Martin Whitehead

Retired at home office
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(386) 825-5501
Location
London, Ontario, Canada, CA

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Experience

    • Graphic Design
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Retired
      • Apr 2022 - Present

    • Delivery Project Executive and Sr. Project Manager
      • Jan 2003 - Apr 2022

      A certified Project Management Professional PMP® with over 30 years experience as an IT professional having been involved in managing, planning, developing and implementing software and infrastructure projects. My consulting and project management expertise has been applied to Strategic Outsourcing Transitions, Delivery Management of Application Development and Maintenance Services, ERP Package Selection and Implementations, Financial Package Implementations, Software Development and Quality Assurance projects.Current and past clients with IBM include Air Canada, TD Canada Trust, Royal Bank of Canada (Caribbean), Manulife Financial, London Hydro, Home Hardware, Heinz Canada, Ericsson Communications, Canadian Tire Financial, First Caribbean International Bank, CP Rail, Kellogg

    • Information Technology & Services
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Project Manager
      • Jan 2000 - Dec 2002

      Reporting to the Regional Director, I was responsible for all consultative and technical pre-sales support and actively managed and consulted on various consulting and system development engagements. Clients included Jones Packaging, Schneider, Union Gas, London Hydro, Labatt Brewery Reporting to the Regional Director, I was responsible for all consultative and technical pre-sales support and actively managed and consulted on various consulting and system development engagements. Clients included Jones Packaging, Schneider, Union Gas, London Hydro, Labatt Brewery

    • Vice President, Information Services
      • Apr 1998 - Dec 1999

      Reporting to the Executive Vice President, I was accountable for planning, organizing and managing the corporation’s information systems and data processing activities to attain management systems objectives based on corporate goals and policies. This was accomplished by formulating and recommending approval of policies, procedures and computer applications to solve business systems problems. Also, major projects accomplished included implementation of a corporate wide ERP system for the Food Products division and implementation of corporate programs for help desk, email and wide area network

    • Director Information Technology
      • 1995 - 1998

      Overall accountability for the corporate Information Systems group for the company’s four distinct business units.Major accomplishments included implementing an Enterprise Resource Planning system for the Canadian, American, German and Austrian operations. The system went live for 4 financial companies and 3 operating companies in 4 locations in Windsor, Ontario in 1998; Standardized wide and local area network environments including LAN management, office software, desktop applications and electronic mail; Evaluated, sourced and implemented a common telephone system for the company’s Windsor operations including PBX switches and voice mail with automated attendant; Evaluated, sourced and implemented a video conferencing system between North America, Germany and Austria.

    • Director of Information Technology
      • 1986 - 1994

      Responsible for the development and implementation of global, corporate wide, core business applications in international business units. Major accomplishments included: the installation and implementation of Sales, Distribution and Manufacturing application software in France, Belgium, Norway, Spain and Ireland; Managed the design, prototyping, development and implementation of a Manufacturing Cost Accounting system, successfully implemented for a Canadian division which consists of 3 factories, 2 sales offices and a divisional office with plans to install the system for the rest of the Americas; Investigated, evaluated, proposed and implemented the decentralization of Accounts Payable and Purchasing applications, resulting in cost savings through reduced corporate personnel while retaining centralized management and control and improving the monthly closing cycle; Managed the development and implementation of a decentralized Fixed Assets system which resulted in cost savings through further automation of clerical duties and improving the monthly closing cycle;

Education

  • Western University
    BSc, Computer Science
    1977 - 1980
  • Westminister SS
    1971 - 1976

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