Collene Smith Email & Phone Number

Haxifax

• Lead multiple Cloud, Infrastructure and Managed Services projects to deliver solutions to clients and enable them in achieving their technology and support goals and objectives
• Establish project governance for setting priorities, technology and business alignment, project support and overall project accountability
• Ensure projects are managed in accordance with the guidelines and principles for project management
• Execute project management deliverables as approved in the project plan, working with key stakeholders and the project team to develop and evolve those deliverables and to ensure acceptance of them

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

• Lead multiple projects within Parklands Canada’s Commercial portfolio to deliver solutions to support business acquisition and optimization
• Key projects include Infosys Consolidation of Parkland and Ultramar Systems, Roadnet (RTS) Scheduling System upgrades, Truck Delivery System Transformation from Touchstar to AWE and Customer Portal enhancements
• Establish project governance for setting priorities, business alignment, project support and overall project accountability
• Ensure projects are managed in accordance with the guidelines and principles for project management as outlined in Parklands PPM Framework
• Execute project management deliverables as approved in the project plan, working with project sponsors and key stakeholders to develop and evolve those deliverables and to ensure acceptance of them
• Measure project KPI’s utilizing MS Project Online

Halifax, Canada Area

• Lead multiple projects of a variety of sizes and complexity for the PMO utilizing PPM framework
• Manage projects within Financial (ERP), Customer Service (CIS) and IT Service Management (ITSM) portfolios to deliver internal business as well as external customer facing solutions
• Establish project governance for setting priorities, business alignment, project support and overall project accountability
• Ensure projects are managed in accordance with the guidelines and principles for project management as outlined in the project management framework
• Execute project management deliverables as approved in the project plan, working with project sponsors and key stakeholders to develop and evolve those deliverables and to ensure acceptance of them
• Secure and manage vendor contracts collaborating with Corporate Procurement, Legal and Key Stakeholders

Halifax, Canada Area

• Lead small to medium projects within the organizations financial portfolio
• Technical Lead for project initiatives in financial (ERP) and IT Service Management (ITSM) portfolios
• Develop and deliver processes to support financial (ERP) and IT Service Management (ITSM) solutions
• Business support lead for financial (ERP) portfolio utilizing ITIL Service Management practices for analysis of business and technical processes to ensure maximum availability of solutions to support the business
• Provide leadership, direction and support to project resources and peers

Technical lead/DBA/BA for upgrade of Oracle Applications from 10.7 to R12. Oracle EBS Systems Administrator and EBS DB Administration. Including patching, cloning, scripting, backup and recovery. Oracle DBI implementation/setup for GL/PA/AP/HR.Analysis of business processes to ensure maximum availability through change management and problem.

Working with a team on development and enhancement of existing software using COBOL.

Instruction of various courses equavilant to 2 year Computer Studies program.

Working with a team on development and enhancement of existing software using PROGRESS.

Capm (Certified Associate In Project Management), Project Management, Capm Certification

Activities and Societies: PMI Org / PMI-NS OrgCompletion of CAPM course in May 2015 Exam written and certification achieved in June 2015

Diploma, Computer Studies

Co-op program) 1989 – 1992 Program involved extensive computer programming and theory as well as accounting aspects Additional Education /.

Diploma, It