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Sr. Project Manager
FCC / FACSr. Project Manager
Feb. 2023Regina, SkProject Manager, Portfolio office for Facilities Program Manager, Accessible Canada Act Implication
Senior Project Manager
SGISenior Project Manager
Oct. 2021 - Apr. 2022Regina, Saskatchewan, CanadaWhile with SGI, Robert worked with the Corporate Transformation Executive team to plan the transformation efforts through the discovery phase of the program. Working with the company executives, VPs, and EVPs, Robert coordinated the stakeholders and managed the vendor SOWs through the creation of the Target Operating Models, as well as the Change Management assessments and the creation of the Change Strategy. Robert also participated in the creation of the program business case and the program charter with the executive teams. Stakeholder management and vendor management were key parts of this assignment
Senior Project Manager
SLGA -Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming AgencySenior Project Manager
Sep. 2019 - Sep. 2020Regina, Saskatchewan, CanadaRobert was the senior Project Manager responsible for the replacement of SLGA's main purchasing and logistics software. Robert managed the initial planning and execution of the project, created the project documentation including the project plan, work breakdown structure, schedule, and financial management spreadsheets. The project was comprised of a core team of 22 SLGA staff and contracted resources, as well as a software vendor with 15-20 specialists. Due to Covid-19 and vendor locations, all staff worked as a remote team, and all activities were conducted using remote tools. Key Deliverables: • Full suite of project management documentation • Vendor management • Software configuration documentation • Management of priorities • Budget management ($4M) • Stakeholder management at all levels
Senior Project Manager
Government of ManitobaSenior Project Manager
Mar. 2019 - Jul. 2019Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Management Consultant and Project Manager
GreenlineManagement Consultant and Project Manager
Jul. 2018Saskatchewan, Canada
Senior Project Manager
SaskEnergySenior Project Manager
Jun. 2017 - Jun. 2018Regina, Saskatchewan, CanadaDuring this 12-month engagement, Robert managed 14 technical and business team members and 2 external vendors in the planning and implementation of the Desktop Refresh II project, a corporate-wide technology change which upgraded all corporate workstations from Windows 7 to Windows 10, and Office 2010 to Office 2016. This included managing a $1.6M budget and daily interactions with senior directors throughout the corporation.
President
Greenline FarmsPresident
Apr. 2015 - Jul. 2018Dilke, SaskCreator of the Ag-pellets Ag-pellets are an efficient, cost-effective alternative source of energy that can be used in a number of power and heat applications. They are a solid renewable fuel consisting of dried, compressed agriculture fibres from flax straw and other agricultural waste.
Sr. Project Manager
Government of Saskatchewan, Ministry of JusticeSr. Project Manager
Jan. 2013 - Jul. 2014Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada• Created the business cases, project plans, project schedules, risk and issue management plans, training plans, status reports, project briefs, project financial forecasts and budgets, and other documentation • Managed business and technical teams to the successful deployment of the E-Ticketing project (12 months) • Managed the project stakeholders, including local and remote RCMP stakeholders, software vendors, Saskatchewan Ministry groups and special interest groups • Managed the use case creation for the modernization of the certification and tracking of the Commissioner or Oath Project (6 months) • Managed the Coroners Case Management System Project to plan and develop a software system to record and track all Coroner investigations from the field to a central database (14 months) • Managed the ACES project team to complete the software design for the tracking of Child Support payments throughout the province (3 months)
Program Manager, Enterprise Information Management
Farm Credit CanadaProgram Manager, Enterprise Information Management
Jan. 2012 - Nov. 2012Regina, Saskatchewan• Created the Business Case and the Framework for the EIM program • Planned and initiated the Content inventory, metadata and mapping project which completed an information inventory, classified info by content type, aligned info with the Treasury Board of Canada info classification, captured associated metadata and process information. This project also created a corporate wide taxonomy of information for classification and retrieval purposes • Planned and initiated the Information Governance Project which developed formal corporate information governance, created a process for defining corporate semantics, and the accountability / stewardship and decision rights for corporate information • Planned and initiated the EIM Standards and Processes project which developed or enhanced the foundational elements for EIM, including naming conventions, controlled vocabulary, classification schemes, metadata models, processes and tools for records retention and disposition including archiving, e-discovery and litigation holds, fulfilling ATIP requests. This project, when completed, will embed information management in all key corporate processes and ensure identification and security of business critical information
President and Senior Consultant
R1 Management Inc.President and Senior Consultant
Sep. 2010 - Sep. 2013Regina, SaskatchewanExperience Summary •Government restructuring, branch merger, privatization and outsourcing projects, 2000-2009 •Planning, executing and managing the migration of a 27,000 user migration to shared services on a common platform, Govt. of British Columbia, 2004-2006 •Planning for the decommissioning or “ever-greening” of infrastructure, Govt. Of British Columbia, 2004-2006 •Coordination and collection of business requirements from various ministries as part of an outsourcing Initiatives for both government and private sector organizations. Govt. Of BC, 2005 •Planning and executing of multi-branch, retail software test cycles & implementation, Govt. of Saskatchewan, 2009 •Management of vendor-client relationships for Government and private organizations, various 1998-2010 •Management of inventory life cycle for WAN equipment, Govt. Of BC, 1998-2000 •Business process model documenting, gap analysis and recommending strategies to reach desired processes, Govt. of BC, 2000-06
Sr, Project Manager
The North West CompanySr, Project Manager
Sep. 2010 - Dec. 2011Winnipeg, Canada• Performed a feasibility study identifying how to merge their 9 existing help desks to a single centralized service desk • Documented business requirements for all IS and non-IS help desks (Warehouse, Marketing, IS, Print shop, etc.) • Documented existing IS and line-of-business incident and request fulfillment processes • Created and distributed a Request for Proposal (RFP) and created evaluation criteria and methodologies for selecting a suitable software vendor • Assessed RFP and contracted the successful software vendor • Planned and executed the process changes to restructure their 9 service desks to a single ITIL based, 77 analyst centralized service desk
Senior Business Analyst
SaskGaming (Casinos Regina & Moose Jaw)Senior Business Analyst
Feb. 2010 - Aug. 2010Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada• Planed, coordinated, and executed test cases for Scheduling and Payroll software implementation • Managed the testing team through the execution of test cases during 3 months of user acceptance testing • Coordinated the delivery of training to staff members • Created the implementation timeline and change management plans • Transitioned knowledge to internal business system consultant upon the completion of the assignment.
Project Manager, PMO
ITO Govt of SaskProject Manager, PMO
May. 2009 - Nov. 2009Regina Saskatchewan• Worked with Government ministry clients and other executive stakeholders to define project goals, objectives, timelines, constraints, budgets and delivery mechanisms • Worked collaboratively with executive management, business representatives, Ministry clients, vendors and their teams to define and achieve mutual understanding of the project parameters • Identified, surfaced, and resolved project or organizational risks and issues • Defined, assigned and scheduled the tasks necessary to fulfill the project objectives • Ensured all needed cross-functional groups were represented on the project team • Communicated with and ensured that all team members & stakeholders understood their roles and accepted their responsibilities, and took action where that commitment was not present • Negotiated the appropriate rigor of phase and deliverable reviews with the various internal and external teams • Negotiated with executive and other stakeholder in each project.
Senior Business Analyst
SaskGaming (Casinos Regina & Moose Jaw)Senior Business Analyst
May. 2009 - Nov. 2009Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada• Planed, coordinated, and executed test cases for Scheduling and Payroll software implementation • Managed the testing team through the execution of test cases during 3 months of user acceptance testing • Coordinated the delivery of training to staff members • Created the implementation timeline and change management plans • Transitioned knowledge to internal business system consultant upon the completion of the assignment.
Senior Project Manager
Government of Saskatchewan - ITDSenior Project Manager
May. 2009 - Nov. 2009Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada• Worked with Government ministry clients and other executive stakeholders to define project goals, objectives, timelines, constraints, budgets and delivery mechanisms • Worked collaboratively with executive management, business representatives, Ministry clients, vendors and their teams to define and achieve mutual understanding of the project parameters • Identified, surfaced, and resolved project or organizational risks and issues • Defined, assigned and scheduled the tasks necessary to fulfill the project objectives • Ensured all needed cross-functional groups were represented on the project team • Communicated with and ensured that all team members & stakeholders understood their roles and accepted their responsibilities, and took action where that commitment was not present • Negotiated the appropriate rigor of phase and deliverable reviews with the various internal and external teams • Negotiated with executive and other stakeholder in each project.
Board of Directors
Saskatchewan Triathlon Association Corp.Board of Directors
Jan. 2009 - Dec. 2013Regina, SaskatchewanElected Director for SaskSport and SaskLotteries, Managing a portfolio of over 100M for sports and culture in the province of Saskatchewan. http://www.sasksport.sk.ca/
Senior Business Analyst
SLGA-Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming AgencySenior Business Analyst
Nov. 2008 - Apr. 2009Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada• Created, reviewed and validated business processes for Special Liquor Orders and Revenue Canada (CRA) financial submission of duties on imported liquor • Coordinated and assisted users with the development of training materials and user documentation • Planed, coordinated, and executed test cases for newly developed systems that automate the creation and processing of Special Liquor Orders • Managed the execution of 300+ test cases during 3 rounds of user acceptance testing including 6+ branches of the Ministry • Created and executed the delivery of training to SLGA head office and retail and distribution staff • Created the implementation timeline and change management plans • Transitioned knowledge to SLGA internal business analyst upon the completion of the assignment.
Senior Project Manager
Government of Saskatchewan- Ministry of HealthSenior Project Manager
Jul. 2008 - Oct. 2008Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada• Planned, organized, lead, and assisted with EHR delivery planning • Conducted workshops and planning sessions for the Sr. Management team, • Organized and maintained overall control of the schedule (person-days) and the delivery of all expected deliverables. • Worked with the Ministry of Health and software and consultant vendors to determine requirements to for EHR and develop the implementation schedule for EHR phase 1
Management Consultant
CGIManagement Consultant
Jan. 2008 - Sep. 2010Regina, Saskatchewan
Project Manager
Government of Saskatchewan- Ministry of HealthProject Manager
Jan. 2008 - Mar. 2008Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada• Planned and organized the initial phase of the EHR delivery • Maintain overall control of the schedule (person-days) and the delivery of all expected deliverables • Work with software vendors to determine requirements and plans do deliver COTS software • Prepared the management deliverables • Tracked the initialization deliverables • Tracked all decisions made regarding requests for changes, outstanding issues and potential risks through the initiation phase • Transitioned the project for execution.
Project Manager
Tourism BCProject Manager
Dec. 2006 - Mar. 2007Victoria, BC• Managed the implementation of replacement infrastructure for HelloBC.com and other Tourism BC online application (this initiative was in preparation for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games) • Managed remote teams of technical staff (Victoria, Toronto & Vancouver) in documenting the existing infrastructure and defining the replacement infrastructure requirements • Managed the procurement of the replacement infrastructure • Created the implementation strategy and detailed project schedule (.mpp) • Liaised with the server vendor (Telus) throughout the implementation • Managed the creation of use cases, test cases and testing of the applications migrating to the new infrastructure • Planned for the replacement of the online credit card infrastructure for Tourism BC’s online reservation system.
Senior Business Analyst
Government of Saskatchewan- Ministry of Citizens ServicesSenior Business Analyst
Nov. 2005 - Aug. 2006Victoria, BCService BC Government Agents Branch, Ministry of Labour and Citizens Services Senior Business Analysis: Government Agents Branch Restructuring Project November 2005 – August 2006, Victoria, BC • Established existing support model (human & automated processes, workflow, and organization) for end-users and between support agencies • Established a new multi-agency support model involving Solutions BC, ICBC, and Finance IMB based on a Single-Point-of-Contact approach • Developed common support policies, service standards, and detailed process models for handling of Incident - break / fix management, request management, change management and problem management as per ITIL best practices • Developed Service-Level-Agreement documentation between respective support agencies in alignment with the new support model
Senior Business Analyst
Government of BC - Executive BranchSenior Business Analyst
Nov. 2005 - Aug. 2006Victoria, BCService BC Government Agents Branch, Ministry of Labour and Citizens Services Senior Business Analysis: Government Agents Branch Restructuring Project November 2005 – August 2006, Victoria, BC • Established existing support model (human & automated processes, workflow, and organization) for end-users and between support agencies • Established a new multi-agency support model involving Solutions BC, ICBC, and Finance IMB based on a Single-Point-of-Contact approach • Developed common support policies, service standards, and detailed process models for handling of Incident - break / fix management, request management, change management and problem management as per ITIL best practices • Developed Service-Level-Agreement documentation between respective support agencies in alignment with the new support model
Senior Project Manager
Government of BC - Ministry of EnvironmentSenior Project Manager
Nov. 2005 - Feb. 2006Victoria, BC• Worked with the Ministry of Environment technical team (developers and systems analysts) to design and implement a server infrastructure to support the Ministry’s ‘Earth-won’ application implementation. • Held facilitated workshops with business and technical teams from both Ministries to design a suitable infrastructure • Managed the procurement of 11 high end servers and the associated equipment. Five servers for the dev/test infrastructure, five servers for the production infrastructure, and 1 server for administration and maintenance • Managed the implementation of and configuration of the servers • Managed the testing and quality assurance prior to handing the infrastructure to the client Ministry.
Senior Business Analyst
Government of Saskatchewan- Executive BranchSenior Business Analyst
Feb. 2005 - Jul. 2005Victoria, BCOutsourcing and Transition Initiatives: Ministry of Management, Common IT Services Senior Business and Project Analyst: Payroll and Collections projects February 2005 – July 2005, Victoria, BC • Business analysis, financial analysis, technical implementation, and project coordination for the Outsourcing of the: o BC Government Payroll operations and Payroll information management from the BC Government Ministry of Finance to Telus Service Solutions (external vendor) o BC Government collections operations and information management from the Ministry of Provincial Revenue to EDS Advanced Solutions (EAS) • Collection, coordination and management technical and business requests from both the Government Ministry and 3rd party vendor • Business and technical liaison between the BC Government, the ministry client and the 3rd party service vendors.
Senior Project Manager
Government of BC - Executive BranchSenior Project Manager
Jun. 2004 - Feb. 2005Victoria, BC• Overall project management and business planning for the Shared File and Print migration project, including customer engagement and liaison, data network upgrades, service management and reporting • Project management of server transition projects for servers transitioning from ministries to CITS • Project and business planning for the decommissioning of legacy infrastructure • Project Manager, SMS Server Deployment Project: BC Government o Overall project planning, execution, and control management for the deployment of 21 System Management Servers (SMS), Anti Virus Protection Servers (AVP) and Remote Installation Servers (RIS) o Sourcing and recycling appropriate decommissioned infrastructure and the management of reconfiguring these for redeployment o Managed the procurement, configuration, and deployment of net new servers • Project Planning, Network Appliance Server (NAS) Deployment: BC Government o Project planning, execution and control management for the procurement, configuration and proof of concept for the replacement of the Shared File and Print NAS server infrastructure. o Project plan initial creation for the replacement of 29 critical government servers o Transition tasks for handover of the project to the deployment Project Manager • Project Planning, Server Decommissioning Project: BC Government o Project analysis and planning for the decommissioning of 500+ redundant or outdated government servers o Produced project cost analysis and feasibility study o Transitioned tasks for handover of the project to the Windows Hosting Team Leader • Customer Engagement Lead, Shared File and Print Project (SFP): BC Government o Project management for the BC Ministry of Forestry Regional Server review project o Leveraged experience in the architecture and deployment phases to facilitate customer migration projects. o Assisted Ministries in defining their requirements for migrating to a shared service.
Project Manager
Government of BC - ITSDProject Manager
Mar. 2002 - Jun. 2004Ministry of Management Services, Common IT Services, Project Lead, Senior PMO Analyst, Common IT Services Program Management Office March 2002 – June 2004, Victoria, BC • Team lead and senior project analyst for the new services deployment branch, IT Solutions Branch PMO • Managed the process of engaging ministries and various customers migrating to the Shared Services • Created business and technical design documentation, as well as offered support for many projects managed by the Common IT Solutions Branch, including: o Corporate Online project (COL) o Shared File and Print project (SFP) o Today’s News Online project (TNO) o One Stop Business Services project (OSBS) o Windows 2000 deployment project o Workplace Transition project o Workplace support, admin review project • Tracked and reported progress to all levels of government on many concurrent projects being monitored through the Common IT Solutions branch PMO • Senior project analyst for the Shared Application Server Project, planning and executing the gathering of hardware and software inventories of all application servers throughout the province.
Project Analyst
Government of BC - IMBProject Analyst
Jan. 2002 - Mar. 2002Victoria, BC• Project Analyst responsible for coordinating the identification and collecting of GIS, tenure and other data from multiple land base ministries • Organized and facilitated meetings for the assessment of data quality prior to importing data to the Integrated Registry data repository • Drafting a data collection summary and recommended next steps.
Project Manager
Government of Saskatchewan- Ministry of HealthProject Manager
Feb. 2001 - Nov. 2001Victoria, BCo Project Manager for 3 software development projects: Health Sector Compensation Information System, Public Preventative Health Information System, Discharge Abstract Database  Prepared the BC Government Ministry of Health project initialization documentation, master project plans, and project schedules  Prepared scope statements  Prepared project statements  Prepared briefing and status documents for senior Ministry management  Liaised with senior Ministry management stakeholders, project steering committees and the Ministry Chief Information Officer  Managed the project teams in creating the technical architecture  Managed the project teams in the development of the application  Facilitated technical and business requirements meetings; and  Liaised with business and technical branches and of the Ministry.
Project Manager
Government of BC - Ministry of Children and FamiliesProject Manager
Jul. 2000 - Mar. 2001Victoria, BC• Project Office Management – Ministry of Children and Family Development: o Developed the business processes and procedures for the management of the MCFD PMO’s many projects o Managed the project plans for the Branch’s ongoing projects o Developed the recording and reporting structures for business and financial information process and the budget planning processes o Coordinated the forecasting of capital and operating budgets for future fiscal years.
Project Manager
Government of BC -Ministry of FinanceProject Manager
Mar. 2000 - Jan. 2001Victoria, BC• Reviewed department current and upcoming projects, reviewed staffing levels and recommend the resources necessary to complete the project workload • Technical Project Manager – BC Connects, BC Internet Services (BCIS), BC Ministry of Finance: o Lead the BCIS team in the development of a public web interface for the Electronic Government Service Initiative (EGSI) and the BC Connects software and hardware infrastructure o Created the organization and display of the online services offered by the Government of BC o Managed the installation and configuration of a province wide Search Engine - http://datafind.gov.bc.ca o Managed the categorization of over 250,000 government web pages in a maximum of 12 categories, in an effort to obtain a maximum of 4 mouse clicks to any page
Assistant Project Manager
Government of BC - Ministry of EducationAssistant Project Manager
Jan. 1999 - Jul. 2000Victoria, BCo Assisted with overseeing the implementation of approximately 2000 wide area network (WAN) access points to SPANBC o Managed circuit vendor relationships o Monitored LAN and WAN circuit and equipment inventory o Managed action items for the circuit engineering team o Chaired vendor meetings and circuit engineering team meetings o Worked with the many departmental executive stakeholders to identify and solve complex implementation and technical rollout issues.
Project Manager
DMR Consulting / Fujitsu ConsultingProject Manager
Oct. 1998 - Jun. 2004Victoria, BC, CanadaProject Management for IT and business restructuring projects for government and corporate clients.
Partner, Project Manager, Implementation Manager
Develus Systems IncPartner, Project Manager, Implementation Manager
Jul. 1990 - Aug. 1999Victoria, BC, Canada• Coordinated 40+ Local Area Networks across BC, Washington State and California • Designed, installed & supported networks using NetWare, Lantastic & Windows NT • Provided hardware and software training, including office productivity software (MS office suite) as well as custom software. This training was offered as a one-on-one basis or classroom basis • Set up, supported and provided ongoing management of the company’s Help Desk for both hardware and software for approximately 500 users in 40 offices throughout North America • Expanded the company’s market to the U.S.
IT Manager
Helping Hands Services LtdIT Manager
Jan. 1990 - Dec. 1999

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