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564sweater for my mom at Christmas, from the store I worked at and a box of ice-cream for my dad.</p> 565<p style="text-align: justify;"> </p> 566<p style="text-align: justify;">From that moment forward, I have taken great pride in all of my work. </p> 567<p style="text-align: justify;"> </p> 568</div></div> 569</div></div> 570</div></div> 571<div pagelayer-id="xgt7603" class="p-xgt7603 pagelayer-row pagelayer-row-stretch-auto pagelayer-height-default"> 572 573 574 575 576 577 <div class="pagelayer-row-holder pagelayer-row pagelayer-auto pagelayer-width-auto"> 578<div pagelayer-id="cgv2803" class="p-cgv2803 pagelayer-col"> 579 580 581 582 583 <div class="pagelayer-col-holder"> 584<div pagelayer-id="ygt691" class="p-ygt691 pagelayer-text"> 585<div class="pagelayer-text-holder"> 586<p><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;">Why is it important for me to start the story there? As I reflect back on my working roots, I could not categorize, name, or brand anything and everything I did, back then. Reflection yields to me that I've had these foundational building blocks to my professional DNA from a very early age:</span></p> 587</div></div> 588</div></div> 589</div></div> 590<div pagelayer-id="gwi8369" class="p-gwi8369 pagelayer-row pagelayer-row-stretch-auto pagelayer-height-default"> 591 592 593 594 595 596 <div class="pagelayer-row-holder pagelayer-row pagelayer-auto pagelayer-width-fixed"> 597<div pagelayer-id="ufd3136" class="p-ufd3136 pagelayer-col"> 598 599 600 601 602 <div class="pagelayer-col-holder"> 603<div pagelayer-id="usj6023" class="p-usj6023 pagelayer-icon"> 604<div class="pagelayer-icon-holder"> 605 606 <i class="fas fa-star {{bg_shape}} pagelayer-icon-large pagelayer-animation-{{anim_hover}}"></i> 607 608 </div></div> 609<div pagelayer-id="sff1727" class="p-sff1727 pagelayer-heading" align="center"> 610<div class="pagelayer-heading-holder"> 611<h6>INTEGRITY</h6> 612</div> 613 614 </div> 615</div></div> 616<div pagelayer-id="ly784" class="p-ly784 pagelayer-col"> 617 618 619 620 621 <div class="pagelayer-col-holder"> 622<div pagelayer-id="u5s3160" class="p-u5s3160 pagelayer-icon"> 623<div class="pagelayer-icon-holder"> 624 625 <i class="fas fa-check-circle {{bg_shape}} pagelayer-icon-large pagelayer-animation-{{anim_hover}}"></i> 626 627 </div></div> 628<div pagelayer-id="qbs1772" class="p-qbs1772 pagelayer-heading" align="center"> 629<div class="pagelayer-heading-holder"> 630<h6>HONESTY</h6> 631</div> 632 633 </div> 634</div></div> 635</div></div> 636<div pagelayer-id="fhg2735" class="p-fhg2735 pagelayer-row pagelayer-row-stretch-auto pagelayer-height-default"> 637 638 639 640 641 642 <div class="pagelayer-row-holder pagelayer-row pagelayer-auto pagelayer-width-fixed"> 643<div pagelayer-id="oyj4706" class="p-oyj4706 pagelayer-col"> 644 645 646 647 648 <div class="pagelayer-col-holder"> 649<div pagelayer-id="pg96051" class="p-pg96051 pagelayer-icon"> 650<div class="pagelayer-icon-holder"> 651 652 <i class="fas fa-hands-helping {{bg_shape}} pagelayer-icon-large pagelayer-animation-{{anim_hover}}"></i> 653 654 </div></div> 655<div pagelayer-id="98y1988" class="p-98y1988 pagelayer-heading" align="center"> 656<div class="pagelayer-heading-holder"> 657<h6>LEADERSHIP</h6> 658</div> 659 660 </div> 661</div></div> 662<div pagelayer-id="vrx7318" class="p-vrx7318 pagelayer-col"> 663 664 665 666 667 <div class="pagelayer-col-holder"> 668<div pagelayer-id="ux44266" class="p-ux44266 pagelayer-icon"> 669<div class="pagelayer-icon-holder"> 670 671 <i class="fas fa-apple-alt {{bg_shape}} pagelayer-icon-large pagelayer-animation-{{anim_hover}}"></i> 672 673 </div></div> 674<div pagelayer-id="i1k9367" class="p-i1k9367 pagelayer-heading" align="center"> 675<div class="pagelayer-heading-holder"> 676<h6>VALUES</h6> 677</div> 678 679 </div> 680</div></div> 681</div></div> 682<div pagelayer-id="ujc3102" class="p-ujc3102 pagelayer-row pagelayer-row-stretch-auto pagelayer-height-default"> 683 684 685 686 687 688 <div class="pagelayer-row-holder pagelayer-row pagelayer-auto pagelayer-width-auto"> 689<div pagelayer-id="mlv5273" class="p-mlv5273 pagelayer-col"> 690 691 692 693 694 <div class="pagelayer-col-holder"> 695<div pagelayer-id="y4m5985" class="p-y4m5985 pagelayer-space"> 696<div class="pagelayer-space-holder"></div></div> 697<div pagelayer-id="zlw3507" class="p-zlw3507 pagelayer-heading"> 698<div class="pagelayer-heading-holder"> 699<h4>BACKGROUND</h4> 700</div> 701 702 </div> 703<div pagelayer-id="frh2822" class="p-frh2822 pagelayer-text"> 704<div class="pagelayer-text-holder"> 705<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">I haver been working in Information Technology, focused on back-end service delivery and support since 1996. I have had the privilege of helping small field offices in Northern Ontario in the middle of a park and then authoring technology standards supp
705orting best business practices, from downtown Toronto. My dedication has embraced a blended approach to ensure I could provide the best possible service I would want to receive as a citizen, while taking pride in my delivery through integrity, honesty, leadership, and a set of core organic and common sense values.</span></span></p> 706</div></div> 707<div pagelayer-id="y6m2599" class="p-y6m2599 pagelayer-text"> 708<div class="pagelayer-text-holder"><p style="text-align: justify; font-size: medium;">I deliberately studied and achieved University and College credentials in Sociology focused on social behaviour and welfare as well as Computer Engineering. I've continued to compliment those with additional certifications and training along the way in Business Relationship Management, Service Management, inclusion, diversity, anti-racism, mental health, acuity, and behavioural sciences. </p></div></div> 709<div pagelayer-id="eqv2632" class="p-eqv2632 pagelayer-text"> 710<div class="pagelayer-text-holder"> 711<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">My journey has taken me through the multiple organizations with a goal of leaving things better than how I found them. I've made that journey through logging roads, side roads, town roads, city streets, and major highways, with my eyes wide open for appreciation of the great people I met along the way.</span></span></p> 712</div></div> 713<div pagelayer-id="tlc1837" class="p-tlc1837 pagelayer-space"> 714<div class="pagelayer-space-holder"></div></div> 715<div pagelayer-id="fkq9808" class="p-fkq9808 pagelayer-heading"> 716<div class="pagelayer-heading-holder"> 717<h4>VISION</h4> 718</div> 719 720 </div> 721<div pagelayer-id="kxb4396" class="p-kxb4396 pagelayer-text"> 722<div class="pagelayer-text-holder"><p style="text-align: justify;">Some of the best life lessons that were learned from my "jobs" went on to influence and serve my career. I am thankful for the people who taught me those lessons, both from a position of strength and leadership as much as those from a position of insecurity and self-awareness. </p> 723<p> </p> 724<p style="text-align: justify;">My "job" goal was to work in as many industries as possible to expand my knowledge, better understand people's actions, emotions, awareness, and ethics at all levels, and make a few dollars to enjoy music. 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