Ken Wiens
Project Manager
  • Calgary (Braeside / Woodbine),
  • Alberta,
  • Canada
Member Since: 2017/08/15
Industry: Consulting
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President
KGW Consultants Ltd
January 1992 – Present
MBA,PMP, CPHR (CHRP), ISP
Project & Program Manager; Software selection and Implementation management; Systems planning, Management Consultant.
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Credentials: MBA, PMP, CPHR (CHRP), ISP    



PMP - - Project Management Professional
CPHR -- Chartered Professional in Human Resources (aka CHRP - Certified Human Resources Professional)
ISP - -   Information Systems Professional
MBA - Masters of Business Administration

Selected Accomplishments:
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* Successfully managed a complex Energy Trading and Risk Management (ETRM) project from product selection (Openlink Endur) through to implementation and user acceptance. Vendor (Openlink) stated this was the most complex implementation of this product they had ever undertaken.

* Successfully managed an enterprise BI project from product selection (Business Objects) through to implementation and user acceptance.

* Successfully program managed a large scale Dynamics AX ERP program with simultaneous implementations in 6 companies across 2 countries, under 2 different and 1 emerging accounting standard.  Full scope, on time and under budget.

* Finalist, "Project Management Excellence" award, PMI 2005

* Successfully managed the largest EAI (Enterprise Application Integration) program in Canada

* Successfully re-engineered and managed one of Canada’s largest Project Management Offices (portfolio of $225,000,000)

* Managed the design, development and implementation of the first knowledge management system in the oil & gas industry

* Over 25 years of successfully managing projects ranging from $30,000 to over $20,000,000

* Recognized public speaker on Project and Knowledge Management for universities and industry associations

* The only consultant in Canada with recognized professional credentials in Human Resources, Project Management and Information Systems

Specialties: Project / Program Management,

Business Case analysis and design,

Human Resources - Cultural Change Management,

Business Process Innovation,

Contract and Vendor Management,

Motivational Speaking

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