Shawn Cobbett Pmp, Csm, A. Sc. T. Email & Phone Number

Mississauga, Ontario, Ca

Working directly with upper management to improve and empower employees through technology. Responsible for all technology of two warehouses, 200,000 and 80,000 square feet, from scanners to business process improvement to implementing Air & Ocean logistics software and everything in between.

Reporting directly to the GM, accountable and responsible for delivering key business solutions improving business processes and value.

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Project ManagementShort Term contract to recover a CRM migration

Toronto, Ca

• Formulated Go-Live plans for streamlined execution and issue free implementation reducing downtime and risk, and increasing team confidence• Improved relations with vendors resulting in efficient issue resolution and increasing on overall productivity • Initialized and improved an electronic KanBan board for task delivery; integrating daily operations and project work tasks for team members and providing better management oversight• Facilitated daily KanBan/Scrum meetings; Kept them to 15 minutes max. Escalate issues to appropriate upper management; increased overall project progress/awareness for the team members• Developed MS Project plans for project time/task baseline (WBS) leading to a proper allocation of resources and team members• Monitored project tasks including organizing, creating technical requirements, holding people accountable and reporting to management project progress in a timely fashion• Logged and assessed risk for raised issues, resulting in achieving expected project implementation timelines and lowering costs

Toronto, Ca

• Led multifunctional project teams, consisting of Vendor, Information Technology and Business members, with positive influence and proven leadership skills• Initiated and facilitated a steering committee between business/information technology teams for the flagship bond processing and stock transfer system (TranStar) building collaborative customer relationships• Ensured proper software development lifecycle, including documentation and innovative change management processes, for a flagship software system • Formulated Go-Live plans, using the waterfall methodology, for streamlined execution and issue free project delivery, reducing service interruption and business risk, and increasing team confidence • Improved relationships with vendors resulting in efficient issue resolution and increasing on overall productivity • Initialized and improved an electronic Kanban board for task delivery; integrating daily operations and project work tasks for team members, providing better management oversight and celebrating success daily• Facilitated daily Kanban/Scrum meetings; Kept meetings to 15 minutes max. Escalated issues to appropriate teams or upper management; increased overall project progress/awareness for the team members• Developed MS Project waterfall plans for project time/task baseline (WBS) leading to a proper allocation of resources and team members and delivery of required hardware and vendor services• Monitored project tasks including organizing, creating technical requirements, holding people accountable, preparing and updating project documentation, maintaining issue tracking lists and reporting to management project progress in a timely fashion• Logged and assessed risk for raised issues, resulting in achieving expected project implementation timelines and lowering effort and costs

Mississauga, Ontario, Ca

• Led a multifunctional project team, planned, and monitored the technology implementation and subsequent upgrades of JD Edwards/Peoplesoft, the corporate ERP• Initiated the Intranet Governance and Steering committee to align the MS SharePoint initiative with stakeholder expectations and collaborate on best practices for departmental sites• Organized business unit testing, quality assurance, reporting and resolution of issue as well as aligned technical updates resulting in streamlined project tasks• Hired contract programmers for project duration, including outsourcing critical tasks for improved resource management• Monitored multiple consultants delivering integrated software solutions, • Provided scope and project plan documents ensuring that project direction and work expectations were approved by all stakeholders• Evaluate and select vendor based on corporate requirements and regulations using an requirements matrix• Developed MS Project plans for project time/task baseline (WBS)• Improved project communications by creating standard templates encouraging clear communication paths- daily administration of the JDE technical practice; this included server maintenance, wireless networking, wireless warehouse devices, code SDLC and promotion and application security- project planning for upgrades; includes project plans, testing schedules and business risk analysis- Assist as the technical liaison for business owners- responsible for the technical implemented the initial install of JDE along with the Wireless solution DSI for the stores warehouse and metering

Mississauga, Ontario, Ca

Project Management Certificate; High Honours

Computer Science Technology Co-Op Diploma, Computer Science Technology