Rahul (Ray) Virmani

Senior Infrastructure Project Manager at TELUS International Digital Solutions
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(386) 825-5501
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada, CA
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Tim Joshi

In times of need Rahul blew through a walls of work to get things on track. He is a tireless performer and deals with diversity and detail very effectively to get projects visible and tracking effectively towards targets. He is a gentleman and is always willing to carry the extra load on any team that he is on.

Andrey Fedoroff

Rahul has is detail oriented and like any great PM, knows how to marshal the people to get the job done. In my role as a Senior Account Director and a vendor, it was my pleasure to work with Rahul on a number of complex projects involving multiple engineering divisions and new technologies.

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Credentials

  • Certified Scrum Master
    Scrum Alliance
    Sep, 2016
    - Nov, 2024
  • Project Management Professional (PMP)®
    Project Management Institute
    Dec, 2014
    - Nov, 2024

Experience

  • TELUS International Digital Solutions
    • Canada
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
      • Sep 2022 - Present

      In a contract with TELUS International. Working on several Infrastructure Projects at BC Hydro. I support teams that work on Cloud, Networking and Enterprise systems. In a contract with TELUS International. Working on several Infrastructure Projects at BC Hydro. I support teams that work on Cloud, Networking and Enterprise systems.

  • ISM
    • Canada
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • IT Project Manager - Operations
      • Feb 2021 - Apr 2022

      Operations Projects ( On Contract) - All completed by End of April 2022. 1) Software development (SCRUM), some Infrastructure work (Service Now). Transitioning an ISM Client to their service desk in Regina. Knowledge Management 2) Data Center Migration - involving a Cisco-ACI deployment and various cloud based systems (IBM Cloud, Azure) 3) Remote infrastructure deployment for a large North American client. Operations Projects ( On Contract) - All completed by End of April 2022. 1) Software development (SCRUM), some Infrastructure work (Service Now). Transitioning an ISM Client to their service desk in Regina. Knowledge Management 2) Data Center Migration - involving a Cisco-ACI deployment and various cloud based systems (IBM Cloud, Azure) 3) Remote infrastructure deployment for a large North American client.

  • Viral Cloud Consulting
    • Calgary & Vancouver, Canada
    • IT Project Manager/ Analyst
      • Oct 2019 - Mar 2020

      An assignment at a Real Estate Development company (Kudos Holdings) : I was put in charge of all IT Infrastructure, Audio-Video, and Financial software. Reporting to the CEO and COO. I was tasked with examining all IT Operations with a focus on streamlining and improving Organizational outcomes. - Implementing a Property Management system at a Hotel in Calgary using Scrum. - Network simplifications at 2 Hotels (VLAN simplification, Network reconfiguration) - Some cloud migration… Show more An assignment at a Real Estate Development company (Kudos Holdings) : I was put in charge of all IT Infrastructure, Audio-Video, and Financial software. Reporting to the CEO and COO. I was tasked with examining all IT Operations with a focus on streamlining and improving Organizational outcomes. - Implementing a Property Management system at a Hotel in Calgary using Scrum. - Network simplifications at 2 Hotels (VLAN simplification, Network reconfiguration) - Some cloud migration of legacy systems (Cirtrix, MS Hypervisor & VMware Virtual machines - migrated to the cloud or to dedicated NAS devices) - Finding alternatives for legacy Telecom Infrastructure - Setting up Office 365 - MS Exchange for a Hotel - Implementing a Centralized Security Monitoring Video Room (at the Vancouver Head office) Business Analysis - Organizational Effectiveness - through the development of activity tracking and the use of this data to establish performance KPI’s ( scrum approach to managing performance). Show less An assignment at a Real Estate Development company (Kudos Holdings) : I was put in charge of all IT Infrastructure, Audio-Video, and Financial software. Reporting to the CEO and COO. I was tasked with examining all IT Operations with a focus on streamlining and improving Organizational outcomes. - Implementing a Property Management system at a Hotel in Calgary using Scrum. - Network simplifications at 2 Hotels (VLAN simplification, Network reconfiguration) - Some cloud migration… Show more An assignment at a Real Estate Development company (Kudos Holdings) : I was put in charge of all IT Infrastructure, Audio-Video, and Financial software. Reporting to the CEO and COO. I was tasked with examining all IT Operations with a focus on streamlining and improving Organizational outcomes. - Implementing a Property Management system at a Hotel in Calgary using Scrum. - Network simplifications at 2 Hotels (VLAN simplification, Network reconfiguration) - Some cloud migration of legacy systems (Cirtrix, MS Hypervisor & VMware Virtual machines - migrated to the cloud or to dedicated NAS devices) - Finding alternatives for legacy Telecom Infrastructure - Setting up Office 365 - MS Exchange for a Hotel - Implementing a Centralized Security Monitoring Video Room (at the Vancouver Head office) Business Analysis - Organizational Effectiveness - through the development of activity tracking and the use of this data to establish performance KPI’s ( scrum approach to managing performance). Show less

  • Resource Company
    • Calgary, Canada Area
    • Project Manager
      • May 2019 - Aug 2019

      Work involved conducting due diligence for a resource company pertaining to the viability of specific telemetry systems in remote locations. Review of Health & Safety systems, Clinic effectiveness and emergency response. Diagnostic systems were also examined. Work involved conducting due diligence for a resource company pertaining to the viability of specific telemetry systems in remote locations. Review of Health & Safety systems, Clinic effectiveness and emergency response. Diagnostic systems were also examined.

  • HCL AXON (Rogers Account)
    • Brampton, Canada Area
    • IT Project Manager
      • Nov 2016 - May 2018

      Infrastructure projects at ROGERS - primarily Enterprise focus.(Servers, large data applications). I have completed: 1) Amdocs Billing Deployment - 15 HP-UX Servers. 2) Complex DR implementation across 4 major systems involving, Oracle - HP-UX , Amdocs and Exadata. involving 70 TB of data. 3) Oracle application deployment (with Golden Gate) 4) HADOOP uplift 5) Clustering of QA Servers (Amdocs Application) 6) Database Optimization of QA Servers (Amdocs Application) 7)… Show more Infrastructure projects at ROGERS - primarily Enterprise focus.(Servers, large data applications). I have completed: 1) Amdocs Billing Deployment - 15 HP-UX Servers. 2) Complex DR implementation across 4 major systems involving, Oracle - HP-UX , Amdocs and Exadata. involving 70 TB of data. 3) Oracle application deployment (with Golden Gate) 4) HADOOP uplift 5) Clustering of QA Servers (Amdocs Application) 6) Database Optimization of QA Servers (Amdocs Application) 7) Database Migration for a financial application 8) Qos update 9) Single subnet for Wifi concentration 10) Various Finance related solutions 11) An HR related solution involving both Windows and Linux Virtual Machines Show less Infrastructure projects at ROGERS - primarily Enterprise focus.(Servers, large data applications). I have completed: 1) Amdocs Billing Deployment - 15 HP-UX Servers. 2) Complex DR implementation across 4 major systems involving, Oracle - HP-UX , Amdocs and Exadata. involving 70 TB of data. 3) Oracle application deployment (with Golden Gate) 4) HADOOP uplift 5) Clustering of QA Servers (Amdocs Application) 6) Database Optimization of QA Servers (Amdocs Application) 7)… Show more Infrastructure projects at ROGERS - primarily Enterprise focus.(Servers, large data applications). I have completed: 1) Amdocs Billing Deployment - 15 HP-UX Servers. 2) Complex DR implementation across 4 major systems involving, Oracle - HP-UX , Amdocs and Exadata. involving 70 TB of data. 3) Oracle application deployment (with Golden Gate) 4) HADOOP uplift 5) Clustering of QA Servers (Amdocs Application) 6) Database Optimization of QA Servers (Amdocs Application) 7) Database Migration for a financial application 8) Qos update 9) Single subnet for Wifi concentration 10) Various Finance related solutions 11) An HR related solution involving both Windows and Linux Virtual Machines Show less

  • Moved from Calgary to GTA
    • Greater Toronto Area
    • Project Manager (Moved to GTA from Calgary)
      • Jun 2016 - Oct 2016

      Moved from Calgary to the GTA seeking my next assignment- targeting provincial gov't, Telcos, Utilities , Facilities , Finance and technology companies. Achieved Scrum Master Certification - Sept 2016 Moved from Calgary to the GTA seeking my next assignment- targeting provincial gov't, Telcos, Utilities , Facilities , Finance and technology companies. Achieved Scrum Master Certification - Sept 2016

  • Shaw Communications
    • Canada
    • Telecommunications
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Project Manager - Infrastructure
      • Jan 2015 - Oct 2015

      I was brought in to complete a backlog of projects -- (working with the Technology Network Operations and various other groups with SHAW. Engaging with vendors such as Alcatel - Lucent in deploying specific systems: (Core routing, Network Element Mgr, Network monitoring portal (With PKI),Security Infrastructure upgrades, MEF Certification of EPL and EVPL services) I was brought in to complete a backlog of projects -- (working with the Technology Network Operations and various other groups with SHAW. Engaging with vendors such as Alcatel - Lucent in deploying specific systems: (Core routing, Network Element Mgr, Network monitoring portal (With PKI),Security Infrastructure upgrades, MEF Certification of EPL and EVPL services)

  • ATB Financial
    • Canada
    • Banking
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Lead IT Project Manager (Contract)
      • Sep 2012 - Jun 2014

      IT Technical lead for the ATB Corporate Headquarter move to TELUS Tower. Managed a $ 5 Million budget, with full accountability for all IT Infrastructure, and the new "Innovation Floor" technology showcase. (worked with a team of 15 people, with 4 project managers and 5 vendors). Completed on a very tight schedule- the project ran 3X the pace of other infrastructure projects. IT Technical lead for the ATB Corporate Headquarter move to TELUS Tower. Managed a $ 5 Million budget, with full accountability for all IT Infrastructure, and the new "Innovation Floor" technology showcase. (worked with a team of 15 people, with 4 project managers and 5 vendors). Completed on a very tight schedule- the project ran 3X the pace of other infrastructure projects.

  • Synovia Inc.
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Project Manager / Business Analyst (Contract)
      • Oct 2010 - Dec 2011

      Synovia specializes in integrating business objectives with technology delivery for clients WestJet, CPR, TransCanada Pipeline, Forzani Group, Fortis BC, The Brick Group. (14 Month Contract) Worked with various Synovia’s clients (Fortis BC,Alberta Pensions and The Brick Group) in a PM and BA Role ensuring that project costs were kept in line and each project generated its expected ROI. Project Management and Business Analysis function. Synovia specializes in integrating business objectives with technology delivery for clients WestJet, CPR, TransCanada Pipeline, Forzani Group, Fortis BC, The Brick Group. (14 Month Contract) Worked with various Synovia’s clients (Fortis BC,Alberta Pensions and The Brick Group) in a PM and BA Role ensuring that project costs were kept in line and each project generated its expected ROI. Project Management and Business Analysis function.

  • United Safety
    • Canada
    • Oil and Gas
    • 400 - 500 Employee
    • Safety HSE Consultant (Contractor)
      • Sep 2008 - Oct 2010

      I successfully contracted with United Safety for a two year period . The work involved Project management and Project Coordination. Other contracts involved safety and operations analysis. Training of 8000 workers at Shell's Scotford Refinery. Clients have included: Bluefin Envirotech, Calgary AB The Executive Committee, Calgary AB Shell Canada, Fort Saskatchewan AB TransAlta, Edmonton AB I successfully contracted with United Safety for a two year period . The work involved Project management and Project Coordination. Other contracts involved safety and operations analysis. Training of 8000 workers at Shell's Scotford Refinery. Clients have included: Bluefin Envirotech, Calgary AB The Executive Committee, Calgary AB Shell Canada, Fort Saskatchewan AB TransAlta, Edmonton AB

  • Various Clients
    • Ottawa, Canada Area
    • Operations & Finance Consultant
      • Jan 2001 - Aug 2008

      Focused on solving operational and marketing problems for clients (to deal with the downturn in Telecom). Most assignments involved developing a restructuring plan and often deploying any IT systems that were part of the plan. Focused on solving operational and marketing problems for clients (to deal with the downturn in Telecom). Most assignments involved developing a restructuring plan and often deploying any IT systems that were part of the plan.

  • AIMTRONICS Inc
    • Ottawa, Canada Area
    • Business Development Manager
      • Jun 1999 - Oct 2000

      Closed Contracts worth over $2 Million with various customers, in providing contract Manufacturing services. Closed Contracts worth over $2 Million with various customers, in providing contract Manufacturing services.

  • PIKA Technologies Inc
    • Business Development Manager
      • Aug 1996 - May 1999

      PIKA Technologies Inc. is a manufacturer of Voice Process and Vo/IP CTI platforms that use DSP technology. Computer Telephony provides advanced telecom – networking features and functions using the PC as an open platform. * From a baseline of zero, I developed Asia/Pacific to 12% of the company’s total revenues * Managed Japanese Type approvals of 11 Telecom Products * Exceeded annual revenue targets by 20% for fiscal year 97-98

    • Product Line Manager
      • May 1992 - Aug 1996

      Responsible for developing product definitions, specifications and feature sets for PIKA's voice processing and switching PC based peripherals. Performed segment analysis, and developed proposals for entry into new segments of the CTI hardware market, such as ISDN network interfaces and fax processing.

Education

  • University of Ottawa / Université d'Ottawa
    MBA, Finance & Public Policy
    1990 - 1992
  • University of Ottawa
    B.Soc, Economics; Econometrics
    1987 - 1990
  • Tactics for Success
    Professional Development
    2010 - 2010
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