Mohammad Noroozi محمد نوروزی

Career

Public service & program delivery

Results-driven professional with extensive experience in program delivery, project management, and stakeholder engagement across government and healthcare. PMP-certified, with a scientific background in Applied Bio-molecular Science and a track record of translating complex concepts into actionable strategy.

Experience

May 2025 – Present

Acting Program Delivery Manager, Northwest Ontario (CO-03)

FedNor — Government of Canada

  • Lead a team delivering new programs across the region, maximizing client access and effective use of Grants and Contributions budgets.
  • Oversee full project lifecycle management: approvals, cash-flow monitoring, risk reassessment, and progress reporting for the service area.
  • Coach a team of professionals toward a high-performance environment serving the organization's mandate and government priorities.
  • Participate in interdepartmental committees to influence policy and program development.

Aug 2024 – May 2025

Initiatives Officer (CO-02)

FedNor — Government of Canada

  • Coached Northern Ontario stakeholders — businesses, municipalities, First Nations, and not-for-profits — through the development of complex project proposals aligned with economic development priorities.
  • Assessed funding proposals, conducted risk mitigation, and made recommendations to FedNor leadership; actively monitored a portfolio of funded projects.
  • Contributed to ministerial briefing notes, economic analysis, and regional outreach, building a network that generated new leads for the region.

2022 – 2024

Business Development Lead

RegenMed

  • Led the market launch of an innovative human-skin-based wound care product, creating the sales and marketing strategy that translated complex science into focused messaging for clinicians, administrators, and government.
  • Secured the company's first sale, two externally funded projects, innovation contracts with hospital Group Purchasing Organizations, and rapid growth in Alberta.
  • Mentored and led a distributed team across Ontario, Nova Scotia, and Alberta, building a comprehensive sales toolkit and long-term provincial adoption strategies.

2014 – 2022

Quality Assurance & Regulatory Compliance Manager

RegenMed

  • Achieved American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB) accreditation within the first year of hire, then oversaw the full Quality Management System of a growing Canadian tissue bank for eight years.
  • Kept the QMS current with Health Canada CTO Regulations, AATB standards, CSA standards, and US FDA HCT/P regulations while supporting business growth.
  • Senior participant in partnership and purchasing negotiations that drove year-over-year revenue growth; long-standing vice-chair of the CSA Cells, Tissues, and Organs Committee and voting member of its Tissues Sub-committee.

2010 – 2014

Quality Assurance Specialist

Accurassay Laboratories

  • Helped a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt engineer rebuild an ISO quality system, and supported ISO accreditation of a newly incorporated analysis method and instrumentation.
  • Key participant in a company-wide project that dramatically reduced rework from failed QC results.

Selected projects

St. Joseph's Care Group × RegenMed pilot — Project Manager (2023– )

A joint hospital–industry project bringing an innovative wound care product to up to seven regional wound clinics, aimed at reducing healing times for Diabetic Foot Ulcer patients in Northwestern Ontario. Secured Ontario Health funding, recruited a multi-disciplinary team including a health economist and epidemiologist, and built the data collection and legal framework.

Launched with clinician training at the first site; ongoing.

Key client business growth project — Project Manager (2021)

Restructured processes, shipping, and screening criteria to raise the share of product eligible for sale to a US partner from 63% to 80%, while cutting information request turnaround from days to hours.

Significant revenue growth for the company.

Regulatory accreditation for a novel health product — Project Manager (2019)

Built the quality, validation, and monitoring programs for a new on-site skin manufacturing facility; extended AATB accreditation, registered the product with Health Canada, and completed the organization's first FDA registration.

Cleared all requirements for distribution in Canada and the USA.

AATB accreditation project — Project Manager (2014–2015)

Led a company-wide, one-year mobilization — gap analysis, SOP overhaul, scheduled internal audits, and a consultant mock audit — culminating in a successful accreditation inspection with only minor observations.

Accreditation achieved on the one-year timeline.

Skills & credentials

Education

BSc, Applied Bio-molecular Science — Lakehead University (2006–2010)
Project Management Professional (PMP)

Languages

English (native) · Français (intermédiaire, CBB) · Persian (advanced)