Harvey Porter Email & Phone Number

Sherwood Park, Ab, Ca

Vaughan, Ontario, Canada

Edmonton

• Managed multiple infrastructure related projects in the Major Capital Projects portfolio• Responsible for the integration of new Power Plants with the Capital Power business network• Ensured the effective on-time, on-budget, and high quality delivery of projects managed• Delivered highly complex projects in support of the business need including effective budgeting, planning, and execution of all tasks across the project lifecycle, i.e., feasibility, initiation, design, construction, implementation and commissioning• Managed the resolution of multifaceted issues encountered during the projects, ensuring that appropriate resources were deployed to resolve the issues• Ensured effective relationships between other positions in Project Delivery, Information Services and in the rest of Capital Power, as well as with external vendors

Edmonton, Canada Area

Participated in pre-sales activities by interviewing clients, reviewing legacy applications, preparing use cases, and brainstorming to gather requirements used in proposals.Assessed client needs, priorities, risks, budget, time constraints and design custom solutions to meet client needs on a variety of platforms including Windows applications, Native Mobile Applications utilizing a variety of technologies.Reviewed proposals and provide estimates.Contributed to PMO artifacts by documenting Project Management guidelines and methodologies, and providing documentation and tools used to on-board junior Project Managers.Provided Agile Coaching and Jira Consulting services internally and externally.Simultaneously managed multiple development teams on hourly and fixed price contracts ensuring projects were delivered on time and on budget.Managed remote teams and implemented Agile process to successfully manage projectsWorked with clients to determine product roadmaps, facilitated release and sprint planning, assembled Agile teams, create user stories, groomed the backlog, facilitated standups and retrospectives. Monitored progress utilizing daily standups and Jira dashboards including burndown charts

Promoted to oversee the full scope of IT, software development, and development process, leading the company to a new phase of growth and development. Streamlined operations and implemented the Agile methodology on new feature and maintenance teams, improving efficiency by more than 45% and delivering projects, on time and budget.Handpicked by the company’s CTO to lead a Production Support team to ensure milestones were met on multi-million dollar projects for enterprise level organizations including Microsoft Corporation, Government of Alberta, Deutsche Bank, and State Farm Insurance.• Manage three teams (16 resources) responsible for new feature development, maintenance, application performance, and application configuration.• Manage a team of 7 offshore resources• Evaluate, prioritize, manage and lead the activities of the teams• Fine tune processes and ensure processes are adhered to• Allocate appropriate resources to ensure predictable delivery of multiple projects.• Oversee the support of UIT and Production SaaS environments• Manage client escalations in the SaaS and hosted environments, providing assistance in the triage and RCA of client issues• Followed the Agile methodology with both new feature projects and maintenance • Responsible for recruitment, training and performance management of team members.

• Manage two teams responsible for the development and maintenance of the core application• Recruitment of the development department• Completed performance reviews• Followed the waterfall methodology with both new feature projects and maintenance teams• Participated in transitioning the department to the Agile methodology• Reviewed and Approved Design documentation and estimates• Performed project management functions on all new development projects

• Managed 12 – 14 resources providing Tier 2 Support to clients• Worked with the director of support to define process and ensure the process were followed• Managed client escalations• Managed the development and maintenance of internal applications such as client request tracking system, Performance Review application, recruiting application• Worked with the Director of implementation and assisted the implementation team in problematic implementations• Facilitated the transition of projects from Implementation to Support

Project Management Certificate

Advanced Diploma, Applied Business I.T

Bachelor’S Degree, Economics