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ROLAND T. CARSON

London,Canada

Summary

Over twenty five years of IT experience in Systems Architecture, Enterprise Application Integration, Project Management, Product support, Application development and maintenance. Worked extensively in the Healthcare, Banking, Insurance, Energy and Telecommunication industry. Provided solutions in application design and development, data Warehousing design and e-commerce design for various organizations. Worked on Microsoft Windows, Tandem, AS/400 and IBM MVS/z/OS platforms since 1993. Expert in developing scalable and high-performance solutions. Extensive experience in database migration and upgrades for mid-range to large systems. Strong knowledge of multi-tier applications, distributed environment and Web application development. Strength in design and development of database-centric applications and web-based applications.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

PROJECT MANAGER/ARCHITECT/SR.DEVELOPER

TFTGLOBAL INC
09.2019 - Current
  • Overseeing all aspects of design, development and testing of the Uniform Ordering Application
  • Design/Developing CAMI QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM(FOCUS)application
  • Data Migration from LINUX(MYSQL) to WINDOWS(SQL SERVER)
  • Data collection/cleansing and warehousing for CAMI/TFTGLOBAL ERP SYSTEM(VANTAGE)
  • Tracking problems, setting up test and production sites for FOCUS
  • Reviewing tests plans and reporting outcomes to FOCUS stakeholders

PROJECT MANAGER/ARCHITECT/SR.DEVELOPER

A & R SOFTWARE INC
09.2017 - 10.2019
  • Overseeing all aspects of design, development, testing and implementation of a FINTECH payment platform for an African government
  • Managing project stakeholders from Europe, USA and Africa
  • Handling high level communication between the client and the project delivery team
  • Tracking problems, risks and timelines
  • Reviewing tests plans and delivery schedules

PROJECT MANAGER - Marketing/Data Warehouse

TD CANADA TRUST
10.2015 - 08.2017
  • Led the delivery of System Upgrade or Application Development projects or assigned work packages from Initiation to Implementation
  • Managed multiple project stakeholders from cross-functional teams, as well as interfacing with project leaders, technology specialists, professional staff, vendors and consultants
  • Engaged executive sponsor to ensure active participation on project initiatives
  • Effectively managed stakeholder expectations related to project cost, time, and scope of deliverables
  • Provided on-going communication to key stakeholders, including the Project Sponsor, Program Manager and Portfolio Director to ensure they are aware of significant changes to the project status in a timely manner
  • Communicated project summary, status, financials, etc
  • To appropriate parties involved in the governance of the project
  • Collaborated with the appropriate partners to ensure required resources are assigned to the project for successful delivery
  • Assessed and ensured that customer experience / stakeholder implications are appropriately managed
  • Built consensus and relationships with project team and business
  • Managed and tracked cash view of all project financials (forecasts and actuals)
  • Built and managed project schedule, obtaining input from all project stakeholders to gain buy-in and acceptance of milestones and target completion dates for all project deliverables
  • Maintained project RAID log, tracking and managing risks, issues, actions and decisions through to completion by owners
  • Adhered to established project management processes ensuring approved scope deliverables are completed
  • Oversaw scope of the project and collaboratively adjusts scope when necessary, ensuring adherence to established project change management processes
  • Adhered to enterprise project gating and governance controls to ensure that projects meet all the performance, quality and compliance standards and conforms to appropriate methodology

PROJECT MANAGER/ARCHITECT/SR.DEVELOPER

ILLIO INC
12.2008 - 10.2015
  • Developed architectural and project plans and ensured milestones were met according to schedule
  • Managed enterprise projects for our main client
  • Drove projects from conception through completion
  • Launched five new applications and a portal
  • Consulted with client to identify key requirements, defined project scope, developed project plan and schedule, provided leadership to internal teams on projects and daily production issues
  • Facilitated issues resolution
  • Prepared and presented timely status reports to client and internal senior management
  • Collaborated with clients, third party software partners and internal teams to develop and launch product enhancements that maximized page view and generated additional revenue opportunities
  • Initiated a comprehensive issue tracking process that improved communication and issue resolution for cross-functional teams and senior management
  • As Project Manager, acted as escalation point for change requests and client concerns, and worked closely with development team leads to prioritize issues and coordinate troubleshooting efforts
  • Conducted resource planning and budgeting; tracked costs to ensure adherence to budgetary limitations
  • Developed project plans and ensured milestones were met according to schedule
  • Tracked issues, facilitated resolution and provided weekly status reports to senior management
  • Supervised testing efforts for the deployment of a Portal worldwide quoting tool, created business test plan and processes, and worked with sales representatives on implementation issues
  • Facilitated weekly project meetings of teams in international offices
  • Coordinated on-site training, data conversion and testing projects in Toronto, Canada, and India
  • Worked closely with sales, marketing, technical teams and customer care center on program and pricing issues

TECHNICAL LEAD/APPLICATION ARCHITECT/DEVELOPER

Green Shield Canada – Health Solutions Group
Toronto, Canada
05.2001 - 01.2008
  • Led cross-functional teams in the design and implementation of technical solutions to meet business requirements
  • Defined the structure and relationship amongst applications, including the identification of re-usable components, the organization and layering of software, and the determination of interfaces
  • Facilitated communication between technical and business resources and translated complex business requirements into technical specifications
  • Analyzed the client’s regulatory requirements and documented IT compliance
  • Researched and introduced new technologies for adoption in-house
  • Prototyping concepts for business and technical resources using both .NET(VB.NET, C#) and J2EE Design Patterns
  • Developed SQL standards for transforming and loading of mission-critical data
  • Created standards for model offices for final testing of applications before implementation
  • Served as lead developer(server and client) and data architect for the development of MOH’s Pharmacy Audit System(PHAST), Trillium Manage Benefit System(MBS) and Trillium Application System(TAM) with a combined processing of over three million claims
  • These were developed using JAVA, C++/C.NET(VB.NET, C#), TACL/TAL, POWERBUILDER and COBOL
  • Led the analysis and development activities required to complete the system conversion and data migration from SQLSERVER to Oracle 10g
  • Designed and developed the data transfer modules from TANDEM Nonstop SQL/MP system to Oracle 9i Lite using FTP sockets/modules
  • Designed and built a centralized letter and notification printing system for the Ontario Trillium Drug plan using VB/VB.net
  • Collaborated with Production and Change Management staff to implement emergency changes to numerous systems in support of formulary compliance projects
  • Played a key role in reengineering workflow and unit testing practices
  • Built and maintain Oracle and SQL/MP databases for test environments

Education

Business Information Systems -

Fanshawe College of Applied Arts

Information Systems -

Fanshawe College of Applied Arts

Data Processing Management -

Institute of Data Processing Management
Lon, Eng, UK

Skills

  • Waterfall
  • AGILE
  • JAVA
  • VISUAL BASIC
  • VBNET
  • C#
  • PL/SQL
  • HTML
  • XML
  • C/C
  • POWERBUILDER
  • TACL
  • COBOL
  • SCOBOL
  • Tandem SQL
  • TAL
  • SAS
  • CICS
  • EZETRIEVE
  • Assembler
  • PRO C
  • ORACLE
  • SYBASE
  • SQLSERVER200
  • ACCESS
  • TERADATA
  • INFORMIX
  • DB2
  • DB2 UDB
  • Oracle
  • Express
  • Tandem/HP Nonstop
  • GUARDIAN
  • OSS
  • LINUX
  • UNIX
  • IBM MVS
  • Z-OS
  • AS400
  • WINDOWS NT
  • WINDOWS 2000
  • WINDOWS XP
  • Rational XDE Modeler
  • Microsoft Visio
  • Microsoft Office suite
  • Microsoft Project

Certification

  • Managing Technical Personnel/Systems – Canadian Management Association (CMA)
  • Building XML Web Services with Java – Learning Tree Institute
  • Object Oriented Analysis Design using UML – Learning Tree Institute
  • Tandem NonStop K to S Series - HP Tandem

Professional Groups

  • Member of Institute of Data Processing Management, London, England (now IMIS)
  • Member of Association of System Management, London, Ontario

Timeline

PROJECT MANAGER/ARCHITECT/SR.DEVELOPER

TFTGLOBAL INC
09.2019 - Current

PROJECT MANAGER/ARCHITECT/SR.DEVELOPER

A & R SOFTWARE INC
09.2017 - 10.2019

PROJECT MANAGER - Marketing/Data Warehouse

TD CANADA TRUST
10.2015 - 08.2017

PROJECT MANAGER/ARCHITECT/SR.DEVELOPER

ILLIO INC
12.2008 - 10.2015

TECHNICAL LEAD/APPLICATION ARCHITECT/DEVELOPER

Green Shield Canada – Health Solutions Group
05.2001 - 01.2008

Business Information Systems -

Fanshawe College of Applied Arts

Information Systems -

Fanshawe College of Applied Arts

Data Processing Management -

Institute of Data Processing Management

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