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Chris Turner

Upper Tantallon,Nova Scotia

Summary

With more than two decades of experience in the IT Program Delivery / Project Management industry in Canada and abroad, Chris Turner has a wealth of expertise and practical knowledge to bring to your initiatives. Mr. Turner’s local, national and international IT project management experience primarily focused on managing multiple large, complex IT and solutions enablement projects. He is an expert in formal project management methodologies and software engineering process improvement. Chris is also an excellent communicator at both the technical and the executive level and has a unique ability to bring technology, people and processes together to achieve winning solutions.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Tech PMO – Manager, Technology Delivery

Nova Scotia Power – Emera Inc.
01.2020 - Current
  • Drives innovation and change on a daily basis
  • Led and matured the IT Onboarding Practice
  • Agile Transformation Leader (Designing and implementing our Agile Framework) with a focus on Strategic development and roll out (Organizational People Change Management)
  • Applies backlog grooming, sprint reviews, retrospectives, sprint planning, spikes, scrum, Product Owner
  • Member of the NSP Leadership Team
  • People Leader (advisor, trouble shooter, mentor, lead and facilitate)
  • IT Investment and Strategic Portfolio Planning
  • People Change Management
  • Continuous and Process Improvement
  • Financial Reporting (Accruals, projections, profiles, Monthly & Quarterly forecasting) Hiring Manager for PMO, participant in other departmental corporation interviews
  • Technology Investment Governance Advisor and Steward
  • Cyber Security Program transformation member
  • PMO project life cycle (Delivery) methodology Advisor and Doer
  • PMO strategic planning
  • PMO Technology Investments (Project Online, PowerBI, Metrics)
  • PMO resource management development
  • Resource escalation leader
  • NERC CIP Certified.

PMO - Delivery Manager, Technology Project Management Office

Nova Scotia Power – Emera Inc.
01.2020 - 01.2024
  • Program and Portfolio Capital Planning PMO Strategic Framework Implementor Resource Analysis and Management Strategic Program Management Agile Enablement / Business Transformation Financial Reporting (Accruals, projections, profiles, Monthly & Quarterly forecasting Project Readiness Evaluations (Preliminary Analysis, Business Case Development, Opportunity Assessments) Project Manager Management (provide training, mentoring onboarding, project documentation control and compliance) Crisis Project Assessments Project Manager Performance Assessments People Practice Framework Development Project Management Framework assessment, evaluation and implementation) PMO restructuring (Program and project level) Business Owners and Project Sponsor Business Liaison Program Management and Portfolio Management Strategic Development

PMO - Program Manager (Infrastructure & Digital Workplace Technologies)

Nova Scotia Power – Emera Inc.
01.2019 - 01.2020
  • Capital Planning Resource Analysis and Management Strategic Program Management Agile Enablement / Business Transformation Financial Reporting (Accruals, projections, profiles, Monthly & Quarterly forecasting Project Readiness Evaluations (Preliminary Analysis, Business Case Development, Opportunity Assessments) Project Manager Management (provide training, mentoring onboarding, project documentation control and compliance) Crisis Project Assessments Project Manager Performance Assessments People Practice Framework Development Project Management Framework assessment, evaluation and implementation) PMO restructuring (Program and project level) Business Owners and Project Sponsor Business Liaison Program Management and Portfolio Management Strategic Development Project Prioritization to Corporate Strategic Plan

President & CEO

Bluejack Consulting Inc / SEG Consulting
01.2016 - 01.2019
  • Corporate Strategy Development Business Development (Vertical Markets) Financial Reporting (Accruals, profiles, Monthly, Quarterly forecasting) Performance Reviews

President & CEO, Senior Project Manager and Strategist

SEG Consulting
01.2009 - 01.2016
  • Successfully built a new Company from the ground up and was responsible for its present day multi-million-dollar revenues
  • Successfully project managed Halifax Regional Water Commission data acquisition projects for the last 2.5 years Project managed an Information Management Strategy development project for a Nova Scotia municipality
  • Project managed a Geographic data and product strategy for the Nova Scotia provincial government
  • Supporting a current assessment and future state requirements in development of a strategy and executable plan
  • Conducted Best practice criteria-driven GIS software evaluation project for Nova Scotia municipality
  • Project Managed a Version update project to the corporate-wide operational GIS standards developed for a power transmission company in Alberta during 2009
  • Updates included new processes, policies and governance
  • Project Managed and assisted in on the Data Control and organization strategy for the Lower Churchill Project in NL
  • Included the development of corporate cartographic and spatial data standards in support of the IM strategy
  • Project managed multiple municipal government GIS data development projects for asset management and capital planning initiatives
  • Project Managed and assisted in the development of a corporate Information Management and Business Change Strategy for intelligent design, information access and restructuring of the GIS, Drafting department of a power utility company in Alberta
  • Development of training materials and conducted specialized technical training of end users and administrators on the GIS operational standards that we developed for a power transmission company in Alberta.

GIS Manager

Crape Geomatics Ltd. / Altus Group Ltd.
04.2006 - 02.2009
  • Defined the vision and project managed the Enterprise Geographic Information System (GIS) Project for an oil and gas consultant
  • Program Manager for the Geospatial Architecture Design Project for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Defined the vision and project managed the Enterprise Project Management Office (PMO) Project, for an oil and gas data provider based in Calgary, Alberta.

Project Manager

CGI Group Inc./Maritime Life Manulife Financial Corp.
07.2001 - 04.2006
  • Served as Project Manager on various IT Projects for insurance clients
  • Integrated CMMI level 3 into a world-wide IT Organization
  • Managed IT development projects (GIS, Health, Dental, Life Insurance, Oil/Gas, Forestry, and Investment Product) and initiatives using PMBOK approach (in conjunction with IT systems delivery life cycle phases).

Project Manager

Jacques Whitford Environment Limited
06.1999 - 02.2001
  • Project Managed assisted in the Design and Development and ongoing support of a ESRI ArcIMSWeb-based GIS application fora Nuclear Power Decommissioning site in Maine, USA
  • Development of a corporate GIS strategy for the organization
  • Included the short and long-term plans along with execution plans.

Education

Masters Certificate -

Project Management
Halifax
01.1995

Bachelor of Science -

University of New Brunswick
Fredericton
01.1990

GIS Program -

Centre of Geographic Sciences
Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia

Mineral Technology -

St. George College
Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador

Skills

  • Agile Transformation
  • Strategic Development
  • Organizational Change Management
  • Backlog Grooming
  • Sprint Reviews
  • Retrospectives
  • Sprint Planning
  • Spikes
  • Scrum
  • Product Owner
  • Financial Reporting
  • Hiring Manager
  • Technology Investment Governance
  • Cyber Security Program Transformation
  • PMO Project Life Cycle Methodology
  • PMO Strategic Planning
  • PMO Technology Investments
  • PMO Resource Management Development
  • Resource Escalation
  • NERC CIP Certification
  • Program and Portfolio Capital Planning
  • PMO Strategic Framework Implementation
  • Resource Analysis and Management
  • Agile Enablement/Business Transformation
  • Project Readiness Evaluations
  • Project Manager Management
  • Crisis Project Assessments
  • Project Manager Performance Assessments
  • People Practice Framework Development
  • Project Management Framework Assessment and Implementation
  • PMO Restructuring
  • Business Liaison
  • Program and Portfolio Management Strategic Development
  • Corporate Strategy Development
  • Business Development
  • Performance Reviews
  • Project Management
  • Geographic Information System (GIS)
  • Enterprise Geographic Information System (GIS)
  • Project Management Office (PMO)
  • CMMI Level 3 Integration
  • IT Development Projects
  • PMBOK Approach
  • ESRI ArcIMS Web-based GIS Application
  • Corporate GIS Strategy

Affiliations

  • Long Standing member of the International Project Management Institute (PMI)
  • Nova Scotia Chapter - Project Management Institute

Certification

  • PMI-ACP – Agile Certified Practitioner
  • PMI -PMP - Project Management Professional
  • Capability Maturity Modelling Integration (CMMi)
  • Emera People Leader Practice

Volunteer Experience

  • Spearhead and developed the corporate strategy for the Geomatics Association of Nova Scotia (GANS)
  • Assisted the Braveheart Society, a congenital heart disease non-profit organization, in the development of a non-profit business strategy.
  • Mentor the President of a new solar power services company on how to grow the start-up.
  • Provide Scouts Canada and Girl Guides of Canada with astronomy lessons for young children.
  • Occasionally provide astronomy sessions through the Halifax Public Libraries program.

Timeline

Tech PMO – Manager, Technology Delivery

Nova Scotia Power – Emera Inc.
01.2020 - Current

PMO - Delivery Manager, Technology Project Management Office

Nova Scotia Power – Emera Inc.
01.2020 - 01.2024

PMO - Program Manager (Infrastructure & Digital Workplace Technologies)

Nova Scotia Power – Emera Inc.
01.2019 - 01.2020

President & CEO

Bluejack Consulting Inc / SEG Consulting
01.2016 - 01.2019

President & CEO, Senior Project Manager and Strategist

SEG Consulting
01.2009 - 01.2016

GIS Manager

Crape Geomatics Ltd. / Altus Group Ltd.
04.2006 - 02.2009

Project Manager

CGI Group Inc./Maritime Life Manulife Financial Corp.
07.2001 - 04.2006

Project Manager

Jacques Whitford Environment Limited
06.1999 - 02.2001

Masters Certificate -

Project Management

Bachelor of Science -

University of New Brunswick

GIS Program -

Centre of Geographic Sciences

Mineral Technology -

St. George College

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