Product, Program and Project Manager
Toronto, Canada Area
Product, Program and Project Manager
Toronto, Canada Area
A creative digital architect and project manager with extensive experience discovering, developing and implementing innovative business and technology-based products and services. Good at assembling new and existing concepts in innovative ways as a vibrant team member or as a project leader. Fluently bilingual English and French. Proven management strengths for successful and timely completion of complex programs on time, on budget.
Pragmatic Project Manager
Solution-Oriented Decision Maker
Executive Presentations & Negotiations
Results-Oriented Leader
Strategic Thinker/Facilitator
Team Builder / Trainer
Financially Literate
(Entertainment industry)
August 2008 — December 2008 (5 months)
Product Architect for a stealth start-up - shelved due to lack of funding.
Architect and Product Manager for core platform of this social media oriented web property. Collaborated on revenue models, partnerships and supplier sets. Worked through stakeholder identification and engagement, creating a project design and product platform delivering value from early in the development process and continuously evolving through agile techniques.
(Philanthropy industry)
May 2008 — October 2008 (6 months)
Product architect and manager for a social media oriented charitable giving network web site.
Project managed design projects, development outsourcing, team building/management and represented product platform at marketing and operational meetings. Project canceled due to lack of funding.
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
May 2007 — September 2007 (5 months)
Strategic Advisory on Product Management, Operations, and Client Project Execution.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Investment Management industry)
September 2002 — August 2006 (4 years )
Creation of new software analytic tools and trade management systems, sales of signal services and managed account services for hedge funds and private clients, development of trading program strategies for fund managers, operational management of company and benchmark funds.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2000 — March 2002 (1 year 10 months)
Designing and creating the product set, recruiting and managing product and operations teams, and negotiating all supplier and outsourcing arrangements. Implementation of PMO and oversight of Technology Division projects. Was also responsible for developing all financial models, core marketing messages, the company prospectus, as well as driving international investor pitch meetings and evangelizing the company strategy to external audiences.
(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
December 1996 — October 2000 (3 years 11 months)
Responsibilities included project and engagement management, business development, mentoring, developing a “personal center of excellence,” and evangelizing the benefits of the Enterprise Strategy service offering within and outside Microsoft.
Master Trainer for Microsoft Solutions Framework (Agile PM Framework)
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1996 — 1996 (less than a year)