Neil Peterson

Neil N. Peterson
1850 Notre Dame Dr.
St. Agatha, ON
N0B 2L0
(519) 883-8588
neil@treheima.ca

Summary

Experienced manager with over 20 years of work experience in a variety of fields
5 years of museum level interpretative experience
17 years educational experience
Extensive experience with a wide variety of computer software
Experience with grant proposals, project plans, business plans
Member: Ontario Museum Association (OMA); Project Management Institute (PMI)
Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)

Museum Related Work Experience

Lectures & Interpretative Experience

Cranbrook Institute of Science
Cranbrook MI
Nov 2003

Interpreter to accompany "The World of the Norse" exhibit
Gave public lectures to accompany exhibit: "Pastimes of the Norse", "Arms & Armour"

Haffenreffer Museum
Brown University, Providence RI
Sep 2003, Spring 2004, Sep 2004, Sep 2006

Assisted Curator in organization of large public historical event
Interpreter for special Viking era presentation
Worked with Curator on business case and project plan for annual festival

Canadian Museum of Civilization
Ottawa ON
Aug 2002

Interpreter to accompany the "Vikings: North Atlantic Saga" exhibit

Woodstock Museum
Woodstock ON
Feb 2002

Interpreter to accompany the "Reflections of the Conquest" exhibit

Woodstock Museum
Woodstock ON
Mar 2001

Interpreter to accompany the "Full Circle, First Contact" exhibit
Gave public lectures to accompany exhibit: "Pastimes of the Norse"

International Viking Millennium Symposium
L’anse aux Meadows NL
Sep 2000

Presented paper on the pastimes of the Viking era

Norstead
L’anse aux Meadows, NL
Sep 2000

Interpreter to accompany the Millennium celebrations

L’anse aux Meadows NHS
L’anse aux Meadows, NL
Aug 1996

Interpreter for pilot project to investigate feasibility of on-site interpretative staff
Assisted in training of local re-enactment staff

Teaching Experience

20 years experience providing interpretative history for grade 4 and 6 students.
Public lectures on Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
Regulatory compliance lectures to a variety of businesses 2003, 2004
Regular speaker at Forward Into the Past Collegium

Event Organization Experience

Forward into the Past Collegium (http://www.treheim.ca/fitp)

18 years of experience organizing all aspects of one-day public access history event
Most recent collegium included 35 speakers, and 67 hours of lectures

Public Demonstrations and Internal Events for Society for Creative Anachronism

Organizer of events with attendance of 100 to 800

Project Management Symposiums

Chair of Organizing Committee - November 2005, October 2007
Member of Organizing Committee - October 2003, 2006, 2008

Additional Museum Experience

Exhibit Installation / Tear Down

Assisted in exhibit installation and tear down for "Grave Goods", Woodstock Museum, Sep 2008
Assisted in exhibit installation for "Forged in Fire", Woodstock Museum, Sep 2005
Assisted in exhibit installation for "Reflections of the Conquest", Woodstock Museum, Jan 2002

Replica Production

Exhibit design and replica production for a viking grave at "Grave Goods", Woodstock Museum, Sep 2008
Produced artefact replicas for "Vikings Master Mariners, Traders, Colonists, and Artisnas", Peterborough Centennial Museum amd Archives, Nov 2007
Produced artefact replicas for "The World of the Norse", Cranbrook Institute of Science, Sep 2003

Management Experience

BlueCoat Systems Canada, Waterloo, 2007-Present
BlueCoat is the leading supplier of WAN Optimization and Secure Web Gateway solutions.

Software Development Project Management for various projects
Process development and improvement

Maplesoft, Waterloo, 2004 – 2007
Maplesoft is a leading producer of advanced software for mathematics.

Software Development Project Management for various projects (approx 50 development staff)
Program Management for 3 main product lines
Process development and improvement

Treheima, St. Agatha ON, 1990 - Present
My personal business: project management consulting, artefact replicas, and web page design.

Project Management consulting
Designed and marketed Viking Game based on Viking era game of Hnefatafl
Developed educational support webpage (http://www.treheima.ca/Viking_Game)
Web page design and programming

eSentire, Inc. , Cambridge ON, 2002-2004
eSentire is a managed security services provider startup.

Manager for tools development: requirements specification, market intelligence, user interface
Write RFPs, grant proposals, business plan
Develop regulatory compliance kit, provide lectures & training to public & clients

Intellitactics, Inc. , Kitchener ON, 2000 - 2002
Intellitactics produced software: NSM (computer security) and Living Policy (Policy Management)

Development manager for four software teams with: four Project Managers, twenty-two developers, five technical writers
Created and implemented team development, program, and project plans
Created and implemented three year staffing plan and budget (6M with planned growth to 25M)
Developed and implemented CMM compliant process templates
Interacted with marketing, sales, customers, quality assurance, configuration management, and architecture

Campana Systems, Inc., Waterloo ON, 1999-2000
Campana produced software: Axis (road clubs), GoldCare (nursing management)

Process changes, development management
Developed management plan, 1 year plan and various project plans
Interfaced with other groups (documentation group, product managers, customers)

Wildbear Consulting, Inc., Waterloo ON, 1997-1999
Wildbear sold an Email server marketed both directly and through rebranding agreements.

Represented company at trade shows, and partnering presentations
Write RFPs, grant proposals, business plan, Scientific Research & Experimental Development grant applications
Developed strategic partnerships to bring products to market
Development manager for technical writers and software teams

Education

Ongoing	Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo ON	Archaeology (Part time)
Oct 2008	Project Management Symposium, Waterloo ON	Conference
May 2008	Project World, Toronto ON	Conference
Oct 2007	Project Management Symposium, Kitchener ON	Conference
May 2007	Project World, Toronto ON	Conference
Oct 2006	Project Management Symposium, Kitchener ON	Conference
May 2006	Project World, Toronto ON	Conference
Nov 2005	Project Management Symposium, Kitchener ON	Conference
May 2005	Project World, Toronto ON	Conference
Dec 2004	Cultural Management Institute, University of Waterloo	Completing Successful Projects in Creative Organizations
Oct 2004	Project Management Symposium, Kitchener ON	Conference
Oct 2003	Project Management from Novice to Expert, Kitchener ON	Conference
Apr 2003	Project World, Toronto ON	Conference
Oct 2002	Project Management Vision and Values, Kitchener ON	Conference
Apr 2002	Project World, Toronto ON	Conference
Feb 2002	Ball, Lange, and Associates, Waterloo ON	Leadership for supervisors
Nov 2001	World Wide Lessons in Leadership #6	teleconference
Apr 2001	Project World, Toronto ON	Managing Multiple Projects
Nov 2000	World Wide Lessons in Leadership #5	teleconference
Oct 2000	Wilfrid Laurier Institute, Waterloo ON	Master Manager program
Sep 2000	International Viking Milllenium Symposium, NL	Conference
1986-1990	University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON	3 years of B.Math - Comp Sci/Electrical Engineering

Publications

Viking Era Pastimes, International Viking Millennium Symposium, Sep 2000
Hnefatafl: an Experimental Reconstruction, 7^th Forward into the Past Collegium, Jul 1997
Private press articles: Norse Pastimes, Hnefatafl, Military History, Medieval Dance, Medieval Vintning

Pursuits / Interests

Medieval History

Past provincial, regional, and local officer, Society for Creative Anachronism
Co-founder, web-master, and educational co-ordinator for Dark Ages Re-creation Company
Teaching classes in various aspects of medieval history for the public, schools, museums

Charter member Project Management Institute – KW Chapter (PMI-CTT)
Certified Scuba diver
Underwater Hockey / Underwater Rugby player and team organizer