• Over ten years of software development experience in project management, planning, and development in the Internet industry.
• Five years of business management experience in operating a small business with direct responsibility for the staffing and profit & loss.
• Eleven years of experience in the international hospitality field in some of the world's most renowned five-star hotels.

• Managed projects with budgets of more than $2 million and 20 team members.
• Possess excellent internal and external communication skills - conflict resolution, team building, negotiation, and presentation.
• Am a results-driven leader with sound decision-making ability.
• Have well-developed business skills, proven ability to think and act with business acumen and sound industry knowledge.
• Have expertise in planning, development, and management of e-Commerce solutions.
• Am an ongoing instructor for the University of British Columbia for project management tracks in Internet programs.
• PMP Certified, 2007
• Received Certificate in Internet Publishing, University of British Columbia, 1999
• MS Project "Orange Belt" Certified, 2007
• Am fluent (written and spoken) in both German and English.

March 2009 – Present, HSBC Bank Canada, Senior Technical Project Manager
As part of the Technical Services group I am responsible for the accurate and timely execution of implementation projects of the banks front- and backend systems. I lead and support project teams across North America as well as overseas.

August 2005 – February 2009, TELUS Business Solutions, Senior Project Manager
At TELUS Business Solutions I managed a portfolio of projects for one of TELUS' more prominent clients within its Content Management and Portal (CM&P) practice. As part of the portfolio I supported the delivery teams with the design and build of an integrated business services provisioning platform, a web application, as well as integration projects with partner systems.

August 2002 – August 2005, Bernward Consulting Inc., Principle Consultant
I founded Bernward Consulting Inc. in 2002 to provide clients with project management, online strategy, and application development services.
My client list includes:

• Blast Radius
• Human Performance International
• IDG Interactive Design Group
• Ludicorp (founders of "Flickr")
• Nintendo of America (with Blast Radius)
• Tribal DDB
• The University of British Columbia

October 2000 - August 2002, Blast Radius, Senior Project Manager

• I oversaw production and maintained project scope, budget and timelines on projects for Nintendo of America, Nintendo of Europe, and others.
• I helped define and implement several versions of Blast's proprietary Content Management System "Compel" and several other custom CMS solutions.
• I was actively involved in the improvement of internal business processes, evaluation and selection of an enterprise level Professional Services Automation (PSA) solution
• I designed and developed a custom project- and financial tracking tool that supported Blast Radius' global growth for well over 3 years.

February 1999 - October 2000, Communicate.com (formerly Imediat Digital), Senior Project Manager

• I handled many of the largest and most technically sophisticated projects at the company, including Tripeze.com (now SearsTravel.ca) and PhotoChannel Networks.
• When Communicate.com changed its business model to focus on the marketing and delivery of their domain properties, I led the front-end design and implementation teams and supported the brand managers wherever required.

February 1998 - February 1999, Emerge Online, Project Manager and Developer

• I joined the company initially as a web developer, and was soon promoted to a Project Manager position.
• In the project management capacity I delivered successful projects for clients such as Ashton Mining, Big House Communication, Bull Housser & Tupper, and others.

Productivity:	MS Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, various email clients
Design:	Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, Macromedia Fireworks, Corel Draw
Databases:	MySql, MS SQL, MS Access
Languages:	ASP, PHP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML and DHTML
I also have a very solid understanding of most Internet protocols and related client and server applications.