Patrick King Email & Phone Number

Greater Vancouver

Project manager for a portfolio of Smart Metering and Information Technology projects.

Principle of a independent consulting firm providing Information Technology and Management Consulting services.

Led the evaluation and selection of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution for a rapidly growing group of technical product companies with clients across North America. Managed a portfolio of business process improvements and business application implementations to enable operational efficiencies and continued growth.

Provided IT and business consulting services to organizations in the construction and real estate industries. Developed and delivered courses on Personal Financial Planning for Retirement with a corresponding coaching service.

• Managed teams of IT professionals providing a wide variety of IT services to BC Hydro, BC Transmission Corporation (BCTC), and Accenture Business Service for Utilities (ABSU).
• Service Manager for BC Transmission CorporationResponsible for the delivery of all ABSU IT services provided to BC Transmission Corporation (BCTC) including IT infrastructure, Software Development and Sustainment, and.
• Senior Manager, Service Management OfficeDefined, enabled, and supported the business processes of a large, outsourced IT Organization. This included governance, strategy development and execution, service management.
• Operations Lead, BC Electronic Health Record TeamLeader of the Operations Team on a large, multi-vendor project working with the BC Ministry of Health to establish electronic medical records for British Columbia. This.

• Led a profitable, growing department of 15-20 technology consultants providing IT infrastructure and sustainment services to BC Hydro including enterprise architecture and standards development, security, network.
• Program Manager, Critical Infrastructure Protection Program, BC Transmission CorporationLed the initial implementation of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Critical Infrastructure Protection.
• Practice Manager – Enterprise Technology Architecture PracticeManaged a team of technical architects providing services to BC Hydro. Selected projects include BC Hydro’s Goal Technology Architecture refresh, SAP.
• Project Manager – ERP Technical Infrastructure Projects, BC HydroDirected multiple project teams concurrently who were responsible for the technical architecture, infrastructure implementation, and technical support of.

Conducted projects to expand and improve the BC Hydro enterprise technology architecture based on evolving business requirements. This included the evaluation, selection, and standardization of enterprise software and tools used by the organization. Examples are database-oriented middleware, online analytical processing and reporting tools, e-commerce.

Planned and managed the application conversions for this enterprise project. Facilitated enterprise design sessions and led a team that developed the Intel and Macintosh application conversion strategies. Managed the lab testing of over 400 applications in two certification facilities. Determined the enterprise standard applications for all common.

Developed client-server applications for contract management of BC Hydro construction projects and for materials management at BC Hydro’s main distribution center. Led technical team members on software development projects. Ran a Distributed Computing Environment Pilot Project.

Developed computer evaluation and forecasting models. Carried out financial and economic impact assessments and other analytic projects as an internal consultant to various departments in the Ministry. Developed a financial and economic evaluation capability in support of native land claim negotiations. Was a member of the division’s System Network.