User:Emerson V/sandbox

WIKIPEDIA

= Lovina Srivastava = Lovina Srivastava (born August 10th, 1972) won the nomination as the Ontario Liberal Candidate in the riding of Nepean on December 3, 2017. She holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics.

Contents
 * 1) Background
 * 2) Professional Career
 * 3) Politics
 * 4) Community and Cultural Involvement
 * 5) References

BACKGROUND Lovina was born and raised in India and first came to Canada to work on a Nortel project in 1996. Attracted by the diversity of various international cultures here, she immigrated to Canada in 2000 with her husband and settled in Nepean, Ontario. She is fully fluent in both Hindi and English (speaking, reading and writing).

In addition to her degree in Engineering, Lovina has taken specialized training in the areas of Facilitation Techniques (Schulich School of Business, York University) and Project Management (CDI in affiliation with George Washington University).

Lovina also held credentials as a Certified Software Quality Analyst (Quality Assurance Institute, USA) an Authorized CMMI Appraiser (Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University).

Lovina lives in the Nepean riding with her husband and two teenage children.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER Lovina started her career managing a production shop in the automotive electronics manufacturing sector in India, thereafter moving to the telecommunication software sector that was growing at the time.

She worked on Nortel projects both in technical as well as managerial capacity, led projects at Department of National Defence, Canada and worked at Blackberry in Senior managerial positions. Currently, Lovina runs her own IT consulting company in Ottawa.

Lovina has actively contributed to various professional associations in Ottawa, including as Director of Programs, Ottawa Software Quality Association, and as Chair, Software Process Improvement Network.

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Lovina has worked extensively with a range of community groups:

Academia: Arts and Culture: Sports: Community:
 * Volunteer Coordinator, Mukul Hindi School
 * Judge, Ottawa Regional Science Fair
 * Volunteer Coordinator, Jockvale Elementary Parent Council
 * Chair, John McCrae Secondary School Council
 * Founder and artistic director, Darpan Performing Arts
 * Cultural Director, Ottawa Tea Festival
 * Life member and volunteer, India Canada Association
 * Chair, Organizing Committee for the 2nd Holi on the Hill, spearheaded by Chandra Arya, MP (Nepean) in collaboration with High Commission of India.
 * Team Manager, Nepean Minor Hockey team
 * Treasurer, Nepean Storm Soccer team
 * Selection committee member for ‘Me to We’ Build-a-Village initiative
 * Volunteer at Shepherds of Good Hope
 * Volunteer and supporter of an Ottawa based young women’s shelter

POLITICS Lovina’s political involvement started as a volunteer, helping out various political campaigns for Ottawa area politicians at various levels of government. She has been contributing in leadership positions on both the federal and provincial riding associations in Nepean. She is currently the President of Nepean Women’s Liberal Association.

Lovina was encouraged by supporters to run for election at the provincial level in 2017. She became the Ontario Liberal Party Candidate for Nepean by winning the nomination in December 2017.

EXTERNAL LINKS Official Websites:

http://voteforlovina.com/

https://www.facebook.com/voteforlovina/

https://twitter.com/VoteForLovina