Gary Jones worked as an Assistant Vice-President of Project Management, Business Planning and Orientation at StrategicNova Fund Management Inc. from July 2001 to July 2003. In this role, he defined and implemented a Project Management Office and methodology, developed project management tools and training, and managed strategic and operational projects. Some of his accomplishments included reengineering statement and tax slip production processes to reduce costs and errors, managing new product launches, and defining and implementing a business continuity plan for the fund accounting department.

1. Gary Jones
STRATEGICNOVA FUND MANAGEMENT INC. July 2001 – July 2003
AssistantVice-President,Project Management, Business Planning and Orientation
Responsibilities
 Definition and implementation of the Project Management Office (PMO);
 Definition and implementation of a SeniorManagement Project Review Working Group;
 Definition and implementation of the Project Management Methodology;
 Development of the Project Management tools and processes and training program;
 Provide Project Management Methodology training;
 Manage strategic and operationalprojects;and
 Responsible fordefining the Business Architecture and systeminter-operability.
Accomplishments
 Evaluated the corporate levelofpreparedness forthe implementation of the Project Management Office
(PMO), defined an appropriate PMOmethodology,developed the projectmanagement tools,developedthe
training programand provided corporatewide training on the methodology and tools;
 Initiated a SeniorManagement Project Review Working Group whereby project requests were reviewed,
prioritized and scheduled by the SeniorManagement Team;
 Reengineered the Investor,Dealerand Broker Statement ofAccounts layout,contentand productionprocess,
thereby reducing production time to 3 weeks while saving approximately 30% on mailing charges and
reducing the rate ofreturned mail by over50%;
 Reengineered the TaxSlip production process andlayout such that we were able to meet the governmental
reporting deadlines while reducing the quantity ofamendments by over 35% and also reducing the rate of
returned mail by over50%;
 Managed the implementation on newfinancial products andadjustment to existing policies and proceduresas
dictated by the StrategicNova fundsprospectus;
 Managed the launch ofmulti-class funds formost ofthe corporate funds;
 Defined and implemented a business continuity plan forthe fund accounting department. The plan covered
the critical operations ofthe fund accountingdepartment and communications with the mutualfund industry
and regulators;
 Managed the upgrade ofthe fund and trust accounting application,including updating the existing policies and
procedures andimplementation ofnew modules;
 Managed the correctionoferroneous data in the backoffice systemthat was caused by a previous system
conversion upon the creation ofStrategicNova in September2000 and ensured appropriate regulatory
reporting and compliance;
 Managed the correctionofoperationaland otherprocessing errors;
 Managed the conversion ofthe BackOffice systemforall active and historicalinvestoraccounts.