Osama Moudathir Berrada ** Gentian Heights, Ottawa, ON

C613-***-**** acur64@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

Master of Public Health 2012

Queen’s University

Honours Bachelor in Health Sciences, Cum Laude 2011

University of Ottawa

PROFILE

Over 5 years of Project Management & Implementation experience – managing and up to $100K implementations at a time; workflow process planning & testing; evaluation plans; budgeting; scheduling and other project management methodologies.

Over 5 years of business analysis experience producing, testing, and revising hundreds of business process charts.

Over 3 years of client management and/or customer service experience; managing client satisfaction, project risks, escalations.

Extensive experience & knowledge conducting Program Evaluation methods, including situational assessments, program theory assessments, process/organizational assessments, impact/outcome assessments, and efficiency assessments.

Experience Standardizing Operating Procedures by incorporating analytical methods, data quality protocols, & reporting standards; ensured confidentiality protection of clients in the data management through privacy measures.

Experience communicating statistical results to inform policy/business process changes ensuring knowledge translation.

Extensive experience reviewing, analyzing, revising, and developing policies at both a federal level and research level.

Advanced report writing and policy brief writing skills.

Bilingualism Certificate (2010) from the University of Ottawa (English & French).

CONSULTING CONTRACTS (Under incorp: Edward Jenner Public Health Consultants, Ltd)

TELUS Health Physician Solutions

Project Manager I Jul 2015 – Present

Responsible for small to large and complex sized EMR implementations comprised of dozens of sub-projects and tasks.

Plan, manage and communicate all aspects of projects including scope, timeline, budget, risk mitigation plans, contingency plans, and transition process.

Evaluate project deliverable changes and determine their impact on related and interdependent tasks and projects.

Develop detailed project plans. Monitor and control project plan.

Resolve and ensure appropriate resolution of all business and technical issues

Identify and manage business process gaps associated with individual projects as well as overall processes; modify QMS Work instructions and Standard Operating Procedure documents.

Maintain effective communication of status with Project Owner, management, the team, and clients.

Perform analysis of schedule, regarding resources, costs and task completion.

Leeds, Grenville, and Lanark District Health Unit (LGLDHU)

Project Manager & Lead Business Consultant - PANORAMA Nov 2013 – Sept 2015

Lead Business Analyst at the LGLDHU on IBM-MOHLTC government project: PANORAMA, overseeing the integration of the nationalized electronic medical records system & public health surveillance system.

Project Manager collaborating with Medical Officer of Health on a health unit-wide Change Management through new-technologies integration and management training.

Overseeing IM/IT security assessments including privacy impact assessments and threat risk assessments.

Worked within $200k budget; managed over 40 agency staff members.

Produced and revised over 100 business process workflow maps.

Led training of agency staff through a train-the-trainer model with the philosophy of capacity building.

InputHealth Inc.

Project Manager (Consultant) Jan 2015 – Jun 2015

Projects and implementations manager overseeing the IT/IM deployment of InputHealth Inc EMR system.

Design team member for ‘Reporting’ functionality of CHR system.

Current Rolling out 3 ICHOM standardized electronic patient reporting outcome sets (eProm’s).

Liaising between the Jewish General Hospital & Harvard Business School, The BCG, and Karolinska Institutet.

Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities (SCHC)

Health Promotion Strategist – Project Management Consultant Oct 2014 – Feb 2015

Produced the SCHC Health Promotion Strategy plan for 2015-2018.

Conducted a situational assessment as well as an organizational evaluation of health promotion delivery.

Worked with the SCHC director and key stakeholders to affirm project scope, objectives, deliverables & timelines.

Facilitated a prioritization of health promotion strategies activity between internal and external stakeholders.

Coordinated the project and managed a team of consultants.

Leeds, Grenville, and Lanark District Health Unit (LGLDHU)

Epidemiologist Consultant - Rapid Risk Factor Surveillance System (RRFSS) Jul 2014 – Jan 2015

Project coordinator & epidemiologist consultant responsible for the data analysis of the LGLDHU district RRFSS data in collaboration with the Institute for Social Research – produced quarterly epidemiological reports.

Worked within a small team to ensure the administration of the survey tool, and the proper collection of quality data.

Produced an analysis report.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Student Federation (SFUO), University of Ottawa

CEO - Chief Electoral Officer & Executive Manager Nov 2012 – Mar 2013

Lead executive member of the University of Ottawa elections process; oversaw elections of members of the Senate, Board of Administration Directors, Board of Governors, and the SFUO Executives for the term of 2013-2014.

Undertook human resource management role by recruiting, training and supervising a team of 100+ employees; required to maintain proper segregation of duties amongst employees in order to avoid conflicts and ensure independence.

Interpreted constitutional clauses as well as proposed amendments and passed motions at the Board of Administration.

Bilingually reported to the public through presentations and media coverage.

Prepared and executed a transparent electoral system while maintaining the confidentiality of candidates by managing and ensuring the proper security of records for the purpose of the year-end audit.

Managed and respected a $100,000 project budget.

Statistics & Community Health Promotion, School of Nursing, Queen’s University

Teacher Assistant & Instructor Sept 2012 – Dec 2012

Teacher Assistant and Instructor for two courses: Statistics & Community Health Promotion

Coordinated and instructed course material on a weekly basis and guided problem-solving for students.

Nominated for the Christopher Knapper Award for Excellence in Teaching Assistance.

Canadian Forces Directorate of Forces Health Protection, Occupational and Environmental Health Section, National Defence (DND)

Knowledge Translation Officer – Practicum Student April 2012–Aug 2012

Coordinated the knowledge translation of results by reviewing the water treatment technologies for military settings

Produced several Risk Communication pieces to different Canadian Force bases informing them about their source water quality based on the Health Canada Drinking Water Quality Guideline.

Conducted a toxicological risk assessment on the production of shipboard water close to shore using the SROD.

Community Health Promotion for Nurses, School of Nursing, Queen’s University

Teacher Assistant & Co-Lecturer Sept 2011 – Dec 2011

Co-lecturer and Teacher Assistant for a 4th year class for Nurses.

Guided students through research methods and answer course-material questions.

Marked exams and assignments.

Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Centre for Immunization and Respiratory Infectious Diseases, Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)

Surveillance Assistant Jul 2011 – Sept 2011

Managed surveillance of eleven major vaccine preventable diseases (VPD).

Active role in surveillance and epi-reporting on the 2011 Quebec Measles outbreak; sent out weekly Quebec ‘Status reports’ to PHAC’s stakeholders including PAHO (the Pan American Health Organization).

Produced several Standard Operating Procedures for the surveillance systems used as well as other task-lists.

Health Services Division, Public Health Sector, Correctional Service Canada (CSC)

Infectious Diseases Data Entry Specialist and Administrative Assistant May 2010 – May 2011

Helped monitor medical report patterns to study Infectious Disease incidences in Canadian Federal penitentiaries across provinces in order to help team Managers and Epidemiologists identify potential epidemic outbreaks.

Tasked with the surveillance, monitoring, & analysis of inmate health data testing positive for STI’s and STBBI’s – collaborated on correctional health promotion strategies to stop the spread of STI’s and STBBI’s within correctional environments.

Sandy Hill Community Health Center - Transdisciplinary Community Health Project (TCHP)

SHCHC Partner - Project Coordinator Sept 2010 – April 2011

Partnered with local community center - SandyHill Community Health Center - on Springhurst Park Improvement.

Conducted a Community Needs Assessment as a "Community Consultation Initiative” Project.

Established Stakeholder engagement, and collaborated directly with Councillor David Chernushenko.

Administered and collected survey results, along with focus groups results, and key-informant results.

Produced poster and presented it along with an Evaluation Summary Report to Ottawa’s City Hall.

Qualified for a $130,000 city funding to renovate and upgrade Community Park.

Student Federation of the University of Ottawa; Board of Administration

BOA – Health Sciences Director May 2009 - May 2010

Member of the highest governing body for the student federation on the University of Ottawa campus.

Responsible for the management of the federation, and it’s $7 million + budget.

Each Monthly meeting, we make decisions on all aspects of the Student federation: policy decisions, budgetary allocations, disciplinary actions, etc.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Project Management skills; experience using various PM softwares.

SAS 9.2/SPSS/STATA – Extensive use of Statistical Analysis Systems.

Advanced proficiency with Microsoft office, Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, WordPerfect

Sharrepoints – Filemaker, Saleforce, WebIDSS

Native proficiency in English and Arabic; Intermediate French level proficiency.

ONLINE LINKS

EJPHC Profile page: www.publichealthconsultants.ca

‘About.Me’ Profile: about.me/osamaberrada

LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/osama-berrada-mph/38/a75/b48

Twitter: @osamaberrada

Queen’s Profiles: http://www.queensu.ca/sgs/forstudents/stories/students-perspective/berrada.html

http://www.queensu.ca/comhealth-epid/mph/prospective/studentprofiles/berrada.html

Wordpress Blog: https://osamaberrada.wordpress.com/

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