Project Management

JOHN BALDWIN

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Vancouver, BC Cell: 604-***-****

V5P 4W1

Telephone: 604-***-****

Cell: 604-***-****

Email: neaw0f@r.postjobfree.com

Linked In: http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/john-baldwin/38/713/8a3

CAREER PROFILE

Highlights

An Information Technology professional with over 25 years experience. Successful at project managing and leading a broad range of application, conversion and technically related projects while participating in planning, analyzing and implementing solutions in support of business objectives.

Objective

Currently seeking an Information Technology role where I can utilize my experience and transferable skills in a progressive and expanding organization.

Summary of Skills

Administration:

• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook & PowerPoint and Visio;

• Proficient in Microsoft Project and other project management software;

• Proficient in Microsoft SharePoint.

Technical:

• Experience using RPG, SQL and COBOL languages;

• 25 years experience in a technology environment supporting a wide range of technical applications;

• A broad knowledge of information systems concepts and terminology;

• Over 5 years of Project Management experience and full familiarity with the Systems Development Life Cycle;

• The ability to work on multiple projects and multiple tasks concurrently and to prioritize accordingly;

• Strong analytical skills at both the application and technical level;

• Fast learner and willing to undergo training in order to fulfill the role in question.

Communication:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to interact with senior management, users, vendors and internal technical groups in multiple locations including offshore;

• Successful at conducting project progress meetings in an effective manner in order to bring action items to conclusion;

• Capable of preparing and delivering effective presentations to a technical and non-technical audience;

• Demonstrated team leadership skills and the ability to be a valuable contributing member of a larger project team;

• Hard working and conscientious employee who takes pride in delivering excellent results;

• Willing to travel.

Areas of expertise:

Project Management Team Leadership Conversion projects Upgrade projects Optimization Change Management Disaster Recovery High Availability Business Continuity QA Testing Systems Analysis Programming

Platforms: IBM iSeries, AS400, DB2 database, interfaces to Mainframe, client/server, web based & Linux/Unix based systems, Windows

Languages: RPG, CL, SQL, COBOL, HTML

Utilities: Automation Point, BMC Control-M, BMC Patrol, BRMS (Backup & Recovery Media Services), ConnectDirect, FTP, iHA, MKS Implementer, MQ Series, Robot, Telnet, Vision Solutions OMS, WebSphere

Tools: Word, Excel, Lotus Notes, Powerpoint, QuickPlace, SameTime, SharePoint, Visio (general)

MS Project, Niku, Clarity (project management), Quality Centre (QA)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

MANAGER BUSINESS SYSTEMS

HSBC Bank Canada 1986 – 2011

Reporting to the Senior Manager, led various business system upgrades and migration projects to support strategic business unit objectives, in particular ensuring consistency and integration among Group systems. Team sizes ranged from 2-8 staff and project budgets were typically over $1 million.

Effectively managed the production and test environment build for the US banking system migration to group standard systems. Ensured group cost saving initiative was satisfied by building correctly sized environments in a timely fashion.

Reduced system recoverability time from 8 hours to 2 hours by managing the application changes required to migrate the US banking system from software based replication to hardware based replication. Significantly reduced potential impact to customer facing applications in the event of a failure. Seamlessly implemented and demonstrated success post-implementation.

Coordinated the regression testing of banking applications in preparation for an operating system upgrade required to move the systems from a soon to be unsupported level. Ensured teams reviewed potential impacts and tested their applications in quality assurance environments before upgrading production.

Managed the disaster recovery planning and biannual testing exercises in order to satisfy regulatory requirements. This involved effectively coordinating the efforts of application teams to prepare detailed integrated plans and then execute scripts on the testing weekend.

Improved system recoverability by implementing the application changes required to move the banking applications to high availability software based replication thus reducing potential impact to customer facing systems.

Coordinated the application team efforts in migrating the data centre from Canada to the US in order to reduce operational costs and risk.

Managed the implementation of a number group supplied or vendor supplied applications relating to anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist financing and kiting to meet compliance requirements and reduce Bank exposure.

Coordinated the application team efforts in migrating the group banking system to the next supplied level in order to provide new features and the ability to interface to other group supplied systems.

Managed the conversion of 2 separate legacy systems as a result of bank acquisition to the group standard banking system in order to demise existing systems and reduce operational costs

Managed the Y2K project for all banking applications using future dated testing methods to ensure that no failures would occur and remediated any identified problems as appropriate.

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Numerous in-house professional development courses on topics such as project management, team leadership, change management, function point analysis, etc.

Bachelor of Arts – Geography (University of London, England)

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