Assignment Profiles

AMR consultants take great pride in our long-standing customer relationships. To a large extent, this is the result of consistently achieving engagement objectives within agreed budgets and timeframes.

In advance of committing to assistance from the AMR team, we urge prospective clients to examine and discuss our track record – with our references and us. To this end, profiles of selected projects are included in this section.

Assignments are categorized and listed on the left. To view a profile, click on your area of interest or navigate below with the scroll bar.

Construction and Professional Services

• Directed a software selection project on behalf of a large general contractor.

• Assumed VP Sales and Marketing duties for a Canadian based software developer in the construction industry.

• Assisted over 200 project-based firms with the selection and implementation of comprehensive business management software solutions.

• Provider of on-going application support services to numerous clients across Canada.

• Identified areas of improvement in the software development and quality assurance processes, and devised improved strategies, for an on-line marketing organization.

• Project Leader for a corporate database project. Prepared a requirements definition and prototype for an environmental consulting firm which resulted in the approval to proceed with development.

• Corrected an implementation of multi-currency accounting system that had produced a US $40M foreign exchange discrepancy for a $250M mining project.

Health Care

• Completed a case study on the adoption of a new framework for Canada’s investment in health research for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

• Principal consultant to the Interim Governing Council of the Canadian Institues of Health Research.

• Manager of a financial information systems selection and implementation project for a 600 employee agency of the Ontario government.

• Prepared a management information system needs analysis for an Ontario government agency with 6 regional and 26 branch offices. Leader of the project team chosen to evaluate software options and implement the recommended solution.

• Initiated quality management practices in the development process, including the establishment of proper criteria definition standards, coding practices, version control, and release to production, for an e-health care software house.

• Served as a member of the executive management committee, and actively participated in the development of the business plan and technology strategy, for an e-health care software house.

Human Resources

• Part-time controllership services for a marketing consultant, a Web design consultant, and engineering firms.

• Assumed VP Sales and Marketing duties for a Canadian based software developer in the construction industry.

• Directed executive search assignments for clients operating distribution, waste management and automotive finance businesses. Completed research and candidate assessments, and negotiated employment contracts.

• Acted as the Chief Technology Officer for an e-health care software house.

• Provided interim controllership and CEO functions for a rapidly expanding consulting firm.

Information Technology

• Manager of a financial and human resource system selection project for one of the largest school boards in Canada.

• Design of a management information system for a private school.

• Developer of Oracle based financial systems. Directed a project team and provided system design, testing, training, documentation, and implementation assistance.

• Implemented a country reporting and financial management system for 2 pilot sites that was subsequently rolled out to 8 locations of a telecommunications company.

• Recommended and managed changes resulting in the significant improvement in the quality of service for an IT department.

• Implementation of an ITIL based problem management process, including assistance with organizational restructuring, for a utility company.

• Design and support of an international digital network (fixed and dial-up access, frame relay, TCP/IP, SNA) for a worldwide distribution company.

• Implementation of a financial system for an electrical utility.

• Implementation of QuickBooks and Simply Accounting in a variety of small businesses, including start-ups, in the health care, property management, and construction sectors.

• Provided payroll conversion services to a large waste management company.

• Completed various data and applications conversion projects.

• Provided a customized ACT! solution and IT support services for a branch of an international mining company.

• Software development projects:

• An order processing system for small to mid-sized distribution companies.

• A sales lead information management system for a consulting organization.

• A waste audit management system for use in the food industry.

• An ISO compliant order processing, billing, purchasing and materials management systems for several manufacturers.

• An Internet shopping cart solution integrated with in-house order processing system.

• A profit allocation/reporting integrated with time-billing system for a human resources firm.

• A skills assessment and training requirements analysis application for a regional municipality.

• An asset management and sales analysis application for a large ice cream distributor.

• A talent search and booking system.

Manufacturing and Distribution

• Directed software selection projects on behalf of a distributor of stainless steel products and a sheet metal manufacturer/distributor. Researched and evaluated software alternatives, and assisted with contract negotiations.

• Assessed the preferred software vendor's proposal for a coffee distributor and participated in the due diligence process. Assumed project management duties for the software implementation phase.

• Analyzed and evaluated business systems and procedures for a manufacturer of custom products. Completed a requirements definition which formed the basis of the request for proposal issued to vendors.

• Completed a production scheduling needs analysis for a manufacturer of custom products. Created a test environment and assessed the feasibility of implementing an off-the-shelf software solution that had been short-listed.

• Implemented a system to produce consolidated financial information at half the cost of the former software.

• Implemented a financial management and reporting solution to track store results for 11 countries in South & Central America and Asia.

• Implemented a multi-currency and multi-lingual accounting and distribution management system for 5 countries in South America to supply products to a large retail organization.

• Design and support of an international digital network (fixed and dial-up access, frame relay, TCP/IP, SNA).

• Design and implementation of a sales and marketing data warehouse system.

• Implementation of off-the-shelf and custom integrated manufacturing systems including modules for MRP, MPS, Bill of Materials, Shop Floor Control, Costing, and Routing.

Taxation

• Corporate tax compliance assignments for numerous companies including export/import, health care, software development, consulting, and entertainment businesses.

• A study to be issued by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants: Measuring Progress – Report on the Nation’s Finances – A Scorecard from Canada’s Chartered Accountants.

• A report for the Technical Committee on Business Taxation: Compliance Issues – Small Business and the Corporate Income Tax System.

• A Study of the Quick Method of Accounting (for Revenue Canada and the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants).

• Studies of the National Tax System (for Revenue Canada and the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants).

• A study for Revenue Canada: The Impact of the Implementation of HST on Business Compliance Costs.

• A study for the Department of Finance: GST Compliance Costs for Small Business in Canada.

Training and Education

• Developed and delivered training courses for a variety of integrated business software solutions.

• Moderator for the Ontario Knowledge Network for Learning Symposium – convened to develop a vision and plan for the implementation of information and communication technology in learning in Ontario.

• Member of a project team responsible for the organization-wide implementation of office automation software. Developed and conducted customized training courses.

• Appointments at George Brown College involved teaching the following subjects: general management, business start-ups, management accounting, business ethics, logistics, introductory and immediate accounting, internal auditing, introductory Lotus, and taxation.

• Lectured at Seneca College. Micro-computer course assignments included Lotus, dBase, WordPerfect and DOS. Also responsible for student assistance and evaluation, and curriculum development.

• University of Ottawa, sessional lecturing in the Faculty of Administration.

• Lectured in the Certified Management Accounting program. Specialized in the subject of accounting information systems.