Jason Foster19 Reining Way, Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia, Canada

902-877-2207 | jason@g6n.ca

Senior Manager – Information SystemsSoftware Development | Enterprise Implementations | Systems Engineering

Experienced project manager offering 17 years of success leading all phases of diverse technology projects; Member of PMI, Six Sigma Green Belt and an additional 7 years of computer programming and business finances experience.

Business Strategist; plan and manage multimillion-dollar projects aligning business goals with technology solutions to drive process improvement, competitive advantage and bottom-line gains.

Excellent Communicator; leverage technical, business and financial acumen to communicate effectively with client executives and their respective teams.

Expert in Agile and Waterfall project management methodologies; able to manage large project teams and known for high-quality deliverables that meet or exceed timeline and budgetary targets.

Skills Summary

Project Management: IT Project Life Cycle: Value-Added Leadership:Custom Software Development Requirements Analysis Cross-Functional SupervisionBusiness Process Re-Engineering Costing and Budgeting Team Building and MentoringSystem Migrations/Integrations Project Scheduling Client Relations and PresentationsEnterprise Wide Implementations Quality Assurance/Quality Control Business and IT PlanningSystems EngineeringAgile Project Management Practices

Risk Mitigation and Control Vendor Management

Career Progression

G6N Consulting Group Senior Program Director / Owner June 2014 to CurrentXerox Canada Director Product Development March 2008 to June 2014Foster IT Limited Senior IT Project Manager January 2005 to March 2008NovaLIS Technologies Manager Implementation Services March 2001 to January 2005Keane Canada Project Manager (contract) October 2000 to March 2001EDS Canada Project Manager February 1997 to October 2000DMR Canada Business Analyst October 1994 to February 1997Sobeys Programmer February 1992 to October 1994Parts for Trucks Systems Administrator September 1990 to February 1992

For the past 14 years drove 22 high-quality implementations of enterprise wide systems for local governments and private corporations including:

Valuation Land Agency, Belfast Ireland Monroe County Tax Assessor, FL Maricopa County Assessor, AZMolpus Timberland Management General Electric Aircraft Engines Michelin TiresBritish Columbia Assessment Authority Phillip Morris Aiken County Assessor, SC

Achievement Highlights

Led teams across broad technical, financial and business disciplines. Focused teams on business objectives and tracked progress to ensure project milestones were completed on time, on budget and with the desired results.

Mitigated risk factors through careful analysis of project data. Anticipated and managed change effectively to ensure scope-creep was not introduced to projects.

Defined process and tools best suited for each project. Moved between agile and waterfall approaches depending on project specifics and client requirements. Created detailed project plans, road maps, schedules and work break down structures.

Honored with Xerox “Presidents Club” for outstanding achievements

Representative Projects (2000 to 2014)

Systems Engineering: Led the design and multi-client roll out of the Xerox Land Records Management Suite (LRMS). LRMS is an SOA architected and hosted solution designed for local governments to management property assessments, taxation, billings, collection and administration of property tax both commercial and residential.Results: Created an industry leading product for Xerox for under 2.5 million dollars in capital investment and secured 42 million in implementation revenue over 10 years.

Custom Software Development: Led the design and managed the development of a custom property tax management solution for Belfast, Northern Ireland. Delivered project on budget and within project timelines. Project also included the conversion of 37 years of property tax data, dating back to 1972. Results: Revolutionized the Valuation Land Agencies software such that they are now able to revalue properties on a bi-annual basis. Previous to the custom (bespoke) software development the VLA was only able to revalue properties every 10 years.

Systems Migrations: Guided a data conversion team for Spotsylvania County, Virginia that successfully converted 15 years of data from an in-house built system to a commercial product used to generate property assessments for use in property taxationResults: Project was completed 3 months ahead of schedule, saving nearly $500,000 in time and material costs.

Enterprise Implementations: Directed the global roll-out of a new shop floor control system for Michelin Tire Plants located within North America who specialize in light-duty truck tires.Results: Roll-out was completed with a total of 1 production fault and no unanticipated shop floor downtime; which was achieved through careful planning, testing and quality control efforts.

Business Process Re-Engineering: Worked with Maricopa County, Arizona GIS department to analysis why “parcel maintenance” had an eight month backlog of work orders to process, which was costing the County nearly 1.2 million in tax revenue per year.Results: Through analysis of GIS department organization and process was able to re-organize the department and re-engineer their existing process, which reduced the time to perform “parcel maintenance” from over 60 hours per document to just under 6 hours. The eight month back-log was effectively eliminated in 3 months.

Education and Affiliations

Studied at Saint Mary’s University – B.Sc. Computer Science and Business Administration

Green Belt Six Sigma, 2008CMM Level 3 certified project, 2002

Member of the International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO)Member of the Project Management Institute (PMI)

Working towards PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)