RYAN LI
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607-***-**** *****@*******.***
Education CORNELL UNIVERSITY, Johnson Graduate School of Management Ithaca, NY
Master of Business Administration, May 2010
Finance Focus; GMAT 740
Old Ezra Finance Club; Cornell Ski and Snowboard Club; Asia Business Association
UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO Waterloo, ON
Bachelor of Applied Science, May 2005
Management Science and Operations Option, 2 years of Internship Experience
Experience TELUS COMMUNICATIONS Vancouver, BC
2005-2008 Project Manager
Led a 15 member cross functional team to replace legacy payment gateways resulting in a
21% decrease in operational expenses
Presented the project business case to the executive leadership team obtaining buy-in and
release of $1.6mm in capital funding
Negotiated a $1.2mm vendor software agreement and professional services contract
leading to 30% in cost savings
Directed the successful implementation of 3 concurrent, time-constrained project streams
affecting over $4.8bn per year in customer transactions
Finance Associate – Revenue Assurance
Performed spot auditing of large business contracts and billing to identify discrepancies
resulting in revenue recoveries of $375k
Coordinated financial results across 17 team-wide initiatives and presented monthly
statistics to Finance VPs
Developed threshold analysis reporting to alert Product Managers of monthly revenue and
usage spikes leading to billing problem identification
Designed process improvements with regulatory department to recover $3.2mm per year
in lost revenue for multiple phone line business contracts
Developer Analyst – Business Transformation LDP
Implemented a standard Project Management methodology across all rapid delivery
projects to begin capitalization of LDP projects going forward
Developed business and functional requirements for a law enforcement project to
enhance functional toolset of product
2004 ONTARIO MINISTRY OF FINANCE Toronto, ON
Summer Analyst
Developed income reports for the Ministry of Health and Environment ultimately used in
the Province of Ontario’s yearly fall financial statement
Volunteering: Coordinated TELUS’ Daily Bread Food Bank volunteer program; Team
Personal
Captain during the Ride for Juvenile Diabetes; Volunteer for the Habitat for Humanity
Interests: snowboarding, fly and center-pin fishing, golf
Fluent in spoken Cantonese