GORDON K.

Experience

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  B-diligent Business Solutions Corporation

  Feb 2001 - now

  Senior Partner

  Experienced in troubleshooting an organization to determine: problem areas, money drainers, inefficient business processes, ineffective communications and people/culture issues and transforming that organization to make it as efficient as possibleExperienced in mentoring and successfully implementing: enterprise business solutions, enterprise governance, enterprise planning, enterprise resource management, enterprise information management, enterprise-driven information systems and enterprise security Experienced in producing fully-costed short and long-range strategic business, tactical and information system plans that clearly communicate organizational direction and priorities Experienced in managing business transformation, identifying organization deficiencies, designing streamlined business processes, getting buy-in, understanding culture change and mentoring senior management in the power and cost savings of enterprise information sharing Experienced in providing clear oral and written communication, including briefings and presentations, to senior managers to facilitate informed decision-making and to get buy-in Experienced in designing, customizing to fit an organization’s needs and implementing both project management lifecycle and SDLC (systems development lifecycle) methodologies Show less

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  PWGSC

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2007

  Consultant

  Project Lead and Business Analyst who led and produced the environmental assessment and implementation strategy for the RDIMS (records and document information management systems) at Justice Canada and PSEPC

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  Canada Border Services Agency

  Jun 2007 - Nov 2009

  Business Transformation Architect

  Created the vision for a highly informed border that would proactively manage risk and push it out as far away from our borders as possible and designed the realworld business process and information sstructure to make it happen. The approach was adopted by the Worlds Custom Organization.

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  Office of the Auditor General of Canada

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2009

  Consultant

  Mentor, Coach and Business Systems Analyst who particpated in the business discovery sessions for the Recommendations business process, coached the practitioners in the PowerStart Method and mentored senior management in the project management lifecycle

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  B-diligent Business Solutions

  Dec 2009 - Mar 2010

  Web Development

  Objective is to develop well-structured dynamic Web Sites based on streamlined information structures that are tightly linked to business processes and an organization's information needs

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  PowerStart Group

  Apr 2010 - now

  Senior Associate Partner

  The Institute for System Analysis provides clients worldwide with Business and System Requirements Analysis, Business Architecture, and Project Management methods and best practices, delivered in such a way that will get extraordinary results. Everything we provide is developed and delivered by senior world-class consultants who are experts in their subject matter.

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  Human Resources and Skills Development Canada

  Jan 2011 - Sept 2011

  Business Systems Analyst

  Designed a real-world, enterprise, cost-effective, streamlined business and vision and solution for Employment Insurance that was equally applicable to Canada Pension and Old Age Security benefit programs

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  Office of the Information Commissioner

  Feb 2012 - Mar 2012

  Business Transformation Architect

  In one month, interviewed stakeholders and produced a detailed business requirements blueprint for the management of correspondence across the OIC enterprise. The blueprint included detailed business events with an object-oriented normalized information structure, an enterprise vision for the future, project management critical success factors and recommendations to move from "as is" state to "to be" state.

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  Canada Border Services Agency

  Jul 2012 - Dec 2012

  Business Transformation Analyst

  Mentored management in project management lifcycle and business systems analysis best practices and critical success factors. Produced the Project Charter, Governance Plan, Quality Management Plan and Business Requirements. Provided advice on the Memorandum to Cabinet and the Treasury Board Submission.

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  Shared Services Canada

  Jul 2013 - Dec 2013

  Business Consultant

  Provided business and project management mentoring services. Delivered a business case and project charter for a business analytics and intelligence platform/service.

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  Department of National Defence

  Jan 2014 - Apr 2014

  Senior Business Analyst

  Participated in and documented IT organizational design to consolidate IT support services from over 100 service centres to 20. Assessed the organizational design methodology and produced a gap analysis to highlight areas that could become issues if not dealt with.

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  Emploi et Développement social Canada (EDSC) / Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

  Jan 2015 - Aug 2016

  Senior Business System Analyst

  Producing and validating a conceptual model for integrating Labour business programs and information systems into an enterprise business solution.

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  Élections Canada | Elections Canada

  Aug 2016 - Jul 2018

  Senior Business Analyst/Architect

  Provided business analysis, business systems analysis and project mentoring services. Produced a detailed business requirements and business case for special ballot voting. Developed the evaluation criteria and participated in the evaluation for large request for proposal to implement automation into polling places to service electoral events. Completed the business architecture design and detailed requirements for business events performed by returning offices over an electoral event cycle.

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  Emploi et Développement social Canada (EDSC) / Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

  Aug 2018 - Oct 2019

  Senior Business Architect
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  Élections Canada | Elections Canada

  Nov 2019 - Jun 2020

  Senior Business Analyst

  I developed a enterprise data strategy that resonated well with and was adopted by senior management as an enabler to achieve their strategic direction - the data strategy takes low value data that can be a costly liability and transforms it into the knowledge and wisdom required to service informed decision-making while at the same time streamlining business processes across the enterprise to be as efficient as they could possibly be. My motto is "Using the IDEAL to achieve the IDEAL maximizes ROI"! GLK Show less

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  Shared Services Canada | Services partagés Canada

  Jul 2020 - Oct 2020

  Senior Business Analyst

  Provide business transformation architecture, analysis and project management services in support of implementing a national project time reporting system.

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  B-diligent Business Solutions thru S.I. Systems

  Apr 2021 - Jan 2022

  Senior Business Consultant at Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)

  Implementing a modern collaboration place where participants can collaborate and share ideas from multiple places, whether a boardroom or a personal residence, any time, anywhere as though they were meeting in person. Integrating the network, tools, equipment and software to make this happnen.

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  Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada / Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada

  Jan 2022 - Mar 2022

  Senior Business System Analyst

  Providing Business Analysis and Transformation Expertise

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  Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

  May 2022 - Mar 2023

  Senior Business Analyst

  Completed a detailed business requirements blueprint for the Global Innovation Clusters project that exceeded client expectations and pointed out areas of risk that needed to be addressed before the project could proceed to the next phase.

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  Department of National Defence

  Jul 2023 - Mar 2024

  Senior Business Analyst