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Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Leading the highly functional team who works closely with third party hydro utilities across the GTA with focus on identifying, planning, executing & relocating existing hydro utility conflicts as part of the GO expansion utility early works program.This portfolio will ultimately prepare the GO network for electrification, which will bring that system increased reliability and provide future expansion opportunities.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

On-site consultant to Metrolix accountable to lead the team who is accountable for the utility early works projects on behalf of Metrolinx and their capital projects portfolio. This highly functional team works closely with third party utilities across the GTA to identify, design, plan, & execute on the required hydro utility relocations for the multi-billion dollar OnCorr project portfolio.This portfolio will ultimately provide electrification to the entirety of the GO Train system, which will bring that system closer to a carbon neutral footprint, provide increased reliability and provide future expansion opportunities.

Toronto, Canada Area

Led a team of 13 highly skilled subject matter experts in the SAP domain in order to support the 2.5M+ rate paying customer base• Accountable to make, test & deploy all required rate & system changes as dictated by the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) to the CIS (Customer Information System)• Thoroughly familiar with SOX & customer information rules & regulations• Agility was mandatory as the stakeholder group was exceptionally large (2.5M+ customers & OEB externally), IT & the functional business, internally. 2020 led to increased agility from managing my team remotely, while not sacrificing productivity & delivering on all stakeholder requirements• A high level of engagement, communication & coordination was always required in this role to satisfy all stakeholders requirements while not adversely affecting the rate payer• Participation and key contributor to yearly strategic planning sessions & roadmap creation & discussions• Successfully led the highly functional team of 13 to a successful upgrade of the CIS (SAP) system• Accountable for each of my team members personal developments plans (IDP) & quarterly performance reviews

Toronto, Canada Area

• Manager and business owner of the Major Projects PLGC framework, processes and internal governance• Responsible to the Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. Major Projects department to continually increase project planning, risk management, strategic planning, efficient processes, governance and evolution of the framework from a holistic portfolio level• Implemented numerous cost saving, time efficient tools which are being used by Major Projects management to provide accurate project management, resource, capital forecasting and executive reporting – required by EGD & CORP Director & VP management• Leveraging my PM expertise, I am able to mentor the community of Project Managers & project teams to achieve high successes while adhering to schedule and budget• Accountable to provide processes, tools & management to adhere to the yearly Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. Major Projects portfolio of projects

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Led & managed the transit project portfolio as it related to both the YRT Yonge Street expansion & Metrolinx LRT (Eglinton Crosstown & Finch) project and Enbridge infrastructure relocations• Accountable to identify, track & coordinate the relocations of critical Enbridge infrastructure in order to satisfy the requirements of the transit authorities, while strictly adhering to safety of the people, the public & the infrastructure. This included the creation of a robust tracking system using Microsoft SharePoint• Liaison between the gas utility and the transit authorities, other local utilities & numerous municipalities and governing bodies• Participation as a key stakeholder & resource in weekly utility design sessions with the constructors. These sessions were to collaborate with utilities & municipalities together, and to prioritize & plan required relocations• Creation of a project risk matrix & tracking tool as it related to relocations and continuous collaboration with the numerous utilities to ensure mitigation strategies were being put in place• Internally, accountable to provide bi-weekly updates to the steering committee and my direct management, to provide status updates and identify potential issue & risks

Calgary, Canada Area

Process Owner and lead implementer of a streamlined Stage Gate framework and process used by all IT business units to govern IT projects at Enbridge.Implementation also included aligned project metric reporting and project health reporting from an enterprise portfolio level.Additionally, responsible for the implementation of a Portfolio Management solution utilized by the corporate CIO office to manage and track all IT project metrics. Including requirements gathering and recommendations from an enterprise level.• Gained invaluable experience as to the corporate business and structure• Implementation included enterprise Project Management framework, processes and structured governance that all I.T. related projects would follow• Managed direct reports and reported directly to Director, VP & CIO level management at all Enbridge business units• The scope of the implementation also provided an easily accessible and business valuable solution to better assess workload and resource planning of the current fiscal year, among 5 year forecasting• Major areas of focus included, financial risk, portfolio planning, productivity savings, risk management and change management• The successful implementation improved enterprise efficiency and unified communication by leveraging a consistent enterprise structured framework

Toronto, Canada Area

Managed IT infrastrucure and risk management related projects.Responsible to manage budget, scope, schedule, etc. Followed the PMBOK body of knowledge.• Responsible for the management of infrastructure & business related projects on behalf of the I.T. Risk Management department at Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc.• Managed a wide variety of projects with smaller to larger budgets – and included small to large project teams. Projects included business unit specific initiatives & enterprise wide initiatives - Records Discovery, CIS, Cisco TelePresence, VMWare, Data Encryption, Active Directory migrations, UMDS, among numerous others• Followed the PMBOK and Enbridge Project Management methodologies and framework• Was required to plan, initiate and deliver projects on time and on budget• Was required to provide bi-weekly updates to management