Mike Frenette

Current

• Project Manager at Sierra Systems

Past

• Member at NovaKnowledge
• Past President at PMI Nova Scotia
• Currently Chair, PMI Global Technology Member Advisory Group (Volunteer position) at Project Management Institute

• Senior Project Manager at IT Consulting Industry in Nova Scotia
• Director at CIPS Nova Scotia
• Director, Project Management at Pegasus Consulting
• Engagement Manager at Keane
• Consultant/Project Manager at Andersen Consulting
• Database Administrator/Plant IS Manager at Michelin Tires
• Consultant/Project Manager at Synerlogic
• Database Analyst at Nova Corporation
• Programmer/Systems Analyst at Nova Scotia Power

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Education

• Canadian Association of Management Consultants
• Institute for the Certification of Computing Professionals
• Project Management Institute

• Canadian Information Processing Society
• Nova Scotia Community College

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Recommended

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Connections

272 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• PMI NS Chapter
• CIPS
• My Company

Mike Frenette’s Summary

Information Technology Professional

Management:
- Project Management
- Certified Management Consultant
- General IT Management
- Security Management

Technical:
- Data Resource Management
- Data Modelling
- Enterprise Data Modelling
- Physical Database Design
- Data Warehousing
- Business Analysis
- Data Analysis
- Process Analysis

Mike Frenette’s Specialties:

Project Management, Data Modelling, Database Design, Systems Analysis, Business Analysis, Strategy Consulting, Management Consulting

Mike Frenette’s Experience

• Project Manager

  Sierra Systems

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; SSG; Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2000 — Present (8 years 11 months)

• Member

  NovaKnowledge

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  1994 — 2009 (15 years)

• Past President

  PMI Nova Scotia

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  January 2001 — December 2008 (8 years)

  Elected President of the Project Management Institute of Nova Scotia for a two year term, 2005-2006. Also served as Vice President, 2003-2004, Director of Membership, 2001-2002, and Symposium Committee Member for Marketing, 2000. Currently serving as Immediate Past President from 2007-2008.
  
  PMI is a not-for-profit organization devoted to professionalism in project management. The PMI NS chapter is a 420-member organization with 10 board members, and committees of about 50 people. It is part of the larger global organization, PMI, which has almost 250,000 members in 260 chapters which exist in 160 countries (figures as of 2007).

• Currently Chair, PMI Global Technology Member Advisory Group (Volunteer position)

  Project Management Institute

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  June 2008 — June 2008 (1 month)

  Currently Chair of PMI Global's Technology Member Advisory Group, composed of eight members from six countries assigned to about a dozen initiatives, mostly to gather requirements from PMI Chapters, but some to provide infrastructure to PMI communities (components).
  
  (I didn't tick the "I currently work here" box so this position would not show as my current employment.)

• Senior Project Manager

  IT Consulting Industry in Nova Scotia

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  1984 — 2007 (23 years)

• Director

  CIPS Nova Scotia

  (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Think Tanks industry)

  January 1999 — December 2001 (3 years)

  Board member of CIPS Nova Scotia, served as Secretary, VP, and President.

• Director, Project Management

  Pegasus Consulting

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  April 1998 — August 2000 (2 years 5 months)

• Engagement Manager

  Keane

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 1997 — March 1998 (7 months)

• Consultant/Project Manager

  Andersen Consulting

  (Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  February 1994 — August 1997 (3 years 7 months)

• Database Administrator/Plant IS Manager

  Michelin Tires

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Automotive industry)

  April 1988 — January 1994 (5 years 10 months)

• Consultant/Project Manager

  Synerlogic

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  October 1984 — March 1988 (3 years 6 months)

• Database Analyst

  Nova Corporation

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Oil & Energy industry)

  September 1980 — September 1984 (4 years 1 month)

• Programmer/Systems Analyst

  Nova Scotia Power

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Utilities industry)

  June 1977 — August 1980 (3 years 3 months)

Mike Frenette’s Education

• Canadian Association of Management Consultants

  CMC , Consulting , 2008 — 2008

• Institute for the Certification of Computing Professionals

  CCP , Certified Computing Professional, Masters level in IT Management and Data Resource Management , September 2004 — September 2004

  Certification by the Institute for the Certification of Computing Profesionals (www.iccp.org)

• Project Management Institute

  PMP , Project Management Professional , January 2003 — September 2004

  Certification by the Project Management Institute, (www.pmi.org)

• Canadian Information Processing Society

  I.S.P. , Information Systems Professional of Canada , January 1990 — August 1990

  Certification by the Canadian Information Processing Society (www.cips.ca)

• Nova Scotia Community College

  Data Processing Technology , Information Technology , September 1973 — June 1975

  Diploma in Data Processing Technology, 1975

Additional Information

Mike Frenette’s Websites:

• PMI NS Chapter
• CIPS
• My Company

Mike Frenette’s Interests:

Project Management, Enterprise Project Management, Virtual Teams, Collaboration Portals, Data Modelling, Database Design, Systems Analysis, Business Analysis, Management Consulting, Strategy Consulting, Teaching Project Management and Data Modelling, Skiing, Racquet Sports

Mike Frenette’s Groups:

- Canadian Information Processing Society (www.cips.ca).
- Project Management Institute (www.pmi.org)
- NovaKnowledge (www.novaknowledge.ns.ca)
- Canadian Association of Management Consulting (www.cmc-canada.ca)
- Instititute for the Certification of Computing Professionals (www.iccp.org)

•    Global Project Management
•    Project Management Link
•    Global Program and Project Networking Group (9400+)
•    Leadership Think Tank
•    PMI Certified PMPs
•    PMI - Project Management Institute (3,000+ members - Unofficial PMI Group)
•    SharePoint Users Group
•    Canadian Information Processing Society
•    PMP® Credential Holders
•    CMC-Canada (Canadian Association of Management Consultants)
•    intoscana.it - Toscana business Club (social-networking in Tuscany)
•    Sierra Alumni
•    PMI New Brunswick Chapter
•    Michelin
•    DAMA CDMP Community
•    LinkedItaly - Anagrafe Italiani
•    Lombard[in]a
•    PMI Chapter Presidents - Past, Present and Future.
•    MSProjectExperts

Mike Frenette’s Honors:

President's Award, Project Management Institute, Nova Scotia Chapter, 2007
Long Service Award, Project Management Institute, Nova Scotia Chapter, 2008

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