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Vancouver, Bc, Ca

Vancouver, Bc, Ca

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

A private firm helping ambitious leaders level up their careers, their impact, and themselves.

- managing complex Google and hybrid cloud migrations & modernization programs- coaching / mentoring and managing Google Cloud Practice staff- leading consulting solutioning efforts through RFPs, proposals, etc.- complex program and project management- managing relationships with various stakeholders (clients, infrastructure, 3rd party and cloud providers)

- Facilitating and teaching IBM’s top worldwide coaching and leadership education programs - Blue Core Coaching, Coaching Summit, Advanced Sales Coaching.- Taught coaching to and graduated over 300 IBM professionals- Coaching on burnout, leadership, performance

- managing operations, strategy, coaching and mentoring programs, employee engagement, talent management, delivery excellence for a fast paced consulting service line of 250+ talented people- complex PM practice leader- leading quarterly strategy sessions for IBM executives to present to the IBM Consulting managing partner- leading strategy development and execution- growing, mentoring and coaching diverse teams- training and mentoring leaders on emotional intelligence - leading and developing leadership coaching programs for IBM Consulting North America and IBM Consulting Global

Engage with teams early in the sales cycle to facilitate commercially viable solutioning, including:- Specific recommendations to shape proposals and statements of work- Best practices to enable successful delivery​- Ensure alignment across other IBM brands is executed - Assess the level of risk and complexityReview and assess aspects proposals validating the following:​- Solution provides client value as demonstrated by the value proposition explained in the client materials​- Delivery responsibilities, including cost responsibilities, are clearly defined, and delivery capabilities are confirmed for all delivery entities involved, including multi-Brand and multi-Geo- Estimates, schedules, and assumptions are reasonable​- Coaching of IBM staff, leading and developing coaching programs

- Accountable for the successful delivery of strategic, complex projects up to $30M, which consist of development and maintenance activities on a large number of applications (SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, custom legacy applications) on a variety of technical platforms and involve leading large global teams in multiple countries. - Managing business results, including contract fulfillment, project plans, milestones, deliverables and financial targets for multiple projects.- Implementing business processes and tools to accurately track and forecast financial metrics and project KPIs.- Managing services delivery according to multiple complex SLAs and SLOs with financial penalties.- Identifying staffing based on skills strategy and business opportunities to meet project or business demands.- Leading national initiatives that impacted a sector or multiple programs in the application maintenance services.

- Increase sales by translating clients’ business requirements into specific designs and leading technical areas of proposal development; proposals ranging from $350K to $5M- Strengthen data availability by designing data retention, data placement, backup and recovery strategies- Surpass client expectations by understanding complex requirements, architecting and implementing e-Business solutions, and customizing Oracle technologies- Support and enhance critical e-Business systems and improve project quality assurance by leading technical solution assessments and teams located in multiple countries resolving complex issues

- Installed, supported, upgraded and tuned for performance Oracle Applications, Oracle Portal and Oracle databases on Oracle 8i on Microsoft and Unix technologies (Sun Solaris, HP-UX, IBM-AIX) using HP and Sun clusters- Experience across multiple industries: pharmaceutical, forestry, provincial government, transportation, distribution, financial services- Designed and developed custom data conversions, data replications

- Implemented and supported accounting software for Microsoft SQL Server and Pervasive.SQL databases on Windows NT, Citrix MetaFrame and Novell NetWare environments - Developed and customized reports and queries using Crystal Reports, Microsoft SQL Query Designer, Brio Query; designed and customized interfaces- Provided on-site training courses to certified distributors in North America- Provided pre-sales support and assisted in sales presentations and trade conferences

Mba, Management Of Technology

Workplace Mental Heatlh Leadership Certificate Program, Faculty Of Health Sciences

Business Administration, Economics Of The European Union

Bachelor, First Class Honours, Business Administration