Project Leadership

I am a Practice Lead, Project Manager and Business Analyst practitioner with over 18 years’ experience. I have set-up Project Management and Business Analyst practices at multiple organizations, or worked to further the development of the project practitioners in existing workplaces. I have led & supported organization with their initiatives in a variety of sectors; telecommunication, retail, automotive, agriculture, marketing & e-commerce, airline and sports manufacturing.

I “grew-up” primarily on the business side of organizations and transitioned over to I.T. This business background has allowed me to continually provided value by ensuring all stakeholders understand the business and customer needs for projects.

Leadership role in the Calgary BA community 

An active member of the IIBA & IIBA Calgary chapter for a number of years. Currently serving as VP of Corporate Development. I'm responsible for the management of relationships with the corporate community, vendors and corporate patrons of the Chapter. I welcome anyone who is interested in introducing, or further the development in the Business Analyst profession in their work place to connect with me. 

I also serve as an advisory committee member at Mount Royal University for the Business Analysis & Business Process Management certification courses.

BA skills applied in

  • Business process

  • Software development

  • Data analysis

  • Systems analysis

  • Regulatory

  • Product development

  • Supply chain

  • Reverse path analysis

Core BA competencies

  • Planning & Monitoring

    • Conduct stakeholder analysis

    • Plan requirements process, activities & communication

    • Manage BA performance

  • Enterprise Analysis

    • Define business need

    • Assess capability gaps

    • Define solution approach & scope

  • Elicitation

    • Prepare, conduct activities & document & confirm results

  • Management and Communication

    • Manage solution scope, requirements & traceability

    • Communicate requirements

  • Documentation & Organization

    • Prepare, conduct activities & document & confirm results

    • Requirements packages

  • Assessment & Validation

    • Assess proposed solution

    • Allocate requirements

    • Validate solution