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Program Manager<\/div>\n<div class=\"ch-location\" style=\"color:#0f172a !important;opacity:1 !important;font-size:0.95rem;\">\n        <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" style=\"vertical-align:-2px;margin-right:4px;\"><path d=\"M21 10c0 7-9 13-9 13s-9-6-9-13a9 9 0 0 1 18 0z\"\/><circle cx=\"12\" cy=\"10\" r=\"3\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n        Whitby, Ontario, Canada\n      <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <!-- ===== Stats Bar ===== --><\/p>\n<div class=\"ch-stats-bar\">\n<div class=\"ch-stats-inner\">\n<div class=\"ch-stat-item\">\n<div class=\"ch-stat-number\">20+<\/div>\n<div class=\"ch-stat-label\">Years Experience<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ch-stat-item\">\n<div class=\"ch-stat-number\">11<\/div>\n<div class=\"ch-stat-label\">Certifications<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ch-stat-item\">\n<div class=\"ch-stat-number\">PMP<\/div>\n<div class=\"ch-stat-label\">Since 2006<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ch-stat-item\">\n<div class=\"ch-stat-number\">SAFe<\/div>\n<div class=\"ch-stat-label\">Agilist<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <!-- ===== About ===== --><\/p>\n<div class=\"ch-section\">\n<div class=\"ch-section-header\">\n<h2>About Me<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ch-accent-bar\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ch-about-grid\">\n<div class=\"ch-about-text\">\n<p>Accomplished IT project and program manager with a demonstrated ability to drive successful change in challenging environments. Specialized in Agile methodologies, enterprise infrastructure, application development, integration, and process improvement across organizations including <strong>Sun Life Financial<\/strong>, <strong>Direct Energy<\/strong>, <strong>Deighton Associates<\/strong>, and <strong>Enbridge<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Proven track record in delivering high-value change within matrixed environments, minimizing operational impact through strategic project management, effective change management, business analysis, and Agile techniques. 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2020<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ch-cert-card\">\n<div class=\"ch-cert-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#2563eb\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><circle cx=\"12\" cy=\"8\" r=\"7\"\/><polyline points=\"8.21 13.89 7 23 12 20 17 23 15.79 13.88\"\/><\/svg><\/div>\n<h4>AWS Cloud Practitioner<\/h4>\n<div class=\"ch-cert-org\">Amazon &middot; 2013<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <!-- ===== Career + Education (Two Column) ===== --><\/p>\n<div class=\"ch-career-bg\">\n<div class=\"ch-career-edu-grid\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"ch-section-header\" style=\"text-align:left\">\n<h2>Career Highlights<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ch-accent-bar\" style=\"margin-left:0\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ch-timeline\">\n<div class=\"ch-timeline-item ch-current\">\n<div class=\"ch-timeline-card\">\n              <span class=\"ch-timeline-date\">Apr 2025 \u2013 Present<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Sr. IT Project Manager \u2014 Risk Operations<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ch-company\">Sun Life Financial \u00b7 Corporate IT<\/div>\n<ul class=\"ch-tl-bullets\">\n<li>Co-led E-21 Operational Resilience program as first Corporate initiative fully integrated into Agile Place, establishing OKRs, metrics, and delivery frameworks from ground zero.<\/li>\n<li>Pioneered AI\/GenAI adoption by leveraging tools to analyze SOWs, policies, and business cases for OKR creation, positioning role as forward-thinking enabler of continuous improvement.<\/li>\n<li>Delivered Value Realization Review reporting in Agile Place within 2 weeks and standardized development\/testing\/defect\/promotion processes across two SOWs \u2014 earning Corporate IT leadership recognition.<\/li>\n<li>Managed OFSI compliance action plans as stretch goal performing responsibilities of Program Manager; coordinated SOW amendments and resolved critical technical blockers.<\/li>\n<li>Coached teams on conflict resolution and decision-making while supporting Global Maturity assessments and budget planning across multiple delivery teams beyond assigned scope.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ch-timeline-item\">\n<div class=\"ch-timeline-card\">\n              <span class=\"ch-timeline-date\">May 2021 \u2013 Apr 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Sr. IT Project Manager \u2014 SAP Centre of Excellence<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ch-company\">Sun Life Financial \u00b7 Corporate IT<\/div>\n<ul class=\"ch-tl-bullets\">\n<li>Led execution of SAP CoE Technical Currency Roadmap including DevOps automation with CHaRM implementation, disaster recovery testing achieving 4-hour recovery time, vulnerability remediation, and test automation across S\/4HANA and EFDW platforms.<\/li>\n<li>Deployed Stage and Production SAP environments and transitioned them to BAU operations while securing stakeholder buy-in and funding for multi-year Technical Delivery Roadmap.<\/li>\n<li>Improved system reliability through capacity analysis enabling critical processes to run 6\u00d7 daily (increased from once daily), delivering significantly faster report performance for Asia-based users.<\/li>\n<li>Established scaled Agile delivery model across SAP CoE with platform-wide metrics (cycle time, throughput, velocity, lead time) \u2014 presented at 3 Community of Practice events.<\/li>\n<li>Designed Agile ways of working for SAP S\/4 and BW technical stacks, expanding to GL, EFDW, and Ariba teams, achieving &#8220;Thrive&#8221; score for Team Allocation.<\/li>\n<li>Spearheaded infrastructure enhancements including EFDW high-availability upgrade, S\/4HANA and B4\/HANA lifecycle refreshes, and CTRL-M to Autosys migration preventing multi-month delivery delays.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ch-timeline-item\">\n<div class=\"ch-timeline-card\">\n              <span class=\"ch-timeline-date\">2019 \u2013 2021<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Sr. IT Project Manager \u2014 Cloud Centre of Excellence<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ch-company\">Sun Life Financial<\/div>\n<ul class=\"ch-tl-bullets\">\n<li>Established and coached 3 Agile squads within Cloud CoE, leading teams through 10+ sprints while serving as Scrum Master for IT Asset Management and Kanban coach for Finance workstreams.<\/li>\n<li>Spearheaded Agile transformation by delivering training to 20+ stakeholders, pivoting steering meetings to SAFe system demos that earned executive recognition, and developing reusable frameworks adopted across the PMO community of practice.<\/li>\n<li>Pioneered Kanban implementation for Cloud CoE Finance workstream applying KMP and SAFe certifications to achieve reduced lead times and streamlined processes.<\/li>\n<li>Key contributor in the implementation of SAFe Scaled Agile Program Increment planning process.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ch-timeline-item\">\n<div class=\"ch-timeline-card\">\n              <span class=\"ch-timeline-date\">2016 \u2013 2019<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Sr. IT Project Manager \u2014 Enterprise Services PMO &amp; IT Asset Management<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ch-company\">Sun Life Financial<\/div>\n<ul class=\"ch-tl-bullets\">\n<li>Delivered three enterprise security programs achieving 4.6\u20135.0\/5.0 satisfaction scores: Asset Management Phase 2, Breach Readiness (3-year program), and Endpoint Protection\/EDR global rollout.<\/li>\n<li>Led Cisco Network Access Control deployment managing $3M+ budget, coordinated vendor partnerships, and orchestrated first annual rapid containment recovery test recognized for flawless execution.<\/li>\n<li>Agile transformation lead and Scrum Master for IT Asset Management Squad and Cloud CoE Finance squads; established reusable Agile practice assets adopted across PMO community of practice.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ch-timeline-item\">\n<div class=\"ch-timeline-card\">\n              <span class=\"ch-timeline-date\">Apr 2015 \u2013 Oct 2016<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>IT Project Manager \u2014 Enterprise Services<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ch-company\">Sun Life Financial<\/div>\n<ul class=\"ch-tl-bullets\">\n<li>Managed projects within Enterprise Services specializing in global network and telecommunications infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li>Led Data Center relocation program, Perimeter zone load balancer deployment, and Global Network Monitoring solution.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ch-timeline-item\">\n<div class=\"ch-timeline-card\">\n              <span class=\"ch-timeline-date\">Dec 2013 \u2013 Apr 2015<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Project Manager<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ch-company\">Deighton Associates \u00b7 Whitby<\/div>\n<ul class=\"ch-tl-bullets\">\n<li>Accountable for managing projects and coordinating resources for infrastructure asset management software and professional services.<\/li>\n<li>Initiated Agile\/Scrum concepts and practices for higher productivity and team engagement.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ch-timeline-item\">\n<div class=\"ch-timeline-card\">\n              <span class=\"ch-timeline-date\">2003 \u2013 Sept 2013<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Senior Project Manager \/ Project Manager \/ Software Analyst<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ch-company\">Direct Energy \u00b7 Toronto<\/div>\n<ul class=\"ch-tl-bullets\">\n<li><strong>Sr. Project Manager (Jun 2011\u2013Aug 2013):<\/strong> Accountable for corporate IT projects including SAP Business Objects\/BPC application development. Chaired the company-wide IT resource demand management forum (Project Discovery).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Implementation Manager \u2014 Texas Utility Billing Platform Consolidation (Jan\u2013Jun 2011):<\/strong> Developed and coordinated a cross-functional deployment plan for the largest and most complex initiative Direct Energy had ever delivered.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sr. Project Manager (Jan 2008\u2013Jan 2011):<\/strong> Delivered high-profile projects including Electronic Bill Payment, Payment Card Industry compliance, and offshoring Customer Care operations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Project Manager (Jan 2005\u2013Jan 2008):<\/strong> Led multiple IT project deliveries across the organization.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Software Analyst &amp; Team Lead (Jan 2003\u2013Jan 2005):<\/strong> Led software analysis and development initiatives.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ch-timeline-item\">\n<div class=\"ch-timeline-card\">\n              <span class=\"ch-timeline-date\">2001 \u2013 2003<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Business Analyst<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ch-company\">Enbridge \u2014 Integrated Building Technologies (EIBT)<\/div>\n<ul class=\"ch-tl-bullets\">\n<li>Delivered business analysis for building management technologies and HVAC service operations.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ch-timeline-item\">\n<div class=\"ch-timeline-card\">\n              <span class=\"ch-timeline-date\">1998 \u2013 2001<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Software Designer<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ch-company\">Johnson Controls \u00b7 Canadian Software Development Centre<\/div>\n<ul class=\"ch-tl-bullets\">\n<li>Designed and developed software solutions at the Canadian Software Development Centre.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"ch-section-header\" style=\"text-align:left\">\n<h2>Education<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ch-accent-bar\" style=\"margin-left:0\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ch-edu-grid\">\n<div class=\"ch-edu-card\">\n<div class=\"ch-edu-icon\">\n              <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#2563eb\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M22 10v6M2 10l10-5 10 5-10 5z\"\/><path d=\"M6 12v5c0 2 6 3 6 3s6-1 6-3v-5\"\/><\/svg>\n            <\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Ontario Tech University<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ch-edu-degree\">Master&#8217;s Certificate in Project &amp; 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