Owen Minns
Osgoode Hall Law School at York University Toronto, Ontario
Bachelor of Laws Candidate Class of 2009
Won ‘Second Place Team’ prize in the 2008 and 2009 Gale Cup Moots
Research Assistant for Osgoode Professor Peer Zumbansen, Summer 2008
Studied at the Summer 2007 International Intellectual Property Program at Oxford (run by U. of Victoria, St. Peter's College (Oxford), and U. Illinois College of Law)
Research Assistant for Osgoode Professor Allan C. Hutchinson, Summer 2007
Student Member, Osgoode Faculty Research and Seminars Committee, 2007-2008
Member of Osgoode's 2008 Gale Cup Moot team, winning ‘Second Place Team’
Overall ‘First Place Oralist’, ‘First Place Team’ in the 2007 Goodman & Carr Cup
‘Distinguished Oralist’ prize at the Lerners Cup Moot Court Competition in 2006-10
Acted as Duty Counsel for the Community and Legal Aid Services Program (CLASP)
Wrote for the Ontario Justice Education Network (via Pro Bono Students Canada)
Queen's University Kingston, Ontario
Bachelor of Arts, Computer & Information Science Spring, 2004
Bachelor of Science (Honours), Psychology Spring, 1998
Focused on cognitive and experimental psychology, psycholinguistics and statistics
Electives included School of Commerce Marketing Strategy, Operations Research
Law society of Upper Canada Toronto, Ontario
Articling Student, Discipline Department 2009-08 · present
Assisting Assisting Counsel with their prosecutions: writing research memoranda, drafting documents for hearings and assisting counsel in preparing for hearings
Air Miles Reward Program (Alliance Data Corp., NYSE:ADS) Toronto, Ontario
Senior Analyst, Strategic Planning 2004 · 2006
Researched and wrote recommendations and reports for senior management: financial and operational strategy; business modelling, market research; Example Impacts:
Championed a re-assessment of how Air Miles market penetration is measured internally and how it is reported to regulatory authorities and public markets
Modelled the impact of changes to an Air Miles offer on a per-Collector basis, providing critical insight for contract re-negotiations with a major Sponsor
Identified and researched a particular customer ‘point of pain’, then leveraged internal relationships to solve the problem, reducing the number of complaints
Senior Analyst (also Coordinator, Analyst), Operations 2000 · 2004
Managed key activities in the production of millions of Collector statement mailings (the company's primary point of contact with consumers)
Provided operational and business process expertise to internal clients
Earned several awards, e.g., company-wide ‘Spirit of Loyalty’, two CIO's '6P' awards
Canadian Campus Business Consortium Headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta
Reserve Director 1999 · 2000
Elected by student governments across Canada, representing 300 000 students
Investigated new legal models to enable the sharing of profits back to member group
Helped to develop specific initiatives for Canadian student unions and students, such as pioneering online sales of textbooks, student marketing and loyalty programs
Alma Mater Society of Queen’s University Inc. Kingston, Ontario
Vice-president (Operations) and Chief Financial Officer 1999 · 2000
Elected by 12 000 undergraduate students (on a tight-knit slate with two others)
Supervised the
management (strategic, operational, financial)
of more than 20 businesses and service programs (aggregate annual
revenues ~$6 million,
400 managers and staff, more than 1000
volunteers)
Led peers on the Board of Directors, Executive Committee, top legislative Assembly, and numerous other committees; Example Impacts:
Created an all-new Student Dental Plan, including provider selection, contract negotiations, development of a novel model for the plan’s operation and financing
Guided every revenue-generating unit to beat its five-year average fiscal results
Director (Media & Services) 1998 · 1999
Provided strategic management of eight business units, including campus newspaper, bookstore (revenues in excess of $1.6 million; more than 150 managers and staff)
Example Impact: Developed and implemented a new remuneration policy and fiscal management policy in an initially hostile management environment
Assistant Manager (Publishing), Publishing & Copy Centre 1997 · 1998
Managed a team of creative designers; completed creative graphic design work
Supervised daily shop floor operations; inventory; ordering; several dozen staff
Worked previously as a Customer Service Representative (1996-1997)
House & Projects Manager, The Queen's Journal 1995 (Autumn)
Member of Editorial Board: Participated in creation of editorial position and policy
Supervised layout and design of the newspaper; trained other editorial staff
Adhered to strict deadlines (paper published twice per week)
Committee Member, Alma Mater Society Judicial Committee 1997 · 1998
Adjudicated (with other panel members) matters of non-academic discipline
Photography (examples on my website); Reading (history, mythology, fiction, The New Yorker)
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