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SUMMARY
  • Jan Macdonald has over 25 years experience in systems analysis, design and project implementation. The past 16 years have been spent consulting exclusively with BMC Remedy products. Prior to this she spent 9 years as a Technical College instructor teaching for the Computer Science department responsibilities included assessing training requirements, assessing appropriate training materials, developing schedules and lesson plans to accommodate different learning styles, developing training materials to support learning objectives.
  • Since 2000, Ms. Macdonald has been operating a consulting company that provides consulting and training services to BMC Remedy customers.
SKILLS
  • Specializing in CMDB Configuration Management Database
  • ITIL Foundation certified
  • Remedy Approved Consultant RAC certified
  • Certified Remedy Trainer
  • Assess training requirements to meet desired learning objectives design training schedules and lesson plans develop instructional materials
  • In-depth knowledge of, and development experience with, BMC Remedy ITSM applications version 3 through version 7.6.04
  • Business process analysis pertaining to Service Management, Incident Management, Problem Management, Change Management, Asset Management
EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Role: CMDB Analyst/Technical Lead

Evaluate and document existing CMDB implementation DDM, AIE, Normalization, Reconciliation and extensions to Class Structure , identify and document gaps, document recommendations for achieving desired state.

Confidential

Role: Business Analyst/Technical Lead

  • Implemented Change Management 7.6.04, with Approvals
  • Assisted with requirements gathering process, and educating participants with regards to ITIL framework as it relates to Change Management
  • Provided guidance on process and policy for change management
  • Assessed, advised and developed customizations to Change Management and Approvals as required by customer
  • Implemented and customized Remedy Knowledge Management

Confidential

Role: Lead Trainer

Developed and delivered training material for ITSM 7.6.04 modules, specifically: CMDB, Incident Management, Change Management, Work Order Management, and Service Request Management

Confidential

Role: Business Analyst, Lead Developer

  • Research In Motion consolidated three disparate Remedy systems utilized by their BlackBerry Operations, Corporate IT and Customer Support Operations, into one system while upgrading to Remedy ITSM 7.5
  • Attended requirements review and design sessions for Change Management 7.5, Asset Management 7.5 and CMDB 7.5 functionality
  • Documented solution design, and associated unit test scripts
  • Designed and implemented customizations for Change Management, Asset Management and CMDB
  • Took lead architect and developer role on a customized solution for BlackBerry Asset Management tracking transfers, loans, and recalls for devices, requiring customization of CMDB and Asset Management 7.6.04
  • Collected and imported foundation data pertaining to BlackBerry devices' ownership, and support group/people relationships and product categorization

Confidential

Role: Business Analyst/Architect, Senior BMC Remedy Consultant

  • Provided leadership to project team, advised on overall architecture of ITSM implementation
  • Conducted BMC Requirements Gathering Workshops for ITSM 7 application modules to determine gap between OOTB processes and customer desired processes educated customer on ITIL processes
  • Designed, implemented and tested customizations
  • Produced project documentation for all phases
  • Migrated legacy data Incidents, Change Requests, Tasks, Assets from version 5.6 to ITSM 7
  • Assisted with foundation data configuration and import
  • Designed and coded Configuration Management customizations to CMDB and Asset modules

Confidential

Role: Business Analyst/Architect, Senior BMC Remedy Consultant

  • Conducted BMC Requirements Gathering Workshops for ITSM 7 application modules to determine gap between OOTB processes and customer desired processes educated customer on ITIL processes
  • Provided mentoring on moving from asset-based Systems Management to service-based Systems Management
  • Designed extension to CMDB 2 for scientific instruments and weather systems

Confidential

Role: Senior BMC Remedy Consultant

  • Mentored EDS project team members on CMDB architecture and configuration
  • Reviewed and validated Common Data Model for CMDB
  • Provided guidance and leadership to EDS project team to configure the CMDB to support documented CI relationships, based on best practice implementation experience
  • Assisted EDS team on the implementation of a stable CMDB in EDS test environment
  • Documented procedures for implementation of customized CMDB model
  • Documented procedures and developed API code for migration of legacy assets to new CMDB model

Confidential

Role: Senior BMC Remedy Consultant

  • Installed and configured CMDB 1.1
  • Customized CMDB class structure
  • Converted and migrated legacy Asset data and relationships to CMDB CIs
  • Provided support for Remedy ARS upgrade team

Confidential

Role: Senior BMC Remedy Consultant

Customized Remedy ITSM Asset Management 6 / CMDB 1.1.

Confidential

Role: Business Analyst, Senior BMC Remedy Consultant, Trainer

  • Gathered and analysed customer Portfolio/Project Management process requirements
  • Customized Remedy-based Project Management application and integrated with Remedy ITSM Help Desk 5.5 and Change Management 5.5
  • Assessed training requirements, created training materials, and delivered training for customized Remedy-based project management application

Confidential

Role: Business Analyst/Architect, Senior BMC Remedy Consultant, Development Lead

  • Gathered and analysed customer requirements
  • Customized Remedy ITSM Change Management 5.5 to customer specifications
  • Integrated Remedy ITSM Help Desk 5.5 with Locator/Kerebos to provide external access to employee information
  • Customized Remedy ITSM Help Desk 5.5 to customer specifications developed the ability to create Service Requests with Tasking within the Help Desk module
  • Implemented ITSM Service Level Agreements module with customized SLAs and OLAs
  • Installed and configured Mid Tier, and web-enabled the customized ITSM application
  • Supervised a team of developers, providing detailed design specifications
  • Created Unit Test documentation and supervised unit and integration testing

Confidential

Role: Business Analyst, Senior BMC Remedy Consultant, Trainer

  • Installed and configured ARS server v 5.12, and Remedy ITSM Help Desk 5.5 integrated with Telalert paging software
  • Customized Remedy ITSM Help Desk 5.5 to customer specifications
  • Developed and delivered training materials for customized Help Desk 5.5 application

Confidential

Role: Business Analyst, Senior BMC Remedy Consultant

  • Designed and built extension to Remedy's ITSM Change Management module to facilitate office moves designed and developed billing/chargeback application based on cost of support and service of corporate assets
  • Customised Remedy's ITSM Help Desk and Change Management modules
  • Managed up to 8 concurrent projects involving customization to Remedy ITSM Help Desk, Change Management, and Asset Management modules
  • Provided direction and leadership to 7 developers tracked project status and reported to management
  • Provided senior management with directions and future strategy relating to Remedy ITSM suite of products

Confidential

Role: Senior BMC Remedy Consultant

  • Implemented and customized Remedy ITSM Service Level Agreements and Change Management modules
  • Developed and delivered training on Remedy ITSM Change Management to users and management

Confidential

Role: Trainer

Provided training at Remedy's UK training centres, and at customer sites worldwide. Remedy Certified and experienced in teaching the following courses: Administering the AR System, Distributed Server Option, ARWeb/Remedy Web for Administrators, Change Management, Asset Management, and HelpDesk for Administrators

Confidential

Role: Senior Systems Management Consultant

  • Wrote customer proposals, requirements and analysis documents, functional specifications, design documents, administrator and user guides
  • Provided pre-sales support for Remedy ITSM suite of products Help Desk, Change Management, Asset Management, ARWeb/Remedy Web
  • Extensive experience delivering Remedy certified training courses. Consistently achieved above average evaluations
  • Developed and delivered training for custom-built Remedy applications for Shopper's Drug Mart, Alphanet, NetCom, CI Mutual, Great West Life, and Farm Credit Corp
  • Assisted with the development of a custom-built Remedy Problem Management application
  • Advised Senior Management on process and functionality of Remedy ITSM Help Desk 4 application
  • Customized Remedy ITSM Help Desk 4 to customer requirements
  • Created end user documentation on use of applications

Confidential

Role: Professor, School of Computer Science and Technology

  • Provided instruction and leadership to students in Engineering and Computer Science programs
  • Designed course curriculum for credit courses and workshops
  • Developed an instructional manual that was sold by the College Bookstore, and used by Computer Studies and Continuing Education Departments for applications courses
  • Planned lessons to accommodate different learning styles
  • Provided leadership to part-time instructors of Systems Analysis courses
  • Evaluated and selected appropriate course materials based on textbook content, learning objectives, and level of expertise of student

Confidential

Role: Self Employed Computer Consultant

  • Performed consulting, development, implementation and training for companies such as Lawrence Associates, The Apple Marketing Board, and George Weston Foods
  • Analyzed client software needs, and designed and implemented custom applications to provide a solution
  • Developed training courses and materials for popular business software applications provided corporate training in computer applications

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