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Calgary, Ab, Ca

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Calgary, Canada Area

Calgary, Canada Area

Calgary, Canada Area

Responsible for Project Management services provided to the Information Systems department, including: processes, tools, templates, training, documentation and assignment of professional Project Managers to top priority, high complexity projects. Management of a team of professional Project Managers: work assignment, career development, performance reviews.Achievements:- Hired as a full time process analyst, managed to document, automate and optimize recurrent activities, improving… Show more Responsible for Project Management services provided to the Information Systems department, including: processes, tools, templates, training, documentation and assignment of professional Project Managers to top priority, high complexity projects. Management of a team of professional Project Managers: work assignment, career development, performance reviews.Achievements:- Hired as a full time process analyst, managed to document, automate and optimize recurrent activities, improving business continuity and taking on more responsibilities.- Cost avoidance of over $300,000 in software licenses, negotiating better fitting product with the vendor (Oracle).- Rolled out project management processes and tools to the UK team, adjusting them as needed and providing remote training and support.- Successful delivery of many projects up to $2 million, on time and on budget, impacting 10,000 users.- Managed company wide program composed of seven main projects to refresh the desktops of all CNRL users, with combined budget of $11 million.- Applied continuous improvement principles to Project Management processes, documentation and training, impacting adherence, compliance and project results. Show less

Calgary, Canada Area

Responsible for driving the company to a project-oriented environment. That included: Processes, procedures, policies and controls definition and implementation. Project management for the company’s software product development.Achievements:- Reduced time to market of new product features requested by customers.- Optimized software release process, changing from ad-hoc releases by customer request to organized, automated, periodic releases to all client base, allowing for better… Show more Responsible for driving the company to a project-oriented environment. That included: Processes, procedures, policies and controls definition and implementation. Project management for the company’s software product development.Achievements:- Reduced time to market of new product features requested by customers.- Optimized software release process, changing from ad-hoc releases by customer request to organized, automated, periodic releases to all client base, allowing for better communication and control, and improving customer satisfaction.- Introduction of quality assurance best practices, including test environment and methodology. Show less

Management of software testing team in a globally distributed, project oriented environment. Responsible for staffing projects with qualified testers, for on time/on budget delivery and for quality assurance to improve application stability in production. Responsible for performance objectives definition and review, and career development support of 33 direct reports. Achievements:- Defined and implemented a test automation project for the software testing organization – over 500… Show more Management of software testing team in a globally distributed, project oriented environment. Responsible for staffing projects with qualified testers, for on time/on budget delivery and for quality assurance to improve application stability in production. Responsible for performance objectives definition and review, and career development support of 33 direct reports. Achievements:- Defined and implemented a test automation project for the software testing organization – over 500 people. Definition included assessment, prioritization, education in test automation, metrics, timeline and resourcing. Significant time saving recorded since the first few months of implementation.- Actively worked on succession plan, mentoring and developing test leads, preparing them for a management role.- Improved on-time setup and quality of test environment at a global level, negotiating with senior manager and peers to change the engagement model of Environment Coordinators. Show less

Management of globally distributed software development projects, following processes aligned to CMM and PMI.Achievements:- One of the project managers on the program to launch the new Dell factory in North Carolina. Responsible for testing the applications footprint for the new factory, including all software integrations. After delayed start due to dependencies on upstream projects, delivered the scope on time and to quality standards. - Excellent results confirmed by metrics: on… Show more Management of globally distributed software development projects, following processes aligned to CMM and PMI.Achievements:- One of the project managers on the program to launch the new Dell factory in North Carolina. Responsible for testing the applications footprint for the new factory, including all software integrations. After delayed start due to dependencies on upstream projects, delivered the scope on time and to quality standards. - Excellent results confirmed by metrics: on time delivery, effort variation, defect leakage, process alignment, customer satisfaction, etc. Show less

Responsible for leading the software development team, validate software requirements, provide estimates, define software architecture and design, software coding, following processes aligned with CMM recommendations.Achievements:- Helped define and audit SDLC processes in compliance with CMM level 3.- Coordination of resources in Brazil, Russia and UK to introduce a cost savings system change for the manufacturing plant in Ireland.

Systems design, software development and project management for telecom companies (Vivo & Claro), mainly related to billing information.Achievements:- Contracted as Systems Analyst, requested to accumulate the position of project manager with no extra cost, delivering the product on time and under budget.- Zero defects in production, achieved by using object oriented design and tests scripts for each class individually, and for the integrated system.

Account manager for the largest company customer, responsible for the contract life cycle, from prospecting customer needs, preparing technical and commercial proposals, closing the deals, developing and delivering the system. Managed a team of 25 direct reports.Achievements:- Consistently exceeded revenue and margin targets for the portfolio.- Fixed quality issues by introduction of software testing best practices and by developing people. - Regained customer trust, by quality… Show more Account manager for the largest company customer, responsible for the contract life cycle, from prospecting customer needs, preparing technical and commercial proposals, closing the deals, developing and delivering the system. Managed a team of 25 direct reports.Achievements:- Consistently exceeded revenue and margin targets for the portfolio.- Fixed quality issues by introduction of software testing best practices and by developing people. - Regained customer trust, by quality improvements and on time delivery. Show less

Managed startup software company, including administration, marketing, sales, product design and development.Achievements:- Company transformation, from provider of generic software services to software products for mobile devices.- Defined, designed and developed commercial products implemented in several States.- Established partnership with ERP company to integrate mobile sales force software to their product.- Established agreement with telecom company (Vivo) to sell… Show more Managed startup software company, including administration, marketing, sales, product design and development.Achievements:- Company transformation, from provider of generic software services to software products for mobile devices.- Defined, designed and developed commercial products implemented in several States.- Established partnership with ERP company to integrate mobile sales force software to their product.- Established agreement with telecom company (Vivo) to sell combo packages of mobile devices and software with their data plans. Show less

Development and maintenance of front end application for one of the largest Brazilian banks.

Industrial automation systems design and development. Responsible for the user facing components – SCADA systems and customized software development – and integration with PLCs and backend systems.Achievements:- Successful implementation of large automation systems for significant companies in a variety of industries, including Petrobras and Ipiranga (oil & gas), Gerdau and Usiminas (steel mills), Gessy Lever and Citrovita (food industry) and IBM (services).