Project Manager Real Estate

Christopher M. Barradas, MBA

*****.********@*****.*** 647-***-****

E DUCATION

Global Module: International Business Course, China Europe International Business School jointly offered with

Queen s School of Business- Executive MBA program October 2011

Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute (Schulich School of Business) Current

(in progress) - all project mgt work (24,000+) 4,500/4,500 hrs completed. 30/35 hrs proj.mgt education completed

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Masters of Business Administration (MBA), Schulich School of Business (GMAT 91 percentile% worldwide)

- award for best Business Consulting 601 Thesis (Non-Profit Sector)

Honours Bachelor of Arts (BA Hons.), University of Toronto - St. Michael s College (Economics Specialist)

AWARDS

Top Technology: Education Service Provider (1999-2002) Alliance for Canadian Real Estate Education (ACRE)

Best New Educational Technology/Tool (1999-2000) - Real Estate Educators Association (REEA) Canada & US

Best Business Consulting 601 Thesis: Non-Profit Sector (1999) Schulich School of Business MBA

Top Future Prospects & Leaders of the Bank (1995) Bank of Montreal (Institute for Learning) selected

provincially among 30 under age 25 bank employees for training as potential future leadership positions within the bank.

SKILLS

Balanced & experienced project leader/ manager of people- have led numerous projects and developments over 13

years leading up to 3 simultaneous teams, each up to 5 people (up to 15 total), with team members fro m the following

disciplines: programmers, website designers, graphics artists, sales reps, analysts, consultants, analysts, technical

support, and administrative assistants; project budgets from $1,000 to over $3 million; project timelines from days to yr s

Creative, entrepreneurial & action oriented visionary creator and lead of the OREA (Ontario Real Estate Association)

Online Education Systems, over 8 years period, over 50,000 students, over $18 million in revenues, among the leaders

who first began developing and selling the concept of online learning from 1996, established this new line of business for

clients quickly and successfully, with relatively low investment and great returns in short periods of time.

Directly involved in all contract negotiations and deals for the firm over a 10+ year period.

Strong sales ability over $3.5 million in personal consulting sales, portfolio of over 50 clients in 3 countries

Technical skills knowledge of or experience in many development languages (Objective C, C+, Flash, Java, SQL,

HTML) and software systems (Oracle, SAP,SAS,SAS WRS,SAS BI Dashboard), in-depth knowledge of project mgt

principles, documentation, processes

Excellent verbal and written communication skills with all levels, including executives advisor to the OREA Board

of Directors, able to interface with clients while simultaneously leading development teams

Experienced Information Technology professional have worked and developed in the IT industry for over 15 years

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Discovery Systems Corporation (DSC), Markham, Ontario 1996-present

Research & Development/Project Lead 2008-present

Lead innovative development of new products, and oversee all project teams in research and development

Developed new applications for the mobile market, specifically the iPhone, iPad, Android and Blackberry platforms,

majority of development work in Objective C

Developing new iteration of the company s online education software for use on the PC/Mac platforms.

Interact regularly with client senior management, including executives

Oversee development and overall quality of project deliverables, and enforce compliance with requirements and

standards

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Business Manager 2002-2008

Sales leader responsible for obtaining clientele and sales for firm (over $3.5 million dollars in total sales/revenues

generated and portfolio of over 50 clients (including client s in Canada, United States, and Jamaica); member of

contract negotiation team; resolution manager and liaison for client/firm relations

Creator, visionary leader, and project leader of the Ontario Real Estate Association s (OREA) online education

system and website for Licensing Education, now called the OREA Real Estate College, which is solely responsible

for the online licensing of real estate professionals in the province of Ontario (over 50,000 students/licensed real

estate practitioners; generated annual revenues in excess of $15-20 million for OREA ; project budgets $1- 3 million)

Creator, visionary leader, and chief-developer of the OREA online Continuing Education online system and website

for the continuing education and professional development o f existing real estate professionals (over 10,000 licensed

real estate practitioners, generated additional annual revenues of $2 to 3+ million dollars for OREA; project budgets

in excess of $500,000 and up to $1 million)

Provided IT solutions for clients, managed large scale technology projects; budgets from $10,000 to $3 -5 million

Frequent advisor to the OREA Board of Directors with regards to online education and technical development of the

education systems and their delivery; advised 2 generations of Presidents to the Board, responsible for developing

new services and products for firm and clients

Overall project team leader for all company developments (ranged from 1 to 5 projects at a time), extensive

development in SQL and use of SAS software for management information services

Project Manager/Leader for all company development teams; managed website designers, graphics artists,

programmers, analysts, and technical support, 1-5 individuals per team and up to 3-5 teams.

Project Manager 1998-2002

Managed numerous client projects; budgets from $1000 to over $100,000

Creator and project leader of the OREA Real Estate Encyclopedia on CD-ROM (first edition), budget $100,000+

Developed and managed the Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica s website, from inception to release to maintenance,

utilization and development of Business Intelligence reports using SAS Software for Scotiabank International

Managed cross-functional teams of 3-5 members, including website & graphics designers, programmers, consultants

Established and maintained enterprise database for a Rogers retail chain

Developed internet and computer based solutions and strategies for clients

Ran the company s call center / technical support teams

Web Designer / Computer Consultant 1996-1998

Website design, creation and maintenance (client websites), graphics work

Client product database management, hardware systems acquisition, setup and maintenance

Bank of Montreal, Toronto, Ontario 1992-1996

Business Systems Officer, Treasury Department 1995-1996

Developed database applications in FoxPro, Access and Excel to handle trading & accounting data and reports for

use in annual report publications and year-end audits, monthly, quarterly, utilizing and interfacing with SAS and

Oracle systems, report generation using SAS Software.

Responsible for continual improvement of task efficiency and increasing office capabili ty/performance with regards to

computer automation of tasks; co-ordinated and managed technical support team with implementation of applications

Research Analyst, Economics Department 1995

Generated economic data and reports using available statistical databases and reporting systems, submission of

economic reports for weekly, monthly, and yearly department publications, chart and presentation graphics

generation for Chief and Senior Economists meetings and proposals

Responsible for the periodic updating of components of the Bank of Montreal - Economics Department Website and

monitoring of competitors presence on the Internet

Selected as one of thirty aged under 25 Bank of Montreal Employees to participate in the BMO Intern Program IFL

Experience, a specialized training program for future bank leaders

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