Projects

Freeform Consultancy provides Project Management Services to clients for complex and challenging Technology and Engineering Projects as well as fixing troubled projects.

IBM Canada

eGovernment Portal Design and Implementation

Freeform worked with IBM Canada in 2011 to successfully launch an eGovernment portal for the Bahamas Government within a tight customer requested deadline of 7 months, thereby reducing the originally planned project implementation time by 2 months.

Freeform Consultancy was responsible for planning, managing and controlling the implementation of the infrastructure and horizontal e-services for the eGovernment Portal Project using IBM methodologies. This included the management of a project team of over 35 persons over several Geographies including Canada, USA, Bahamas, Trinidad and India. The scope of this project included:

Hardware Infrastructure Installation of 2 Power 750 machines to host 4 environments and associated back-up solution;
Software Infrastructure Implementation - The following key software components were utilized: Websphere Portal with IBM Web Content Manager, Websphere Process Server, Lotus Forms, Tivoli Access Manager, IBM HTTP Server, Websphere Application Server, IBM DB2 and Tivoli Directory Server;
Design and Build of the eGovernment Portal;
Design and Build of the Horizontal Services including portal registration, payment, service tracking and messaging.

This portal was successfully launched within a stringent implementation timeframe due to deadlines set by the Government of the Bahamas.

IBM World Trade Corporation (Trinidad)

"On call" Project Management Services

As a result of its successful relationships with IBM World Trade Corporation, Freeform Consultancy has been able to gain considerable experience in a variety of industries. Partnering with IBM, Freeform has managed the following projects on behalf of IBM:

Business continuity and disaster recovery plan for a Government Utility Company;
Expansion of the CISCO Call Centre solution for a Government Utility Company;
Upgrade of the Enterprise Management Software for a Major Distributor;
Design of the IT Network for a “state of the art” Technology Park for a special purpose State Agency;
Transitioning desk side support for an international Energy Corporation.

Atlantic LNG

CCTV and Access Control Design and Installation

Freeform Consultancy was engaged to manage one of Atlantic LNGs projects that had been in the planning stages for several years. As a result of Freeform Consultancy's project management, Atlantic LNG was successfully able to implement the project. As a result of our successful implementation, Freeform was assigned additional projects for implementation including:

CCTV Upgrade and Expansion: Managed the implementation programme for the new closed circuit surveillance system and expansion to Train 4 of Atlantic LNG. Freeform was responsible for all phases of programme management, and also managed all aspects of the IT solution and electrical and civil engineering requirements within the plant;
Access Control Implementation: Managed the implementation of the new integrated Access Control System across all of Atlantic LNG’s locations. Responsible for all phases of project from initiation and identifying customer requirements to project planning, management, control, and close out.

Columbus Communications

IPTV and Flow ToGo Product Development

Freeform Consultancy was hired by Columbus Communications to manage the product development of:

A Hybrid IP video service. This new service includes IP-delivered VoD and TV Everywhere services on Set top Boxes (STB) and Over the top (OTT) devices;
A Voice and TV Everywhere Mutiscreen Service marketed as "Flow ToGo".

Freeeform was responsible for project managing the integration of over 7 vendors based in Europe and North America to develop and rollout these solutions across several Caribbean countries incuding Trinidad, Jamaica, Barbados and St. Lucia.

These services are still being rolled out across multiple countries throughout the Caribbean region.

Columbus Communications Curacao

Outside Plant Construction Management

Freeform Consultancy is currently engaged by Columbus Commuications Curacao to manage the design and build of their plant throughout the Island of Curacao.

Freeform is engaged to:

Work with Flow Management to develop, design and implement all commercial and residential Build Plans.based on marketing priorities/opportunities;
Ensure that all areas and nodes in various stages of the design, review, build process have successfully passed quality checks before moving to the next stage and they are released for sale;
Develop amd Implement the maintenance program for all active FAPs.