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Edmonton, Canada

Edmonton

• Managed full project lifecycle following the Wipro/ATCO project management methodology.
• Ensured the effective on-time, on-budget and high-quality delivery of projects meeting client expectations.
• Managed and controlled project scope, issues and risks through effective project management processes.
• Developed and presented project status reports and other relevant information to clients & stakeholders.
• Established strong client relationships and acted as an advocate for… Show more
• Established strong client relationships and acted as an advocate for clients within Wipro.

Edmonton, Canada Area

• As part of the Solution Planning and Architecture team, responsible for:
• Acted as the Service Owner for I-Tek’s key internal business applications, responsible for planning and managing these systems in line with business needs and driving product selection and standardization.
• Coordinated ATCO I-Tek’s Investment Review Board planning process. Ensured that each proposed investment was submitted with required business case and financial metrics to enable senior management to analyze… Show more.
• Coordinated ATCO I-Tek’s Investment Review Board planning process. Ensured that each proposed investment was submitted with required business case and financial metrics to enable senior management to analyze and select.
• Coordinated and managed ATCO’s annual Lifecycle Planning process. Worked with clients and support teams to identify and estimate required application upgrades to maintain vendor support in alignment with ATCO’s.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

• Project Manager responsible for managing ATCO Data Center Transition Project.
• Managed the successful initiation, planning and execution of a project which transitioned the ATCO IT infrastructure from the Downtown Data Center into a new 3rd Party co-location Data Center.
• Migrated 1 IBM Mainframe, 450 Windows Servers and 100 Unix servers with no unplanned outages or business impact as a result of the migration. Post-move performance met or exceeded pre-move benchmarks. Successfully….
• Migrated 1 IBM Mainframe, 450 Windows Servers and 100 Unix servers with no unplanned outages or business impact as a result of the migration. Post-move performance met or exceeded pre-move benchmarks. Successfully.
• Developed and maintained a project plan with activities, timelines, critical paths and resource requirements. Managed all activities against the project plan for the duration of project, monitoring project status.
• Lead regularly scheduled steering committee, working committee and team status meetings, reported project status against established objectives, milestones, resources and budget. Show less

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

• Manager of the Distributed Server Service team, managing the Windows Server, Unix Server and Systems Management service delivery teams. Responsible for:
• Managing a team of 20 staff with 3 direct reports
• Service ownership and profitable delivery of Distributed Server services
• Manage the planning and execution of projects to deliver on the strategies and objectives of the Distributed Server Services team
• Maintain a thorough understanding of the ATCO customer IT business and… Show more Manager of the Distributed Server Service team, managing the Windows Server, Unix Server and Systems Management service delivery teams..
• Maintain a thorough understanding of the ATCO customer IT business and service needs ensuring their requirements are being met

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

• Plan, organize and manage the day to day operational support and maintenance of the ATCO Windows and Unix distributed server environments
• Manage, mentor and provide guidance to 13 staff within the server team
• Member of ATCO I-Tek Enterprise Architecture group, responsible for developing and implementing technical solutions
• Responsible for server performance and capacity planning

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

• Responsible for operational support and maintenance of ATCO Windows, Novell, and OS/2 Serverenvironments
• Support and maintenance for Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Internet Information Services and Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Sever applications