Shehzad Qureshi

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Driven leader with a strong track record of leading strategic initiatives to reduce cost,…

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Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • Foresters Financial Graphic

    Branch Councillor

    Foresters Financial

    - 3 years 1 month

    Social Services

    • Provided oversight of Forester resources to help make a positive difference to members and the community
    • Coached teams in supporting and supervising and Foresters local community activities

  • Hope and Me - Mood Disorders Association of Ontario Graphic

    Peer Support Facilitator

    Hope and Me - Mood Disorders Association of Ontario

    - Present 1 year 1 month

    Health

    Peer Support Group Facilitator

Projects

  • Atomic Energy Canada Limited (AECL)

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    • Managed 3 business analysts and needs of multiple stakeholders including IT and business groups in delivery of business requirements, gap analysis and project execution plan for Enterprise Asset Management System

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  • CIBC Wholesale Banking

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    * Managed $1.2M budget, 12 core resources over 15 months in migration to new retail trading system with simplified architecture and enhanced order routing abilities and reconciliation functionality. Pro-actively managed expectations of senior stakeholders from Wood Gundy, Investor’s Edge and Wholesale Banking, resulting in a successful migration
    * Delivered Institutional Order Management System Replacement Project from requirements definition to implementation on time and under budget (team…

    * Managed $1.2M budget, 12 core resources over 15 months in migration to new retail trading system with simplified architecture and enhanced order routing abilities and reconciliation functionality. Pro-actively managed expectations of senior stakeholders from Wood Gundy, Investor’s Edge and Wholesale Banking, resulting in a successful migration
    * Delivered Institutional Order Management System Replacement Project from requirements definition to implementation on time and under budget (team of ten, 9 months’ timeline, and $1M budget). This streamlined institutional trading processes by consolidating order and execution management platforms and reduced $300K annual licencing fees

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  • Ontario Power Generation

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    Managed a portfolio of projects concurrently on schedule and under budget
    * Led team of 15 consultants and client staff in delivery of $3M nuclear data warehouse, user interface, dashboards and reports that greatly improved performance reporting on key work management metrics. The learnings from this project led to the development of SWI’s CASSITM Business Intelligence product.
    o Managed impact of change on processes, systems and personnel, resulting in buy-in from diverse stakeholders…

    Managed a portfolio of projects concurrently on schedule and under budget
    * Led team of 15 consultants and client staff in delivery of $3M nuclear data warehouse, user interface, dashboards and reports that greatly improved performance reporting on key work management metrics. The learnings from this project led to the development of SWI’s CASSITM Business Intelligence product.
    o Managed impact of change on processes, systems and personnel, resulting in buy-in from diverse stakeholders and increased adoption of business intelligence tools
    * Developed business requirements for $450K Assessor Project and managed project team of five from initiation to completion. The project improved capabilities for viewing and assigning maintenance work by 20% and resulted in $100K/year IT cost reduction through standardization to one tool across 3 sites
    * Managed $800K and staff of five for Resource Balancing Toolkit Project that improved forecasting and utilization of available station resources by over 15% and reduced IT support costs by $50K/yr.
    * Developed business requirements for $400K Walkdown Project and managed team of four from initiation to completion. The project improved productivity in inspection of maintenance work by 20%
    * Developed business requirements, system and integration requirements for a commercial-off-the-shelf trending analysis tool through Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions with key stakeholders

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Honors & Awards

  • Project Management Professional (PMP)

    Project Management Institute

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • German

    Limited working proficiency

  • French

    Elementary proficiency

Organizations

  • Project Management Institute (PMI)

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