David Wood
Sr. IT Technical Project Manager with over 15 yrs. of experience who is motivated by a challenging
environment, aggressive goals, teamwork and the opportunity to make a tangible contribution to
an organization’s performance- ■- ■ https://about.me/dwood
Executive Profile
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Detail-oriented Project Manager with over 15+ years of hands on Project Management experience with strong
organizational and interpersonal skills. Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a ‘strong’
matrix environment, across multiple geographies, developing effective schedules and delivering work on time.
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Project methodologies; Experience in planning, execution, tracking and closing of medium to large scale
multi-million dollar SAAS (Software as a service) web based projects as well as infrastructure/data center migration
projects using Waterfall and Agile project methodologies.
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Project documentation: Proven ability to prepare detailed project documents throughout the entire lifecycle, such
as project charter, business requirements document, system flow diagrams, project metrics reports (budgeted v/s
actuals), RACI charts, KPI’s, project schedules, risk, quality and testing plans.
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Excellent communicator; leverage technical, business and financial knowledge to communicate effectively with
client executives, external consultants and senior management as well as deliver training material in a clear and
easy to understand way.
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Relationship building and mentoring; Demonstrated ability to assemble, train and mentor a high performance
team; drive employee development and measurement activities to ensure maximized contributions from each
team member.
Skills Summary
Project Management:
IT Project Lifecycle:
Leadership and Functional knowledge
SAAS and Web based Development
Requirements Gathering
MS Project, PMBOK/PMP
Change/Configuration Management
Project/Product Documentation
Critical Path Method and Analysis
Delivery / Risk Management
Procurement Management
Agile, SCRUM and SAFE
methodologies
SDLC/QA/Rollout/Support
ASP.NET, C#, WCF, MVC, SQL
Java/J2EE, Angular, Sybase
Data Center migrations
Telephony, Networking and
Infrastructure , Sharepoint,
Datawarehousing
JIRA, Confluence, Innotas,
SharePoint, VersionOne
Cross-Functional Supervision
Team Building & Mentoring
Certified Scum Master and Agile
Coach
Training program delivery
Onsite-Offshore development
Business & IT Planning
Governance, Risk, Compliance
(IIROC and FINTRAC)
Background Screening
CRM, Learning Management System
(LMS).
Professional Experience
Questrade Inc.
SR IT PROJECT MANAGER and BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYST
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Reporting to CIO and Director of Project Operations, handling teams of 15 members.
Responsible for o Managing projects using waterfall and agile methodologies on custom CRM solution, Data Center migrations,
financial book of records implementations and migrations, SalesForce integrations, Microsoft SharePoint
implementation and customization.
o Key liaison with compliance department for design and execution of financial compliance projects
o Building holistic view of firm-wide strategy, processes, information and IT assets
o Business Analyst role including full documentation and systems diagrams
o Management of key vendors for project implementation and ongoing support
o Key contact and analyst, securing of funding with government programs (IRAP, SR&ED, OIDMTC)
o Project planning, requirements gathering, defining scope and creation of project documents.
o Working with Business and BA’s in gathering call flows and implementing for our call center teams.
o Initiation, planning, execution and delivery of approved and prioritized initiatives.
o Define project metrics, Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s).
o Monitor progress and communicate project performance to stakeholders and senior management.
o Risk management, risk mitigation plans and strategies.
o Conduct project closure meetings, documenting lessons learned and addressing all the important issues.
Key projects: electronic signatures, electronic records keeping, book of records migration from ISM to Broadridge,
firm wide self-clearing initiative, FATCA, CRM2, CASL, FINTRAC monitoring and reporting, implementation of disaster
recovery data centre and DR strategy, IT infrastructure refresh, secure client web portal.
Maknet Corporation
FOUNDING MEMBER and PROJECT MANAGER
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Oct 2007 to Till Date
Sep 1998 – Oct 2007
Responsible for o Acquisition of new clients, nurturing client relationships
o Design, development, execution and rollout of web applications
o Management and mentoring of agile web development team
o Gathering client requirements, documentation, solution architecting
Key projects: Loblaw “DrugstorePharmacy” web application including first online prescription refills, Carguide
magazine, event management and registration application with custom reporting.
Credentials & Recognition
Masters Certificate in Project Management, Schulich School of Business, York University, Feb 2010, Toronto.
Certified ScrumMaster, ScrumAlliance, Feb 2016, Toronto
Certified Agile Coach, ICAgile, Aug 2017, Toronto
Gamification Certificate, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, April 2014, Online
Recipient of Multiple Awards of distinction:
● Finalist for firm-wide MVP award (out of 400 employees) 2014
● Recipient of “Raring to go” award (out of 350 employees) 2013 for planning events and building teams
● 2 x Recipient of award for entrepreneurial spirit and delivering cost effective solutions 2013,2011
● 2 x Recipient of award for tackling new challenges and thriving in a fast paced environment 2012,2010
22 Oklahomal Drive, Brampton, ON L6P 3J7
