Neil N. Peterson, PMP
1850 Notre Dame Dr.
St. Agatha, ON
N0B 2L0
(519) 883-8588
neil@treheima.ca

Summary

• Senior Project Manger with over 20 years experience in software development
• Charter Member - Project Management Institute: Canadian Technology Triangle chapter
• Certified PMP
• Familiar with standard software tools: Team Play, MS Project, Star Team, Time Control
• Computer Human Interface / Graphical User Interface (GUI / CHI / HF) Design

Work  Experience

BlueCoat Systems Canada
Waterloo
2007-Present
Sr. Development Manager
BlueCoat is the leading supplier of WAN Optimization and Secure Web Gateway solutions.

• Software Development Project Management for various projects
• Process development and improvement
• Functional management for User Interface, Human Factors, and Infrastructure teams

Maplesoft
Waterloo
2004 – 2007
Project Manager
Maplesoft is a leading producer of advanced software for mathematics.

• Software Development Project Management for various projects (approx 50 development staff)
• Program Management for 3 main product lines
• Process development and improvement
• Functional Manager for Quality Assurance group
• Development Environment includes: Java, XML, Windows, Linux, Unix, Mac
• PM Tools: MSProject, Perl, Maple

eSentire, Inc.
Cambridge
2002 - 2004
Program Manager
eSentire is a managed security services provider startup.

• Software Development Project Management for Cyclops Project (up to 4 developers)
• Program Management, process & policy development for Regulatory Compliance (PIPEDA)
• Business plan development
• Development Environment includes: Java, XML, Perl, Windows, Linux
• PM Tools: Microsoft Office (Excel, Word)

Treheima
St. Agatha
1990- Present
Owner
This is my personal business. Beginning with programming, design, and IT services in the early to mid 1990s it has grown into project management consulting for small businesses (especially start ups).

• Project Management Consulting
  • Helping Hands Massage Center
  • Vikland, Wareham Forge
  • L’Anse aux Meadows tourist program
  • Dark Ages Re-creation Company
• Development Environment includes: C++, XML, Perl, Windows, Dreamweaver
• PM Tools: MS Project, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word)
• Digital audio software (C++, DOS) for CFCA/CKKW Radio
• Designed and marketed Viking Game
• Web page design and programming

Intellitactics, Inc.
Kitchener
2000 - 2002
Development Program Manager
Intellitactics produced two software products: NSM and Living Policy. Living Policy was a knowledge Management package using a client server model. NSM was a network security correlation product. At its peak Intellitactics employed 100 people providing products for medium to large size enterprises (100 to 100,000 employees).

• Managed four teams with: Four Project Managers, Twenty-two developers, Five technical writers
• Development Environment included: Java, Coldfusion, SQL, Oracle, XML, Perl, Windows
• PM Tools: Teamplay, MS Project, MS Office (Excel, Word)
• Created and implemented team development, program, and project plans
• Created and implemented three year staffing plan and budget (6M with planned growth to 25M)
• Developed and implemented CMM compliant process templates
• Interacted with Marketing, Sales, Customers, QA, Configuration Management, Architecture
• User Interface Architect, formed and managed User Interface team

Campana Systems, Inc.
Waterloo
1999-2000
Project Manager
Campana’s 80 employees produced two software products: Gold Care and Axis. Goldcare was sold in the nursing market while Axis was used by Automobile clubs. Both products were run in a mainframe environment using a windows interface developed by the tools group. My work was with the tools group. Clients for these products ranged from 10 employees through 5000 employees.

• Developed management plan, 1 year plan and various project plans
• Development Environment included: C++, Perl, Windows
• PM Tools: MS Office (Excel, Word), Bugtracker
• Group budget: 0.25M
• Managed team of developers according to designed plan
• Interfaced with other groups (documentation group, product managers, customers)
• Technical representative on UI team
• Unix Systems Administration

Wildbear Consulting, Inc.
Waterloo
1997-1999
Development Program Manager
Wildbear sold an IETF compliant Email server marketed both directly and through rebranding agreements. At its peak Wildbear’s 7-person workforce supported this product in small to mid-sized enterprises (1 to 500 employees).

• Managed technical writing and software development team
• Development Environment included: C++, XML, Perl, Windows
• PM Tools: MS Office (Excel, Word)
• Annual budget: 1M
• 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
 

Mediacomp, Ltd.
Kitchener
1992-1997
Lead Developer / Project Manager
Mediacomp (later purchased by Radio Computing Services of New York City) developed digital audio software for use in the radio broadcast industry in all sizes of station / market.

• Supervised technical writer and other development staff
• Represented company at trade shows
• Wrote business expansion plans including budgets (0.75M / yr)
• GUI / CHI architect for all software
• Designed, developed, and documented applications software for Radio Industry (C, C++, DOS)

Electrohome, Ltd.
Kitchener
1991-1992
Lead Developer
This prototype new-product development work for Electrohome was targeted to provide a new market for their project products.

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

Waterloo MAPLE Software, Inc.
Waterloo
1989-1990
Senior Developer
Waterloo Maple produces mathematics software for all sizes of clients.

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

Computer Graphics Lab,
University of Waterloo
1988-1989
Developer

• Application, tool, and OS Development tasks (C, UNIX, Harmony, shell scripting)
• Systems Administration and Shell programming under 4.3 BSD Unix

Ph.D. Associates, Inc.
Toronto
1984-1987
Developer

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

Education

Ongoing	Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo ON	Archaeology (Part time)
Oct 2008	Project Management Symposium, Waterloo ON	Conference
May 2008	Project World, Toronto ON	Conference
Oct 2007	Project Management Symposium, Kitchener ON	Conference
May 2007	Project World, Toronto ON	Conference
Oct 2006	Project Management Symposium, Kitchener ON	Conference
May 2006	Project World, Toronto ON	Conference
Nov 2005	Project Management Symposium, Kitchener ON	Conference
May 2005	Project World, Toronto ON	Conference
Dec 2004	Cultural Management Institute, University of Waterloo	Completing Successful Projects in Creative Organizations
Oct 2004	Project Management Symposium, Kitchener ON	Conference
Oct 2003	Project Management from Novice to Expert, Kitchener ON	Conference
Apr 2003	Project World, Toronto ON	Conference
Oct 2002	Project Management Vision and Values, Kitchener ON	Conference
Apr 2002	Project World, Toronto ON	Conference
Feb 2002	Ball, Lange, and Associates, Waterloo ON	Leadership for supervisors
Nov 2001	World Wide Lessons in Leadership #6	teleconference
Apr 2001	Project World, Toronto ON	Managing Multiple Projects
Nov 2000	World Wide Lessons in Leadership #5	teleconference
Oct 2000	Wilfrid Laurier Institute, Waterloo ON	Master Manager program
Sep 2000	International Viking Milllenium Symposium, NL	Conference
1986-1990	University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON	3 years of B.Math - Comp Sci/Electrical Engineering

Publications
Viking Era Pastimes, International Viking Millennium Symposium, Sep 2000
Hnefatafl: an Experimental Reconstruction, 7^th Forward into the Past Collegium, Jul 1997
Private press articles: Norse Pastimes, Hnefatafl, Military History, Medieval Dance, Medieval Vintning


Pursuits / Interests

Medieval History

• Experimental Reconstruction of Viking Era industrial processes - Iron, Beads
• Past Provincial, Regional, and Local Officer, Society for Creative Anachronism
• Plan and Manage medieval theme days for up to 800 people (e.g. http://www.treheima.ca/fitp)
• Teaching classes in various aspects of medieval history for the public, schools, museums
• Recent Lectures at: Haffenreffer Museum Brown University, Woodstock Museum

Project Management

• Charter member PMI-CTT
• Chair of organizing committee – November 2005 conference
• Member of organizing committee – October 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008 conference

Certified Scuba diver

• Organizer KW Scuba Group
• Advanced Open Water, Nitrox, http://www.treheima.ca/neil/scuba

Underwater Hockey / Underwater Rugby

• Organizer KW Team, http://www.treheima.ca/uwh