Rod Gill Profile
Rod is the founder of ACE Project Systems which was a spin off from ACE Training: New Zealand's largest independent computer training company.
Rod and ACE Project Systems have trained and consulted in most of New Zealand's industries. Key roles are:
- Experienced project manager who contracts, consults and trains project management
- Experienced User, consultant and trainer of Microsoft Project and Microsoft Project Server
- Microsoft MVP for Microsoft Project since 1997
- VBA Developer (Project, Excel and Access) and developer of Project companion products
- Presents an advanced workshop on best practices for Microsoft Project
- Wrote THE book on Project VBA called VBA Programming for Microsoft Office Project
Whilst moving from Civil Engineering to software development to business consulting a common thread for all Rod's work has been project management. His most valuable learning came from a series of mentors, many from the school of common sense project management.
Given his skills in software development and project management Rod has developed a niche for helping clients develop project management methodologies and project management information systems to support then.
Rod is an experienced trainer in
project management and Microsoft Project. He specialises in
advanced workshops for its effective use and best practices.
Qualifications
Rod gained his Engineering degree
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Experience
From Civil Engineering to
software engineering to software project leader to business
consultant and trainer, Rod has experience in many
industries and areas of expertise. This lead to the creation
of ACE Project Systems in 1994. Since then Rod has developed
and continues to update his training in project management
and his workshops on the advanced use of Microsoft Project.
As an experienced project manager and user of Microsoft Project, Rod is uniquely placed to help you solve project management problems and help you add value to your project management and reporting processes.
Rod's experience as a Software Engineer and in advanced uses of Project make him a very productive developer of custom solutions using Project, Excel, Access and Word VBA to automate processes, reports and more.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
1994 - present
Director of ACE Project Systems Ltd
- APS provides project
management and Microsoft Project consultancy and
training and develops companion products for
Microsoft Project. APS has provided consulting
services to many of New Zealand’s leading companies.
- My role is as a facilitator of projects and a developer of project management methodologies for clients. I have also developed a workshop on best practices for Microsoft Project.
- As well as
developing and delivering project management
training courses I created and developed Project
Program Manager (PPM) PPM is a project management
information system that provides resource
management, time sheet functionality and Microsoft
Project administration capabilities.
Recent work includes implementing Microsoft Project Server and developing custom reporting solutions for it. - In
2006 I published a booked titled: VBA Programming
for Microsoft Office Project.
- I have been involved with a number of Project Server implementations.
- 2009 completed an 11 month
contract helping to plan the upgrade of Marsden
Point Oil Refinery, a 1.2 million hour project.
1990 - 1994
Senior Trainer, ACE Training
- As senior trainer, I was one of six people sharing the management of ACE Training. My specific responsibilities were for the computers, course development and the overseeing of training for Microsoft Project, Access and Excel.
- This period
also involved consulting work for many organisations
in Project and in the advanced use of Access and
Excel.
1985 - 1990
Contracting
- 1986-1990: Contracts With
Software Engineering, Powercorp and Telecom
These contracts saw my work move from software engineering to business consulting. I project managed and developed control systems and utilities written in C. I also developed some PC interfaces to an AS400 based BPCS system. - 1985 - 1986 Software Engineering contracts. Test engineering in
Machine tool industry.
1980 - 1985
Software Engineer
Full time employment as Software
Engineer in UK
Three jobs saw a move to
software project leadership in software engineering
projects.
1977 – 1980 Civil Engineer
Full time Employment with WA
Dawson Ltd in UK and Middle East.
Day to day
management of sheet steel piling contracts for sea
wall defences and foundation projects.
EDUCATION
1974-1977 Lancaster University, UK
BSc Eng Honours degree in general Engineering with a specialty in Civil Engineering.ACCREDITATIONS
- Microsoft MVP for Project. I have been a Microsoft MVP since 1998. MVP’s get recognition because of their knowledge, support and competency on the Microsoft news groups. See www.support.microsoft.com/mvp/
- 2007 – Secretary
of the newly formed New Zealand chapter of the
Microsoft Project User Group, a worldwide user group
for Microsoft Project.
PUBLICATIONS
- Author of VBA Programming for Microsoft Office Project published in 2006.
- Special Edition Using Microsoft Project 2000. I wrote the two chapters on using Project’s Visual Basic for Applications macro language.
- I wrote the VBA column for a monthly newsletter
Woody’s Project Watch (www.woodyswatch.com/project/)
(Stopped publishing in 2004)
PERSONAL
Date Of Birth: 7th December 1955Nationality: Kiwi (moved to New Zealand In 1986)
Family status: Married with two children
Hobbies: Sailing and walking
Community Work: I am currently the unit training officer and a senior crew for our local Coastguard rescue boat based at Sandspit. (Pictures here and here)
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