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Lead the Technical Sales team at Vena Solutions, including Solutions Dev & Architecture (Building of standard and custom demoware), Solutions Consulting (Sales Engineers - lead all product demonstrations) and Solution Advisory (Domain /Technical expertise sales overlay function)

Vena Solutions redefines how companies manage their business. Vena's Cloud solution combines a centralized database, sophisticated workflow, powerful reporting and advanced analytics with Microsoft Excel to create an enterprise-class cloud-based software solution.

For over 35 years, Prolifics has experienced continued growth and recognition for its expertise as a global IT services company. Prolifics provides end-to-end services including architectural advisement, design, development, deployment and testing of BPM, Integration, Security, and Information Management and Enterprise Analytic solutions. Our mission is to.

• Canrock Solutions is a small start-up company focused on reselling IBM Cognos TM1 and Business Analytics software and providing solution implementation services.
• Responsible for management of the Consulting practice and providing oversight/client management services for key projects.
• Provided enterprise performance management expertise consulting services to RBC Financial on the largest IBM Cognos TM1 implementation in Canada.
• Scoped, managed and implemented IBM Cognos TM1 for a Canadian Mining company for use as its primary application for Sales and Margin forecasting.

• Managed IBM's Financial Performance Management (FPM) Canadian practice
• Team was primarily focused on implementing IBM Cognos TM1 and the Business Analytics suite of technology to facilitate and improve our client's FPM processes.
• Planned, scoped and managed implementation of Cognos FPM suite (TM1+Controller) at Davis + Henderson

• Lead FPM domain expert for IBM Cognos Canada
• Responsible for leading key FPM engagements and assisting sales team in signing, planning and staffing new Cognos TM1 services engagements at Canadian Blood Services, Bouclair, Atlantic Lottery Corporation, Manulife.
• Awarded “FPM Consultant of the year” out of entire Cognos FPM North American Consulting practice area for 2007 work.

Various Locations

• Architected and led implementation of Cognos FPM solution at Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region.
• Project Lead and Architect for a 12 member team implementation of Cognos FPM solution at Research In Motion (‘RIM’).
• Architected and implemented integrated Salary/Benefit Expense, Revenue and P&L Budgeting/Quarterly forecasting models for DDB and BBDO Advertising Agencies
• Lead Consultant for the design and development of an “Indication by Configuration” forecasting model for one of the world’s largest Biotech Companies, Genentech
• Architected and Managed various FPM solution implementations at clients such as Baxter Pharmaceuticals, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Sanofi Aventis, etc

Toronto, Ontario

• Lead consultant and project manager for the implementation of an FTE/Salary and operational budgeting model for Trillium Healthcare.
• Lead Consultant and project manager for the design and successful implementation of Enterprise Planning as a project forecasting application at Hydro One and planning application at Labatt Brewery, Weston Foods, West.
• As the first Cognos EP consultant in Canada, assisted in structuring and organizing EP delivery practice in Canada and North America by developing best practice design templates, scoping questionnaires, project plans.

Toronto, Ontario

• Managed implementation of the INEA CPM application suite as a Planning and Forecasting solution for large Canadian and U.S. Financial institutes such as TD Bank and Johnson Financial
• Lead business consultant for implementation of the INEA CPM application suite as a reporting, planning and forecasting solution for several mid-tier U.S. Banks including Bank of Hawaii, Harris Bank, Sandy Springs Bank.
• Implemented INEA CPM application suite to merge financial reporting systems of recently merged major U.S. investment and retail banks (JP Morgan and Chase Manhattan Bank
• Contributed to functional design and business requirement specification documents for major product functionality in INEA application releases 2.0, 2.2, 2.4 and 3.0

As a Consultant in the Financial Services group, worked on various projects and implemented solutions for clients such as CIBC Amicus, Goldman Sachs, Scotia Capital, Canada Life, etc.,

Hba, Business Administration

Ba, Finance And Economics