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- Marisa Oldnall, PMP – Program Director for CGI
- Dianne Webber, PMP – PMO Delivery Manager for Cisco Systems Canada
- Rosa Maria Bonifaz, PMP – Sr. Manager, Business Projects Portfolio for MTS Allstream
- Adam Partridge – Account Manager for TEKsystems
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Facilitator |
Chris Mendes |
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Host |
Reena Castelino |
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Date of Event |
Wednesday September 15, 2010
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Time |
6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
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Location
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Health Sciences Building, University of Toronto, 155 College Street Room 610
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Presentation synopsis |
Coach’s Corner : Your Share of the IT Job Market
This event will be a panel discussion where Project Managers will have the opportunity to speak with top industry professionals regarding topics such as current market conditions,
hiring trends, resume writing, interview tips, as well as best practices in identifying suitable opportunities through the power of networking.
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Agenda |
Timetable:
6:00 PM. Doors open for registrations and refreshments will be served
6:50 PM GTISLIG Announcements
7:00 PM
- Panel Introductions – 5 minutes
- Overview of current hiring trends/market conditions in Toronto – 10 minutes
- Panel Members address the audience – 10 minutes
- Q&A Session – 45 minutes
- Event Wrap up – 10 minutes
8:25 PM Thank you note
8:30 PM Event closes
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Facilitator
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Chris Mendes is a Project Manager for The Bank of Montreal under the Enterprise Systems PMO where he is responsible for the delivery and execution of Enterprise-Wide Data Warehouse related initiatives within Information Management.
His previous role was as a Technology Career Manager for the Bank of Montreal within Enterprise Systems where he assumed responsibility for the career coaching and talent development of various
disciplines throughout Technology Development with a focus on Project Management. Prior to joining BMO, Chris was a top ranked IT Recruiter with TEKsystems where he was responsible for placing a
large number of Project Managers in Full Time and Contract roles within Financial Services clients such as TD Bank, The Bank of Nova Scotia, BMO, CIBC among others. He went on to an Account Manager
role exclusively servicing the IT staffing requirements for clients that included The Bank of Montreal, AIG and Airmiles. Chris is a graduate of The University of Toronto and has supported the PMI
GTISLIG in the capacity of Associate Director of Sponsorship.
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Marisa Oldnall, PMP – Program Director for CGI
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Marisa Oldnall has built her 17 year career on her success in delivering the full lifecycle of organizational design, business transformation, process development, behavioral change and technology
related projects and programs to a client base comprised primarily of financial, retail, manufacturing, telecom, health care and the public sector. Most recently, her focus has been on helping
organizations to build centers of excellence around solution delivery and operational best practices enabling them to achieve strategic corporate objectives.
Marisa is a program director with CGI's Systems Integration and Consulting practice. She is also the VP of Professional Development as a working board member for PMI's IT& Telecommunications SIG.
She is a certified PMP and has a BA in International Relations. She has also achieved the Service Manager designation for ITIL/ITSM. She is a Microsoft Certified Instructor for the MSF and is a
Project Management instructor at Sheridan College and a regularly scheduled leadership in project management speaker for McMaster University’s DeGroote School of Business MBA program. She is also a
popular, international speaker and facilitator on the subjects of stakeholder, program, project management, project office creation and business development, optimization, transformation.
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Dianne Webber, PMP - PMO Delivery Manager for Cisco Systems Canada
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Dianne Webber is currently the Manager of the PMO for Advanced Services at Cisco Canada. Her experience is with both consultative and project management services of the full SDLC nature.
She is also experienced as a program manager providing long term outsourced application services using alternate service delivery for clients accessing though the internet for the services of a number of
jurisdictions. She has lived in many locations across Canada and throughout Ontario and spent a couple of years in a position where she travelled the world providing consultative reorganization services to
internal transforming departments. Her past roles have been with Unisys and Symcor. She has a history of managing Project Managers and has in many of her roles had the opportunity to add additional
project managers to her team in both permanent and contract roles.
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Rosa Maria Bonifaz, PMP – Sr. Manager, Business Projects Portfolio for MTS Allstream
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Rosa Maria is a Senior Manager, Business Portfolio and IT PMO at MTS Allstream. She has 10 years in Canada working at Allstream in different roles. Prior to coming to Canada, Rosa Maria worked with
IBM Global Services – Andean Region as a Management Consultant. Rosa Maria has more than 20 years of experience managing large complex projects as well as has held senior positions within the Banking
Industry, Education and Healthcare amongst others.
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Adam Partridge – Account Manager for TEKsystems
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Adam Partridge is an Account Manager with TEKsystems; North America’s largest IT staffing and services organization. Adam’s prime responsibility is to assist his clients in attracting and retaining top IT
talent to ensure that their projects are completed successfully. Adam places a great deal of importance on taking the time to understand his clients business, technical environment and corporate cultural.
It is through this understanding that Adam is able to confidently source and screen candidates from both a technical and soft skills perspective. TEKsystems places a great emphasis on working with their clients
to provide pro-active workforce planning which allows them to always have a pipeline of potential candidates for their upcoming needs. Adam currently supports Cisco Canada, Scotiabank, and TD Bank. Adam
currently maintains over 50 active consultants within these accounts and works directly with over 30 hiring managers.
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Sponsor |
TEKsystems is one of North America's largest single source providers of information technology and communications staffing and services,
providing more than 20,000 professionals to client locations every day. Our promise to you is world-class technology staffing and services
delivered with customer service that's second to none.
Our Canadian corporate headquarters are located in Mississauga, Ontario, and we have more than 90 offices across Canada, the U.S., and Europe.
We provide on-demand technology staffing services to clients ranging from small entrepreneurial firms to large, multinational organizations.
TEKsystems has earned a reputation as the premier IT staffing firm - consistently ranked number one in the industry by an independent review run by IT
Services Business Report. We have also recently been named to the Branham 300 top 25 IT multinational companies in Canada.
What's the secret to our success? Exceptional people, processes, and technology all dedicated to getting the job done right.
That's what we mean by technology staffing and services. We understand that for technology to work it has to serve real business needs,
and that every IT service has to be implemented by people. So we focus first on understanding your company and its industry needs, and then on meeting those
needs with extraordinary people who have both the industry specific technical skills and the work ethic and communication skills to help ensure your success.
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Registration Fees
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PMI Members (provide number when registering) - $15.00
(includes HST)
Non Members and Guests - $25.00 (includes HST)
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PDU |
PDUs: 1.5
Knowledge Area: 10 (All)
Process Area: 06 (All)
Application Area: 09 (Information
System)
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Registration
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Cut-off date is 12:00 noon on Tuesday, September 14, 2010, or earlier if the number has reached room capacity.
PAST EVENT |
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Contact Information
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EMAIL:
info@gtislig.org
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