Brian Wiens

This is the profile of Brian Wiens, director and project management consultant at CGI, father, runner and on-line gamer from Ottawa, Canada.

Brian Wiens is a senior project and program manager with almost 15 years experience in delivering IS/IT projects, on both the receiving and delivery side. Brian Wiens is active in creating and building strong relationships with his teams and clients, and has successfully delivered in a range of industries, including defence, education, social services, elections, public security, infrastructure and postal. Brian Wiens has a track record of building strong, integrated and highly capable teams, involving all participants to deliver the highest quality solutions, exceeding the expectations of key stakeholders. Brian Wiens has a record of taking on and delivering challenging projects with a high degree of client satisfaction.

Senior Consultant at CGI

April 2003 - March 2008

Responsible for delivering projects as project manager. Clients/systems included Elections Canada/REVISE, Department of Justice/Firearms, PWGSC/Secure Channel and Elections Canada/SVRS.

Consultant at CGI

July 1998 - March 2003

As a project manager, responsible for delivering projects with various clients, including Algonquin College/Continuing Education IVR, Algonquin College/Manager of Projects, Government of Nunavut/On-line Application Suite and Elections Canada/REVISE.

Armoured Officer at Department of National Defence

July 1986 - July 1998

4 years of military college at RRMC to get an honours BSc in Physics and Computer Science, followed by 4 years with the LdSH(RC) (including a tour in Bosnia), then Master's degree at RMCS for a year, and NDHQ for the remainder of my time, finishing on the C4I side with the TBCS project.

Director Consulting at CGI

March 2008

Responsible for account growth, resource management and delivery of projects and solutions. In this position, I was project manager for a large two year long project with Innovapost/CPC.

The Learning Tree

2011 – 2011

Cranfield University

1995 – 1996

MSc

Concentration: Defence Technology

Royal Military College of Science

1995 – 1996

MSc

Concentration: Defence Technology

Royal Roads Military College

1986 – 1990

BSc (Hon)

Concentration: Physics and Computer Science

Beamsville District Secondary School

1979 – 1984

Reading, writing, running, listening to music, on-line gaming. I like watching movies, and spending time with my family.