Herman Chung

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ABOUT HERMAN CHUNG

I am an IT professional with over 10 years of progressive experience and the IT Director at Canadian Professional Sales Association, a non-profit organization located in Toronto, Canada. I am a natural problem solver - starting from solving mathematical equations as a kid, to developing applications in my first professional job and finally leading entire IT operations for organizations to solve their business challenges. IT STRATEGYI am detail-oriented, organized without losing sight of the big picture. I believe those are the traits of a true leader. It is critical to be able to break down a big challenge into smaller problems, listen to your stakeholders and their needs, plan a strategy and execute it to achieve the goal on time, on budget. PROJECT MANAGEMENTThere\'s really no way around it, project management skills are essential for an IT leader, even when you are not ACTUALLY managing a project - your direct reports may need to rely on you for advices! I have successfully managed projects of different sizes:$1M CRM/ERP project,$250k CRM project, internal Intranet project, various server migration projects and more. VENDOR MANAGEMENTLet\'s be realistic - not every organization or company can afford to have their own army of IT personnel in-house. This is especially true in the non-for-profit sector where I\'ve been working in for the past 8 years. I have worked with many vendors in different IT areas, effective vendor management has been critical to my success when certain areas of expertise are not always present internally.Specialties:IT strategy planningBudget planningContingency planning and risk assessmentBusiness analysisProject managementProduct managementTeam managementVendor managementTechnology researchIT policy research and implementation