I'm Grant Barry, a Project Manager for Sogeti, a leading provider of professional technology services, specializing in Application Management, Infrastructure Management, High-Tech Engineering and Testing. I'm currently living in Lyon, France and I'm married to the most wonderful woman in the world. My wife and I have the most amazing 2 boys.
Ready to manage resources, schedule and budget for various Software Development projects, Networking projects, IT installations or conversions, or any other function where business and technology needs have to be managed and resources have to be coordinated.
Applied SCRUM (Agile) methodology in compliance with CMMI level 2 along with project management knowledge and skills to define customer requirements, manage software development teams and continuously improve product quality within budget and with on-time delivery to SoftThinks' tier 1 customers.
Project Manager for HP's 'Recovery Manager', shipped on almost 50 million PCs in 2007.
I help define, apply and promote the application of CMMI (process improvement model for software development) processes and tools at SoftThinks.
Perfected knowledge of all SoftThinks (Recovery Manager, Master SDK and PC Angel) and Microsoft deployment solutions (OPK, WDS, WAIK and WinPE).
Built, controlled and monitored OEM customer relations.
Adapted SoftThinks' solutions for different wants and needs of customers.
Customized OEM production processes for optimum throughput at various ODM sites.
Created documentation and user guide destined for OEMs, ODMs and end-users.
Managed distribution of SoftThinks' products to different customers and customer production sites.
Trained SoftThinks' on-site support personnel (France, USA, Poland and Malaysia)
Presented SoftThinks products for WinPE during Microsoft WinHEC 2005 in Seattle, USA.
Helped design, program, verify and integrate software.
Programming and scripting : Ruby (on and off Rails), JavaScript, HTML5, CSS and Java when needed.
OS Administration: Linux, Windows and Windows Server 2008
Hardware: Networking, server, desktop, notebooks and tablets.
English: Native language.
French: Fluent due to bi-lingual family and work context.
Since 2010: Currently attending courses at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM)
June 2007: Obtained the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI).
November 2001: Obtained the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) certification in Windows 2000, from Prestige College in Cape Town, South Africa.
March 2001: Obtained the Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), from Prestige College in Cape Town, South Africa.
November 1997: Obtained the equivalent of the Baccalauréat français (IEB Matriculation certificate) at St. John's College in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Mobile devices, web technologies, design, lean management, business and copywriting.
International current affairs and cultures.
Reading, cinema, swimming, outdoors, travelling and diving.