Tim Snell Email & Phone Number

Calgary, Canada Area

Senior Project Manager with 20+ years’ experience and a track record of delivering strategic business initiatives. Proven ability to develop, implement, and streamline IT business processes by managing projects that exceed expectations while staying on time and on budget.

Calgary, Canada Area

• Managed IT Capital Program; delivered ~120 projects valued at a total of $30 million annually.
• Managed teams of up to 65 people including contractors from multiple firms.
• Introduced highly effective Project Management methodology that reduced audit issues.
• Developed IT General Tariff Agreement (GTA) business cases and yearly development plans.
• Introduced changes to IT Capital safety perception; safety hazard reporting went from 2 to +40.

Calgary, Canada Area

• Earned President’s Award in 2012 for role in creating new Quality Assurance and Quality Control processes for transmission construction projects.
• Implemented processes to provide visibility to Energy Management System (EMS) changes; results included reduced risk of interruption to real time monitoring system.
• Managed 2 major EMS upgrades and all associated hardware and software; both upgrades delivered on time and on budget with no business interruption.
• Increased project success in meeting scope, schedule and budget targets by introducing project management business ownership processes.
• Participated in development of capital and operational GTA business cases for Metering and System Operations.

Calgary, Canada Area

• Led internal SAP team; delivered on time and on budget with all new projects, enhancements, and maintenance requirements.
• Managed capital budget of $6 million to $10 million; introduced new processes to manage capital and operational work processes.
• Participated in development of capital and operational GTA business cases; coached other managers.

Calgary, Canada Area

• Managed 3-year $17 million SAP upgrade enabling Alberta electrical transmission company to comply with new regulatory requirements starting in 2009; met all budget and schedule targets.
• Implemented mobile software platform project subsequently highlighted at SAP’s North American Sapphire conference.

Calgary, Canada Area

• Reported to Financial Controller; led a team of ~14 employees over 2-year period; implemented Sarbanes Oxley controls for a major oil & gas client; passed both 1st and 2nd year audits.

Calgary, Canada Area

• Led a team to determine business and functional requirements for a new provincial government finance program; RFP used to pick a suitable developer.
• Led a Production Accounting process review for an oil & gas company; interviewed a wide spectrum of personnel and customers; updated tools and processes based on review results.
• Led a team of 14 business accounting personnel to select a new Production Accounting system.
• Led a team to evaluate process and system revisions required by Production Accounting Regulatory changes.
• Assessed upstream oil and gas client’s readiness for a major government reporting change.
• Reviewed energy distributor’s data and reporting requirements; developed a data warehouse to resolve reporting issues.

Calgary, Canada Area

• Site manager for major crown corporation for 2 years, led a team of 30 providing all IT services.
• Functioned as a key representative conducting outsourcing contract renegotiations.
• Implemented new policies, procedures, and methodologies to ensure capital projects were delivered to quality, budget, and risk standards.
• Led project management practice for Calgary location; responsible for communicating, coaching, developing and maintaining best project management practices.
• Completed IT capital budget for gas transmission firm using new Value Management processes.
• Project managed Microsoft Outlook services installation to 3500 users at gas transmission firm.