Project Manager Management

MARC LEFEBVRE, PMP, CSM

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Mississauga, Ontario L5V 1B3 email: acu982@r.postjobfree.com PROFILE

A professional Project Manager and Scrum Master with over 18 years of proven success in developing and implementing information technology solutions to support key business processes. Creative problem solver and skilled with expertise in improving operating efficiency by conducting thorough needs analysis and effective hands on project management. Strong analytical, leadership, and communication skills with demonstrated success in managing development teams, vendors, and business resources. Effective in transitioning teams to Agile frameworks. Well versed in Information Architecture and Enterprise Content Management solution delivery. Fluent in English and French.

• Project Management • Business Intelligence • Strategic Problem Solving

• Scrum Master • Software Engineering • Kanban / Lean

• Requirements Analysis • Software Testing/QA • Web Based Applications

• Enterprise Content Management • SharePoint Implementation • Operations Management

• Change Management • Performance Improvements • Business Operations Analysis

• Training/Presentations • Agile / Scrum Methodologies • Budget Management HISTORICAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

• Delivered end-to-end project management for the development of a customized AFE (approval for expenditure) system built in SharePoint with extensive customizations. Oversaw the initial development and three subsequent full releases. The system comprised a detailed submission form with built in business logic, multiple approval workflows, two-way email communications from user to system, panel reviews, reporting, web based interfaces, and numerous administrative functions.

• A Supply Chain department required a publicly accessible and secure site to manage existing and potential products and service vendors. I lead the team that developed the company’s first externally facing SharePoint site, built in Azure. The site featured secure user access, workflows for vendor data collection and due diligence reviews, and a secure bridge to the internal network. Project required extensive third party vendor management, cross-functional team development, and coordination with the infrastructure team.

• Integrated the CRM and POS systems for a childhood education company by overseeing the development of centralized marketing database. Introduced a household data entity to link the information from both systems. This enabled the company to track the effectiveness of marketing campaigns and significantly enhanced business intelligence and operational reporting capabilities. SYSTEMS DESIGNER

• Developed a data transformation engine for financial data being received from a newly acquired company. The solution included a robust set of functionality, including filtering data, reporting errors, producing reports, and transferring data between systems.

• Implemented a source control management system for all department software. Enabled proper version control of all applications, and significantly improved deployment process. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Nonlinear Enterprise

Technical Delivery Manager, Project Manager 6/2015-02/2016

• Enterprise technology line of business lead – assembled and oversaw project teams that delivered mainly intranet and digital transformation solutions

• Provided project management or agile coaching services for some of the client projects

• Oversaw several Office 365 implementations and SharePoint migrations for clients and internally

• Lead the team through transformation of the solution delivery framework, with emphasis on improving project estimation techniques

• Applied variations of Scrum, Kanban, and other Agile principles to each client, as best suited their working environments and expectations

• Technical lead for pre-sales activities

• Contributed to marketing efforts and business development SHAWCOR

Project Manager, Contract – HRIS 11/2014-01/2015

• Designed and implemented department document management and collaboration process in SharePoint

• Reviewed contract history with HRIS vendor, SuccessFactors, and negotiated contract renewal. Was able to get favorable pricing model for addition of hourly workforce.

• Designed and implemented pilot system for management of global employee assignment process, including document management in SharePoint

• Conducted analysis of payroll systems in Canadian divisions and provided recommendations for centralization into Shared Services model

• Documented and illustrated the business process for Global Recruiting team. Initiated the system configuration reset project to align it with the desired process flow. KINROSS GOLD CORP

Project Manager, Contract – SharePoint Services 04/2012-10/2014

• Lead the SharePoint solutions development team

• Provided full ALM for custom solutions built for HR, Supply Chain, Capital Projects, and other departments

• Oversaw the development of a new Project Management methodology for the IT PMO

• Transitioned the SharePoint team to the Scrum based project delivery methodology

• Served as Product Owner for the design and implementation of MS Project Server 2013, with TFS 2013 integration

• Trained other departments in PM best practices

• Facilitated departmental taxonomy workshops as part of ECM implementations BARRICK GOLD CORP

Senior Business Support Analyst, IMT – Business Support Group 05/2010-04/2012

• Provide core business areas with systems support processes

• Systems administrator for global SharePoint based collaboration workspaces and intranet

• Manage the continuous improvement process for all supported systems

• Negotiate support services contracts with various vendors

• Serve as project manager for enhancement releases

• Consult with business area leads on process improvement and data management Senior Applications Analyst, IMT – Projects 01/2007–11/2009

• Project Manager for company’s Approval For Expenditure system. Managed team of 4 BA’s, 2 developers, with budget of $200K per year.

• Project Manager on selection and implementation of a Governance, Risk, and Compliance solution. Managed team of 3 BA’s, 3 developers (off-shore), and budget of $600K.

• Oversaw the global rollout out of a mining industry based budgeting system.

• Key contributor to the selection and implementation of a Talent Management system across the entire company

• On all projects performed requirements analysis, oversaw definition of project scope, managed indirect reports and vendor resources, maintained project plan, managed budgets, provided all project reports, identified and managed risks, oversaw QA, tracked and assigned tasks and issues

MANULIFE FINANCIAL 2000–2006

Systems Designer, Integrated Financial Systems Project Key Contributions

• Technical lead on implementation and integration of Lawson Financials

• Made Manulife one of the first Lawson clients to implement new web based interface

• Developed numerous customizations to Lawson Financials to provide additional functionality. Managed several development teams for each component.

• Managed relations with several software vendors

• Advised on the selection of key software components

• Prepared test scripts and oversaw QA process

CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH 1998-2000

Team Leader, Information Technology & Decision Support Department Key Contributions

• Technical lead on implementation and integration of Lawson Financials

• Oversaw the integration of financial systems during merger of four hospitals

• Conducted interviews and hiring of technical staff

• Managed the design and distribution of key financial reports to all departments CERTIFICATION AND TRAINING

Certified Scrum Master: Scrum Alliance 2015

PMP: Project Management Professional Certification 2011 Negotiation Skills: Achieving Successful Outcomes, Learning Tree 2009 Getting Results without Authority, Canadian Management Centre 2009 Project Management Fundamentals, Waterloo Management Education Centre, 1999 Honours Bachelor of Science, University of Toronto 1996 TECHNICAL SKILLS

PM & Development

Methodologies

Project Management Tools

PMI, Agile Methodologies (Scrum, Extreme Programming, Test Driven Development, custom approaches), Waterfall, UML

MS Project & Project Server, JIRA, Basecamp, Leankit, Visio Application Development: Object Oriented Design (10 yrs), Java (5 yrs), J2EE, Visual Basic (7 yrs), VB for Applications (8 yrs), XML (DTD, Schemas - 5 yrs), XSLT (4 yrs), MS Office (18 yrs), SQL (7 yrs), Perl (1 yr), Lawson 4GL (4 yrs) Web Solutions:

O365, SharePoint, HTML (8 yrs), Java (JSP, servlets – 4 yrs), Java Script (3 yrs), MS Front Page, Lotus Domino

Operating Systems Windows (15 yrs), Unix, Linux (14 yrs), AIX (4 yrs), OS X (5 yrs) RDBMS SQL Server, DB2 (4 yrs), Oracle, Access

Additional skills: SharePoint design and administration, Open Text, CVS, Eclipse IDE, WebShpere Studio, WebSphere Application Server, Visual Studio, Automated Test Suite Design (JUnit), Automated Deployment (Ant)

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