Experience
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Mar 02 -
Present |
Project Manager
City of Calgary, Calgary, AB.
Responsibilities including liaising with the business managers and directors to determine project business requirements, both long-term and short-term. These requirements are then converted into functional specifications and integrated with an overall IT strategy/design while also aligning with corporate goals and initiatives. Responsibilities also include leading a team of business and technical staff to build, test and implement solutions. As a project manager, I am also responsible for negotiating deadlines and deliverables with the business clients, adequately staffing projects as required, presenting to senior management, and estimating, obtaining and maintaining budgets for such projects. Projects include award-winning educational application, corporate-wide enterprise systems, large web-based initiatives, small client/server applications, and process automation enhancements. |
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Sep 00 -
Sep 01 |
Project Manager
PanCanadian, Calgary, AB.
Responsibilities included implementing the OpenLink Endur risk management product. I also assisted in the creation of econometric forecasting models for natural gas prices, managed the custom development requirements for PanCanadian's Gas Marketing Division, mapped business processes for the potential of process automation, conducted cost-benefit analysis on potential projects, gathered project requirements, managed simultaneous projects, and facilitated weekly meetings with project sponsors. Other duties included overseeing the design and development of PanCanadian's internal HR applications using the corporate web architecture, including WebObjects, Solaris, and iPlanet technologies. I developed and managed applications, which gave managers the ability to assign bonuses, stock options, salary changes and promotions through a web-based system. Further, employees were able to receive their pay slips online and print their own employment confirmation letters through a web-based interface. For all HR projects, I met daily with the executive business sponsor to ensure project scope, budget, specifications, design and development remained inline. |
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Jan 98 -
Sep 00 |
Web Team Lead
Agrium, Calgary, AB.
Responsibilities included the design, development, management, and maintenance of Agrium's internal and external web environment. This included the requirement analysis, project proposal, project management, budgeting, staffing, corporate web architecture decisions, application design and programming. Projects included the development of online shopping carts, auctions, discussion forums, company surveys, online benefit elections, corporate phone books, external order tracking systems, as well as the creation of a web-based CDROM for the distribution of information, which is capable of being updated via the Internet. While at Agrium, I developed the entire corporate web architecture including operating systems, web servers, proxy servers, SSL connections, corporate and customer LDAP directories, and established coding standards and language sets for Agrium’s web environment. In regard to project management, I successfully managed projects from initiation to implementation to system enhancements and upgrades. I conducted frequent meetings with the business sponsors for each project to ensure the projects were on time, within budget, and satisfying the needs of the business. |
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Jun 97 -
Nov 97 |
Communications Analyst / EDI Systems Analyst
NrG Information Services, Calgary, AB.
Held two positions at NrG. In regard to Communications Analyst, responsibilities included the maintenance of NrG's corporate website and the company's FERC compliant solution for posting non-transactional data in the natural gas industry. In regard to EDM Support Analyst, responsibilities included the development and maintenance of NrG's EDM services. Other duties included the creation and development of internal websites for testing CGI applications and documenting/sharing company information. |
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May 90 -
May 97 |
Contracting Officer
Defense Fuel Supply Center, Ft. Belvoir, VA.
Responsibilities included the acquisition of utility type fuels (e.g., coal and natural gas). Functions include the solicitation, evaluation, negotiation, source selection, and administration of multi-million dollar contracts. I also designed an automated process for creating procurement solicitations reducing labor hours from 40 to 1. Additional responsibilities included the construction of trading partner agreements (TPAs), mapping transaction sets in accordance with ANSI X12 standards (as required by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission), participation in the Internet Engineering Task Force, and very active participation in the Gas Industry Standards Board (GISB). |
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1985 -
1990 |
Systems Analyst
General Electric Transportation Systems, Erie, PA.
Responsibilities in system backup procedures, database restorations, and spawning
programs on IBM MVS, Honeywell, Digital, and VAX systems. Other duties include
the development (COBOL) of many payroll applications used throughout the company.
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Education
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May 1988 |
B.S. in Management Information Systems
Major: Information Systems
Minor: Economics
Gannon University, Erie, PA
GPA: 3.64 Dean's List: 7 Semesters |
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Jan 1988 |
B.S. in Business Administration
Major: Finance
Minor: Accounting
Gannon University, Erie, PA
GPA: 3.82 2nd in class |
Certifications
- Prosci Change Management Certification (2007)
- SMART Project Management Certification (2005)
- Mt. Royal Facilitation Certification (2004)
- Ethier Project Management Certification (2004)
- University of Calgary’s Emerging Leaders Certification (work in progress)
Professional Profile
Areas of expertise include relationship management, strategic planning, team dynamics, project management, business analysis, and facilitation.
Prosci Change Management Certification (2007)
SMART Project Management Certification (2005)
Mt. Royal Facilitation Certification (2004)
Ethier Project Management Certification (2004)
University of Calgary’s Emerging Leaders Certification (work in progress)
19 years experience in information technology.
6 years experience in project management.
M.A. Economics (1992)
B.S. Management Information Systems (1988)
B.S. Finance (1988)
Excellent communications and interpersonal skills.
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