Tamara Anthony Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Canada Area

Providing Program Management for Global Retail Clients including:Internal Program Management Processes, Release Management and Project Management.

Toronto, Canada Area

Providing consulting and contracting services the Software, Telecommunications and Media Technology Industries. Some examples include: Indigo Books & Music: Led 12 month multi-stream Retail IT Program in order to enter in the US Market. Program focused on 1) Swap out of all legacy (in store) Retail systems with new technology 2) Segmentation and uplift of backend internal systems in support of US requirements 3) Implementation of new API integrations 4) Built in house mobile apps/kiosks in support of the Retail experience. Rogers: Product Development (10 month engagement): Defined & Ran Program Management Steering Committee across 4 Vendor Teams for nDVR workstream as part of larger IPTV Program. Led nDVR Testing Agile Team responsible for functional, performance and platform operational readiness test areas. Team made up of onsite and remote team members across Canada and US

Toronto, Canada Area

• Enabling End to End IT Retail Solutions for entry into the US Marketplace. Responsibilities include: • IT Governance & Program Structure set-up• Scoping & Requirements Management• Procurements Management• Program Delivery - Development through to post stabilization support. Delivery streams spanned 7 work streams made up of global vendor teams and Internal Indigo IT teams, including significant integration efforts such as new EDI interfaces, API and financial integrations. Also included home grown digital solutions such as mobile Retail Apps and Kiosk builds.• Internal Consulting on PMO Best Practices and Operational Models

Program Management for NDVR Steering Committee & QA Workstream:Defined & Ran Program Management Steering Committee across 4 Vendor Teams for nDVR workstream as part of larger IPTV Program. Led nDVR Testing Agile Team responsible for functional, performance and platform operational readiness test areas. Team made up of onsite and remote team members across Canada and US

Toronto, Canada Area

Defining Program Management Best Practices in support of 50+ PM Practice covering: Governance, Delivery Processes, Tools & Templates & PMO Skills Development Program .Responsibilities included strategic planning, town hall presentations, representation of dept. on corporate initiatives, coaching & training Program Managers.

Corporate PMO Prime leading team of 10+ work streams & 20-30 staff, 250M Program with Multi-Release strategy. Programs included corporate initiatives such as IPTV, Regional Wireless Network Joint Ventures including Retail Expansions and many other large technical programs with interdisciplinary teams and Programs that combined both business and technical streams.

Owning Client Groups on behalf of Bell TV IT with Installation, Logistics & Finance client business depts. Led internal & vendor staff ranging from 5 to 30 staff in multi-year, phase systems implementations.Responsibilities included strategic planning, budget management , direct reports and project delivery from inception through to post deployment warranty.

Owned relationship with Retail Strategy team. Lead internal and vendor team of 15-20 staff in the implementation of real-time order Management ) integrated with and Bell call centre ordering platforms.Responsibilities included strategic planning, budget management , director reports and project delivery from inception through to post deployment warranty.

PM managing groups of 2-5 staff concurrent projects in the various phases & durationLeading Project Steering Committee consisting of cross-functional business units to govern implementation.

PM managing FTP server Migration Project impacting 70 clients, POC project with 7 insurance carriers in the use of pilot WEB application, as well as acting as business liaison for clients providing product demonstrations and bug fix resolution communications and project documentation.

1995, Political Science

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