Hi, I’m
Kola Asa
Vancouver,BC
Summary
Over 12 years of solid background delivering IT projects of various sizes and complexity of up to over $15M in budgets with resources and stakeholders in IT, change management teams, business leaders and external parties. I also specialize in building and executing IT Strategies, Digital Transformation, Cybersecurity and Data Governance.
Overview
16
years of professional experience
3
Certifications
Work History
West Fraser Mills
Senior IT Project Manager
11.2022 - Current
Job overview
- Cabling (fibre & Wi-Fi) modernization for mills across North America & Europe involving the upgrade of network and security appliances for IT & OT
- This program exceeds $15m and runs from 2022 to 2026 and involves diverse teams (internal & vendors) across cultures and time zones
- UKG->AD Integration across the enterprise
- Involves on-premises data centre, private and public cloud platforms
- Project ran for 11 months without disruptions to the production environment
- High Availability (HA) for EBS and SQL-based Systems
- M&A Integration of Infrastructure and ERP systems valued at $12m and running for 23 months
- Implementation of Employee Listening Platform (People Element) working with C-Level team
Equity Technologies
IT Manager | Project Manager
02.2018 - 10.2022
Job overview
- (Calgary Security)
- Implementation of Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Plans for ET and corporate clients
- Deployment of cybersecurity solutions with focus on SOX and GDPR compliance
- IT Strategy and Digital Transformation implementation and consulting
- Deployment of MS 365 and Implementation of SharePoint online
- Managed security surveillance projects for corporate clients
Capital Alliance
IT Manager
03.2009 - 01.2018
Job overview
- Migration from on-premises MS Exchange to MS 365 for over 2,000 users
- Implementation of Dynamics 365, SharePoint online and migration from file servers
- Implementation of private equity ERP (FrontInvest) valued at $750K and ran for 30 months
- Built data centres for portfolio companies including 3–4-star hotels
- Upgraded five hotel IT infrastructure and ERP to Marriott standards within three years and valued at $7.5m
- Performed IT due diligence with institutional investors such as Makena Capital, CDC, OPIC, ADIA, and on potential portfolio companies.
Education
Obafemi Awolowo University
B.Sc. from Computer Engineering
PSM I | PMP | ITIL | Agile/Scrum training | HR, Finance & ERP tools.
Skills
- Evaluating capital projects
- Collaborated with project management and developers to coordinate testing activities at all stages
Certification
PMP
PSM-I
ITIL
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Timeline
Senior IT Project Manager
West Fraser Mills
11.2022 - Current
IT Manager | Project Manager
Equity Technologies
02.2018 - 10.2022
IT Manager
Capital Alliance
03.2009 - 01.2018
Obafemi Awolowo University
B.Sc. from Computer Engineering
PSM I | PMP | ITIL | Agile/Scrum training | HR, Finance & ERP tools.
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