Research Assistant
  Summer 2000
  • Awarded NSERC Undergraduate Student Summer Research scholarship
  • Studied the densification, electrical conductivity and mechanical wear characteristics of a metal-matrix composite


• Center for Minerals Technology, BHP World Minerals, Reno, NV
  Metallurgical Assistant
  July 1998 to May 1999
  • Commissioned, tested and operated a 5-tonne per day pilot plant
  • Supervised hydrometallurgy unit operations including leaching, filtration, crystallization, solvent extraction, pyrohydrolysis and pressure-swing distillation
  • Trained new interns in all pilot plant procedures and operations
  • Performed lab-scale tests including hydrolysis and polymer corrosion
  • Developed process flow charts and piping and instrumentation diagrams
  • Designed sampling protocols for several unit operations


• METEX Systems Inc., Toronto, ON
  Office Assistant
  September 1997 to January 1998 (part-time)
  June to August 1997 (summer, full-time)
  • Designed sales/license tracking and fixed-assets databases using FileMaker Pro
  • Aided sales and customer service staff in handling customer inquiries
  • Coordinated new office voice-mail system


• Professional Experience Year Program, University of Toronto
  Program Assistant
  March 1992 to September 1996
  • Counseled over three hundred students annually on application and interview techniques
  • Facilitated the recruiting process for more than fifty employers
  • Improved office efficiency by introducing new ways to gather and disseminate information
  • Maintained a student records and employer contact database in FileMaker Pro
  • Program doubled in size between 1993 and 1996

• Engineering GRADitude Chair
  September 2000 to March 2001
  
  • Lead fundraising effort for the Engineering Class of 2001 leaving-class gift
  • Encourage graduates to contribute a legacy to future classes and maintain a relationship with the faculty after graduation


• 25th Toronto International Film Festival
  August to September 2000
  
  • Fielded programming inquiries from hundreds of festival patrons
  • Performed various theatre duties including usher, line monitor, ticket-taker


• Producer - Skule Nite 9T2 (UofT Engineering Society's annual musical)
  May 1991 to April 1992
  
  • Recruited and supervised a production staff of over 30 people
  • Prepared and administered a $15,000 budget
  • Supervised event promotion and marketing