Ronald Vereggen

Current

Project Manager at Aviva Canada Inc.
Rapid Success Coach at Rapid Success Coaching Inc.

Past

Senior IT Manager - Project Delivery at CIBC
Senior IT Manager - Mortgage Base and Business Continuity at CIBC
Partner - Chief Operating Officer at Vertercom

IT Manager - AS/400 Development at CIBC
Advisory Systems Developer - Team Lead AS/400 Development at CIBC
Intermediate Systems Developer at CIBC

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Ronald Vereggen’s Summary

Are you looking to increase the success rate of your IT projects? Then you are looking for someone that has the technology background, management skills and coaching experience that can mentor your team to the next level.

With my technology, management and coaching experience I focus on helping organizations increase the success rate of their projects by improving commitment, courage and communication within their teams.

I am always on the lookout for IT Management or Consulting roles where I can leverage my extensive leadership, project management, coaching and team building experience. Ideal positions would include:
- Delivery of multiple IT Projects in a dynamic team environment.
- Transform and/or build-up a low performing team.
- Leading an IT Team to achieve outstanding results.
- Coaching managers to achieve new levels of performance.

By combining my extensive corporate management and project experience with the hands-on application of coaching I am able to enhance the success rate of project deliveries by focusing on both the people and the process. My key strengths include:
- Process – Improve business processes by looking to reduce waste and improve efficiency.
- Management – Experienced leader of teams with over 40 IT professionals including on-site, near-shore and off-shore.
- People – Passionate about motivating and empowering people through coaching to achieve new levels of performance.
- Creativity – Extremely creative in my approach to solving problems and designing solutions.
- Focus – Drive objectives and projects to completion with both a passion and enthusiasm toward the work.

Highlights of my diverse experience include:
- 5 plus years coaching experience
- 10 plus years entrepreneurial experience
- 12 plus years leadership and management experience
- 17 years experience within corporate environments (large Canadian bank)
- 17 years experience within information technology

Ronald Vereggen’s Specialties:

Project Management, Leadership & Management Development, Career Coaching, Mentoring Technology Specialists, Personal and Professional Growth

Ronald Vereggen’s Experience

Project Manager

Aviva Canada Inc.

(Insurance industry)

May 2008 — Present (9 months)

Lead and manage a number of business projects across multiple brands, departments and regions across Canada.
Rapid Success Coach

Rapid Success Coaching Inc.

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

November 2002 — Present (6 years 3 months)

Founder of Rapid Success Coaching Inc. and creator of the Rapid Success System used for business, leadership, professional and personal success.

Rapid Success Coaching Inc. is a Canadian company dedicated to helping visionary high archivers reach their ultimate potential.

We strive to improve the quality of life for individuals and organizations by providing transformational training and coaching services.

We offer extensive mentoring and coaching programs where we support our clients through a learning process which includes the philosophy of success, the process of achievement and thurvival guides.

Our clients are visionary high achievers at every level including leaders, managers, technology professionals, students, coaches and entrepreneurs.

We love helping deep thinking, creative and visionary high achieving individuals Rise Above The Best!

Visit http://www.rapidsuccesscoach.com
Senior IT Manager - Project Delivery

CIBC

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CM; Banking industry)

November 2004 — May 2006 (1 year 7 months)

Lead and managed a team of over 40 information technology professionals including systems analysts, technical leads, system developers, contractors, vendors and off-shore developers.

Responsible for all project delivery activities for CIBC mortgage brand across a number of technology platforms including mainframe, AS/400, UNIX and windows.

Includes applications developed in COBOL, Image/Workflow, Java, C++, Visual Basic, .NET, Websphere and SQL.
Senior IT Manager - Mortgage Base and Business Continuity

CIBC

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CM; Banking industry)

November 2001 — October 2004 (3 years)

Lead and managed configuration managers, technical leads, system analysts, business analysts and developers to deliver steady state support activities for 28 applications across AS/400, Unix and Windows.

Key activities included preventative maintenance, critical defects, production support, business services, IT services, business continuity, QC support, configuration management and transitions of projects to steady state.
Partner - Chief Operating Officer

Vertercom

(Partnership; 1-10 employees; Computer Hardware industry)

July 2001 — April 2003 (1 year 10 months)

Entrepreneurial venture to provide quality personal computers and support services. Responsible to lead the partnership as well as marketing, finance and human resources.
IT Manager - AS/400 Development

CIBC

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CM; Banking industry)

October 1998 — October 2001 (3 years 1 month)

Assembled and lead a development team of systems analysts, business analysts and developers to support the mortgage servicing application Excalibur (formerly known as Plexus, now Optimus – owned by Marlborough Stirling).
Advisory Systems Developer - Team Lead AS/400 Development

CIBC

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CM; Banking industry)

July 1996 — September 1998 (2 years 3 months)

While traveling between Toronto and Vancouver, developed foundational leadership skills by leading the systems customization and implementation of the new mortgage servicing application (Excalibur).

Responsible for applying the business enhancements and to integrate this AS/400 COBOL application into the existing banking infrastructure.
Intermediate Systems Developer

CIBC

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CM; Banking industry)

September 1989 — June 1996 (6 years 10 months)

Developed foundational technology skills within a number of disciplines within the mainframe, midrange, AS/400, UNIX, Windows and PC DOS environments including COBOL, CICS, DB2, OS/400, SQL, Java, C++, AIX, PHP, Visual Basic, Clipper, C, Pascal, PowerBuilder, XML, MQ and HTML.

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Ronald Vereggen’s Interests:

Leadership, Personal Growth, Coaching, NLP, Reading, Writing

Ronald Vereggen’s Groups:

Member Durham I.T. Association
Member ICF-GTA Coaches
Member International Coach Federation
Past President BNI - High Achievers
Past President of Pickering Powerhouse Toastmasters Club, BNI Network