Brian Rose Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Introducing new Microsoft Azure services to grow the TD Cloud Ecosystem.

Rose Project Solutions Inc. offers independent consulting services specializing IT Project Management & IT Human Resource consultingServices Include: Coaching test teams, Project Management, PMO set-up, Test Center of Excellence (TCoE) set-up, configuration of Test Tools for your organization: Defect management, Test Case Repository, Cross-platform & Cross browser testing, mobile testing, performance testing, fail-over and disaster recovery testing. Working in waterfall and agile environments. Working with individual teams or on large cross matrix projects. Roles Include: Coach , Scrum Master , Project Manager , Test Manager , Test Lead & general consulting.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Leading the Migration of over 5,000 Private Cloud VMWare servers in partnership with TD bank, VMWare & DELL Technologies

Greater Toronto Area, Canada

TD Cloud Delivery - Leading the migration of multiple applications to Microsoft Azure & VMWare Cloud - Agile Lead for creation on new Testing and Monitoring services to support TD's Azure Agile Framework. - Multi-Vendor initiatives involving Microsoft, VMWare, DELL, DataDog

Toronto, Canada Area

Banking Client - TD Bank Channels Technology Services- EasyWeb Banking Platform Delivery Lead for multiple uplifts - Payments Technology

Burlington, Ontario, Canada

No Vacancy is a not for profit charitable arts organization committed to curating outstanding pop-up art events in the city of Burlington and advancing the profile of contemporary art. We place a strong emphasis on installation art and favour work that is provocative, thought provoking, or complex in nature.Our success is built on our Artists & Volunteers. I enjoy breaking down the moving parts of our events into manageable tasks, maximizing our volunteers valuable contribution while allowing the Artists and our supporters to enjoy a magical evening of art.

Toronto, Canada Area

Driving forward initiatives that build upon and improve technical resiliency at RBC• Created happy branches by upgrading 1,800+ RBC Bank, RBC Dominion Securities & RBC Caribbean Branch servers from Windows server 2003 to 2012 while eliminating branch outages• The team was able to simplify and streamline the 2012 branch server migration process to the point where even those at the Junior level could complete the task. This allowed for a $500K cost reduction over the original vendor resources planned. • Certified practitioner of RBC’s internal Agile methodology & actively involved in the promotion of Agile methodologies within RBC.

Toronto, Canada Area

Senior Project Manager for CMS Consulting Inc., a Microsoft Gold Certified and award winning systems integration partner. Managed a complex, enterprise wide IT project for the software and hardware upgrade servers form Windows Server 2012, for one of New Signatures large banking clients.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Overall project management of testing for CSSA program implementation. • Managed testing for a SAP reverse supply chain solution: Tracking the collection, transport and processing of both recyclable materials and hazardous waste in the municipal waste streams for the Ontario and BC Blue box recycling and Orange Drop household hazardous waste program.• Canadian Stewardship Services Alliance (CSSA),is a not-for-profit, national organization established to harmonize packaging and printed paper stewardship responsibilities for obligated companies (stewards) across Canada.Selected Accomplishments• Opportunity to work with great individuals in a private not for profit environment.• Testing an SAP ERP solution.• Launched and managed online defect management system and process for CSSA (JIRA).• Completed multi-platform, cross-browser testing of the customized SAP WebDynpro ABAP front end. • Led a test team of business users through user acceptance, business acceptance and performance testing.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Overall project management of testing for Basel III program. • Basel III is a set of mandatory reform measures designed to improve the regulation, supervision and risk management within the banking sector.• Reporting into the PMO, my role was responsible for overseeing the management of a collaborative testing effort between numerous business and technology divisions within CIBCSelected Accomplishments• Opportunity to work with a high caliber team of numerically gifted professionals• Set-up project trace-ability framework using HP Quality Center. • Created the Project Management Plan and schedule for the test effort.• Created the Test Strategy, laying the framework on how to tackle the testing of “big data” from multiple sources utilized in the creation BASEL III compliant Treasury and Liquidity reports.

Toronto, Ontario

• Manager of Canada’s first onshore Test Factory offered as a homegrown alternative to outsourcing testing to offshore countries. • Managed QAC Test Factory staff consisting of 6 Test Leads and 62 Test Analysts on up to 15 initiatives at a time.• Clients included major advertising firms, mining companies, banking, insurance, retail, interactive media, hotels and automotive companies. • As part of the QAC executive team I was accountable for the deliverables of the Test Factory™.• Participated in sales, pre-sales and creation of SOW’s for existing and prospective clients.• Acted as client facing engagement manager on key accounts, mentoring onsite test leads and analysts through the creation of project plans, test strategies, test cases, automation and status reporting. Selected Accomplishments• Created PMO office with a focus on project monitoring, control, earned value management and financials. • Opportunity to work in an energetic and youthful entrepreneurial environment.• Worked with clients and test leads to maximize availability of testers while minimizing “bench time”. • Used Agile methodologies to manage testing work packages for select clients• Contributed to the establishment of the test center of excellence.

Toronto, Canada

Key Accounts: • Listened to clients and matched our onshore solutions to their needs with integrity • Ensured clients had adequate QA tools and resources to support their current projects • Differentiated ourselves from the competition by becoming the clients trusted adviser and an extension of their team. • Negotiated MSA agreement, renewed contracts and created SOW's.• Monitored and tracked revenues in a concise weekly report• Increased annual revenues from $300K to $1.8 million and monthly net profit by 910% on a single account. New Business:• Responded to RFP's, RFQ's and created SOW's for new business • Part of sales presentation team. • Participated in client discovery and creation of discovery portfolio assessments

Mississauga, Ontario

• Independent contractor offering project management and QA leadership at the program level.• Contracted for individual program level projects involving cheque processing, remittance, data management, business process off-shoring, performance and fail-over testing. Selected Accomplishments• Successfully managed onshore and off-shore testing teams on multiple projects.• Opportunity to work with a collaborative team of cheque and item processing professionals. • Helped create PIPEDA data management guidelines to be used by Symcor technology.

Mississauga, Ontario

Consultant – Quality Assurance, September 2004 – October 2007 • Part of the QA leadership effort on the Truncated Electronic Cheque Presentment (TECP) project Release 1 (September 2004 to May 2006).• Consultant and subject matter expert for functional, performance, failover and image archive testing from May 2006 to October 2007. • Created project plans, test strategies, budgets and projected resource usage.Selected Accomplishments• Introduced JIRA online variance tracking system for TECP• My first client as an independent contractor and an excellent learning experience. • Attended CPA QA planning meetings for TECP phase 1

Burlington, Ontario

• Managed AAL’s internal test teamSelected Accomplishments• A great opportunity to work with a small local company• Assessed ability of AAL to automate testing.• The experience and insight gained by attending the STAREAST software engineering conference in Orlando, Florida, energized me to work with AAL’s clients and internal test professionals to improve QA methodologies.

Testing Manager, On-line Brokerage. 2001- 2003· Led the Testing and Implementation of projects for CIBC Investors Edge and CIBC Wood Gundy. · Led a team of 17 direct reports testing & implementing innovative electronic brokerage products including: Online Web brokerage, touch-tone phone trading, Voice recognition trading, Sony WebTV Trading & Canada’s first smartphone enabled trading platform. _____________________________________Test Coordinator – User Acceptance Testing 2000-2001Senior Test Analyst – User Acceptance Testing 1998-2000Technical Brokerage Representative, Online Trading 1997-1998

- Supported IBM End Users Worldwide and Field Reps in the United States. - Trained staff on various 3270 OV/VM programs in a classroom setting.

Ottawa

- Created detailed country research/backgrounders for trade mission to Eastern Europe - Volunteer / Part Time as student

Bachelor Of Arts, Political Science

Oac Diploma

Pmp, Certified Project Management Professional

·Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification – 2004. ·Comprehensive Project Management Certificate – University of Toronto, PDC.