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| Ms. Jody Thomas was appointed Deputy Minister of the Department of National Defence on October 23, 2017. | | Ms. Jody Thomas was appointed Deputy Minister of the Department of National Defence on October 23, 2017. |
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− | <h2 style="margin-top:2px; margin-bottom:2px; border:0; color: white;padding: 0 0 0 12px;font-size: 170%;">Speed mentoring/Mentorat éclair: Sarah Paquette</h2></div> | + | <h2 style="margin-top:2px; margin-bottom:2px; border:0; color: white;padding: 0 0 0 12px;font-size: 170%;">Speed mentoring/Mentorat éclair: Keira Torkko</h2></div> |
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− | <span style="color: #696969">[[File:Sarah Paquette.jpg|thumb|1000px| left|Sarah Paquette, Executive Vice-President, SSC / Vice-présidente exécutive, SPC]] | + | <span style="color: #696969">[[File:Keira Torkko.jpg|thumb|1000px| left|Keira Torkko, Vice President, Employee Experience at Assent Compliance]] |
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− | '''<big><big>Sarah Paquette, ''' PhD </big></big> | + | '''<big><big>Keira Torkko, '''Vice President, Employee Experience at Assent Compliance</big></big> |
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− | '''Executive Vice-President<br> ''' | + | '''Vice-President, Employee Experience<br> ''' |
− | Shared Services Canada (SSC) | Government of Canada<br>'''{{em|Sarah.Paquette@canada.ca}}''' | (613) 670-1784<br>
| + | Assent Compliance<br>'''<br> |
− | 99, Metcalfe, Ottawa, Ontatrio K1A 0S5<br>
| + | [linkedin.com/in/keira-torkko]<br> |
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− | '''Vice-president executive<br> '''
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− | Services partages Canada (SPC) | Gouvernement du Canada<br>'''{{em|Sarah.Paquette@canada.ca}}''' | (613) 670-1784<br>
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− | 99, rue Metcalfe, Ottawa (Ontario) K1A 0S5
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− | Sarah Paquet attended the University of Ottawa, earning her Civil Law degree in 1993 and her Common Law degree in 2001. After becoming a member of the Barreau du Québec in 1994, she began her career practicing law with a firm in Gatineau, Québec, where she focused on civil, commercial, and family law.
| + | Keira Torkko is Vice President, Employee Experience at Assent Compliance. |
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− | Ms. Paquet started her career in the federal public service with the Department of Justice (DoJ) in 1997. She held various positions within DoJ before becoming Executive Director and General Counsel for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Executive Director and Senior General Counsel for Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC).
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− | In August 2011, Ms. Paquet became Assistant Deputy Minister (ADM) of PSPC’s Integrated Services Branch. She played a key role in supporting PSPC's firm commitment to strengthening client services by leading the Service Strategy, which helped ingrain service excellence across the department and guided the way by which services are delivered to clients.
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− | Ms. Paquet was also responsible for the implementation of major IT-enabled business solutions such as GCDOCS, My GCHR, Shared Case Management System and Shared Travel Services, across more than 100 government departments and agencies.
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− | In 2016-17, Ms. Paquet was the ADM responsible for the Procurement Modernization Initiative. In that capacity, she reported to the Treasury Board Secretariat and to PSPC. She successfully rallied support for the new Government of Canada (GC) vision for Procurement Modernization from industry, lead departments, and other government departments through a variety of collaborative consultations and engagement events.
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| + | Ms. Torkko’s commitment to promoting a dynamic team spirit and culture of high performance helps ensure Assent Compliance attracts and retains champions. |
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− | Sarah Paquet is currently the Executive Vice-President (EVP) at Shared Services Canada (SSC). As EVP, she oversees the delivery of digital services across more than 100 government departments and agencies – including email, data centre and network services, cyber and IT security.
| + | She has led teams in a variety of sectors for more than 20 years and has held a variety of leadership roles at the National Research Council, the Coaching Association of Canada and TD Bank. Keira sits on the boards of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and the Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation, and is actively involved in a variety of community sports organizations. |
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