BARRY SIMMONS
1273 RUNCIMAN CRESCENT, REGINA ● -
DETAILS
www.linkedin.com/in/barryssimmons
barry.simmons@live.ca
SKILLS
Utilities
Finance/Banking
Health Care
Nuclear
Insurance
Mining
Cybersecurity
Microsoft 365
Microsoft Project
Microsoft Teams
Office 365
Outlook/Exchange
Agile
AS/400 midrange (RPG III, CL, OS/400)
Microsoft Edge
First Data credit card processing system
SharePoint Online
Disaster Recovery as a Service
.Net 4.0
OpenText
Platform as a Service
Power BI
SAP
ServiceNow
Software as a Service
Azure Dev Ops
GitHub
IBM tools
Miro
Power Apps
Power Automate
Purely HR
Sentinel
Slack
C#
CQRS architecture
Planview project management software
Prism
Silverlight
SQL
PROFILE
An experienced, outcome-driven Project Manager with over a decade of success delivering complex projects and programs across regulated industries including energy, public sector, and finance/banking.
Has led major initiatives delivering critical components of enterprise-wide projects and programs, ensuring alignment with regulatory standards and organizational frameworks, and operational efficiency.
Strong communicator with proven ability to deliver high-impact projects through disciplined project management practices (Agile, Waterfall, Stage-Gate), cross-functional team leadership, and strong stakeholder engagement.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Project Manager, SaskNuclear IT at SaskPower
August 2024 – May 2025
SaskNuclear is a subsidiary of SaskPower that is currently in the Planning phase for Small Modular Reactor (SMR) project development work.
Managed the implementation of a greenfield cloud-based nuclear IT environment utilizing Platform as a Service and Infrastructure as a Service (Azure) technology, adhering to required cyber security standards / regulations.
Technology skills used: Microsoft (Windows/Office 365, Entra, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, Power BI), Azure Dev Ops, ServiceNow, SAP.
Project Management Consultant, Cyber Security at SaskPower
March 2022 — August 2024
Led Cybersecurity projects as part of an Enterprise-wide Security Program for both Information Technology (IT) and Operating Technology (OT). Projects included:
Current state assessment of plants to meet cyber security standards.
Enhancements to cyber security using Microsoft Azure tools.
Azure Log Analytics implementation.
Security monitoring and alerting solution (SCADA servers).
Custom developed, cloud-based, Power BI plant inventory management solution (PMI Regina/South Saskatchewan Project of the Year finalist).
Installation of waterfall hardware (one way communication of data) and firewalls in an OT environment.
Integrated custom developed OpenText / SharePoint Online solution for maintenance of restricted, sensitive plant asset information.
Cloud vulnerability scanning of enterprise-wide systems.
Technology skills used: Azure (Log Analytics, SS Password Reset), Open Text, Microsoft (SharePoint, Entra, Excel, SQL), SAP, ServiceNow, Splunk, Tenable, Ansible/Python, SmartSheet.
Senior Consultant (Linea Solutions) at Saskatchewan Worker’s Compensation Board (WCB)
April 2021 — March 2022
Provided program/project planning and support services as part of a multi-year Digital Business Transformation Program. This included management of a remote team for Business Process Improvement (BPI) projects that included Change Management specialists, setup of an Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO), and setup of an Enterprise Stage Gate Model.
Technology skills used: SharePoint, Microsoft Project, Excel, PurelyHR, Miro, Box.
Project Management Consultant at SaskPower
July 2020 — April 2021
Led multiple infrastructure and cyber security projects, which included the procurement and implementation of software defined solutions and Internet architecture.
Managed the implementation of custom-developed and third-party solutions, utilizing threat risk assessments and vulnerability assessments to ensure security requirements were being met.
Onboarded and mentored project managers to the stage gate methodology.
Technology skills used: SharePoint Online, SaaS cloud, SAP, ServiceNow, Cisco.
Project Management Consultant at DirectWest
September 2019 — April 2020
Managed an ecommerce website refresh product launch.
Led releases for Dynamics CRM updates and direct marketing campaigns.
Technology skills used: Dynamics CRM, Team Foundation Server (TFS), HTML 5, Shopify, JSON.
Program/Project Manager at ISM Canada
August 2016 — September 2019
Provided management of cross-functional teams in architecture, business analysis, software development, infrastructure, information management, change management, and client business personnel.
Program Manager for business transformation initiative with Government of Saskatchewan to modernize infrastructure and applications. This included a migration of legacy infrastructure to a Tier III Class data center, SaaS implementation for disaster recovery and backup cloud services, application modernization strategy, and upgrades of critical applications.
Performed project management for specific client migrations and internal/ISM migrations, utilizing Agile/Scrum aspects such as daily standups, backlogs, retrospectives, and time-boxing to aid in making timely, informed decisions.
Managed medium to large, complex application development projects for SaskPower. This included a SharePoint Online cloud-based Intranet implementation and Digital Asset Management System Request for Proposal.
Disaster recovery testing for Govt. of Saskatchewan mission critical systems.
Technology skills used: GitHub, SharePoint, Amazon Web Services, Actifio (now Google Cloud), Microsoft (Access, SQL), JD Edwards, Curam, IBM mainframe.
Project Management Consultant at The Members Group (Co-Op Financial Services), Collabria Financial
July 2014 — May 2016
Oversaw various chip card processing and product rollouts to new and existing clients. This included Credit Euro Pay, MasterCard, and Visa and Debit (EMV) conversions and startups, Decommissions, and Deconversions.
Consulted to the management team on Canadian card processing and solutions, including subject matter expertise and project management for credit adjudication, banking system conversions, collections, fraud prevention, fraud detection, chargebacks and disputes, customer tools (IVR, web-based real-time cardholder account management) and systems integration (i.e. credit card payments, back-end interfaces).
Delivered on an aggressive schedule, working with the required Canadian vendors to support the launch of Collabria’s Canadian card platform.
Technology skills used: Third-party / inhouse banking applications, SaaS cloud.
Project/Program Management Consultant at Government of Saskatchewan Information Technology Division
October 2011 — June 2014
Program Manager role. Managed customizations for an integrated incident, release, and problem management system.
Promoted to a Portfolio management role to oversee a group of projects within the Process Renewal and Infrastructure Management Enhancements (PRIME) program under the Ministry of Economy. PRIME was integrated with the Government of Saskatchewan’s (GoS) roadmap to determine the best long-term solutions. The goal of PRIME was to migrate legacy mainframe applications to current technologies. Managed complex stakeholder relationships between GoS executive steering committee, Ministry of Economy, and the PRIME team.
Managed integration of Oracle Payables with E-business suite as part of an accounts payable automation and consolidation.
Technology skills used: Microsoft (SharePoint 2010, Dynamics, .NET), Cisco Hosted Collab., Tivoli, FileNet, Cognos BI, Kofax, Oracle (EBS, Financials).
Manager, Project Management and Service Management at Salveo
May 2009 — August 2011
Salveo was a joint venture of SaskTel & Alcatel-Lucent. It was formed to provide custom developed remote patient monitoring (RPM) solutions to health care organizations and telecommunications providers worldwide, using off-the-shelf medical and mobile devices to monitor chronic illnesses. Supervised the Agile SCRUM development and quality assurance teams for the flagship product.
Managed the implementations for health care organizations and telecom providers by providing a configurable Health & Wellness platform.
Technology skills used: C#, .Net 4.0, CQRS architecture, Silverlight, Prism, TFS, SQL.
EDUCATION
Master’s in business administration, University of Calgary
September 1998 — April 2000
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Western University
September 1987 — April 1991
Diploma in Data Processing, Bermuda College
September 1984 — April 1986
CERTIFICATIONS
Enhanced Reliability Status
2024
PRINCE2 Foundation and Practitioner (P2P) – #GR-BS
2019
ProSci Change Management
2016
Certified Scrum Master (CSM) - Agile
2011
ITIL Foundations Version 2
2008
Project Management Professional (PMP) - #-
