Mackenzie Jackson Email & Phone Number

Manitoba, Canada

Greater Winnipeg Metropolitan Area

Cloud Transformation Leader

Vancouver, Canada Area

Vancouver, Canada Area

Mackenzie Jackson is a Technology Strategy and Advisory consultant specializing in cloud computing and Amazon AWS. He is also the Western Region Cloud and Infrastructure Advisory Service Lead. He has experience with multiple clients in both the private and public sector performing various technology architecture engagements including hybrid cloud architecture development, application transition assessments, and cloud application implementations. This experience includes architecture definition, roadmap development, requirements analysis, vendor research and analysis, solution option comparison, and solution risk assessments. Mackenzie also has experience with large software implementations, including functional lead roles on ServiceNow implementations, managed services and performance testing on a large Oracle Siebel implementation, and data conversion for an SAP Claims Management solution.

Burnaby, Canada

- Monitored and controlled the Application Integration Testing for one of the project’s releases by hosting meetings on alternating days, challenging team progress and communicating results to key stakeholders, resulting in the success of over 120 test cases and over 80 defects by the end of a 3 week period - Prepared several overall quarterly expenditure versus forecast reports for the 7 different releases within the project by collecting and consolidating estimated and actual expenditures from over 15 different engineering, testing, and supplier teams, resulting in the senior management ability to make the most efficient decisions with the $36,000,000 budget- Formalized, documented and oversaw the application of Change Management processes and software for the project by working with senior project managers and key stakeholders, resulting in the successful documentation and implementation of over 40 change requests and over 500,000 in changes- Run and update weekly project plans by designing and writing macros in Microsoft Excel using VBA, creating a comprehensive view of actual versus estimated budget and schedule for senior management- Store and collect approval for dozens of documents for the project by administrating several document repositories

- Designed and built four Microsoft Access databases to exact user specifications through weekly interviews using an iterative and agile development process, resulting in accurate reporting and statistical analysis for the managers of teams of over 30 people using over 1500 records- Trained teams on the use of the databases through PowerPoint presentations- Conducted maintenance and ad-hoc updates to the databases after implementation, resulting in increases of accuracy and efficiency to the users - Queried reports from an IBM DB2 database using self-designed SQL queries for monthly reporting resulting in reports used by managers covering the success of the entire division in certain areas

- Managed event booths for three promotional and 12 workshop sessions for groups of up to 250 students, resulting in a promotion and 25% pay raise- Sold directly to customers at events, handling cash and credit card payments online, resulting in over $10,000 in sales for term one sales at UBC - Liaised with UBC Pre-Law Society executives, managers in Vancouver and Toronto, and customers to coordinate events and schedules- Distributed over 1000 flyers to customers directly, resulting in strong workshop attendance

- Improved client's customer relationship scores by interviewing and observing over 200 customers- Managed up to three people by organizing schedules, keeping in touch with more senior managers and reporting daily findings

- Managed day-to-day operations at two farmers' markets in downtown Toronto, resulting in approximate sales of $10,000 in one day- Improved farmer sales by up to 20% by assisting farmers with direct sales to customers- Completed over 2000 entries into Microsoft Excel, creating a full database of surveyed customers of four separate markets in Ontario

Bachelor Of Commerce, Management Of Information Systems Co-Op

Bcomm, Business Technology Management Co-Op

High School Diploma