Kiron Bondale
Over 20 years of experience gained in helping over 150 companies achieve their strategic goals by executing the RIGHT projects in the RIGHT way
Kiron has managed multiple mid-to-large-sized technology and change management projects, and has worked in both internal and professional services project management capacities. He has setup and managed Project Management Offices (PMO) and has provided project portfolio management and project management consulting services to clients across multiple industries.
Kiron is an active member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and served as a volunteer director on the Board of the PMI Lakeshore Chapter for six years.
Kiron has published articles on Project and Project Portfolio Management in both project management-specific journals (PM Network, PMI-ISSIG journal, Projects & Profits) as well as industry-specific journals (ILTA Peer-to-peer). He has delivered almost a hundred webinar presentations on a variety of PPM and PM topics and has presented at multiple industry conferences including HIMSS, MISA and ProjectWorld. In addition to this blog, Kiron contributes articles on a monthly basis to ProjectTimes.com.
Kiron Bondale's Background
Kiron Bondale's Experience
PPM/PM Consultant at Self-employed
June 2013 - September 2013 | Mississauga, Ontario
Delivering PPM & PM process and tools capability improvement services to clients across North America
Director, Corporate Project Management Office at Agricorp
October 2011 - June 2013
+ Delivery assurance and reporting oversight for the corporate portfolio of business & technology projects
+ Coaching, mentoring & resource management responsibilities for a team of Senior PMs, Project Managers and Project Coordinators
Manager, Client Services at Solution Q Inc.
April 2006 - October 2011
+ Responsible for developing and delivering professional consulting services to improve clients' PPM & PM capabilities.
+ Responsible for staffing, developing and managing the implementation consulting and client support analyst team
+ Developing and delivering webinars and conference presentations on an ongoing basis covering PPM & PM topics. This has included delivering presentations at : HIMSS 2008 & 2009 (co-presented to hundreds of attendees), ProjectWorld Toronto 2007, 2008 & 2011, MISA 2007, 2010 & 2011, Atlanta Healthcare Tradeshow & Faire (September 2008), the 2009 PMI Lakeshore Chapter Symposium, regular one hour webinars for the PMI Healthcare SIG and monthly one hour webinars for clients and prospects of Solution Q
+ Have worked with multiple Tier-1 and Tier-2 clients in the healthcare, legal, manufacturing and financial services verticals
+ Published an article on PPM in the ILTA Peer-to-peer journal in May 2006 and in the November 2008 issue of Projects & Profits (Icfai University Press)
+ Publishing monthly blog articles for ProjectTimes
+ Moderated two online PPM panels for CIOs & PMs in January 2011 with over 300 attendees
+ Co-presented a webinar on Pragmatic Agile Project Management to just under 200 attendees in February 2011
IT Project Management Consultant at Aksys Consulting Inc.
2004 - April 2006
Hands-on project management & PMO consulting for Sun Life Financial, MDS Inc, The Economical Insurance Group & Symcor
Project Manager at MDS Inc.
2003 - 2004
Hands-on project management of a number of small to mid-sized IT focused projects in Canada and the U.S. for the medical lab testing division of MDS.
Manager, Project Management Office, Avantis Asset Management Solutions at Invensys
2001 - 2002
+ Responsible for establishing PM processes, mentoring & coaching a team of PMs, and accountability for the overall project portfolio.
+ Brought predictable schedule delivery to the internal product development release process
IT Project Management Consultant at Aksys Consulting Inc.
1998 - 2001
Hands-on project management & solution architecture for large-scale enterprise systems management projects for clients including Bell Canada, Unilever PLC, and the Independent Electricity Market Operator (IMO).
Professional Services Manager at Enhance Systems Inc.
1994 - 1998
+ Enterprise systems management solution architecture, implementation and training for multiple Tier-1 clients across different verticals in the U.S. and Canada
+ Justification, planning and implementation of the transition of the professional services team from a homogeneous cross-product group to a practice-based model
Systems Manager at Visual Edge Software
1991 - 1994
Development application, systems and network management for a large heterogeneous IT environment at a software development company.
Kiron Bondale's Education
George Washington University
1998 – 2000
Masters Certificate
McGill University
1989 – 1991
Master of Business Administration
Concentration: Marketing & MIS
Concordia University
1986 – 1989
Bachelors in Computer Science
Concentration: Computer Science Honors
Kiron Bondale's Interests & Activities
Blogging, reading, golf & working out at the gym