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*** 416.357.6266 or at or deremiensg@gmail.com *** Technology Consulting Strategy Leader with history of delivering customer programs and projects within timelines and under budget. My greatest skill is establishing trusted relationships with business and technology client stakeholders. I articulate project vision and partner with client decision-makers to develop requirements, scopes, schedules, and strategies. Colleagues know me for motivating teams to accelerate delivery of technology initiatives. Successes at TD BANK, HP, HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS, and IBM include: ✦ CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT: Develop rapport and meet with C-suite executives, VPs, Directors, vendor tech staff and App Developers, network architects, solution architects, and others across functions, including Retail, Commercial, Credit Card and other areas. Manage customer expectations and formal reporting and communications. ✦ IT MODERNIZATION PROGRAM (Client: Hitachi): Directed up to 15 project reports in 10 projects for Hitachi clients. Led virtual storage hardware installations, EMC replication services, and data migrations for 3,000 hosts in multiple data centers. Administered budget of $1M+. ✦ PMO CREATION (Client: Confidential): Created new PMO from scratch, hired and directed 8 project managers & business analysts to execute multiple projects in the Digital Transformation Program (DTP). ✦ STRATEGIC INTEGRATED 20-PROJECT PLAN (Client: Confidential): Built 5-year, end-to-end IT digital transformation program on time and under budget. Created 5-year digital transformation strategic roadmap integrating 20 projects with covering customer experience, operational processes, and business model. ✦ INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATE PROGRAM (Client: TD Insurance): Managed up to 23 client staff to deliver 10 infrastructure currency projects across multiple data centers. Led multiple projects including Windows 2003 to Windows 2012 migration on 6 new virtual infrastructures and security certificate upgrades for 100 applications. ✦ INFRASTRUCTURE FOR NEW CREDIT CARD LAUNCHES (Client: HP Canada): Gathered requirements to launch 4 new Citibank credit cards and convert 900K credit card customer accounts to TSYS CIBC internal systems. ✦ LARGEST SERVICE TRANSITION (at IBM): Managed largest global delivery transition for IBM Server Systems Operations Canada in 2010. Directed 5 project managers and oversaw hiring of 44 team members in India. ✦ PMO CLIENT MODEL LAUNCH (at IBM): Established Project Management Office (PMO) as model for project managers to use in project delivery.