1. Resume of Robert D. Church – (250) 885-6605
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RESUME OF
ROBERT CHURCH
BUSINESS / PROJECT MANAGER
I am interested in working as a Project Manager
because of my passion for solving problems and
ensuring successful project delivery through
careful analysis, planning, tracking and controlling
of project documentation, teams, progress, issues
and costs with proven PM methods and superior
administrative support.
Robert Church
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Resume of RobertD. Church
(250) 885-6605 - rsachurch@shaw.ca
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Loyal, results oriented Canadian Armed Forces Veteran with over 9 years of experience in providing analyses,
evaluation and recommendations to senior officials at Aquarius, Camosun and in the Military.
An equivalent combination of education and experience that includes a Post-Secondary Diploma and a
Certificate in Business Administration Management with completed course work in Project Management and
over 9 years of experience gained managing IT Projects at Aquarius and Camosun.
o Also includes course work in Human Resources, Leadership, Internal Consulting, Reporting, Budgeting,
Contracts, Law and Risk Analysis. Camosun College (2+ years).
Recently completed refresher courses in Project Management Fundamentals, Project 2013 Essential Training,
Managing Project Schedules, Up and Running with Visio 2013, Calculating Earned Value, and Managing Project
Stakeholders at Lynda.com to gain my PMP certification by the end of this summer.
Comprehensive experience with Project Management tools like: Gantt chart, PERT chart, Work Breakdown
Structure, Logic Network, Pareto Analysis / Ordering, PEST Analysis, RACI Matrix, SWOT Analysis, SMART Goals
and Earned Value Analysis. (2+ years).
Advanced analytical abilities with Project Management software including Excel and Open Project. Expert
abilities with MS Office (10+ years). Also recently completed coursework in MS Project and Visio (1+ years).
Ability to manage and analyze data, using multiple sources and multiple methodologies to identify relationships
and inferences, and then to summarize or report the results of analysis to various audiences.
Excellent writing skills including the ability to write a variety of documents such as reports, briefing notes, report
summaries and correspondence obtained at Aquarius and Camosun while writing, editing and disseminating
project information to stakeholders (9+ years).
Ability to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary and cross-organizational team environment gained while at the
Canadian Armed Forces and Camosun (9+ years).
Experience in developing and maintaining effective and collaborative working relationships with industry and
relevant government partners (10+ years).
EEO/AA designation: First Nations (Aboriginal).
RELEVANT WORK HISTORY *
Project Manager / Student of Business Administration, 01/2011 – 07/2014
Camosun College Victoria, BC
2 years of training and hands on experience successfully leading project teams, while supporting and
administering multiple business projects with competing deadlines and conflicting priorities.
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o I achieved this by monitoring and updating progress, risks, schedules, Work Breakdown Structures,
Gantt charts, work packages, etc. with OpenProj, Word, Excel, Outlook, and a lot of persistence.
Led and administered projects for real companies like Harbour Air (Terminal Customer Traffic Analysis Project)
and the Coastal Community Credit Union (Banking Habits of Millennial Students Project). Teams of 4 to 6.
Prepared and tracked all types of project documentation, including the: Proposal, Charter, Feasibility and Risk
Report, Business Case, Scope of Work, Project Plan, Budget, Work Breakdown Structure, Gantt Charts, Critical
Path Analysis and more including co-writing the Final Report and creating the PowerPoint Presentations.
Managed team and client communications by email and text daily, by phone as needed, in person on a weekly
basis, and in print for contracts, action items and final reports, etc.
Studied and practiced verbal and written communications including, writing project reports and creating charts
(30+ times), letters (50+ times), coordinating meetings (20+ times), giving presentations (12 times), etc.
Customer Support Analyst, 02/2007 – 05/2008
West Corporation Saanich, BC
Working in a large call centre, I provided information and client services to (100+ per day) business owners,
business professionals and the public, while simultaneously documenting each interaction and updating relevant
accounts.
Described and sold new services, handled credit card payments, wrote incident reports, and liaised between
team members and department manager.
Performed basic accounting functions while reconciling customer accounts, taking credit card payments and
preparing payment schedules.
Manager / Owner, 01/1996 – 06/2006
Aquarius Internet Services Victoria, BC
7+ years of Project Management and Coordination experience gained while organizing, leading and mentoring
over 100 I.T. project teams with budgets of 5 to 50 thousand for organizations like Island Blue Print, Much Music
and The Sisters of St. Ann. Teams were of varying sizes from 3 to 14 members.
As the main point of contact, I would receive requests for info, change submissions and issue reports and
provide clear communications and updates to the executive, the project staff and the all other stakeholders.
Developed, disseminated and tracked all types of documentation, including Business Cases, Work Breakdown
Structures, Gantt Charts, Work Packages, budgets, contracts, weekly updates EV Reports, letters and more.
Obtained excellent written and oral communication skills as I effectively communicated and negotiated with
team members, customers, employees, and suppliers via phone, letter and email with Word, Excel and
Outlook. I also created/gave dozens of PowerPoint presentations to small and large groups (1 to 100+).
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Private 1st Class 10/1983 – 11/1984
Canadian Armed Forces Base Esquimalt Victoria, BC
Possessed Secret security clearance to be able to receive, protect and deliver Top Secret military documents to
restricted government facilities.
Regularly worked with the public, received hundreds of new recruits, assigned rooms, delegated duties.
Created and maintained the base accommodations database and output weekly reports and summaries.
Ordered supplies and updated Centre Accounts for the Base Accommodations Centre at CFB Esquimalt, Naden.
EDUCATION:
Camosun College, Victoria, BC
Diploma in Business Administration - Management program – 2014
Project Management Fundamentals – lynda.com, License 617B6A – 2015
Project 2013 Essential Training – lynda.com, License B9695D – 2015
Managing Project Schedules – lynda.com, License F20541 – 2015
Up and Running with Visio 2013 – lynda.com, License 829B3A – 2015
Calculating Earned Value – lynda.com, License 7542CB – 2015
Managing Project Stakeholders – lynda.com, License 7AADC7 – 2015
Certificate in Business Administration - Management program – 2013
Windows 10 New Features – lynda.com, License AA8E8F – 2015
Troubleshooting Windows 7 – lynda.com, License BCFEFF – 2015
Installing, Configuring, and Administering Active Directory – lynda.com, License B6864C – 2015
WHMIS Certificate – Work Safe BC – 2007
Diploma, Grade 12 – 2012