Ihor Wichacz

Vancouver, British Columbia

604-***-**** acyxs2@r.postjobfree.com

Profile

Project manager with 12 years’ experience bridging the gap between administration and project management. Cost conscious, results-driven, and excellent communication skills. Excels in handling the technical, organizational, and administrative aspects that propel successful projects, while also placing an emphasis on the benefits to the company.

Professional Competencies

Human Resource Management

Strategic Project Planning

Stakeholder Reporting

Team Management

Training and Development

Flexible Problem Solving

Risk Assessment

Expense Control

Programming Languages

Assembly C/C++

Lisp

FORTRAN

Prolog

Haskell

Pascal

Ada

Visual Basic

SQL

Ruby on Rails

Professional Experience

Quality Coordinator – Canadian Auto Parts Toyota Inc. 2012 – 2015

Coordinated the quality assurance and control of a Toyota manufacturing facility that produced over two million rims per year

Provided clear and concise reports relating to operations as required to stakeholders.

Process analysis and development of new ideas to further improve machining techniques, resulting in reduced risk, waste minimization, and increased quality control.

Achieved and exceeded targets within agreed budgets by reducing the downtime of (CTV) Computer Numerically Controlled units 57/58 by 70% from 540 minutes per day to 162 minutes per day thus increasing productivity and the company’s bottom line.

Eliminated downtime from chip accumulation in (CDR) Drilling Platform 1 from 240 minutes/ day to nearly 0 minutes/day.

Ihor Wichacz

Vancouver, British Columbia

604-***-**** acyxs2@r.postjobfree.com

Founder/COO - Cosmo Language Schools 1999 – 2011

Founded and operated a K1 to K12 Korean government certified English school in Ulsan, South Korea

Designed and implemented an integrated English curriculum for corporate leaders that increased enrollment and resulted in further growth of the school

Supported a staff of approximately fifty full and part-time native English speaking and Korean teachers by implementing innovative programs and activities using online tools and social media

Mitigated risk by proactively identifying and resolving issues with tracking metrics and project outputs to guarantee the attainment of key milestones

Managed resource allocation including tracking bandwidth to forecast future availability of these resources and scheduling of new projects according to data gathered

Hired and trained staff for projects; provided direction and support to project teams of up to fifteen members

Considered, prioritised, and balanced the competing needs of all stakeholders

Software Engineer/Project Manager, EasyShow Systems Inc. 1997- 1999

Managed software development projects through all stages and aspects, including: application programming, database and software design, scope, goals, and deliverables

Monitored workflow and made timeline adjustments

Developed and provided feedback on detailed technical project issues and plans

Directed and defined the provision of human and physical resources for software projects

Coordinated with various technical departments to understand the IT software needs and requirements of clients

Discussed specific needs and probable budgets to build software as per clients’ requirements

Supported quality assurance measures and assisted the software testing department to ensure compliance with all required standards and product stability for all end-users

Trained software programmers and technical professionals in using new software

Ihor Wichacz

Vancouver, British Columbia

604-***-**** acyxs2@r.postjobfree.com

Lead Programmer/Project Co-ordinator, NewsTec Recycling 1991- 1995

Worked closely with Project Managers to report progress to senior stakeholders, sponsors and third parties

Set project budgets and ensured that they were observed, adopted, maintained and not exceeded, while also placing an equal emphasis on both value and cost

Maintained a running status report that showed the actual hours spent, forecasting the impact on the budget

Directed members of staff, making certain any work instructions were correctly interpreted and implemented

Demonstrated superb communication abilities to act as liaison between business users, external third parties, and senior stakeholders

Education/Professional Development

University of British Columbia

Project Management Certificate

British Columbia Institute of Technology

Technical Diploma in Software Engineering

University of Winnipeg

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics

University of Winnipeg

Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy

Operating Systems

Windows, Mac, OpenVMS, Linux

Software Applications

Microsoft Suite, Visio, Trello, CorelDRAW, GNU Emacs, AutoCAD, SketchUp

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