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Calgary, Canada Area

An exceptional problem solver able to bring results through planning, unifying players and implementing solutions including training modules and end user testing within required time frames. Program and Project Management with an extensive business background of success.

Calgary, Canada Area

Program Analysis - CoordinationProvided coordination, oversight, rigor and tracking of nine concurrent projects, from initial business requirements definition, to program gate reviews and scheduling.• Researched and identified business opportunities and requirements.• Guided projects through a program gating methodology.• Generated a program level business case including budget and scheduled deliverables.• Researched and documented HR infrastructure requirements and SAP access• Formulated numerous templates and program level reporting, • Generated and managed program level roles and responsibilities review (RACI).• Researched and defined Onboarding procedures • Performed multiple vendor selection and review for third party RFP’s• Produced program level GANNT scheduling coordination and tracking.• Researched and defined current state of processes, procedures, and opportunities.• Provided office equipment vendor coordination and selection process

Calgary, Canada Area

Performing program management and business analysis in support of network upgrades including cabling, Video Conferencing, VOIP, Telephony, and Unified Communications. Providing both project and program management, vendor management, and business liaison skills fulfilling user needs in both Canada and the US. Coordinated a 1.4 M budget, providing oversight of multiple projects reporting on program metrics, and operationalized governance.

Provided planning and facilitation to 15+ clients some concurrently providing project documentation, business requirements, gap analysis, and planning for application development as well as architecture in support of collaborative document sharing, enterprise data management, and BI analysis/reporting• SharePoint 2007 and 2010 governance, content design, and Operationalization• Office 365 & 365 Pro• Migration Planning and Implementation• Project Management, Scheduling, Operations• Infrastructure deployment migration and configuration

Calgary

Provided both PM and BA services focused on analysis and resolution solutions including process re-engineering to enable monitoring and reporting of all services provided by the IS organization. Gap analysis and business impact analysis provided planning, followed by modification of more than 80 reporting and tracking business processes. Provided charter, scope and schedule with resource planning

Calgary, Canada Area

Documented current state, authenticated operational future need, coordinated with systems analyst to design an evergreen going forward configuration and policy. Analyzed and produced documentation of current back up process, developed requirements for configuration, infrastructure, and disaster recovery capabilities projecting resource and budget requirements with recommendations and future planning. Implementation plans developed for:• VMware• Windows• Unix• Backup and Recovery

World Wide Oil Company Operating in the Alberta Oil Sands.Project Manager Applications for Expansion: Implemented new or expanded existing applications in support of both upstream and down stream operations. Performed initial analysis and requirements gathering, estimated and documented required budgets, performed vendor management and contract negotiations, created schedules, resource plans and all project documentation to design, deploy, test, and implement projects via a six gate project review methodology. Average project budget 300 – 500 thousand. Average project team size 30 individuals. Multi geographic locations Albian, Scotford, Calgary, and Houston. • Provided analysis and requirements gatherings, testing, and implementation, • Liaison between project team, vendors,and business units • Project reporting and gate progression reporting/documentation • Implemented Smart Plant by Intergraph • Implemented CEMS InfoHawk by Cybertech • Enhanced MIDAS Sirus remote excavating monitoring • Upgraded Compress Vessel Design & Inspection Software • Provided BC and DR planning and inclusion in the oil sands emergency program.

Full-service financial institution headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Total assets of $24.5 billion.Project Manager - Business Continuity Planning and Risk Management: Created mandated Business Continuity Plans and Disaster Recovery Plans for 22 business units and two recovery centers including policies and procedures, documented action plans, and planning for future fail over business projections environment. Included individual mitigation, gap closure planning, business and IT/IS, and budgetary allocation. Directed and coordinated all aspects of 80 player, cross-functional team. Worked extensively with executive level. Served as the Share Point advocate to promote this new technology as a secure and cost effective means to update procedures, processes, and emergency planning.

Provides farmers and small agribusinesses with loans, crop insurance and farm income disaster assistance.Project Manager - Data Conversion: Information compliance and data conversion analysis; hired to transition 20 years of legacy data to new applications. Built and interacted with steering team, comprised of individuals from all levels and all departments within organization. 5 direct reports, 40+ indirect.Standardized company on single data source format and updated all software, greatly reducing complexity of long-term support requirements.Unified multiple business units to eliminate disjointed approaches; improved processes and enhanced business ability in order to react quickly to customer needs.Devised clean up policies to ensure only usable data retained for additional cleaning and scrubbing.Implemented system wide upgrade to Oracle 10g utilizing Macroscope and ITIL methodology. Reduced complexity of long-term support by standardizing all software to most current level for maximum functionality within centralized data farm.Designed, and implemented BC and DR reaction planning for data and company wide infrastructureEstablished 3-year ITIL methodology plan to improve infrastructure and increase involvement of business in needs planning, as well as facilitate management of rising IT costs.

Telecommunications data provider for national and local data exchange, including security, regulatory compliance, and online data retrieval. Implemented Release Management MethodologyReduced release errors by 83%Brought all application outages into SLA levels through improved documentationTrained 18 Project Managers to utilize a PMO MethodologyReduced time to release by 40%Increased annual projects released by 37%.