I graduated from York University in the early 2000’s. Not wanting to hit the cubicle just yet, I was one of 12 to get into the Advanced Website & Database Development Post-Grad at Humber College.

After that, I had the school bug, and I enrolled at the University of Toronto in a one year Project Management Certification certification course.

I started my career as an early e-commerce developer, writing XSLT, JavaScript, and PHP for some of the first online shops including those for Marvel, Star Wars, Interflora, Adidas, and more.

I didn’t want to be a developer forever, so my transition into Project Management came quickly. I worked for multiple innovative marketing and advertising firms along King Street West in Toronto for a number of years.

I can still remember working on the launch of the first online booking websites for a well known orange taxi company in Toronto. Ah, how the times have changed.

But after a while, I longed for more.

I made the jump to TD Bank then CIBC, leaving the wild world of advertising behind, but opening the door to what I eventually realized was a truer passion – methodologies and process improvement.

I got into the meta details of not only how to create a process, but the why’s and how’s behind it, learning how to build efficient, effective, and transferable methods and templates for other project managers.

At TD Bank’s EPMO, I led initiatives to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Project Management methodology, led the development of the bank’s first Program Management methodology, and was part of the team that developed the bank’s first Enterprise Change Management methodology, 

But even then, I still wasn’t done.

In 2014 I started my own consulting corporation – Linda Lee Remba Consulting Inc. After landing a great contract at CIBC, I was lucky to jump around their business lines, working as the Project Manager, then Business Transformation Lead on multiple large Financial Advisor & Advice initiatives.

As a lifelong learner, I continued to grow my expertise. I obtained my Project Management Professional (PMP) credential, the moved onto other certifications, credentials, and courses in Lean Six Sigma, Innovation, Inclusion and Diversity, and Sustainability. 

*No, I’m not pictured here. But I’d like to think I looked this cool while roaming the office.

Change Management was blowing up, and I saw the need for it all around me. After working on the methodology team at TD Bank, I flew to Chicago for a change management bootcamp as a capstone treat.

At CIBC, I lead multiple enterprise initiatives as their Enterprise Change Management Lead within the Retail and Wealth lines of business, including initiatives that spanned Simplii Financial.

In 2018 I had a good hang of the consultant life, and was looking to delve deeper into my creative side. I consulted for a cleaning start-up business in Waterloo before starting my own business as a Professional Chocolatier.

I opened Linda Lee Chocolates, and was the chocolatier, webmaster, account manager, sales rep, fulfillment team, inventory manager, accountant, and CEO.

I closed the company in 2020 after the cancellation of all trade shows due to COVID-19, but I still make fantastic bonbons for friends and family during the holidays.

All that has led me here. I have taken on coaching in addition to contract consulting because after working as the Head of two PMO’s now and running my own businesses, I see the value in having someone to call when you just have a question. An expert in the field or someone who’s just done it before.

I couldn’t find a single coach in this specific space, so I stepped in.

As for my creative side, I haven’t left that hanging. I am currently working on my third draft of an action adventure sci-fi neo-noir novel; the first in a series, which will be heading for developmental editing in January 2024.