Selected Clients
The Globe and Mail: Project Manager Redesign 2010
Top qualities: Great Results, Good Value, On Time
“Michael was hired to be the project manager for a large cross functional project. He did a great job of creating a project charter, a detailed plan (with key dependencies) and progress reports. Michael was very good at identifying issues and risks and providing mitigating strategies. He was not afraid to raise issues and continue to raise the same issue until the organization took action. Overall, he did a very good job as a project manager. He was not a functional expert; however, we paired him up with a full time employee who provided him with key functional expertise. Michael then learned the rest on his own. I would recommend Michael for managing large cross functional projects.” November 25, 2010
Jim Zoras, Vice President IT at The Globe and Mail (client) who hired Michael as a Business Consultant
“I worked with Michael as the Co-Lead for the Globe and Mail’s successful redesign project. The October 2010 redesign was a significant undertaking involving all departments and disciplines within the Globe and Mail. In addition, new printing presses and new technologies were commissioned across the country at its six print site locations. The newspaper industry is not a simple business, especially for a national daily product such as the Globe. Fellow colleagues marveled at the speed at which Michael grasped the nuances and intricacies and quickly became the calming influence in the sea of rapid activities and changes typical for such a project. Michael expertly utilized his depth of experience and acted with great effectiveness as the crucial link between all departmental initiatives, which enabled all stakeholders to understand and appreciate the critical interdependencies between the moving parts. It was a pleasure to work with him and I highly recommend Michael as a project manager for similar large initiatives.” December 1, 2010
Channing Huang, Director of Operations, The Globe and Mail (colleague) worked directly with Michael
“I worked with Michael as part of The Globe and Mail’s 2010 Redesign project. Michael is very organized, focused and detailed. The scope of this project was very broad and involved many people from every department. As the Project Manager Michael demonstrated the ability to quickly grasp the complexities of the project and the impact points for each group. George Styles, Director Corporate Applications, The Globe and Mail” December 8, 2010
George Styles, Director, IT, The Globe and Mail (colleague) worked directly with Michael
Rogers Communications
Program Manager, Partner Settlement Program
Top qualities: Personable, On Time, High Integrity
“Michael worked as a project manager for me on a difficult project. Michael did a very good job under these circumstances of keeping the SI delivering their work in time while keeping the business informed as well as engaged in the process. Michael is a very good program manager who knows what needs to be done and when, does a very good job of managing people, tasks, creating project plans, keeping track of budget, running steering committees etc. I would highly recommend Michael as a project or program manager to anyone.” June 14, 2012
Shiraz Sarangi, Director, Corporate IT, Rogers Communications Inc – hired Michael in 2011
“Michael is a visionary, effective and efficient leader. His ability to motivate people to get things done is just incredible. His ability to communicate clearly the goals and objectives to meet for a particular task or various tasks is unquestionable. I worked with Michael at Rogers where he was the program manager for the vendor settlement tool project. Michael lead the team with excellence and provided the leadership, guidance, information and insights to project managers, directors and the finance team to help deliver the project on time and budget without compromising with the quality. I personally have learnt a lot from him through his dynamic leadership and his concept of management by partnership. I recommend Michael to anyone or organization who may need his service.” October 11, 2011
Robert Gidisu, MS, PMP, Sr. Financial Analyst, Business Transformation Finance-Planning, Reporting & Controls (Capex & Opex), Rogers Communications, worked with Michael
“I have the privilege to work with Michael over the past year where he led a complex program to a successful end. Besides his broad and deep knowledge of the Program and Portfolio Management framework, Michael is a great communicator to trust, always available to listen with an open mind and very business and results oriented who watches a fair balance to please the stakeholders while it gets the job done. I wish Michael all the best in his future professional engagements. Ricardo.” September 27, 2011
Ricardo Alvarez, PMP, BSc, Program Manager, Rogers Communications worked indirectly for Michael
Canada Cartage System
Senior Project Manager & PMO Manager
“I would like to take an opportunity to offer a formal recommendation for Michael Flint. As a Senior Implementation Consultant for Accellos, I have known Michael for over three years and feel that Michael has proven himself an exemplary Senior Project Manager, and a pleasure to work with. Michael and I have collaborated on various successful projects over the past few years. Michael consistently demonstrates an incredible sense of professionalism, knowledge, and focus on the project at hand. He has always provided great project leadership, outstanding project planning and execution. Michael has always proven to be a very organized individual, is very talented at orchestrating various resources, and schedules to accomplish the tasks. Overall, I have always been impressed with Michael’s level of dedication and professionalism and would welcome the opportunity to work with him again.” October 25, 2009
Craig McTavish, Implementation Consultant, Accellos was a consultant & contractor to Michael at Canada Cartage System
“I have depended on Michael over the past two years to help keep me and my team on target across many projects. He’s smart, gets things done and is an absolute pleasure to work with.” November 9, 2007
Matt Waldron, Manager, Solutions Development, Canada Cartage worked with Michael at Canada Cartage System
Triversity (now SAP)
Senior Director, Program Management Office
“I am writing this recommendation for Michael Flint based on the time we worked together at Triversity. Michael brought some very solid PMO skills to our organization when he joined. I wish Michael success in his future endeavours.” October 25, 2009
Andrew (Andy) Labute, VP, Human Resources & Admin, Triversity Inc. managed Michael indirectly at Triversity Inc.
“Reporting to Michael in his role as Director of the PMO at Triversity was an eye-opening experience. His knowledge, expertise and overall skills in methodology, management of resources and establishing of a Project Management Office within an organization was a joy to behold. The amount of information he shared, his approach to allowing his resources to learn and grow and his motivation of staff was truly exceptional. I would be honored to recommend Michael to any organization that might require a highly-skilled Project Management professional who not only has the appropriate hard skills and qualifications, but also the interpersonal skills to be an asset to any organization.”
February 9, 2010 Ina Viljoen, PMP, Business Analyst, Triversity reported to Michael at Triversity Inc.
GE Capital IT Solutions
Director, Professional Services / Managing Consultant / Senior Project Manager
“Michael is one of the best managers I ever worked for. Extremely well organized, focused and very professional; great communication and people skills. I will be happy to work for him again.” July 19, 2005
Vladimir Heifets reported to Michael at GE Capital