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Dennis Ian Skuplik - IT resume ~~

Energy

Government of Alberta

Oil & Gas

Renewable Energy

Utilities

Business Analysis

Data Analysis & Design

Information Technology &

Services (ITS)

Project Management

Systems Analysis

Application Support

Best practices

Business Case

Client Acquisition

Enterprise Analysis

Interpersonal skills

Leadership

Liaising & facilitating

Marketing & Sales

Mentoring and Training

Problem Resolution

Process improvement

Programming

Requirements Management

Technical Writing

Testing & Deployment

Vendor Management

: I am a ! I know what does and does not work! I have and with and . I am an

experienced Information Technology (IT) professional with , and .

: Leadership, coordination, communication and facilitation.

: Discover and exploit . Solve problems. Be innovate and creative (my second nature). Work smart and hard.

: professional. More than of and more than (mostly medium-to-large) .

: , , , Application Support, Project Management and

(e.g. Oil & Gas, Energy, Utilities, Government of Alberta).

: Corporate executives, Drafting, Engineering, Exploration & Production, Facilities, Field Data Capture, "Health,

Heavy Oil, Safety & Environment", Labs, Land, Legal, Marketing, Pipelines, Plant Maintenance, Purchasing, Refinery Accounting,

Reservoir Engineering, Retail, Treasury and Upstream Accounting.

: Advanced tuning, Business Intelligence (BI). Databases (+DBA, Oracle, Access, DB2, dBase and SQL Server). Entity

Relationship Diagrams (ERDs), Extract Transform & Load (ETL), Java, Metadata, Perl, PL/SQL, Reporting, SQL, T-SQL and more.

: Crystal Enterprise, Customer Relationship

Management (CRM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Informatica, MS Office, Remedy, SAP XI, SharePoint, User Experience (UX) and more.

: B.Sc. degree in Systems Engineering (5 years) plus a diploma in Data Analysis & Design (two-semester course).

: PM (University of Calgary), Business Analysis, Data Analysis

& Design (DA&D), iterative methodologies, leadership and more.

: English and Czech (plus basic Russian, Polish & French).

: Business Cases, Business Process Model & Notation (BPMN),

Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS: RFI, RFQ, RFP), Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), IT Service Management (ITSM), prototypes, road-mapping, UML, wireframes and more.

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MY RESUME, PART ONE - 2008 till now ~~

NICHE TECHNOLOGIES & SERVICES, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2014 and ongoing

BUSINESS: Establishing an Information Technology and Services (IT&S) company. ROLES: Co-founder. NOTE:

Summary: We provide these services - (helping clients start, grow and run their business), , and (e.g. Business Analysis, Data Analysis & Design, Systems Analysis and Application Support) and support for (e.g. Oil & Gas, Energy, Renewable Energy, Utilities and Government of Alberta). Each team member had previously delivered more than 40 medium-to-large (based on 15+ years of IT experience).

Detail: We currently focus on the get-go (needs, goals, preferred services, clientele, website design and Content Marketing). We prefer to deliver services on a short-term basis (e.g. contract and part time).

COMPUGEN, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2013 to 2014

BUSINESS: An effort to deliver services and for several ministries of the Government of Alberta. ROLES: Systems Analyst and Subject Matter Expert (SME).

Summary: A software-deployment effort that also included Business Analysis, process improvement, recommendations, automation, testing and infrastructure. Gained proficiency in processes, regulations, compliance, standards and assets required by the ministries of the Government of Alberta.

Details: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP; e.g. SharePoint), IT Service Management (ITSM), Microsoft's System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), MS Office and documentation.

SMART HEATING TECHNOLOGY, Canada, Czech Republic 2012 to 2013

BUSINESS: Establishing a Canadian Branch. Large effort introducing for based on biomass, forestry, agricultural and industrial waste, and automatic biomass .

ROLES: Regional Manager, Project Manager and Business Analyst.

Summary: This solution provided and ! As a , Canada Operations ( ), I was in charge of Enterprise Analysis

(EA), Requirements Management, Marketing, Sales, Client Acquisition and basic recruitment. Managed design, infrastructure, proposals, evaluations, assessments, risks, costs, regulations and presentations.

Detail: Content Marketing, customer communication and retention, advertisement, promotions and travel. Plus plentiful documentation (mostly PowerPoint, Word and Excel).

ENMAX, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2011 to 2012

BUSINESS: Took charge of this large Customer Relationship Management (CRM) improvement project aimed at energy marketing, trading, website design, online presence and public access to utility services. ROLES: Business Analyst.

Summary: Involved in for a electricity generation and transmission . This additionally included User Experience (UX), Enterprise Analysis (EA) and Functional Specifications (e.g. web parts, properties, behaviors and rules). Delivered wireframes and documentation.

Detail: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP; e.g. SharePoint, Informatica and SAP), MS Visio and more.

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AESO (Alberta Electric System Operator), Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2010 to 2011

BUSINESS: Two consecutive validation & integration projects aimed at EMS (Energy Management System). ROLES: Business Analyst.

Summary: , and . Provided Business Case, Requirements Management, process mapping and modeling. Prioritized and optimized high-priority related to applications, databases and infrastructure. Was involved in ITSM and ITIL.

Detail: In charge of Configuration and Change Management. Documented "Project Registration" and other Business-Analysis artifacts. MS Visio, UML and tools.

MY RESUME, PART TWO - HUSKY ENERGY - 2000 to 2008 ~~

RESERVOIR ENGINEERING, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2007 to 2008

BUSINESS: Large integration project and a solution for stakeholders in Reservoir Engineering, Upstream Accounting, Field Data Capture (FDC), Facilities, Pipelines and several other business units. ROLES: Business Analyst, Data Analyst, Systems Analyst and Project Manager.

Summary: of IT and business stakeholders requiring . Provided liaising, facilitation and elicitation. Involved in Enterprise Analysis, processes,

goals and rules. Delivered Requirements Management, Business Case (e.g. productivity, data exchange with ERCB and EUB regulatory agencies). Performed Data Analysis & Design (schema redesign, ETL, migration, data cleansing) and Systems Analysis. Delivered architecture, testing and deployment.

Detail: Business applications (e.g. CGI, PVR, PAS and Triangle). SCADA. Oracle and SAP XI. MS Visio. Intranet. Crystal Enterprise, Configuration and Change Management (Remedy). Extensive documentation.

WELL CHART VALIDATION, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2007 to 2008

BUSINESS: Project for Upstream Accounting and Field Data Capture (FDC). ROLES: Business Analyst, Data Analyst, Systems Analyst and Project Manager.

Summary: Introduced for improvements in reporting, , databases and interfaces. Provided initiation, facilitation, elicitation, Requirements Management, Business Case, gap and impact analyses, architecture, automation, testing, training and deployment.

Detail: Business applications (CGI, PVR, PAS and SiteView). SCADA. ERP (Crystal Enterprise, SAP XI). "Global features" ( ). Intranet, Oracle, tools (ERDs, Excel, MS Visio, PFDs, MS Word and UML). Configuration & Change Management (Remedy). Documentation.

OMNISAFE INCIDENT SYSTEM, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2007 to 2008

BUSINESS: Integration effort delivering a for Health, Safety & Environment stakeholders. ROLES: Business Analyst, Systems Analyst and Data Analyst.

Summary: Requirements Management, Data Analysis & Design, modeling, designing and reporting.

Detail: Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS: RFI, RFQ and RFP), Configuration & Change Management and Crystal Enterprise. Testing, training and deployment. Business and system documentation.

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POINT OF SALE AND CARDLOCK, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2006 to 2007

BUSINESS: Large integration project aimed at implementation of large-scale, internet-based for stakeholders in several business units.

ROLES: Business Analyst and Systems Analyst.

Summary: Analysis & Design of application (using infrastructure of satellites, networks, switches and servers). Business Case. Requirements Management and Data Analysis & Design. Resolution of serious transaction-loss and performance issues. Extensive testing!

Detail: Internet, intranet, UNIX, Apache and Oracle. Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS: RFI, RFQ and RFP). Configuration & Change Management (Remedy). Extensive documentation.

HISTORIAN, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2006 to 2007

BUSINESS: Solution for Upstream Accounting, Field Data Capture (FDC) and several other business units. ROLES: Business Analyst and Systems Analyst.

Summary: of processes, systems and interfaces. Business Intelligence (e.g. warehousing). Networks. Enterprise Analysis, Requirements Management, Business Case. Implementation.

Detail: SQL Server, T-SQL. MS Visio and UML. SAP XI. Configuration & Change Management. Reporting.

INTELLIGENT AUTHORING, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2005 to 2007

BUSINESS: for several consecutive projects for Health, Safety & Environment stakeholders. ROLES: Business Analyst and Systems Analyst.

Summary: . Transition of Chemmate to Intelligent Authoring. Oracle. Citrix (remote access, Canada & USA). Changes to Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS). Requirements Management.

Detail: Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) product (and its successive upgrades). Problem resolution. Configuration & Change Management. Deployment. Extensive testing and documentation.

FACILITY MANAGEMENT, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2005 to 2006

BUSINESS: Important required by Facility Management, Corporate Administration, Corporate Services and Real Estate stakeholders. ROLES: Business Analyst, Systems Analyst and Project Manager.

Summary: , implementation and upgrades of Husky's Real-Estate applications. Floor-plan designs, updates and editing. Provided facilitation, coordination, liaising and support. Business Case. Analysis and planning. And custom Perl application to automate transfer of employee data.

Detail: Computer-Aided Design (CAD) support. Novell server and Windows NT. Oracle (stored procedures). Training and mentoring. Configuration & Change Management. Testing and deployment.

BACK OFFICE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2004 to 2005

BUSINESS: establishing business communication and infrastructure between and headquartered in . ROLES: Business Analyst, Systems Analyst and Project Manager.

Summary: Planning, Requirements Management, and . Technical analyses and design. Business Case (e.g. and ). Verification, integration and implementation.

Detail: Electronic conferencing, white boards, secure information and data exchange. Configuration &

Change Management. Testing, training, pilots and deployment. Extensive documentation.

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MY RESUME, PART THREE - HUSKY ENERGY - 1990 to 2000 ~~

SYNOPSES:

PLANT MAINTENANCE: for a plant in Rainbow Lake, northern Alberta (Canada). Provided coordination, improvement and staff support. Implemented "Inventory, Purchasing, Maintenance and Management" . Included were engineering, lab, facilities and pipelines. Frequent travel.

DRAFTING & ENGINEERING: to coordinate, rationalize and provide recommendations for related to imaging (such as scanning, archiving, auto-converting, drafting and engineering) at a plant in Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada.

EXECUTIVE INFORMATION SYSTEM: coordinating, designing, developing and providing required support for (including , the ).

CORPORATE ECONOMIC MODEL: involving coordination, rationalization, procurement (COTS of Interactive Financial Planning System), migration, application design, development and training,

EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION: providing (such as O&G & Marketing firms, Energy Oil Bulletin, Reuters, Southam news, CIBC Treasury and NrG Highway). My responsibilities included rationalization, standardization and support of several related applications and systems.

PRODUCTION ALLOCATION: for Upstream Accounting stakeholders in Ram River, Alberta, Canada to , , rebuild and provide support for their capacity allocation system.

CALMS INCIDENT SYSTEM: Large effort delivering for the Health, Safety & Environment stakeholders. The business case included , enterprise-wide availability and Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS: RFI, RFQ and RFP) acquisition.