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Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, Canada Area

Actively mentored Agile teams around the globe on a daily basis. Designed and developed an Agile Mentoring service to help delivery teams that are struggling with Agile adoption and execution. Researched and published practical guides on Agile/DevOps good practices. Developed an Agile Challenges and Success Factors Survey used to identify, diagnose and address organizational roadblocks to Agile success. Provided guidance and support to Senior Leaders on how to foster better understanding and… Show more Actively mentored Agile teams around the globe on a daily basis. Designed and developed an Agile Mentoring service to help delivery teams that are struggling with Agile adoption and execution. Researched and published practical guides on Agile/DevOps good practices. Developed an Agile Challenges and Success Factors Survey used to identify, diagnose and address organizational roadblocks to Agile success. Provided guidance and support to Senior Leaders on how to foster better understanding and support for Agile. Show less

Woodbridge Ontario

Global responsibility for improving software development capabilities for over a dozenanalytical instrument product lines developed and maintained at sites in Canada, USA,Germany, Sweden and China. Positioned the organization for digital transformation by fosteringAgile behaviour, creating cross-site synergies, and moving toward common platforms andarchitectures. Accomplishments include:• Established a hybrid offshore software development approach to reduce costs… Show more Global responsibility for improving software development capabilities for over a dozenanalytical instrument product lines developed and maintained at sites in Canada, USA,Germany, Sweden and China. Positioned the organization for digital transformation by fosteringAgile behaviour, creating cross-site synergies, and moving toward common platforms andarchitectures. Accomplishments include:• Established a hybrid offshore software development approach to reduce costs andspeed time to market.• Led the development of PerkinElmer’s next generation Chromatography Data Systemsoftware by forming a large (50+) development team comprised of both internal andoutsourced resources in Canada, US, France, India and China (allowing for round theclock development).• Delivered PerkinElmer’s first ever 5 year SW Roadmap for all instrument families.• Laid the ground work for enabling mobile and cloud computing capabilities onanalytical instrument products.• Established and improved automated testing practice across SW development sites. Show less

Toronto

Contracted to lead the design and development of a Medication Payment Adjudicationsystem for a high profile Ministry of the Ontario Government using agile/scrum. Transformed ad hoc manual processes into automated handling of prescription requests using Business Process Management technology in order to reduce wait times for patients. Led a geographically dispersed development team (Ontario and Alberta) developing web based applications.

Mississauga, Ontario

Lead the software and firmware development activities (using agile/scrum) for Smiths’ latestflagship explosives/narcotics detector (providing industry leading capabilities in a smaller, lowercost product), while simultaneously off-shoring the ongoing development of the product. Thedetector successfully launched on schedule and received glowing reviews from customers.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Designed and implemented a Capacity Planning practice at the agency• Champion the adoption and use of Sparx EA in Electronic Health Records (EHR) design• Provide architectural oversight of several process related deliverables• Continue to mature and streamline the Agency’s Architecture Checkpoint process

Responsible for the integrating and transforming the Architecture and Planning department into a world class shared services organization. Specific deliverables include:• Lead and manage the organizational transformation of Architecture and Planning department• With input from group directors, develop and execute Operating Plan (including resource plan) to integrate and transform these groups into centres of excellence.• Improve Architecture Checkpoint process by… Show more Responsible for the integrating and transforming the Architecture and Planning department into a world class shared services organization. Specific deliverables include:• Lead and manage the organizational transformation of Architecture and Planning department• With input from group directors, develop and execute Operating Plan (including resource plan) to integrate and transform these groups into centres of excellence.• Improve Architecture Checkpoint process by formalizing and documenting process, establish templates and training/information material for reviewers and presenters• Project management of internal A&P initiatives including: - Managing peaks in demand through utilization of professional services engagements - Transformational initiatives within A&P (e.g.: establishing best practices) - A&P strategic deliverables (e.g.: Reference Architectures, Roadmaps, etc.) Show less

Leading a team of nearly 40 technology specialists tasked with the development, elaboration and execution of Ontario's eHealth Blueprint for a provice wide Electronic Health Record. Responsible for providing architectural direction and approval for technology investments of $1.8B over five years,

Toronto, Canada Area