Bryan Harder Email & Phone Number

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Ca

• Transitional role until 2026• Project and mentoring role

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Ca

• Leads the day to day operation and planning for Retail, Merchandising, Supply Chain, Marketing, eCommerce, IT and Solutions Delivery• Develop, supports and implement the strategy, architecture, methods and policies required to achieve PA strategic goals• Ensure that PA has a strong, sustainable organization capable of delivering services and support, directly or indirectly through a network of vendors that achieve required service/cost/capacity targets• Mitigate corporate risks and protect the PA brand by ensuring information security, disaster recovery, testing and code of conduct measures are in place• Ensure all investments align with corporate strategy and are justified in terms of long term return on investment or risk reduction• Create a 3-5 year Initiatives Roadmap and oversee the development and execution of the program management capability to plan and deliver corporate initiatives and to ensure projects and cross-functional business integration

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Ca

• Leads the Marketing, IT & Solutions Delivery, Business Development and Planning Teams• Develop, supports and implement the strategy, architecture, methods and policies required to achieve PA strategic goals• Ensure that PA has a strong, sustainable organization capable of delivering services and support, directly or indirectly through a network of vendors that achieve required service/cost/capacity targets• Mitigate corporate risks and protect the PA brand by ensuring information security, disaster recovery, testing and code of conduct measures are in place• Ensure all IT investments align with corporate strategy and are justified in terms of long term return on investment or risk reduction• Create a 3-5 year Initiatives Roadmap and oversee the development and execution of the program management capability to plan and deliver corporate initiatives and to ensure projects and cross-functional business integration

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Ca

• Leads the HR, Supply Chain and IT• Develop, supports and implement the strategy, architecture, methods and policies required to achieve PA strategic goals• Ensure that PA has a strong, sustainable organization capable of delivering services and support, directly or indirectly through a network of vendors that achieve required service/cost/capacity targets• Mitigate corporate risks and protect the PA brand by ensuring information security, disaster recovery, testing and code of conduct measures are in place• Ensure all IT investments align with corporate strategy and are justified in terms of long term return on investment or risk reduction• Support a 3-5 year Initiatives Roadmap and oversee the development and execution of the program management capability to plan and deliver corporate initiatives and to ensure projects and cross-functional business integration

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Ca

• Leads the Marketing, IT and Innovation Teams• Develop, supports and implement the strategy, architecture, methods and policies required to achieve PA strategic goals• Ensure that PA has a strong, sustainable organization capable of delivering services and support, directly or indirectly through a network of vendors that achieve required service/cost/capacity targets• Mitigate corporate risks and protect the PA brand by ensuring information security, disaster recovery, testing and code of conduct measures are in place• Ensure all IT investments align with corporate strategy and are justified in terms of long term return on investment or risk reduction• Support a 3-5 year Initiatives Roadmap and oversee the development and execution of the program management capability to plan and deliver corporate initiatives and to ensure projects and cross-functional business integration

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Ca

• Develop and implement the IT strategy, architecture, methods and policies required to achieve PA strategic goals• Ensure that IT systems are designed to support growth while delivering stable, reliable, secure and cost effective operations over the long term• Ensure that PA data stores provide consistent, reliable and accessible information. Provide a data analytics service that supports the sustainable long term growth of the business and implement Master Data Management at PA • Ensure that PA has a strong, sustainable IT&PD organization capable of delivering services and support, directly or indirectly through a network of vendors that achieve required service/cost/capacity targets• Mitigate corporate risks and protect the PA brand by ensuring information security, disaster recovery, testing and code of conduct measures are in place. Ensure compliance with associated policies and procedures. Additionally, as the company’s Chief Privacy Officer, create the framework to ensure compliance with all privacy related corporate standards and regulations.• Ensure all IT investments align with corporate strategy and are justified in terms of long term return on investment or risk reduction• Support a 3-5 year Initiatives Roadmap and oversee the development and execution of the program management capability to plan and deliver corporate initiatives and to ensure projects and cross-functional business integration

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Ca

• Leads the development of the IT Architecture and Business Intelligence strategies required to achieve the Company’s strategic goal; ensures technical design of integration solutions are in compliance with frameworks and standards• Analyses the existing IT architecture (business, data, applications and technology); creates the design that supports the Company’s business strategy and reduces IT complexity; serves to lower system implementation and operational costs; provides increased accessibility to quality data; reduces the business risks of project delivery or system failures• Develops the plan and roadmap to implement changes, data stores, information processes, data analytics and technology required to move the IT capability to the desired state; ensures the IT roadmap is aligned with the Corporate Roadmap; ensures all IT architecture roadmap milestones and deliverables are met• Maintains a solid and current knowledge of the Company’s strategic initiatives and other changes that impact IT requirements and ensures the architecture design continues to be adjusted, optimized and integrated with future business requirements• Actively participates as a subject matter expert in corporate programs/projects with an IT component, acting as an integrator between the business and IT and various business functions• Oversees the development and maintenance of the Business Analysis and Business Intelligence Centres of Excellence within the Company• Ensures proper execution of IT Architecture & Integration activities to achieve departmental objectives and budgets• Provides effective leadership and coaching to the IT Architecture & Integration team and in stills engagement, enthusiasm and a high motivation to succeedProvides technology advice and counsel to executive leadership on IT-related planning and issues• Collaborates across the organization to ensure best practices are shared and used consistently

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Ca

• Lead, mentor, motivate and manage a team that delivers all IT Solutions and Business Projects for MTS within the Portal area for MTS and then the CRM platform, Order Management, Billing, Reporting, SAP, CTI/IVR and Commissioning systems for Wireless, TV and Internet• Lead, mentor, motivate and manage a team that supports the operational side of the Portal area for MTS and then the CRM platform, Order Management, Billing, Reporting, SAP, CTI/IVR and Commissioning for Wireless, Internet and TV• Manage the yearly IT capital and operating budgets for the area• Leads strategic planning for new business needs as well as assisting in architecture planning for infrastructure and system enhancements• Report progress and status to the MTS Executive• Strong relationship with vendors for both licensing and serviceso Manage four vendors within the environment for both managed services and development• Member of 4 Director Level Steering Committees related to technology, business or network projects• Current team size is 120 people in total with 10 direct reports. Combination of Managers, Program Managers, System Analysts, Project Managers, Developers and QA testers

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Ca

• Lead, mentor, motivate and manage a team that delivers all IT Solutions and Business Projects for MTS within the CRM platform, Order Management, Billing, Reporting, SAP, CTI/IVR and Commissioning systems for Wireless, TV and Internet• Lead, mentor, motivate and manage a team that supports the operational side of the CRM platform, Order Management, Billing, Reporting, SAP, CTI/IVR and Commissioning for Wireless, Internet and TV• Manage the yearly IT capital and operating budgets for the area• Leads strategic planning for new business needs as well as assisting in architecture planning for infrastructure and system enhancements• Report progress and status to a President and VP Steering Committee bi-weekly• Strong relationship with vendors for both licensing and serviceso Manage four vendors within the environment for both managed services and developmento Regular interaction with the Oracle teams for the past 7 years as we moved through the selection process, implementation and now as we continue to enhance the system• Member of 4 Director Level Steering Committees related to technology, business or network projects• Current team size is 95 people in total with 6 direct reports. Combination of System Analysts, Project Managers, Developers and QA testers

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Ca

• Technical advisor to Senior Management for strategic planning on new Order Management, Billing and Rating, and Provisioning system (Siebel, Oracle BRM, UIM, OSM, AIA and HP IUM Mediation) This includes developing and presenting sizings, working with Business Clients to create business cases on multiple scenarios and presenting solution to MTS Allstream Executive• Work directly with the System Integration Team to ensure they have the proper information and access to the correct people within MTS for the system replacement. • Work with the business clients to understand their needs and to explain the abilities of the new systems being put in place• Leading the MTS System Analyst and Business Process teams during the implementation of the new systems• Helped develop and track project governance • Member of the Team Leads for the project• Member of the MTS Architecture team/committee

Winnipeg, Mb, Ca

• Team lead on the Classified Self-Serve project which implemented a customer self-serve tool for ordering classified ads into the local papers• Roles on these projects include senior system analyst, senior technical lead, team leader, system architecture and senior business analyst• Managed software vendor and support agreements

Calgary, Alberta, Ca

• Supported the META banking conversion project• Roles on these projects include senior system analyst, senior technical lead, team leader, senior developer, senior business analyst and mentor

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Ca

• Technical advisor to Senior Management for strategic planning, yearly budget planning and high-level solution planning• Major projects were the implementation of Wireless Number Portability and a Dealer portal for private dealers to activate and provision new cellular devices to customers• Roles on these projects include senior system analyst, senior technical lead, solutions architect, team leader, project manager, senior developer, senior business analyst and mentor• Managed computer hardware/software vendors and support agreements

Winnipeg, Mb, Ca

• Assisted a multimedia company in their Application Development and Support area• Architecture advisor to Senior Management for the IT area• Major project was developing the classified feed from all Canwest newspapers into Working.com• Roles on these projects include team leader, project manager, senior technical lead, application architect, senior developer and senior business analyst

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Ca

• Supported outsourced software development projects that ranged from 3 months to 1 year in length• Major project was a one year web portal for independent stock brokers in the US. Initial build was completed in .NET Beta and implemented with 1.1 framework• Roles on these projects included senior system analyst, project manager, client lead (account manager), application architect, solution architect, senior developer, and senior business analyst and quality assurance manager• Operations Team Member for the day-to-day operation of this growing software consulting company• Managed the Human Resource function. Achieved an 83%+ employee satisfaction rating

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Ca

• Established an IVR team that created, through messaging and call routing, a 23% “call shedding” from customer service. This team was also able to improve the reliability and uptime of the system to 99.999% from 95.75% prior to the implementation of the team• Led operational roll out and I.T. management of the MTS Dealer Stores• Led the Interactive Voice Response (IVR) team• Team lead for a $650,000 IVR implementation project