Over fifteen (15) years of experience in project/program control, setup of PMOs, implementation and training of project management processes and software plus an additional five (5) plus years of implementing and training of Healthcare solutions in Canada and the United States and (5) years Oil and Gas in Calgary, Alberta. Highly detail oriented individual dedicated to client and project success. Presented with an “Outstanding Achievement Award” for the $30M program to outsource CIBC’s in house Visa processing to Total Systems in the U.S.

Relevant Experience:

Confidential,
Senior Project Control Officer - PMO
November 2011 to January 2012

• Engaged for a three month period under the direction of the HP SAP Project Director, responsible for the coordination, communication and control of a ($50 Million) implementation schedule for SAP HR/Payroll project for the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA); this to allow the program team time to prepare the cutover schedule.
• Complete weekly status of the schedule utilizing actuals to update schedule
• Mentor project resources on the completion of the weekly update/timesheets
• Support project leads with reference to updates of the WBS
• Provide weekly analysis and status reports to the Project Management and Executive (Actual vs. Baseline)
• Monitor and reconcile allocation of resources to project with resource effort actually spent working on project tasks (Resource Utilization)
• Coordinate the project level reporting ensuring reporting formats are consistent with varying target audiences

Confidential,
Senior Project Control Officer - PMO
March 2011 to July 2011

• Under the direction of the PMO Manager, responsible for the coordination, communication and control functions for and /or between multiple projects utilizing CA’s Clarity
• Successfully converted 5 out of 7 Project Managers to Clarity from standalone MSProject
• Monitor and review enterprise-reporting packages (dashboards, adherence, etc.) and proactively engage PM’s to take corrective action where necessary
• Provide project managers support on usage of the Clarity application and the MSProject interface to Clarity
• Mentor Project/Program managers on the APEX Project Delivery process
• Perform Process Assessments on all tier projects at required tollgates (2 & 3)
• Support project teams on TeamRoom (SharePoint) setup and usage requests
• Monitor and reconcile allocation of resources to project with resource effort actually spent working on project tasks
• Coordinate the program level reporting ensuring reporting formats are consistent with varying target audiences
• Work on small to medium projects as Project Manager when needed

Confidential,
Senior Project Control Officer – Corporate PMO
March 2010 to June 2010

• Under the direction of the AVP, Corporate PMO and the Project Manager executed the following tasks associated the Global Network Optimization Project
• Document and distribute minutes for weekly meetings
• Follow up on scheduled and ad hoc change ticket approvals
• Maintain SharePoint repository of project information
• Complete ad hoc requests for spreadsheets related to project deliverables
• Complete project schedule updates as required
• Completion of weekly project status report
• Maintain project action and issue log
• Create project management templates e.g.: Issue Log
• Follow up on deliverables to satisfy Audit requirements
• Confidential,

IT Project Scheduler, PMO – (MES) Program
October 2009 to March 2010

• Under the direction of the Program Manager and in collaboration with the IT and Business Project Managers, the System Integrator (Wipro), the software vendor (PSI Germany) and members of the development team; build an integrated program schedule for the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) program for the Testing and Implementation phases.
• In addition define and document some project management standards and processes in order to allow for regular status updates of the program schedule.
• Utilizing the Technical Overview document, define the WBS along with input from the client, System Integrator, and the software vendor.
• Define Project and Resource calendars within MS Project 2000 along with related project defaults. Completed resource assignments along with the associated estimates of work and defined dependencies in order to achieve a resource balanced schedule.

Between 1979 and 2008 worked in the following areas; Healthcare, Oil & Gas, Telecommunications, Retail, Manufacturing, Banking, Consulting (IBM), and Insurance. All roles were in IT within the PMO. In some cases it involved the setup and implementation of the PMO along with the related tools and processes. Major responsibilities in these roles were the following:

• Project/Program action, issue, and risk log maintenance
• Project/Program schedule maintenance
• Resource utilization
• Earned Value Reporting
• Project/Program Schedule consolidations
• Creation and maintenance of applicable templates
• Maintenance of project management software tools
• Creation and maintenance of project/program workbook
• Creation and maintenance of project/program document repository
• Develop and implement PMO standards
• Provide assistance, coaching, and mentoring to Project Managers
• Provide assistance to Project Director and Senior Management for Steering Committee meetings
• Provide information sessions for the creation of work breakdown structures
• Provide in house classes for the use of Project Workbench (now Open Workbench) and MSProject
• Provided project/program administrative support

A detailed list of clients and responsibilities for each client are available on request.

Professional Development

Package implementation and support, SAP Program Schedule Support, Microsoft Project/EPM, Project Workbench/Suite 5.0, Open Workbench/Clarity, PMBOK’s methodology, Waterfall, Iterative, RUP, and Agile development methodologies, Project/program schedules support and maintenance, Project Management software and tools, PMO processes, Setup and configuration of document management repositories (SharePoint & Lotus Notes), Implemented three (3) Project Management Offices, MSOffice 2007, MSOffice 2003, Change Point Enterprise, MS Project 2007, EPM 2002/2003, SharePoint Document Management, MS Project Web Access 2003, MS Project 2003 Professional, MS Project 2002 Standard, MS Project Server 2002/2003, Lotus SmartSuite 97, Lotus Notes 6.5, ABT Workbench 4.0 & ABT Suite 5.0 (now Open Workbench/Clarity), PMBOK Methodology, MSOffice 97, MS Project 95 - 98