Meet the Buyer – Procurement Assistance Canada

Stephanie joined Procurement Assistance Canada in January of 2021. Since then, she has strived to connect with a wide demographic of suppliers and organizations in order to assist them in becoming a supplier of the Federal Government. To best achieve this, Stephanie delivers educational seminars and conducts one-on-one meetings with small business owners. She is local to the Interior of BC and graduated from Thompson Rivers University with a Bachelor’s of Business Administration, majoring in Supply Chain Management. Stephanie hopes that through this meaningful work at PAC, we will be able to reduce barriers in federal procurement and see increased participation by currently underrepresented communities.

Stephanie is also a Certified Agile Leader with the Scrum Alliance and Social Procurement Certification from Buy Social Canada.

Aaron is a Supply Team Leader with Public Services and Procurement Canada. He has 16 years of experience in the procurement of large complex programs in the health services field. In particular, Aaron was part of the procurement team for the Public Service Health Care Plan, and then managed the contract for the Health Information and Claim Processing Services (HICPS) for the non-insured health benefits for First Nations & Inuit populations, and its subsequent reprocurement and implementation.

Aaron also has almost 30 years of experience in the non-profit and volunteer sector, in the areas of international development and amateur sport for people with disabilities. Aaron is currently working with the Vancouver Commercial Acquisition group, focusing on increasing equity and diversity through increasing the amount of social procurement done by the Government of Canada.