VARTAN KASBARIAN

Project Based Consulting Services - 8361991 Canada Inc.

(416) 720 - 3737 Cellular

E-Mail: adurbb@r.postjobfree.com

www.pbcs-consulting.com

Profile

A strategic and highly experienced Senior Business & IT professional who uses his superior leadership skills, business acumen, excellent communication, strategic expertise and resource allocation capabilities to deliver exceptional business value for both Business and IT systems and services. Leveraging a Matrix model and “Pink Thinking” to drive Projects and Teams to success on over 75+ Projects.

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE:

Fidelity Investment Services Aug 2018 – Present

Sr. Program Manager Vendor Optimization - Contractor

●Working on strategic procurement activities for Fidelity Investment Services (FIS), as part of the Global Vendor Optimization Program (VOP).

●Global Lead for all Telecom/Networking Procurement related initiatives.

●$650 Million Dollars of savings in 4.5 Years.

●Managing daily scrums with entire Procurement Team around Globe, identifying current challenges, and opportunities, while building strategies around Vendor Management.

●Lead in multiple RFP developments for a number of different Vendor and LOB (Line of Business) initiatives.

●Telecom Lead in introducing Synergy efficiencies and savings with WorldPay merger.

●ERP/CRM RFP’s to procure for new central ERP system globally (Oracle/SalesForce.com), RFP included design and build of solution as part of the RFP responses.

Key Highlights: Business Case Development, Procurement RFI/RFP, Project Management, Organizational Change Management, Business Process Re-Engineering, Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM), Functional Requirements Specification (FRS), Functional Specification Document (FSD), JIRA, System Requirement Specification (SRS), SalesForce, Oracle, System Requirement Document (SRD), Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI), Cloud Computing, Network Topology, Infrastructure, System Integration, Data Migration, Web Development, IT Technology Assessments, Business Analysis, SDLC, Strategic Sourcing, Vendor Management, Business Transformation

Emblem Corporation Aug 2018 – March 2019

Sr. Consultant - Contractor

●Develop RFP for the Cannabis industry.

●Built full list of requirements and needs of company.

●Conducted on-site Vendor demonstrations, resulting in selection of a Vendor.

Ample Organics July 2018 – May 2019

Sr. Consultant - Contractor

●Working to develop the strategy for Ample Organics (seed to sale) agricultural systems integration to a variety of ERP solutions (Sage 300, Sage X3, SAP, D365, Netsuite, Oracle).

●Managing an Implementation team of developers to develop integration points, 3 external developers.

●Providing Consulting services for Ample Organics clients, regarding ERP solutions and the procurement process.

●Providing Ample Organics with product design roadmaps for migrating solution, from a monolithic database to a multi-tenant, modular solution that incorporates system and development best practices.

●Strategic application/infrastructure planning, working on On-Prem and Cloud solutions, Data Migration strategy for Ample Clients.

●Change Management, and Organizations structure changes for Ample, to better serve its Clients.

Key Highlights: Business Case Development, Procurement RFI/RFP, Project Management, Organizational Change Management, Business Process Re-Engineering, Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM),Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI), Functional Requirements Specification (FRS), Functional Specification Document (FSD), JIRA, System Requirement Specification (SRS), System Requirement Document (SRD), Use Cases, ERP, Active Directory, Cloud Computing, Security CSAE 3416, Network Topology, Infrastructure, System Integration, Data Migration, Development, IT Technology Assessments, Business Analysis, SDLC, Strategic Sourcing, Vendor Management, Business Transformation, VMWare (Cloud) - Development/Testing environments

BDC - Business Development Bank of Canada Jan 2013 – Aug 2018

Sr. Consultant - Contractor

●Providing Consulting services for Companies for end to end strategic planning around resource planning, software selection and project implementation initiatives.

●Developing RFI/RFP, creating requirements, and reviewing/recommending and contract negotiations for all Clients.

●Business Case Development, as well as Vendor Management of hundreds of Vendors (ie. SAP, Oracle, Microsoft, SalesForce, Epicor).

●Procurement for Clients for Hardware, Applications, Machinery, Hosting solutions, as well as developing Disaster Recovery Plan to meet Business Continuity needs of the Client. (ie. Cloud, CommVault, Virtualization, Tape Backups, etc.).

●ERP/CRM implementations (SAP, Azure, Salesforce.com, Sage, Epicor)

●Infrastructure architecture, working with Vendor’s and Client Teams to develop both short and long-term goals.

●Ensuring BDC methodologies are incorporated in consulting engagements for ERP/CRM/Workflow automation/Business Analytics. Gathering Business requirements and translating them into functional technical requirements.

●Requirements gathering, working on integration points and solution architecture to develop Statement of Work (SOW), Workshop and Whiteboarding sessions.

●Departments (Retail Stores, HRMS, Finance, Procurement, IT, Distribution Center, Dispatch, Marketing, Call Centers, Operations, Sales, Customer Service, Time and Attendance).

●Working on Order to Cash requirements gathering, mapping processes through to posting in GL.

●Requirements gathering for (HR, Sales, IT, Finance (Order to Cash, AP, AR, Taxation, Asset Management, Cash Management), Operations, Distribution, Call Centers, Marketing, Inventory Control).

●Strategic application/infrastructure planning, working on On-Prem and Cloud solutions, Data Migration strategy.

●Implemented a fixed price IT/Business assessment model, as well as a procurement model for organizations ($2 Million - $200 Million) in size.

●Working with over 40+ companies in Manufacturing, Retail, Logistics and Distribution.

●Procured and implemented Office 365, SharePoint, MS PPM, Microsoft Project and Portfolio Management), along with cloud solutions such as Azure for several BDC Clients across Canada.

Key Highlights: Business Case Development, Procurement RFI/RFP, Project Management, Organizational Change Management, Business Process Re-Engineering, Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM), Functional Requirements Specification (FRS), Functional Specification Document (FSD), System Requirement Specification (SRS), System Requirement Document (SRD), Use Cases, ERP, Salesforce.com CRM, TMS, Time and Attendance, Active Directory, Cloud Computing, SharePoint Installation, Security CSAE 3416, ISO 19600, Network Topology, Infrastructure, System Integration, Data Migration, Web Development, HRIS (Workday/SuccessFactors), IT Technology Assessments, Business Analysis, SDLC, Strategic Sourcing, Vendor Management, Business Transformation, MS Project (Cloud), MS PPM (Project & Portfolio Management), VMWare (Cloud) - Development/Testing environments

IESO Feb 2018 – Mar 2018

HR LMS Administrator / Change Manager – Contractor (Contract Successfully Completed)

●Managing and updating LMS course curriculum and managing user certifications in SuccessFactors.

●Developed an Executive Summary Report for IESO Leadership on areas of improvement within SuccessFactors (Core HR, Time & Attendance, LMS, Recruiting & On-boarding, Performance & Compensation) along with prioritizations, and estimated timelines.

Key Highlights: Business Case Development, HRIS, SuccessFactors (Cloud), Change Manager, Vendor Management, Business Transformation

Tridel Corporation Feb 2015 – Sept 2017

Sr. Program Manager / Change Manager - Contractor

●Developing RFI/RFP for the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 for System Integrator.

●Contract review and signoff for MSA (Master Services Agreement) & SOW (Statement of Work).

●Design/Architect/Build of both a re-implementation of Dynamics AX and migration from Epicor solution (Finance, Payroll, Inventory, Material Management, Procurement, Time & Attendance, Warehouse).

●Epicor upgrade to allow for many instances and versions to be standardized.

●Migration of Infrastructure to an off-prem location. Migrating Application Servers, upgrading Network to demarcation point, upgrade of cabling throughout building, as well as printer upgrades as needed. Implementing Dell Servers, Cisco gear, WAP (Wireless Access Points), Server Clustering for high availability.

●Requirements gathering for (HR, Sales, IT, Finance (AP, AR, Taxation, Asset Management, Cash Management), Operations, Distribution, Call Centers, Marketing, Vendor Management).

●Significant changes to Business process, and operational workflow resulting in the need for Change Management throughout the Project across the entire organization.

●Developed the Master Data, and Data Migration strategy for 300+ Projects, Workshop and Whiteboarding sessions.

●Established a team of Tridel SME (Subject Matter Experts) to design and test solution.

●Leveraging an Agile methodology to develop/review AX solution with business stakeholders.

●Implemented Microsoft Office 365 and SharePoint for HomeOffice users.

Key Highlights: Procurement RFI/RFP Development, Project Management, Organizational Change Management, Business Process Re-Engineering, Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM), Functional Requirements Specification (FRS), Functional Specification Document (FSD), System Requirement Specification (SRS), System Requirement Document (SRD), Use Cases, Dynamics AX 2012 ERP, Epicor ERP, Solution design, SharePoint, Active Directory, SDLC, Agile, General Finance, Infrastructure, System Integration, Data Migration, Cloud Computing, Strategic Sourcing, Vendor Management, Business Transformation, MS Project (Server),, VMWare (Cloud) - Development/Testing environments

Purolator Feb 2017 – Sept 2017

Sr. Program Manager / Change Manager – Contractor (Contract Successfully Completed)

●Brought in to finish the implementation of a failed SAP TMS (Transportation Management Systems) project. Developing a revised Business Case, and subsequent re-kick off of the project with appropriate resources, timelines, and structure that was missing from initial implementation.

●Develop, review and signoff for a new SOW (Statement of Work), working together with 4 Vendors (SAP, Accenture, Innovapost, XpertMinds) and Purolator Client resources.

●Led a Team of 67 Purolator/Accenture/Inovapost/XpertMinds SME’s (Subject Matter Experts) to design, build, test, document, and deploy a TMS solution across Canada, impacting 1,000+ Users, leveraging an Agile methodology.

●Integration into SAP ERP and SuccessFactors (HRMS), leveraging Boomi.

●Departments (Freight, Operations, HRMS, Finance, Dispatch, Security, IT, PMO, Sales, Marketing).

●Establishing a governance model with clear roles and responsibilities, establishing daily, weekly, monthly reports for dashboard purposes.

●Developed the network topology and integration points between systems, ensuring the master data requirements from 15 different systems were being addressed, Workshop and Whiteboarding sessions.

●Established a PMO to manage and guide all projects across the organization. Leveraging Microsoft Project & Portfolio Management to act as the summary and dashboarding tool.

Key Highlights: SAP TMS, Project Management, Organizational Change Management, Business Process Re-Engineering, Solution design, SharePoint, SDLC, Waterfall/Agile, General Finance, Infrastructure, System Integration, MS PPM (Project & Portfolio Management), Data Migration, Strategic Sourcing, Vendor Management, Business Transformation, SAP ERP, SuccessFactors (HRMS)

TTC – Toronto Transit Commission Nov 2014 – May 2016

Sr. Project Manager - Contractor

●Developed RFI/RFR/RFPQ/RFP for the SAP S/4 HANA and SuccessFactors (HRMS)/Workforce Program, this included software, services, hosting, and managed services, as well as procurement for a Solution Integrator.

●Presentations and development of new RFI/RFP templates to be used by TTC moving forward.

●Developing a Program Management approach and methodology for TTC.

●Designed the end-state architecture for TTC to implement SAP and SuccessFactors, working with Engineering/Networking/Security teams, to fully map and diagram the solution so that it could be used in RFP.

●Team reviews and design of SAP Program (in-scope/out-scope) approach.

●Requirements gathering, working on integration points and solution architecture to develop Statement of Work.

●Working with SME’s to design and develop solution for RFI/RFP requirements and design. Impacting over 14,000+ staff (HRMS, Finance, Operations, Unions).

●Developed the Change Management role and job description while acting as the procurement and evaluation lead for the Vendor’s submitting RFP responses.

Key Highlights: Procurement RFI/RFP Development, Project Management, Organizational Change Management, Business Process Re-Engineering, SAP S/4 HANA ERP, CRM, Solution design/architecture, Cloud Computing, SuccessFactors (HRMS), ISO 19600, General Finance, Infrastructure, System Integration, Data Migration, Strategic Sourcing, Vendor Management, Business Transformation, MS Project (Server)

CAA – South Central Ontario April 2013 – Dec 2014

Sr. Program Manager / Change Manager- Contractor

●Providing Consulting services for CAASCO, on an ERP- RFI/RFP for a replacement of CAA’s existing Finance, Retail, Membership systems for over 1,200+ users; looking at ERP Vendors for SAP, Microsoft, and Oracle.

●Developed a Proof of Concept for SAP 6.0 solution.

●SAP Reporting BI/BW/BO.

●Working on Guidewire software selection, and subsequent implementation across the various lines of business.

●Lead the design and integration approach for Guidewire and SAP.

●Working with leadership to develop and incorporate a Corporate Strategic Plan. This included organizational change and re-structuring initiatives.

●Migration of Off-Prem solution from 1 Vendor to another Off-Prem location. Migration of entire infrastructure including Servers/Brocade Switches/Racking/Appliances/SAN/Tape Library/Environmental Monitoring System. The migration included over 200+ Servers (Physical/Virtual). IBM ESX Servers, SAN, HANA (Large Shirt Size) environment.

●Requirements gathering and validation with Business stakeholders, Workshop and Whiteboarding sessions for (HR, Sales, IT, Finance (Order to Cash, AP, AR, Taxation, Asset Management, Cash Management), Operations, Distribution, Call Centers, Marketing, Inventory Control, Insurance, Auto Club).

●RFI/RFP/Project Charter/Business Case creation.

●Worked on POS (Point of Sale) as well as Windows upgrade and Moneris Pin-pad upgrade to all stores.

●Developed the network topology and integration points between systems, ensuring the master data requirements were being addressed, leveraging XML and IDoc standards.

●Built and implemented the Organizational Change Management approach and plan that would be used during implementation.

●VoIP implementation on over 1,000 devices.

●Active Directory upgrade from 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2012.

●Statement of Work/Master Service Agreement/Master License Agreement contract negotiations.

●Presentation to the Board of Directors.

●Departments (Retail Stores, HRMS, Time and Attendance/Workforce, Finance, Procurement, IT, Tow Truck Drivers, Insurance (Home/Auto), Sales, Marketing, Call Centers).

●Variety of other Projects around Business Continuity, Regulatory/Compliance, Operations leveraging an Agile methodology, including SharePoint and Regulatory Projects.

Key Highlights: Business Case Development, Procurement RFI/RFP, Project Management, Organizational Change Management, Business Process Re-Engineering, Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM), Functional Requirements Specification (FRS), Functional Specification Document (FSD), System Requirement Specification (SRS), System Requirement Document (SRD), Use Cases, SAP ERP, CRM, HANA, SharePoint Installation, Windows Upgrade, POS (Moneris pin pad upgrade), WiFi installation, VoIP installation, DRP development, ITIL/COBIT certification, Infrastructure, Active Directory, System Integration, Data Migration, PMO Setup, Cloud Computing, SDLC, Waterfall/Agile, Business Analysis, SharePoint, General Finance, Strategic Sourcing, Vendor Management, Business Transformation, VMWare (Cloud) - Development/Testing environments

Empire Communities Feb 2013 – Oct 2013

Sr. Project Manager – Contractor (Contract Successfully Completed)

●Providing Consulting services for process re-engineering of current business processes, as well as re-evaluating and providing the organization with strategic guidance around corporate projects and initiatives, workshop and whiteboarding sessions.

●Developed and presented a new ERP system initiative for Empire Communities (Construction and Real Estate Divisions) – both High Rise and Low Rise.

Key Highlights: Business Case Development, Project Management, Organizational Change Management, Business Process Re-Engineering, Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM), Functional Requirements Specification (FRS), Functional Specification Document (FSD), System Requirement Specification (SRS), System Requirement Document (SRD), Use Cases, Salesforce.com CRM migration, Cloud Computing, Business Analysis, SharePoint, General Finance, Infrastructure, System Integration, Data Migration, Strategic Sourcing, Vendor Management, Business Transformation

Inuv8tive Concepts Oct 2012 - Jan 2013

Sr. Project Manager - Contractor

●Developing a customized software solution for Lead-Management, integration between BES/Outlook/Lead Management Tool.

Key Highlights: Web Development, Project Management, Business Analysis, General Finance

Shoppers Drug Mart Jan 2011 – Oct 2012

Director – Supply Chain & Category Management Systems/Program Manager

●Application Development Ownership - Responsible for the Business Relationship and Applications Development for 32 applications that service the entire Supply Chain and Category Management group. This includes owning all Vendor and Business relations as well as all integration points.

●Developing user requirements with Business stakeholders, as well as developing Business Cases, Workshop and Whiteboarding sessions.

●Change Management lead for all projects within the Supply Chain and Category Management departments.

●Worked on POS (Point of Sale) as well as Windows upgrade and Moneris Pin-pad upgrade to all stores.

●Full Lifecycle RFI/RFP process - Writing/Submitting/Evaluating RFI/RFP’s for Supply Chain and Category Management group. Working with Procurement Department to select Vendor’s for various projects (ERP Implementation/Application Development/Hardware/Networking/Training).

●Evaluated multiple Statements of Work (SOW’s), Client Master Agreements (CMA’s), Union Collective Bargaining Agreements (Arbitration), Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA’s), Equipment Purchase/Leases, Off-shore Agreements, Facility/Distribution Centre Lease Agreements.

●System selection and implementation for an SAP Business Suite 7.0 ERP system for SANIS, a Shoppers Drug Mart subsidiary.

●Requirements gathering for (Retail Sales, IT, Finance (Order to Cash, AP, AR), Operations, Distribution, Call Centers, Marketing, Inventory Control).

●Managing entire Retail Operations reporting and validation process for Category Management Team, and Supply Chain groups, audit reporting of transactional items to weekly flyers sales and campaigns.

●SAP Reporting BI/BW/BO.

●Responsible for assessing and developing the Short and Long Terms Strategic vision for the Department.

●Leading solutions for the following Departments (Retail Stores, HRMS, Finance, Procurement, IT, Pharmacy, Distribution Center, Dispatch, Marketing, Call Centers), impacting over 20,000+ users.

●SharePoint roll-out for a collaborative project across Pharmacy/Store staff and Project Team.

●Resource Management (14 - Direct, 5 - Indirect), Vendor Management (Application & B2B Owner), Department Management (2.1 Million OPEX, 2+ Million CAPEX).

Key Highlights: Business Case Development, Procurement RFI/RFP’s, Project Management, Organizational Change Management, Business Process Re-Engineering, Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM), Functional Requirements Specification (FRS), Functional Specification Document (FSD), System Requirement Specification (SRS), System Requirement Document (SRD), Use Cases, SAP Business Suite ERP installation, JDE ERP Upgrade, SharePoint roll-out, Windows Upgrade (14,000 store devices), POS (Moneris pin pad upgrade), WiFi installation (cross Canada - stores), SDLC, Waterfall, Infrastructure, System Integration, Data Migration, Business Analysis, Supply Chain/Logistics, ITIL/COBIT certification, General Finance, Cloud Computing, Strategic Sourcing, Vendor Management, Business Transformation

ESRI Canada Limited March 2007 – Jan 2011

Sr. Director – Strategy/PMO (Project Management Office)/Program Manager

●Responsible for assessing and developing the Short/Long Term Strategic plans of both Hardware/Software/Network/Security for ESRI Canada, working with the Board of Executive Directors, to achieve the Business goals, by aligning the IT Department.

●Strategic partner evaluations for System/Application/Merger & Acquisitions for ESRI Canada.

●Recommended and Implemented the ESRI Canada PMO Office, as part of the Executive Strategic Summary. Implementing Core governance to ESRI Canada with regards to Project Methodologies, ensuring best practices to address the 200+ projects in pipeline.

●Maintain and upgrade Microsoft Dynamics environment, while ensuring all integration points and interfaces are functional.

●Leading the Business Organizational re-structuring initiatives, resulting in company-wide savings, centralizing the Customer Service Group, and decentralizing the Technical Support Groups – enhancing to a fully managed 12x5 support structure. Created and introduced detailed SOP’s with new and enhanced business processes, managing all aspects of Change Management both internally and externally.

●Departments (HRMS, Finance, Procurement, IT, PMO, Marketing, Licensing, Call Centers, Time and Attendance (Workforce), Professional Services), Workshop and Whiteboarding sessions.

●Resource Management (17 - Direct, 6 - Indirect), Vendor Management (Application/Infrastructure/Telecom/B2B/Data Centre’s – on and off premises), Department Management (2+ Million OPEX, 4 Million CAPEX).

●Active Directory implementations 2008 R2.

●VoIP implementation on over 500 devices, integrated Caller PBX to SAP.

●Implementation of On-Prem solution centralizing 16 different regional offices by introducing large scale ESX Servers, and Virtualization technology (VMWare), creating a MESH network topology with localized AD and Print Servers for localization. Upgrading Servers/Brocade Switches/Racking/Appliances/SAN/Tape Library/Environmental Monitoring System.

●Deployed SharePoint across the organization to allow for knowledge-based information sharing, as well as developing an enhanced Customer experience.

●Change Management Lead with ESRI Inc. for all business and systemic process changes impacting ESRI Canada.

●Developed and evaluated multiple RFI/RFP for all ESRI Canada’s projects, including ERP/CRM/LMS/Intranet/Extranet

●SAP ERP 6.0 & Salesforce.com CRM System selection and implementation projects – Process Re-engineering of key business processes, realizing process improvements and savings of over $1 million dollars a year.

●SAP BI/BW/BO and SAP Netweaver.

●Developed a standardized integrated architecture for all applications integration points using XML and IDoc standards.

●Lead/Sponsor/Change Manager for multiple business process improvement projects impacting Customer Service, Finance, Sales and Marketing, HRMS, ESRI Product Tech Support.

●Lead the implementation of Salesforce.com across the 16 sales offices across Canada.

●Working with ESRI Canada Clients to procure services, and acquire infrastructure, as well as services. This included Public Works, TPS, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Labour, Parks and Recreation.

Key Highlights: Business Case Development, Project Management, Organizational Change Management, Business Process Re-Engineering, Microsoft Great Plain re-implementation to Microsoft AX, SAP ERP installation, Salesforce.com CRM installation, Active Directory, SharePoint installation, Strategic Planning and Organizational Structure, Cloud Computing, Infrastructure, System Integration, Data Migration, PMO Setup, SDLC, Waterfall/Agile, Mesh topology roll-out, and a variety of centralization projects, Business Analysis, VoIP installation, ISO Documentation, Supply Chain/Logistics, General Finance, Strategic Sourcing, Vendor Management, Business Transformation

Sun Media Corporation July 2003 – March 2007

Director – PMO (Infrastructure/Strategy Development/Projects)/Program Manager

●Strategic partner evaluations for new acquisitions or new start-ups for all Sun Media (24 Hours/Sun TV/Community papers).

●Developed and implemented a Corporate Strategic Plan around People, Projects, and Infrastructure, through Bi-annual strategic sessions with all departments across the organization through workshop and whiteboarding sessions, impacting over 3,800+ staff across Sun Media Corporation.

●Responsibilities for PMO, Capital Requests, Business Cases, RFI/RFP/ROI documents, Infrastructure, Succession Planning, IT Governance, Leadership, Change Management, Contract Negotiations, Staffing. Managed over $50 million in Capital projects (ERP/CRM/Circulation/Online/Materials Management/Editorial/Advertising/SOX/SharePoint).

●Microsoft Dynamics NAV implementation for Financial controls.

●Member of the Sr. Executive Steering committee for all SMC Initiatives, reporting directly into the CIO and meeting quarterly with the Quebecor Board of Directors.

●Created while leading and staffing the PMO Office, consisting of over 30 people.

●All Vendor and Business Partner negotiations and procurement for all IT - evaluated Statement of Work’s (SOW’s), Vendor Master Agreements (VMA’s), Union Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA’s), Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA’s), Equipment Purchase/Leases, Off shore Agreements Vendor Agreements.

●System selection and implementation for Financial, HRMS, Circulation, Advertising, Editorial, and Library systems, this included creating RFI/RFP’s, Business Case, ROI financial models, Requirements gathering, Cost comparison models for Software/Hardware/Vendor selection process.

●VoIP implementation on over 3,000 devices, across entire SMC banner. Introduced PBX to Call Center.

●Worked on the off-shoring proposal and implementation for all Sun Media Advertising Call Centres (270+ papers).

●Implementation of On-Prem solution centralizing 270+ publications across 3 Regional Sites (Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg), by introducing large scale ESX Servers, and implementing the 1st Virtual Production Environment in the world for the Circulation application using (VMWare), creating a MESH network topology with localized AD and Print Servers for localization. Upgrading to ESX Servers/Brocade Switches/Racking/Citrix Servers/Appliances/SAN/Tape Library.

●Successfully introduced and implemented a variety of IT (Hardware/Software/Infrastructure) initiatives such as MS Exchange 2003, BES (Blackberry Exchange Server), Active Directory (DC, GPO, OU), Virtualization (VMWare), Server Clustering, SAN, MPLS rollout, DRP/Failover implementation.

Key Highlights: Business Case Development, Project Management, Organizational Change Management, Business Process Re-Engineering, Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM), Functional Requirements Specification (FRS), Functional Specification Document (FSD), System Requirement Specification (SRS), System Requirement Document (SRD), Use Cases, Microsoft Dynamics installation, SharePoint document management installation, Strategic Planning and Organizational Structure, PMO Setup leveraging SDLC (Waterfall), Mesh topology roll-out, and a variety of centralization projects, Business Analysis, VoIP installation, ISO Documentation, Supply Chain/Logistics, General Finance, Infrastructure, System Integration, Data Migration, Strategic Sourcing, Vendor Management, Business Transformation

Canadian Tire Corporation Feb 2000 – July 2003

Team Lead/Project Manager

●Build/Design/Develop and Tested the new prototype DC in Calgary that has since become the standard for all Distribution Centres for all of Canadian Tire. This includes Inbound/Outbound Manugistics, Manugistics DPEE, OPIC, Order Selector, Time and Attendance, Inbound Control (ICC) – Transportation Management Systems (TMS)/Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), Documentation, and development of End User Training.

●Requirements gathering for (Retail Sales, Category Management, IT, Finance (Order to Cash), Operations, Distribution, Inventory Control).

●Successfully managed the planning and forecasting of demand, required resources, and equipment for the Inbound, Outbound Distribution, and Transportation groups, for all Canadian Tire Supply Chain Needs.

●Successfully integrated a Supply Chain Management solution & ERP system, using Manugistics DPEE & Manugistics Routing & Scheduling to interface with CTC’s Production Planning Application.

●Project initiatives on system improvement, process improvements, system upgrades (Manugistics 6.1.2 – Manugistics 7), and enhancements for the Planning Centre - Multi Million Dollar Project ($250MM+).

●PM role for Release 3B $MM, active role in System/Function/End User Testing, I-Test, UAT/Job Pilot.

●Lead for the Business/IT/Finance/HRMS/Dealer re-sourcing to develop new software and process

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