Technical Project Manager • Healthcare & Cloud
Harry Sivasambu, PMP, M.Eng
PMP-certified Technical Project Manager with 7+ years in healthcare technology delivery and medical technology R&D. Leads hospital software implementations from scope through go-live, coordinating technical dependencies, validation, and clinical stakeholders. Experience spans software development, EHR/HL7 integrations, and cloud and machine-learning initiatives.
Location
Toronto, ON
Work Experience
Stryker, Toronto, ON
Sept 2024 – PresentImplementation Project Manager, Professional Services
- Lead hospital software implementations, including projects valued at more than $3M, from scope through go-live and transition to support. Define integrated plans, acceptance criteria, validation, and cutover activities.
- Coordinate Engineering, Product, vendors, and hospital clinical/IT teams across EHR and HL7 integrations, nurse call, voice, mobile, infrastructure, and data dependencies.
- Own delivery risks, issues, change requests, and stakeholder reporting; surface tradeoffs through executive governance reviews and manage post-launch stabilization.
- Led three internal process-improvement initiatives, developing delivery templates and governance checklists and training Professional Services colleagues.
- Built a Microsoft 365 and Copilot workflow that converts statements of work into WBS schedules and Gantt timelines, with a project-manager review checkpoint.
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, ON
Jun 2021 – Aug 2024Research Project Manager – PROPEL Lab
- Led software and medical technology R&D projects from concept through prototype delivery and evaluation, managing scope, budgets, schedules, resources, and risks.
- Led an Agile team developing a machine-learning Android application for gait analysis. Managed requirements, backlog priorities, sprint planning, and iterative validation through an investor-ready demonstration.
- Coordinated model development, training, and evaluation using Google Cloud and Vertex AI.
- Directed adoption of 3D scanning, CAD, and additive manufacturing in prosthetic workflows, reducing production lead time by 30%.
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, ON
Apr 2019 – May 2021Research Coordinator – PROPEL Lab
- Secured more than $4M in grant funding through proposals, budgets, schedules, risk plans, business cases, and executive presentations connecting technical feasibility with clinical value.
- Supported an on-premises to Google Cloud research-data migration, coordinating access, security, data accessibility, and stakeholder requirements.
Ontario Power Generation, Pickering, ON
Apr 2016 – Sept 2017Junior Project Manager
- Supported construction and infrastructure delivery through schedule, budget, and risk controls.
- Authored business case summaries supporting over $5M in funding for system upgrades.
Education
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
M.Eng, Biomedical Engineering
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
B.Eng, Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
Certifications & Skills
- Certifications: Project Management Professional (PMP); AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner.
- Delivery: Integrated plans, scope and change control, dependencies, risk and issue management, UAT, acceptance criteria, cutover, and executive reporting.
- Healthcare systems: Vocera, EHR/HL7 workflows, clinical communications, nurse call, voice, mobile, and data mapping.
- Methods and tools: Agile, Scrum, backlog and sprint planning, Jira, Microsoft 365, Copilot, Python, JavaScript, and Git.
- Cloud and ML: Google Cloud, Vertex AI, model-development coordination, and AWS foundational knowledge.