Harvey Porter Email & Phone Number

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.
• 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.

• 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.
• 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.

• 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

• 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