Ola Lamina
@olalamina
Customer-focused engineering professional with sales and project delivery experience.
What I'm looking for
I am an engineering-trained professional with combined experience in customer service, business development, and project engineering across aviation, retail, and university environments. I have a track record of preparing technical and commercial proposals, coordinating multidisciplinary teams, and driving process improvements that supported a 52.90% sales closing rate and generated $0.5 million in revenue.
I bring hands-on customer-facing experience from retail and service roles, strong documentation and project-tracking skills, and certified project management foundations (CJPM). I am adaptable, attentive to customer needs, and committed to delivering clear, timely engineering and commercial solutions.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Customer Service Representative
Farm Boy Company Inc.
Jan 2025 - May 2025 (4 months)
Provided superior customer service, managed merchandising and stock rotation to maintain product quality, and performed opening/closing and housekeeping tasks to support store operations.
Lot Associate
Home Depot Canada
Apr 2024 - Nov 2024 (7 months)
Assisted customers with loading purchases, maintained lot cleanliness and safety, and managed cart availability to enhance the customer shopping experience.
Sales Coordinator
Canada's Wonderland
Mar 2023 - May 2023 (2 months)
Served as first point of contact for commercial school enquiries, completed customer documentation, and managed pricing and bookings using Microsoft Office.
Deli Clerk
Independent Grocer
Oct 2022 - Dec 2022 (2 months)
Processed customer orders, prepared and packaged deli products, restocked displays based on expiry, and maintained sanitation of deli equipment and surfaces.
Business Development Manager
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Regional Jet Aviation
Jun 2020 - Aug 2021 (1 year 2 months)
Prepared technical-commercial proposals and business cases, developed sales strategies that achieved a 52.9% closing rate and generated approximately $0.5M in revenue, and coordinated project milestones.
Project Engineer
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Regional Jet Aviation
May 2021 - Jun 2021 (1 month)
Estimated project costs and schedules, defined project scope and strategy with stakeholders, and coordinated multidisciplinary engineering documentation to deliver solutions.
Engineering Office Assistant
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Sep 2019 - Mar 2020 (6 months)
Responded to client enquiries, scheduled lectures improving efficiency by 5%, and compiled departmental contact information into accessible spreadsheets for administrative use.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Carleton University
Bachelor of Engineering, Aerospace Engineering
2017 - 2023
Completed a Bachelor of Engineering in Aerospace (Co-op) through the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, including cooperative work terms and applied engineering coursework.
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