Igor Kononov, Pmp, Csm, Cspo Email & Phone Number

Alberta, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Provide specialized end-to-end BI support, visualization/presentation, and analytics for the business of portfolio management and change delivery operations. • Subject matter expert in BI and Reporting. Accountable for the development, adoption and ongoing evolution of a best-in-class reporting and/or BI capability and may deliver on ad-hoc projects as assigned.• Produce specialized reporting packages, dashboards and scorecards for Portfolio Delivery Group, with a focus on understanding objectives and delivering insights for delivery management including forecasting, progress and financial reporting and capacity planning• Validate the quality and integrity of the data included in the Reporting Packages and Dashboards• Develop meaningful and insightful commentary/ insights on new and existing reporting packages• Work with delivery partners to understand business objectives and develop value-added reporting and provide ad-hoc data extracts• Adopt, implement and effectively evolve report automation and/or visualization standards• As a subject matter expert, provide advisory or consultative services for supported colleagues and/or businesses regarding multi-format data visualization techniques• Understand business drivers, definitions and metrics in order to interpret findings, act and provide meaningful direction• Keep current with industry best practices and search for new and innovative ways to visually present data• Adhere to internal policies /procedures and applicable regulatory guidelines, contribute to the review of internal processes and activities and assist in identifying potential opportunities to improve operational efficiencies• Identify variances and contribute to the analysis, due diligence and implementation of initiatives and/or business operations• Support development and/or/implementation of standards, policies, procedures, and solutions that mitigate risk and maximize the availability of service, efficiency and effectiveness

Toronto, Canada Area

Invited to support the TTC PMO in its journey towards growing its Project Management Maturity. Worked as a part of the Work Stream 5 - Data, Analysis, Tools & Technology on 5 out of 9 CPDR recommendations:• Data Source Identification – analyzed existing data infrastructure to figure out possible gaps or inefficiencies, proposed possible solutions• Capital Program Data Strategy – analyzed processes in place from the perspective of re-usability, co-ordination of data usage to prevent overlapping (and wasted) work• Performance Metric Reporting – investigated actual KPI portfolio in order to streamline the reporting process• Consolidated Reporting – proposed an effective way to minimize effort in building of portfolio-wide repots and built a tool to support the process• Integrated Project Management Tool – organized effective data transfer between the new PM System and the existing reporting processEffectively slashed time required to build portfolio status reports from a new PM System allowing it to be generated within minutes instead of days.

Toronto, Canada Area

 Established consistent project plan maintenance with regular weekly project reviews. Automated interaction with work streams and their project plans to cut overhead and eliminate double or triple data entry. As a result, project plans were automatically synchronized on weekly basis. Worked with stream leads to provide accurate status reporting, track project risks and issues. Assisted PM in all project management duties such as scheduling meetings, preparing presentations, managing project financials, tracking risks, actions, issues and decisions. Developed automated process heat map to simplify and visualize tracking of complex multiple-vendor, multi-stream contract delivery. The whole state of the process was represented as a colored heat map which allowed to focus effort on tasks which really matter. Implemented automated resource availability calendar to help dealing with resourcing bottlenecks.  Created and maintained SharePoint document repository, RAID logs, PCRs, weekly PSRs (project status reports). Prepared presentations for all four levels of status meetings including PDL, SMT, DRB and up to ESC (executive steering committee). Consolidated weekly project status reports. Maintained project financial data in PPM Clarity (forecasts, budgets, costs, actuals, reporting, etc.).The contract has been extended to support PMO in variety of activities, such as: Maintained PMO documents repository. Analyzed and reported on PMO resources capacity. Assisted on weekly PMO status reporting. Assisted on PMO financial reporting. Managed two tier 5 projects.

Hired to enhance existing financial project control functions and processes in CIBC CPCT department. As a Project Control SME, analyzed existing processes and documented requirements. Facilitated interviews with Sr. Management, RMs, PMs and PCOs. Assessed the process of financial planning from building business case to project closure. Developed and proposed the new business process and data model. Developed templates, tools and documentation to support CPCT financial planning process such as BC data submission, resource plans, latest estimates, actuals, and change request submission, etc. Developed the reporting tool which automated the process of generation of various reports such as BC Project Spend Categories, BC Timing of Spend, P&L Impact, etc. to support submission to PRF. Presented the process, the model and the tool to Sr. Management and gathered positive feedback.

Toronto, Canada Area

Hired for my expertise in enhancing existing project control functions and processes, I support a team of 60+ members to execute activities on a project, a component of a 4-year $100M+ program. Collaborating with development teams on project plans, I provide project control and analyze metrics to keep project running smoothly. I schedule and participate in project meetings, document activities, communicate analytical findings/decisions, escalate issues and liaise with stakeholders. I also coordinate, maintain and control processes, documents and key project artifacts.Project Control► Within 2 weeks of assuming an in-progress project, I synergized project efforts, acting as the key point of contact throughout the project lifecycle.► On a project currently being audited, I have fully satisfied 2 document requests for audits to date, despite challenging document retrievals due to multiple team member exits and replacements. By building a project document inventory, I enabled the visual identification of needed or missing documents.► Facilitate evolving best practices by capturing relevant information at project closure.► Balance competing requests of projects and stakeholders, leveraging negotiation and influencing skills.Tool Development ► Tasked with systematizing and simplifying the analysis of resource allocation for a project having thousands of activities, I drastically shortened the analysis process by devising a new tool. Using VBA, I developed an advanced instrument for project resource allocation for MS Project and MS Excel, receiving positive user feedback for the enormous time savings.Reporting Improvement► I reorganized and normalized delivery of the 2 most critical and complex project reports. After driving defects down from 300 to near zero, the reports are now in use.

Downtown Toronto

Scalar Decisions is Canada's leading information technology solutions integrator.Reporting to the National Director of the PMO in a matrix environment, I supported 13 project managers on 150+ ongoing projects, including complex, multi-million dollar programs. Governing solution quality, I assessed scope, time and budget compliance, tracking and reporting on an array of metrics. Coordinating communication among 150+ employees, contractors and vendors, I assisted in project planning, scheduling and reporting, as well as introducing process improvements and developing project documentation. ► To match vendor requirements with thousands of staff certifications, I created a central certification database accessible to all interested parties with automated email reporting, which strengthened compliance.► I transformed Scalar’s resource utilization approach by instituting new metrics, which enabled more effective monitoring and analysis and facilitated process improvements enterprise-wide. ► Expanding the total staff capacity by 20% and eliminating conflicts in workload scheduling, I equipped the PMO with a visual picture of resource availability by conceiving, developing and delivering a sleek reporting tool that consolidated data from 100+ calendars.► I boosted project outcome quality and earned the praise of project managers by introducing delivery process checklists for small to medium-sized initiatives and instituting a gateway approach to process monitoring.► To streamline corporate reporting, I revamped routine reporting tools to use one common source of data, eliminating duplicates and non-synchronized data sources, and implemented PowerPivot/DAX for large data spreadsheets analysis and reporting.► By developing comprehensive, interactive documentation of the project data entry process using MS Office, I facilitated corporate knowledge transfer.

Toronto, Canada Area

First BIT Canada, a consulting provider in supply chain management and enterprise resource planning solutions, is the leading business automation company in Russia and the Middle East, with Canada as part of the North American market.Charged with heading product requirements specification, software development, testing and deployment of the DispatchMax truck dispatching and fleet management solution, I steered the business case analysis and technical roadmap. I coordinated activities with overseas virtual teams and collaborated with product development, quality assurance and marketing. ► I poised the DispatchMax product for successful delivery. I championed Agile best practices, analyzed the market and competitors, created a marketing strategy and deployed an Android app with the launch of the official website. ► Fostering cohesion among a large, distributed team, I negated the complications of differences in time zones and cultures by establishing communication and collaboration framework.

Russian Federation

Business-Expert Ltd. offers consulting services in strategic management, business processes, energy programs, finance, quality control and business sales and purchases.I conceived, planned and executed client projects, managed stakeholder expectations and aligned and directed technical, financial and staff resources. I monitored project progress, steered communications, devised contingency plans and conducted troubleshooting of issues.► Delivering a robust ERP solution, I met all expectations for an industrial belts distributor. After taking over the project, I jumpstarted process, role and responsibility overhauls. I led ERP implementation, including 7 team members and multiple project groups. I drove the definition of key requirements, instituted a project dashboard to manage scope and executed turnkey infrastructure initiatives. I supported MS Lync deployment along with the company-wide VoIP network.► By deploying a mission-critical ERP system, I built an aerospace electronics manufacturer’s capability to fulfill unanticipated, overwhelming demand and resolve issues associated with outdated processes.► I enabled a client to more than double the number of retail locations and overcome challenges from rapid growth. I piloted the seamless integration of multiple ERP modules into the operations ecosystem and enhanced the existing infrastructure. ► By devising and effecting a step-by-step plan for conflict resolution, I regained the trust of a key client, forging a relationship that evolved into one of the most valuable accounts.

Kyiv, Ukraine

For this import, retail and wholesale food company, I drove conceptualization, development and delivery of strategic initiatives, aimed at optimizing operations and processes.► Streamlining multiple business processes for 200 users, I spearheaded the development and integration of a custom ERP solution.► I orchestrated infrastructure enhancements to support a ERP development project, guiding a team of 4 to establish a robust corporate framework, expand internet presence/capacity channels and deploy automation tools.

Kyiv, Ukraine

Odessa, Ukraine

Odessa, Ukraine

Odessa, Ukraine

Certificate Of It Project Management

Bachelor'S Degree