{"id":46,"date":"2011-05-05T12:40:58","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T20:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/thinkmecheng\/"},"modified":"2011-06-17T07:49:36","modified_gmt":"2011-06-17T15:49:36","slug":"management-consulting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/thinkmecheng\/profiles\/management-consulting\/","title":{"rendered":"Management Consulting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Name:<\/strong> Nancy Paris, M.A.Sc., P.Eng.\"\"<\/p>\n

Job Title:<\/strong> CEO & Senior Research Consultant<\/p>\n

Company: <\/strong>Peak Research Inc.<\/p>\n

Industry: <\/strong>Consulting<\/p>\n

What I Do<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

I am the CEO of Peak Research Inc., a management consulting firm that is dedicated to building an innovative Canadian healthcare system and increasing the economic potential of Canadian applied research organizations.<\/p>\n

A Day in the Life<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

My hours are completely flexible, so I usually work 7 or 8 hours between 6 am and 5 pm, Monday to Friday, with breaks for walking my daughter to school, working out, or other activities.<\/p>\n

I interact with my clients and project stakeholders, my business partner (who is also my husband), other team members (whom I usually supervise), my suppliers (i.e. accountant, graphic designer, etc.) and a wide net of business colleagues that I’ve developed over the 18 years I’ve been in engineering as a biomedical engineer.<\/p>\n

I work on a wide variety of health care technology related projects. Currently I am working on the development and evaluation of the home care ceiling lift program for people in BC. My projects usually involve a combination of research tasks and stakeholder interactions.<\/p>\n

Why My Job Is Great<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

I love the area of health care technology as I know the importance of the technology to the people that need it. Working in medical and assistive devices is a fascinating blend of technology and biology, as it is quite common that these devices interface with the people that need them. This leads to people working together in multi-disciplinary teams, which I find to be the most interesting way to work.<\/p>\n

The Downside<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Projects can take many years to complete, which can be difficult at times, but the outcome usually leads to something useful.<\/p>\n

Off the Job<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Outside of work I spend time with my family, which includes my husband, 8-year-old daughter, and 5-month-old yellow lab puppy. I also spend time with friends and family entertaining. For recreation, I love to hike and cross country ski locally. I love to travel and I also practice photography. This year, the family is learning Italian so we can do a home exchange sometime in 2008\/9 for a couple of months.<\/p>\n

Experiences from my Undergrad to Learn From<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

I took a summer job at UBC on an NSERC student scholarship and worked on a vibration white finger disease project. This was my first experience with biomedical engineering and I believe this experience gave me the edge when I got my first job working on the development and evaluation of an artificial hip joint at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) in 1990.<\/p>\n

The Best Part<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

The best part of being a mechanical engineer is the interesting work!<\/p>\n

My Advice to You<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

If you’re thinking about your future, remember that mechanical engineering can lead to careers in a wide variety of industries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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