Paul Paquette MBA, PMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-PBA, PMI-RMP
 

42 Yellow Birch Drive, Kitchener, Ont. (519) 616-1882 | paulpaquette123@yahoo.com
 

Professional Summary 

Results-driven Senior Project/Program Manager with 25 years of experience delivering complex enterprise IT initiatives across diverse industries. Known for consistently executing large-scale technology programs on time, within scope, and on budget. Holds an MBA and multiple PMI certifications (PMP, ACP, PBA, RMP), blending deep program leadership with strategic business acumen. Skilled at maximizing technology investments to drive organizational value through strategic planning, stakeholder alignment, risk management, and continuous process improvement.

 

Strategic Analysis & Change Leadership

  • PMI-PBA certified: adept at translating business needs into technical specs across regulatory and cross-domain programs
  • MBA & U of T PM Certificate: strong foundation in change management, governance, and solution alignment with enterprise goals
  • Experience teaching Agile and project management at the graduate level: skilled at navigating ambiguity and effective in communication planning

Risk, Compliance & Technical Standards

  • PMI-RMP certified: skilled in anticipating and mitigating risks in technical implementations
  • Strong understanding of regulatory impact analysis and standards alignment across infrastructure and code delivery
  • Drives the definition of reusable patterns, documentation, and process compliance across programs

Cross-functional Collaboration & Leadership

  • Demonstrated ability to lead technology professionals across squads, ensuring consistent delivery of cloud and regulatory solutions
  • Collaborative by nature – excels in mentoring engineers, facilitating design sessions, and code reviews.
  • Adept at influencing stakeholders and domain experts across business, compliance, and tech domains

Execution & Outcome Focus

  • Strong organizational skills with a history of handling multiple complex initiatives in parallel
  • Resilient in ambiguity; models servant leadership and continuous improvement
  • Combines analytical thinking with creative problem-solving to enable efficient solutioning and delivery

 

Professional Experience

 

BlueCloud123 Inc. PM Consultant (Aug 2015 – Present)

 

  • Dec 2022-Nov 2024, and (Feb 2025-June 2025 through Toucreek), Arista Networks Professional Services, Project Manager: Led enterprise network transformations, overseeing customer requirements, design, fabric build, integrations, migrations, and knowledge transfer. Delivered Arista environment adoptions for CN Rail, TELUS, the U.S. Department of Transportation, Stony Brook Medical, the New York Yankees, the Tampa Bay Data Center, Tesla, San Mateo County, and MedStar Health.

 

  • Sept 2020 – Sept 2022, Bell Canada, Next Generation Data Center, Program Manager: Delivered Next Generation Data Center, including over 100 routers from procurement, design, rack, build, and implementation of multiple tenants across Toronto and Montreal Data Centers. Managed all project financials, vendor management, and stakeholder management/primary contact across all business units across Bell Canada.

 

  • July 2017 – Dec 2019, Rogers, Spine & Leaf, Program Manager: Built out both data centers from design to implementation of new enterprise architecture. Managed all stakeholder relationships and the migration of over 1000 servers and integrated production applications/systems across data centers. Managed over 390 stakeholders and led a team of 60+ resources.

 

  • Aug 2015 – Dec 2016, Manulife, Seneca College, and TD Bank, Project Manager: Successfully delivered multiple IT infrastructure and PMO management consulting projects.

 

Conestoga/Fanshawe College, Professor, Sept 2018 – Dec 2023

  • Part-time professor, experienced in teaching over 30 project management, business, and technology courses, including Project Management, Project Risk Management, Project Scheduling, MS Project, Business, Leadership, and Windows Server.

 

IBM Canada, Ltd., Project Manager, Feb 2003 – July 2015

  • IBM/Scotia Bank, Project Manager (2013 - 2015): Managed a $35 million desktop support project from IBM to Scotiabank, covering 18,000 desktops. Chaired the steering committee, overseeing systems integration, certification, and approvals.

 

  • IBM/Manulife, Project Manager (2010 - 2012): Delivered over a dozen data center projects, including dozens of AIX, Windows, and Mainframe systems upgrades, including the most critical and strategic enterprise technology projects on time and budget under challenging constraints.

 

  • IBM/Rogers, Project Manager (2010): Established security baselines across major platforms, managed operational support, security transitions, and documentation for thousands of servers. Delivered the Rogers Enterprise Security baseline deliveries (Active Directory, Intel, AIX, HPUX, Solaris, DB2 and SQL) as part of the $700 million outsourcing contract requirement.

 

  • Rogers Shared Services, Infrastructure Lead (Feb 2003 - June 2010): Intel Infrastructure lead. Successfully led and managed the technology transformation and execution coordination to ensure that all enterprise technology systems, applications, and data were consistently migrated, integrated and configured to the Rogers corporate standards, including Fido, Sprint Canada, City TV, and OMNI TV.


Delta Airlines, Systems Engineer, Aug 1996 – Jan 2003: 

  • Design, Implementation and Management of Enterprise Hardware, Software, and Application standards, including Active Directory, Server and Systems security, design, and architecture, upgrades and security integration of servers and data. Led the application development and production integration of the enterprise user configuration software.

 

Other: Education, Certifications, and Industry Publications

  • Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate, 2022
  • Contributing Author: PMBOK® Guide) 7th Edition, PMI, 2021
  • Contributing Author: Practice Standard for Project Estimating 2nd Edition PMI, 2021
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals, 2020
  • PMI-PBA, Professional in Business Analysis, PMI, 2019
  • PMI-ACP, Agile Certified Practitioner, PMI, 2018
  • Symposium Speaker, PMI, 2018
  • PMI-RMP, Risk Management Professional, PMI, 2017
  • Author: Agile Project Management for Business Transformation Success, Business Expert Press, 2015
  • MBA, Master of Business Administration, University of Canada West, 2015
  • PMP, Project Management Professional, PMI, 2010
  • Project Management Diploma, University of Toronto, 2010
  • Legacy Certifications: CCNA (1998), MCSE (1997), MCNE (1996)
  • BA, Economics, University of Western Ontario,1989