Migration of the GTA West Diagnostic Imaging Repository into a consolidated repository that covers most of Ontario.

Implemented a Global Search application to allow the police to search current and legacy data records across multiple structured and unstructured data sources.- Created project plans, charters, status reports, etc. and managed all deliverables through completion- Presented to the project Steering Committee and Toronto Police Services Board- Provided management and executive teams with status updates

Migrated multiple OSC Lotus Notes applications and databases to a new digital solution that involved a suite of IBM products (Case Manager, Master Data Management, Watson Explorer, Information Server, Integration Bus, DataStage, and DB2. - Used IBM’s cloud offerings to host multiple environments. A mix of IAAS and PAAS was used.- Used Scrum sprints for each application being modernized. - Created project plans and managed all deliverables through completion- Used an Application… Show more Migrated multiple OSC Lotus Notes applications and databases to a new digital solution that involved a suite of IBM products (Case Manager, Master Data Management, Watson Explorer, Information Server, Integration Bus, DataStage, and DB2. - Used IBM’s cloud offerings to host multiple environments. A mix of IAAS and PAAS was used.- Used Scrum sprints for each application being modernized. - Created project plans and managed all deliverables through completion- Used an Application Rationalization Framework to select and prioritize the scope of each phase of the program- Provided management and executive teams with status updates - Created architecture diagrams and documents for infrastructure, integration, and application designs- Designed ETL and Business Intelligence / Reporting solutions Show less

The GTAA is a diverse IT environment with many different technologies (mostly .NET on Windows with some Java/DB on Unix) and many vendors. PMs are tasked with managing all aspects of their projects including schedules, budgets, vendors, technology decisions. PMs are also tasked with managing many projects/programs concurrently.Programs / Projects Managed:• Incident Management – all airport incidents or concerns are managed through a central facility that uses complex software that… Show more The GTAA is a diverse IT environment with many different technologies (mostly .NET on Windows with some Java/DB on Unix) and many vendors. PMs are tasked with managing all aspects of their projects including schedules, budgets, vendors, technology decisions. PMs are also tasked with managing many projects/programs concurrently.Programs / Projects Managed:• Incident Management – all airport incidents or concerns are managed through a central facility that uses complex software that integrates with many other applications. Implemented a new solution that provided better tracking through the full lifecycle of an incident.• Kiosks – used in the terminals for check-ins and at the security pass office for wait queue management. Updated existing kiosks and implemented additional ones with new functionality• WSI Fusion – implemented a flight to weather system tracking solution that is used to predict flight issues and needs for flight path changes• Oracle eBusiness Suite Upgrade – upgraded the Oracle Financials and HR system to the latest version and managed the data migration• Major Incident Initiatives – managed a program of 10 projects who’s goal was to improve infrastructure and application reliability, recoverability, and security across the entire GTAA• Apron Pricing Methodology – implemented a custom solution to track aircraft movements, capture appropriate fees based on rate rules, and issue and track invoices to the airlines• Enterprise Talent Management – implemented a solution that tracks employee performance against goals and aligns them with the enterprise goals. Tracks employee succession planning and allows development plans to be created that aligns with succession plans. Show less

The CPIN project was established to create an enterprise-wide solution for managing child protection cases and corresponding information. Currently, approximately 46 Children’s Aid Societies (CASs) exist across the province that each have their own information systems to handle their own case information. CPIN will manage all child protection information across the province and in doing so will enhance child safety, increase efficiency, improve program oversight, and ensure transfer of case… Show more The CPIN project was established to create an enterprise-wide solution for managing child protection cases and corresponding information. Currently, approximately 46 Children’s Aid Societies (CASs) exist across the province that each have their own information systems to handle their own case information. CPIN will manage all child protection information across the province and in doing so will enhance child safety, increase efficiency, improve program oversight, and ensure transfer of case information is done in a timely and effective manner. The CPIN solution uses Curam v6.x, Oracle eBS, Cognos, Informatica, and OpenText document management.Roles & Responsibilities:• Program Manager across all CPIN project streams• Senior Manager, Data Migration, System Integration, & Business Intelligence (BI) / Reporting• Planned and managed overall CPIN plans, strategies, schedules, and budgets• Led analysis, development, and testing teams• Vendor management of multiple external vendors (data migration, system integration, etc.)• Management and executive level project reporting• Led various CPIN committees: Technical Steering Committee, E2E Design Committee, Defect Review Board, Implementation Coordination Committee Show less

The CYSSC Common Platform (CCP) project was established to realize synergies in technical architectures across the cluster’s multiple modernization projects. This project has been highly complex with many stakeholders, various technologies at various levels of compatibility, differing project needs and timelines, and extremely aggressive delivery dates. To this date all project deliverables have been met on time and all CYSSC project needs are being addressed in ways that exceed standard… Show more The CYSSC Common Platform (CCP) project was established to realize synergies in technical architectures across the cluster’s multiple modernization projects. This project has been highly complex with many stakeholders, various technologies at various levels of compatibility, differing project needs and timelines, and extremely aggressive delivery dates. To this date all project deliverables have been met on time and all CYSSC project needs are being addressed in ways that exceed standard expectations.Roles & Responsibilities:• Program Manager for managing the common portions of the CYSSC projects’ solutions (designs, schedules, budgets)• Member of Executive Steering Committee• Planned and managed environment delivery cycles including requirements gathering, environment design (included reviewing project architectures), implementation, verification, and support• Facilitated design sessions related to common application services opportunities• Vendor management of multiple external vendors • Coordinate CCP Status Meetings and Reporting Show less

The Social Services Solutions Modernization Project (SSSMP) was started to modernize the systems that currently manage social assistance in the province of Ontario. This project, while being very complex and involving many stakeholders from around the province, has been very successful and has been delivered on time. Roles & Responsibilities:• Managed the architecture and technical portions of the project (Curam based)• Enterprise Architect for the business, logical, and… Show more The Social Services Solutions Modernization Project (SSSMP) was started to modernize the systems that currently manage social assistance in the province of Ontario. This project, while being very complex and involving many stakeholders from around the province, has been very successful and has been delivered on time. Roles & Responsibilities:• Managed the architecture and technical portions of the project (Curam based)• Enterprise Architect for the business, logical, and physical architectures including the logical/physical (combined) TRA• Presented at all architecture checkpoints (ACT/ARB) and achieved approvals at all levels in record time• Coordinated hardware requirements with ITS Show less

Managed various projects at MTO and led the technical solution architecture work.Projects:- Ontario Photo Card- Beginner Driver Education- Service Ontario Kiosk Renewal- Service Ontario Service Guarantee- Service Ontario eTrans (public portal online transactions)

Managed a highly complex project that created the first online transactions available through ServiceOntario.ca. As well as being a complex and challenging technical initiative, leading multiple ministries that are not direct reports has required advanced techniques in project management, people leadership, negotiation, and cooperation. The project has been released on time and has received many compliments from the public and the partner ministries. More importantly, this provides a… Show more Managed a highly complex project that created the first online transactions available through ServiceOntario.ca. As well as being a complex and challenging technical initiative, leading multiple ministries that are not direct reports has required advanced techniques in project management, people leadership, negotiation, and cooperation. The project has been released on time and has received many compliments from the public and the partner ministries. More importantly, this provides a stable framework for future expansion of the Service Ontario vision. Roles & Responsibilities:• Program management of multiple subprojects and overall budget• Management of multiple teams and indirectly led the other ministry IT leads • IT Lead - managed a complex multi-million dollar project that included multiple development teams and four ministries (People leadership, project management, Rational Unified Process (RUP), budget management)• Lead architect for many areas of the loosely coupled, distributed software solution using J2EE technologies (WSAD 5.1, Websphere, Weblogic, Entrust, UML, Rational Rose, Zachman Framework, SOA)• Created enterprise architecture artifacts and presentations for the government’s ACT/ARB process and was successful at gaining architecture approval at all checkpoints• Coordinated business and system testing phases using various testing methodologies.• Defined a leading edge operations application to complement the developed software (JMX, AdventNet, J2EE)• Successfully completed the government project that had full corporate security approval on a TRA that covered multiple ministries and a privacy impact assessment (PIA) that was approved and signed by four ministers.• Vendor management of multiple vendors involved in providing hardware and software solutions that were critical components of the enterprise architecture and final solution. Show less

Las Vegas From Home (“LVFH”) is a publicly traded company that develops software for the Internet Gaming Industry. LVFH recognized that success in this industry would depend on finding yet untapped markets. The technology department was given the task to develop a multi-player poker product that included all of the standard games available at any competitor’s site as well as develop and patent new variations of poker that had not been previously created. Although external forces had created an… Show more Las Vegas From Home (“LVFH”) is a publicly traded company that develops software for the Internet Gaming Industry. LVFH recognized that success in this industry would depend on finding yet untapped markets. The technology department was given the task to develop a multi-player poker product that included all of the standard games available at any competitor’s site as well as develop and patent new variations of poker that had not been previously created. Although external forces had created an extremely aggressive deadline, the product was released on time and has to date been a success. Roles & Responsibilities:• Lead the technology teams in three global locations• Designed and implemented real - time gaming clients and servers using J2EE in a distributed environment• Created and implemented distributed database architecture, stored procedures, maintenance plans, etc.• Negotiated contracts with external payment processing companies and vendors Show less

Cryptologic is a market leader in the development of software for the Internet Gaming Industry as it pertains to gambling. Responsible for managing, designing and implementing a sophisticated suite of casino products designed to comply with various countries’ gambling legislation. This product suite has been released on time and has had favourable reviews from its users.Roles and Responsibilities: Project Manager, Senior Architect• Lead a team involved in the creation of a Java… Show more Cryptologic is a market leader in the development of software for the Internet Gaming Industry as it pertains to gambling. Responsible for managing, designing and implementing a sophisticated suite of casino products designed to comply with various countries’ gambling legislation. This product suite has been released on time and has had favourable reviews from its users.Roles and Responsibilities: Project Manager, Senior Architect• Lead a team involved in the creation of a Java based Casino Suite• Involved in staffing, budget control, project planning, project design, architecture• Designed and implemented real - time gaming clients and servers using Java (Applets, Servlets, Applications, JDBC, EJB)• Designed open middle tier server to interface with multiple payment engines using C++ on UNIX Show less

Dot Com Entertainment Group is a market leader in the development of software for the Internet Gaming Industry (Casino, Bingo). Responsible and accountable to design and implement sophisticated technology solutions designed to comply with various countries’ gambling legislation. Roles and Responsibilities: • Lead an internal group (10) involved in the creation of a full Internet Gaming Product suite including E-Commerce, Accounting, Portal, Administration, and Gaming… Show more Dot Com Entertainment Group is a market leader in the development of software for the Internet Gaming Industry (Casino, Bingo). Responsible and accountable to design and implement sophisticated technology solutions designed to comply with various countries’ gambling legislation. Roles and Responsibilities: • Lead an internal group (10) involved in the creation of a full Internet Gaming Product suite including E-Commerce, Accounting, Portal, Administration, and Gaming modules• Designed, architected and implemented real – time gaming clients and servers using Java (Applets, Servlets, Applications, JDBC, EJB)• Designed and lead development of real – time gaming clients using Flash 4 and 5• Developed Internet/e-commerce solutions using various technologies including J2EE, JSP, Flash, C++, Sure Fire Secure Transactions, IIS, ASP, SQL Server, and Signed Applets among others Show less

EForm is an electronic account application process that lets new customers apply for one or more Schwab trading or investment accounts over the internet. The new electronic process speeds up the application process by 50%, provides a friendlier interface to the user, and removes the need for redundant information gathering. The new process has been released to the public and has caused a 25% increase in the number of new clients in the first month alone.Roles &… Show more EForm is an electronic account application process that lets new customers apply for one or more Schwab trading or investment accounts over the internet. The new electronic process speeds up the application process by 50%, provides a friendlier interface to the user, and removes the need for redundant information gathering. The new process has been released to the public and has caused a 25% increase in the number of new clients in the first month alone.Roles & Responsibilities:• led an eight person development team and coordinated efforts of over 40 indirect reports• determined/managed client expectations and liased with an external vendor• utilized object oriented design in a distributed environment (Web <=> Unix <=> Oracle)• implemented all components of the system using J2EE (Servlets, EJB’s, and JDBC), Weblogic and Oracle Show less

TOREX is a suite of applications whose goal it is to replace all current trading system pieces used to trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange. This suite includes many desktop and server applications under the Windows and UNIX operating systems. All applications had to improve on current functionality and also become faster, more reliable and Y2K compliant. These systems must run 7 days per week and 24 hours per day without fault and must handle thousands of transactions per second with the… Show more TOREX is a suite of applications whose goal it is to replace all current trading system pieces used to trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange. This suite includes many desktop and server applications under the Windows and UNIX operating systems. All applications had to improve on current functionality and also become faster, more reliable and Y2K compliant. These systems must run 7 days per week and 24 hours per day without fault and must handle thousands of transactions per second with the highest of security. Overall the TOREX project has been well received and is on target to meet the Toronto Stock Exchange’s expectations and deadlines.Roles & Responsibilities:• Managed the project and determined and managed client expectations• implemented many of the applications in the TOREX suite using C++ on Unix and Windows• object oriented design in a distributed computing environment (NT <=> Unix <=> Tandem) Show less

Project: Portfolio ManagerThe goal of this project was to allow financial portfolio management through a customer’s intranet and eventually over the internet. A Java client and server were designed that would generically communicate with each other, but allow for back end customization to a specific vendor’s systems. This system has been successfully integrated into many financial institutions including Hong Kong Bank of Canada, Citibank, and Yorkton Capital.Roles &… Show more Project: Portfolio ManagerThe goal of this project was to allow financial portfolio management through a customer’s intranet and eventually over the internet. A Java client and server were designed that would generically communicate with each other, but allow for back end customization to a specific vendor’s systems. This system has been successfully integrated into many financial institutions including Hong Kong Bank of Canada, Citibank, and Yorkton Capital.Roles & Responsibilities:• determined and managed client expectations• implemented many of the components of the project using Java on the client and server sides• provided cost/benefit analysis to upper management • created a Java GUI client application and applet that communicated real-time to a Java server• created a Java TCP/IP redirector application to solve the “Applet Sandbox” issue Show less

Project: Merlin 4.4Merlin is an enterprise wide system used by more than 20,000 users to perform electronic mail functions and to interface to every one of C.P. Rail’s over 200 applications. Merlin has mainframe and PC components, is available to all users from anywhere in the world, and has been in use for more than 15 years. Merlin 4.4 was a redesign of the PC component and an enhancement to the mainframe component including many new features helping to improve business productivity… Show more Project: Merlin 4.4Merlin is an enterprise wide system used by more than 20,000 users to perform electronic mail functions and to interface to every one of C.P. Rail’s over 200 applications. Merlin has mainframe and PC components, is available to all users from anywhere in the world, and has been in use for more than 15 years. Merlin 4.4 was a redesign of the PC component and an enhancement to the mainframe component including many new features helping to improve business productivity at C.P. Merlin 4.4 is now in full production, has been received very well (85% customer satisfaction index) and was completed on time and on budget.Roles & Responsibilities:• lead a development team (50+ developers/architects/testers)• determined and managed client expectations (internal and external)• project management using PMI based project management methodologies• architecture and development using C/C++ in a distributed environment with PC and mainframe components Show less