Neale Muir
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Foresee Consulting - 4CTeam
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United States
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Principal Solution Consultant
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Jul 2022 - Present
Foresee is a capital project portfolio management consulting firm with extensive on-the-job project management and project controls experience and a passion for technology. We revolutionize the delivery of projects by implementing state-of-the-art work environments where project teams communicate and collaborate through structured workflows designed to address each client’s preferred project delivery approach. Our consultants are process experts who have spent countless hours doing exactly what you do. We have been construction managers, project managers, and project controls specialists on some of the largest, most complex, most scrutinized projects on the planet, ranging across six continents and more than a dozen countries. We speak your language. We understand your needs. We sympathize with your concerns. Show less
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DigitalPXO
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director – Consulting Services, Digital Capital Projects
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Aug 2020 - Present
Project Implementation Director, Consultant / Facilitator, PMIS SME PMIS Solution Architect and Client Proposal Lead Most Recent Assignments: FHWA – DOT (Lakewood, CO) - 2022 Assigned to Federal Agency, serving as Primavera solution architect and delivery project manager, to migrate and consolidate multi-regional instanced of Primavera scheduling and project timesheet data. Oversee project planning, stakeholder management, change management and technical activities, incl. migration approach, cut-over, user transition and solution acceptance. JEA – Florida Utility (Jacksonville, FL) - 2021 Oversee and manage business alignment on processes & procedures between stakeholders from Capital Planning & Budgeting Group to EBS Accounting, across operations. Facilitate requirements translation and system governance for Annual City Budget and Reporting, integration with SAP for cost and progress payments, project lifecycle stage gate management and approval. Show less
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Accenture
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Ireland
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Business Consulting and Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Oct 2014 - Aug 2020
Implementation SME for PMIS systems, helping define processes, develop resources, setup the ePMO and/or Center of Excellence, and project governance structures. Establishing and developing project management maturity, schedule & cost performance mentoring, and team building for EVM maturityAssignments:WSP – Global Professional Services Firm (Montréal, Canada) – 2020Design a Contract Bid Management Utility with Primavera Unifier and focus on customer experience technologies with RPA, voice to form-fill, support bots and AI.Olin Corporation – Global Chemicals (Freeport, TX) – 2019Post spin-off from DOW Chemical, Manage Olin’s separation of project management and scheduling application data to the Oracle Cloud. Including data migration lifecycle and new independent SAP-PM integration.Consolidated Edison - Large NE Utility (New York City, USA) – 2018Project and portfolio lifecycle management current state assessment and gap analysis. Deliver recommendations, application blueprints, integration & implementation roadmap, estimates, a stead state support model, and cloud bus-case. Show less
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Oct 2014 - Feb 2017
Oracle Primavera product suite functional & technical SME (Pre-Sales), proposal manager, solution architecture, and implementation estimator. PMIS solution implementation SME to identify, assess, design, configure, test, deploy and support PMIS solutions.Assignments Include:Ervia - Large Irish Utility (Dublin & Cork, Ireland) – 2017Primavera upgrade assessment, implementation roadmap, estimates, support model and business case development.National Grid UK – Large Energy Transmission Utility (Warwickshire, UK) – 2016Validate critical solution architecture for the delivery of Oracle OPPM solution implementation, providing regulatory req. governance, data quality and solving an increasingly difficult reporting requirement in a heavily regulated environment. Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development (GDID) (Johannesburg, South Africa) – 2015Appointed lead solution Architect for the implementation of an infrastructure government capital infrastructure PMIS system. High-profile green-fields implementation of Primavera Unifier to replace legacy applications, supporting contractor payment certification and public governance, over a live public web portal. Championed by the Gauteng PremierLiberty Mutual (Johannesburg, South Africa) – 2015Corporate Real Estate Services Business Process and application integration consulting, using COTS facilities management applications, including Primavera and Archibus space management software. Show less
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KPMG South Africa
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South Africa
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Business Consulting and Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Principal Consultant
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Jan 2014 - Sep 2014
Develop a team of consultants to provide PMIS management consulting services for clients including the South African Government, Local Government departments, Sasol Petroleum, Eskom Energy, MTN Mobile and Liberty Mutual. Primavera Practice Lead (KPMG, SA) – 2014 Partnered with executive level management to discuss and motivate the benefits of implementing portfolio management, project execution, schedule & cost controls solutions for Projects and Facilities. Develop a PMIS Practice. Train and mentor delivery team, provide bid support, pre-sales solution SME and software sales. Proposal Development for a $6m PMIS system, needed for Eskom’s $100m Medupi and Kusile Power Station Projects. Show less
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Innovative Management Solutions
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Primavera Implementation Consultant
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Mar 2011 - Sep 2013
Delivered multiple PMIS systems, supporting PMO processes & procedures, system implementation and training. Created business case and implementation requirements documentation as needed to satisfy PMO. Follow PMI methodologies to assess, gather requirements, plan, and execute Primavera implementations to meet the client’s needs. Facilitated process integration efforts between the core enterprise and external silo’d systems. Work closely with EPC project controls managers to deliver Primavera solutions. James Construction Group - Civil Construction Company (Belton, TX) – 2013 Performed the role of technical lead for a companywide implementation of Primavera P6 EPPM as a custom hosted SaaS solution. Supported the setup of administration outsourcing to the hosting provider. Foster Wheeler - Major Oil and Gas - Upstream EPC, (Texas, USA) – 2012 Performed the role of technical Implementation lead for the upstream business of a major oil and gas EPC, including data integration with JD Edwards and cost integration with EcoSys. CSX Railways - Major Rail Transport Company (Florida USA) - 2011 Primavera P6 EPPM functional support for a P6 EPPM and PCM upgrade. Provided technical system support, advising on security, application architecture, configuration, and the future application roadmap. Major Defence Contractor (Oshkosh, WI) - 2011 Show less
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Granite Construction
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United States
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Construction
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700 & Above Employee
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Jan 2009 - Mar 2011
IT SME for JDE ERP systems, estimating software, field information and project costing systems.Supported IT field systems managers, CIO and PMO to initiate, plan and execute Oracle software implementations. Participated in the hardware infrastructure and enterprise system architecture design.Performed business process design for integration and data flow requirements. Identified and engaged relevant stakeholders and business owners to gain approval for project plans. Managed all aspects of the Oracle Primavera P6 EPPM, Contract Management, WebCenter Content Server and Hyperion installations.Evaluate document governance processes and recommend systems, incl. WebCenter Content & SharePoint.Responsible for IT project estimates, preparing project charters and change control. Worked closely with CIO to evaluate and translate corporate and operational needs into IT solutions and requirements.Serve as a cost controls SME for estimating. Support implementation of HCSS Heavy Bid and Heavy Job Labor and Equipment job card and electronic timecard systems.Created html training site with Adobe Dreamweaver, posting links for Flash Training Material created with Adobe Captivate. Show less
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Jan 2006 - Dec 2008
Reported to the PMO and business managers, in a cross functional environment, supporting many departments as JD Edwards Enterprise One and JD Edwards World Subject Matter Expert (SME) As the project costing functional team lead, I was responsible for guiding a team of technical analysts, functional analysts and business owners through all phases of ERP implementation. Facilitated status meetings, issues, issue resolution and change control requests.Worked closely with project controls manager to develop processes, controls requirements and training. Worked closely with controllers group and the business to help merge company acquisitions.Coordinated resolution of data integrity issues in Procure, Job Cost, G/L, A/P, A/R and Payroll modules. Responsible for uploading large project budgets, change orders and revenue forecasts.Validated system budgets against project schedule budgets, WBS elements and resource assignments. Responsible for submitting security change requests for task-view, object and group security.Worked closely with field information systems team to support electronic timecard entry systems.Responsible for supporting the Director of Employee Development to control the department's budget, actual costs and the quarterly financial forecast. Show less
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Nov 2001 - Dec 2005
Part of the project management staff on a $30M underground infrastructure project, on the Mission Bay Redevelopment Project, in downtown San Francisco. My responsibilities included:Managing the project schedule, change orders, document control, EAC forecast and client billing.Submitting and negotiating final claims for unforeseen conditions and delays per the contract document.Managed final work completion, requesting & negotiating final acceptance of the project.Administration of invoicing, final payment and releasing contract retention for final closeout process.Responsible for progressing the project schedule, resource assignments, timecards and daily work reports for all work activities and submitting the schedule for owner approval. Overseeing work activities and providing guidance to the owner, contractors and field staff.Administering and controlling documentation for the owner and contractors, including RFI's, notices, letters, change orders, invoices and contractor payments.Responsible for managing progress updates, overall project EAC forecasting, management reserve and profit recognition, considering project risks and opportunities. Show less
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Clark Pacific
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United States
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Construction
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300 - 400 Employee
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Project Engineer
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Mar 2001 - Sep 2001
CAD Design and technical drawing development for architectural precast cladding panels and products, used ARRISCAD CAD Design and technical drawing development for architectural precast cladding panels and products, used ARRISCAD
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Concor Construction
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United States
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Civil Engineering
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1 - 100 Employee
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Mar 1999 - Dec 1999
Managed 50 employees.Met with delegates and government officials to obtain rights and permits to build & open new factory.Managed engineering and construction activities for the factory, admin building and facilities.Established contacts and partnerships with local business to secure supply of materials and services.
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Feb 1993 - Mar 1999
Product sales and technical civil engineer for Technicrete Division.Performed project management activities for multiple projects, including scheduling, project scope management, document control, contract cost and subcontractor management, in high demand environment, while getting work completed on time and at the required quality.Client Liaison on multiple concurrent projects, interacting with the RE’s and Project Management.
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Anglo American
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United Kingdom
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Mining
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700 & Above Employee
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Gold Miner
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Nov 1992 - Jan 1993
Apprentice - Shift Management Apprentice - Shift Management
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Education
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Nelson Mandela University
BS, Civil Engineering -
Grey College