Mr. Long is senior IT Management Consultant and Project Manager with over 25 years of business and IT experience. With a focus on the oil and gas sector, combined with an extensive electric utility background, he has a broad range of industry experience. Experience from the field through to senior management allows Mr. Long to work with all levels of an organization.
Mr. Long is not only a highly competent professional but a strong leader with firmly entrenched values and principles that permeate everything he does. He delivers promptly on his commitments and is one of those rare individuals that can set people at ease during difficult times with his calm and caring demeanor.
Mr. Long has over five years of consulting experience specializing in the areas of management consulting, program management, project management and facilitation. He has dealt with initiatives in the areas of strategic planning, software development & implementation, RFP creation & execution, vendor management, project reviews and business case development. His work has allowed him to gain knowledge of upstream production accounting, SAG-D construction & operations, records management, pipelines, drilling and non-profit organizations.
Prior to his consulting career, Mr. Long worked extensively in the electric utility industry, starting in the field and working his way up to the head of a large IT department. As head of IT, Mr. Long repatriated a large outsourcing contract and set up the entire IT department from ground zero. While building the IT department he prepared the utility to transition from a regulated market to a deregulated market by implementing the business systems required to support business operations in the new market.
Mr. Long gained experience in the electric utility IT industry in the areas of supervision, program management, project management, business analysis, quality assurance & testing, package selection & implementation, software development & implementation, training, coaching and support. He acquired experience with work management, geographical information (GIS) & drafting, financial systems, inventory, timesheet systems, trouble dispatching, transformer asset management & maintenance, land & survey and engineering & construction. It also gave Mr. Long the opportunity to work closely with the civic government IT organization in the development and implementation of methodologies and standards.
Project Management Professional (PMP)
The Project Management Institute (PMI)
Information Systems Professional (ISP)
The Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS)
Registered Engineering Technologist (RET)
The Alberta Society of Engineering Technologists (ASET)
Power Systems Electrician (PSE)
The Province of Alberta