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Mike Talbot
Mike Talbot
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Bio

My name is Mike Talbot and I was selected out of hundreds of applicants by EdgeUp Calgary to take part in a training program offered through the University of Calgary to assist my career pivot from the Oil and Gas industry into an IT Project Management position within the growing tech industry.
I have 20 years of experience as a Field Service Technician in the seismic industry where I was very fortunate to be able to work and collaborate with many different people from numerous countries throughout North and South America from the southern tip of Argentina to the North Slope of Alaska and everywhere in between. I genuinely enjoyed my job and established a reputation of honesty, trustworthiness, and versatility as well as developed the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of personnel from the field to the corporate offices. I believe these skills aided my resiliency through multiple mergers, takeovers and buyouts.

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Communications Information technology Humanities Social sciences

Skills

Agile project management 1 Asana 1 Communication 1 Food product development 1 Food safety and sanitation 1 Management 1 Marketing 1 Project management 1 Project management office (pmo) 1 Team leadership 1

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Issued by Riipen
Awarded for starting your first project.
Completed on July 3, 2023

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Zale Tabakman
Zale Tabakman
President
December 24, 2021
Team feedback
The material was amazing. It allows us to have full plan going forward.
Food product development Asana Communication Agile project management Marketing Project management Project management office (pmo) Management Food safety and sanitation Team leadership
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IT Project Management: Integrated Project
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Local Grown Salads
Project Management Office
Local Grown Salads

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Local Grown Salads
Local Grown Salads
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Project Management Office

Number of positions available: One or more teams with one or more students We have a project management office. This office is responsible for coordinating and managing different projects/teams within our firm, with the potential to become a "Team Lead" responsible for the whole project management office. Within our vertical farm, we are constantly developing ourselves and our products. Exemplary projects are coding, marketing, food safety, food research. These projects have team leaders, but there needs to be cohesion between different teams/projects. This is where the projects management office steps in. You would be responsible for overseeing these projects/teams, ensuring the projects go as planned and communicating between the projects/teams. With other responsibilities like onboarding new interns, maintaining our agile project management and other project coordinators/manager responsibilities. Skills students will develop: Project management Communication in a virtual environment Familiarity with tools like Discord, Asana and GitLab Taking responsibility Presentation skills for a business environment. Some example deliverables that students can complete may include, but are not limited to: Communication between teams/projects Maintaining agile project management in Asana Onboarding of new interns Becoming a Team Lead coordinating the office itself If you would like to apply for to our other projects, then please click on the link below LGS Projects

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Work experience

Cloud Architecture Development
Local Grown Salad
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
November 2021 - December 2021

This was a Capstone project for Local Grown Salads to create a detailed architecture design on how to structure and host the LGS EcoSystem on AWS cloud services. Working within a team of four, we developed a integration plan to bring the digital infrastructure of the company onto the cloud.
Field Technician
WSP Canada
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
November 2020 - July 2021

• Performed quality assurance on environmental sensors and solar panels, avoiding financial loss, re-work and failure during installation on renewable energy meteorological towers.
• Prevented asset loss by utilizing database management of sensors and components.
• Eliminated cost of outsourcing by fabricating environmental enclosures and modules used for meteorological towers in house.

Sr. Field Service Electronics Technician
Veritas/CGG/Geokinetics/SAExploration
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
October 2001 - May 2020

• Trained, supervised, and mentored up to 4 coworkers at a time, executing repair and maintenance of electronic equipment, increasing efficiency and reducing turnaround time.
• Assisted in creating a repair report database, tracking histories of returned equipment to determine equipment breakdown trends and increase efficiency of repair and maintenance.
• Assembled and tested hardware and software installations of multiple data acquisition platforms ensuring proper functionality to improve production revenue by avoiding project downtime.
• Collaborated on development, deployment and management of an asset tracking system for vehicles to increase safety awareness and create a safety culture around driving.
• Adapted and managed high stress situations by troubleshooting and repairing equipment used for data acquisition, helicopter navigation, dynamite detonation and communications.

Education

Certificate, Information Technology Project Management
University of Calgary Continuing Education
July 2021 - December 2021
BSc in EET, Electronics Engineering Technology
DeVry Institute of Technology
February 1996 - February 1998