Experience By  Category

One of the most exciting areas that I have worked in my career has been strategy development and execution. I had the opportunity do it first in Workopolis and then in Cardinal Health.

• At Cardinal  Health

  • Facilitator of the Canada Leadership Team leading the development planning and execution of the 5-year strategy. 

  • Established a project delivery and governance framework linking strategy with execution. 

  • Led an enterprise Change Management program including developing the vision, mission, strategic pillars and goals in collaboration with the executive team.

• At Workopolis

  • • Responsible for the execution of the organizational strategy by connecting the strategic pillars and goals with projects and setting up and managing a PMO to execute.

I am a project manager at heart and my core instinct and/or skill is to organize and set up. I have set up PMO's in small and large organizations multiple times successfully in my career.  Here is a quick summary:

• At Pivotree

  • • Designed, planned, setup and managed a scalable and consistent project delivery and governance framework with over a $35M portfolio, across the enterprise (multiple business units) and scaled up the PMO to double the size to a team of twenty (20) in the first year.

• At Cardinal Health

  • Established and managed a new PMO for Canada while partnering with Corporate PMO in the US and was able to create a more simpler and robust delivery framework to meet both local and corporate needs.

• At D+H

  • Established and evolved a Project Management Office (PMO), aligning and implementing project delivery and governance framework aligned with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). 

  • Managed a $30M portfolio of multiyear transformational initiatives, including multi-year strategy planning, annual business planning, project management and technology operational management across the breadth of the Global Technology Services & Solutions group (GTSS).

• At Workopolis

  • Established the Project Management Office (PMO) and implemented the Open Agile methodology. 

  • Managed a team of 40 including Development, QA, PMO & Customer Support teams.

• At PdMain

  • Established a Project Management Office (PMO), responsible for creating, implementing and managing a project management methodology (processes, best practices, tools, and templates) across the organization to deliver repeatable results.

Aside from setting up Project Management Offices and running the PMO operations, I also enjoy the actual execution work and manage large, complex and exciting projects and programs. I have managed programs in three areas:

1. eCommerce Implementations

2. ERP Implementations

3. Integrations - Merger & Acquisitions

Here are some examples:

• At Pivotree

  • Led the set up of the Integration Management Office (IMO) with processes and templates to manage integration of Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) and led the planning and execution of two (2) acquisitions in the first year.

• At Cardinal  Health

  • Led the Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) project team in Canada and integrated the Patient Recovery business in Canada, a $6.1 Billion global acquisition by Cardinal Health. 

  • Launched and managed the B2B & B2C eCommerce businesses and established Cardinal Health as a leader in the Canadian digital healthcare space. The B2B eCommerce site was launched on the HCL Commerce (formerly IBM web commerce) platform and a successful pilot B2C site in Ontario on the “Shopify” platform in 2019.

  • Responsible for managing multiple Enterprise Applications implementation and improvement programs across ERP (JD Edwards etc.), CRM (Salesforce), Warehouse Management System (AIMS), Transportation Management System (Tecsys), EDI, etc.

• At D+H

  • Managed a $30M portfolio of multiyear transformational initiatives, including multi-year strategy planning, annual business planning, project management and technology operational management across the breadth of the Global Technology Services & Solutions group (GTSS).

• At Workopolis

  • • Led the implementation of NetSuite ERP system including financials and CRM, increasing the system adoption from 40% to 90%.

    • Led a digital transformational program, TNG (the Next Generation) to revamp the technology stack of the product offering at Workopolis.

• At PdMain 

  • Delivered over 20 high-profile ERP implementation projects in supply chain management, logistics, distribution, warehouse management and manufacturing space with a special focus in the areas of export packing for the automotive sector.

  • Managed complete business process transformation projects for various supply chain, logistics and distribution companies.

  • Responsible for managing organizational change with large organizations and acted as the change management champion, overseeing the day-to-day running of the organization post implementation.

My first encounter with Agile was in 2010 at Workopolis. It took me some time to understand the true essence of Agile but since then there has been no turning back! I believe it is one of the most effective ways to execute any strategy.

Here are some examples of my experience with Agile:

• At Pivotree

  • • Led and facilitated the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) initiative globally including the current state assessment, process definitions, rollout planning and post roll out engagement program.

• At Cardinal  Health

  • Introduced and Implemented ‘Agile’ (Scrum, Kanban) methodologies in technology and non-technology settings.

• At D+H

  • Championed Agile transformation by building a team of ‘Agile’ Coaches and Scrum Masters for a large portfolio. Also, ensured PMO's alignment with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).

• At Workopolis

  • • Co-led a successful ‘Agile Lean Transformation’ in the early days of Agile in 2010.