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Toronto, Canada Area

Leading information systems strategy and development, with a focus on project management, and requirements definition.Since 2018, working on a business transformation to SAP S4 HANA across North American business units

Toronto, Canada Area

Project Management, Technology consulting, Requirements and business analysis, process optimization etc.Engaged at Kubota Canada since June 2013 in a project management and business analyst capacityMain projects included implementation of Warehouse Management system, Freight audit implementation, new corporate web site, and implementation of dealer ordering and quoting system for complex configured equipment.

Toronto, Canada Area

Manager of a team of 20+ developers and application architects, engaged on custom business application development, balancing multiple projects, and constraintsDelivered multiple concurrent projects under budget, performing project management for all development activitiesCreated project plans, mentored team members, drove detailed task management in Microsoft TFSResolved production issues, working directly with senior technical staff to identify problem and implement solutions.Adapted Agile/Scrum methodology to bring an inherited overdue project into pilot productionPrinciple technology environment Microsoft .Net, with Oracle database, some legacy systems in diverse technologies including C++, Power-builder etc.

Toronto, Canada

From June 2010 to Dec 2011 - Professional Services DirectorExceeded professional services revenue targets during first quarter of ownershipInitiated outsource of a subset of development activities to India to reduce costsDelivered first phase of large custom project to major Canadian banking organization Primary focus was delivery of customer projects, in hosted SaaS and on site environmentsDeploying mission critical systems on private/public cloud infrastructureDelivered services to major Canadian Crown CorporationComplex technology mix, including Esri, MS .Net C#, SQL Server, MS Azure, Oracle From October 2008 to May 2010 - Software Development DirectorResponsible for development, and support of Location Hub softwareInitiated re-architecture from database to in-memory resulting in 200 times performance gainDirected team of between 14 and 20 developers and QA analystsCollaborated with sales, marketing and product management, and external partnersRe-designed user experience of core portal with external usability consultantDeveloped multi-tenant SaaS based solutions in a hosted/cloud environmentMicrosoft .Net environment, SOA architecture, web services delivery, VMware farmWorked with services consultants to ensure successful client implementationsDrove SR&ED tax credit process with Deloitte consultants, significantly reducing development costs

Development director responsible for Development and QA of part of the former Hyperion product portfolio, following the acquisition of Hyperion in June 2007Java development environment, deployed across multiple platforms, and national languagesComplete ownership of the development and QA of Hyperion Performance Scorecard, and ongoing support of client issues. Including integration with Oracle products, re-branding and release

Development director and location manager for group of over 20 development and quality engineers, responsible for two of the Hyperion portfolio of productsJava development environment, synchronized portfolio release, multi-platform, multi-lingual deploymentResponsibilities also included sales support for Fortune 1000 clients, in finance, industrial, and public sector.Supported platforms included Windows, Unix and Linux, + Oracle, SQL server and DB/2 databasesBrought the Toronto products into synchronization with the overall portfolio in a single release cycle, added significant functionality and improved the quality and performance of the product

Responsible for the development and support of Ironside products following Ironside's acquisition by SSA. Took on the role of development lead for overall product integration within SSA globally, formulating a common approach and architecture for product integration, while maintaining rapid development of tactical integrationsRapidly forged positive relationships within a network of recently acquired organizations, and built consensus decisions around technology direction.

Initially hired to develop a series of integrated solutions with core ERP systems such as SAP, JBA, BPCS, etc, and exceeded performance targets in the 1st year. Promoted to Product Director responsible for complete product offering, following successful development and deployment of multiple product integrations.Later transitioned to Development director, with responsibility for both core products and services with resources totaling over 30 people. Continually involved in broad range of additional functions including pre-sales and services engagements in North America and Europe.Core development environment was Java, with ERP integration utilizing RPG, SAP/ABAP, PL/SQL, C++ etc as required.

Managed development work in the Toronto unit, including outsourced core product work from UK, and Americas services work. Responsible for development technology, tools and infrastructure in Toronto office including all hardware and softwareManaged early client/server development project utilizing proprietary development platform and tools, deploying on Windows, Unix and AS/400, also extensive Microsoft Visual Basic projectsPerformed pre-sales and consulting work across North America

Varied responsibilities including technical development on core ERP components, technical responsibilities for development environment, security administration, etc.Manager for part of distribution and logistics modules of JBA product portfolio, and temporary manager for Financial modules.Two years as manager of central support (including core product maintenance for entire portfolio).Managing consultant in open systems deployment team (Unix group) with specific responsibility for performance benchmarking. Development manager for new (vertical) ERP development targeted at food industry.

Responsible for analysis, programming and testing through to implementation and support for Manufacturing, Inventory and Distribution systems in the automotive industry