Mentor on 8 week pre-arrival program for employment acceleration and mentorship for immigrating professionals. Specializing in IT professionals during their preparation and transition into the Canadian workforce before arriving in Canada.

Making an impact by Specializing in mentoring and partnering with Skilled IT Professional recent immigrants. Helping them with Career strategy and finding first job in Canada2010 Oct: Developed and presented Effective Mentoring Workshop for Microskills2011 Feb: ACE Your Interview Workshop at Costi2011 Nov: Recognized as Mentor to 10 or more Skilled Immigrantshttp://www.thementoringpartnership.com/mentoring/mentor/spotlight/

Leading and developing QA Integration Testing Team for large SAP HR/Payroll systemCreated, hired, developed and trained Integration Test Team (4) for large SAP HR/Payroll SystemChampioned and implemented Integration Testing and change management process for all changesSuccessful on time/budget project implementation of over 6 HR Support Pack Upgrades to ProductionLed successful hardware and software testing of major upgrade for SFE (Smart Find Express) to… Show more Leading and developing QA Integration Testing Team for large SAP HR/Payroll systemCreated, hired, developed and trained Integration Test Team (4) for large SAP HR/Payroll SystemChampioned and implemented Integration Testing and change management process for all changesSuccessful on time/budget project implementation of over 6 HR Support Pack Upgrades to ProductionLed successful hardware and software testing of major upgrade for SFE (Smart Find Express) to ProductionCoordinated multiple concurrent initiatives, changes and projects with IT SAP ABAP, SAP BASIS, Employee Services, HR Support Team, SAP Ops Team and vendors (i.e. eschools, EPI-use) Recent Production implementation of ESS/MSS customized module for over 40,000 users Show less

Project Management of Outbound Telemarketing insurance application for a Major Canadian Bank’s Insurance Group; includes coordination with Centtric, two external vendors and the Client.

Managed Projects/Products/People for new and support releases on 4 concurrent software products.

Managed Projects/People, QA, Process Analysis, Business Analysis, Technical Writing; Support and new releases; plans and processes; anticipated and mitigated risks for flagship Document Automation and Regulatory Compliance Products.

Founded QA Group and developed team from 0 to 10 responsible for QA on all software product releases.

Business analysis, testing, beta and release management for 3 versions of MOSIAC (Document Assembly Software for Windows)

 Member of the Ministry of Education and school board partnership project (North York, Ottawa and Toronto Separate School Boards) that developed a Student Management system. As part of the analysis and design, planned, facilitated and scribed JAD sessions to present and review prototype with clients. Responsible for testing and providing training to beta test clients. As Project Leader, managed the implementation of the Human Resources and Payroll system (14,000 union & non union)… Show more  Member of the Ministry of Education and school board partnership project (North York, Ottawa and Toronto Separate School Boards) that developed a Student Management system. As part of the analysis and design, planned, facilitated and scribed JAD sessions to present and review prototype with clients. Responsible for testing and providing training to beta test clients. As Project Leader, managed the implementation of the Human Resources and Payroll system (14,000 union & non union) through 3 Releases and a major enhancement. This project involved the supervision and administration of up to 15 team members from a third party software company, internal and contract staff. Turned the project from many delays to Production within 12 months Show less

Project and directly managed teams of small to medium sized projects in support and development. Experienced with Marketing, Mutual Funds, Group Claims, General Insurance (PMS) and Individual Life applications (CAPSCO).