Software Development ManagementNeil Peterson519-883-8588

Neil N. Peterson, PMP, CSM

1850 Notre Dame Dr. St. Agatha, ONN0B 2L0 (519) 883-8588

Summary

  • Senior Development/Project Manager with over 20 years experience in the software industry
  • Charter Member - Project Management Institute: Canadian Technology Triangle chapter
  • Experience in Agile and Waterfall processes, as well as transitional organizations

Work Experience

Blue Coat Systems Canada2007 – 2013 Director, Security Device Development, PMO, Cross site operations

Blue Coat’sdevices optimize and protect internet connections. With over 1300staff worldwide, BlueCoat’s sales exceed $500M to all sizes of customers including most of the Fortune 500.

  • Director for groups of teams including: QA, user experience, and various development teams
  • Coordinated and managed budgets for all engineering locations including interlock with finance
  • Acted as site lead following the departure of the previous site VP
  • Assisted in on-boarding the new site VP
  • Helped create a cross-site PMO including process specification
  • Project managerfor on-time release of the most recent version of the Proxy SG software
  • Project managerfor on-time release of cross-product upgrade to licensing infrastructure
  • Worked with teams both within my department and at other sites to aid in transition to Agile
  • Functional manager for user experience, and various development teams

Maplesoft, Waterloo2004 – 2007Manager Project Office

Maplesoft is a leading producer of advanced software for mathematics.

  • Created, andmanaged the project office
  • Program management for 3 main product lines
  • Software development project management for various projects
  • Process development andimprovement
  • Functional manager for Quality Assurance group

eSentire, Inc. Cambridge2002 - 2004Development Manager

eSentire is a managed security services provider.

  • Software development project management
  • Program management, process and policy development for regulatory compliance (PIPEDA)
  • Business plan development

Intellitactics, Inc. Kitchener2000 - 2002Director of Development

Intellitactics produceda network security correlation product and a knowledge management product.

  • Created team development, program, and project plans, CMM compliant process templates
  • Managed 4 teams with: project managers, developers, and technical writers
  • Created and implemented three year staffing plan and budget
  • User interface architect, formed andmanaged user interface team

Campana Systems, Inc. Waterloo1999-2000Development Manager

Campana produces Gold Care for the healthcare industry and Axis forauto clubs.

  • Developed management plan, 1 year plan and various project plans
  • Managed team of developers
  • Technical representative on user interface team

Wildbear Consulting, Inc. Waterloo1997-1999Development Manager

Wildbear sold an IETF compliant email server.

  • Managed technical writing and software development team
  • Created
  • business plan for expansion
  • SR and ED tax credit submissions
  • technical and marketing specifications for new and existing products
  • Represented company at trade shows, and partnering presentations
  • Developed strategic partnerships to bring products to market
  • Captured client requirements for new and existing products
  • Client / server development of email server (C/C++, Windows)
  • Computer human interface architect for all product lines

Mediacomp, Ltd. Kitchener1992-1997Lead Developer / Project Manager

Mediacomp (purchased by Radio Computing Services) developed digital audio software for the radio broadcast industry.

  • Supervised technical writer and other development staff
  • Represented company at trade shows
  • Wrote business expansion plans including budgets
  • Computer human interface architect for all product lines
  • Designed, developed, and documented applications software (C, C++, DOS)

Electrohome, Ltd. Kitchener1991-1992Lead Developer

This prototype new-product development work for Electrohome was targeted to provide a new market for their projector products.

  • Supervised technical writer and additional development staff
  • Designed, developed, and documented application software (C, Assembler, DOS)

Waterloo MAPLE Software, Inc. Waterloo1989-1990Senior Developer
Waterloo Maple (now Maplesoft) is a leading producer of advanced software for mathematics.

  • Enhanced X11 GUI for math software (C, AIX)

Computer Graphics Lab, University of Waterloo1988-1989Developer

  • Application, tool,and OS development tasks (C, Unix, Harmony, shell scripting)
  • Systems administration and shell programming

Ph.D. Associates, Inc. Toronto1984-1987Developer

  • Various development contracts (C, Fortran, Basic, Dos, Unix)

Publications

Glass on Fire: Temperatures in reconstructed Viking Era bead furnaces, in press

Viking Era Pastimes, International Viking Millennium Symposium, Sep 2000

Hnefatafl: an Experimental Reconstruction, 7th Forward into the Past Collegium, Jul 1997

Private press / internet articles:

Viking Era Beads and Bead Making

Norse Pastimes

Hnefatafl

Military History

Medieval Dance

Medieval Vintning

Education

Ongoing Wilfrid Laurier University, WaterlooB.A. Archaeology (Part Time)

Multiple yearsProject World

Multiple yearsProject Management Symposium

Multiple YearsWorld Wide Lessons in Leadership, teleconference

Nov 2012Dollars and Dates are Killing Agile

Aug 2012Agile Portfolio Management: A Cultural Shakeup?

Dec 2009The Agile PMO: Business Alignment Without Bureaucracy

Mar 2009Certified Scrum Master training, Waterloo

Mar 2007No Nonsense Leadershp, Accountability, and Professional Maturity

May 2006Agile Estimating and Planning

Dec 2004Completing Successful Projects in Creative Organizations

Feb 2002Leadership for Supervisors

Oct 2000Master Manager program

1986-1990University of Waterloo3 years of B.Math - Comp Sci/Electrical Engineering

Pursuits / Interests

Viking Era History

  • Recent lectures at: Royal Ontario Museum; Western Michigan University; Schiele Museum, NC
  • Founder Dark Ages Recreation Company (
  • Past provincial, regional, and local officer, Society for Creative Anachronism
  • Plan and manage medieval theme days for up to 800 people (e.g. )
  • Website development as required (html / php)
  • Teaching classes in various aspects of medieval history for the public, schools, museums

Project Management

  • Charter member PMI-CTT
  • Chair / co-chair of organizing committee – 2005, 2006 conferences
  • Member of organizing committee – 2003, 2007 conferences

Certified scuba diver

Underwater hockey / underwater rugby