Brendan Cumming
About Brendan Cumming
Brendan Cumming is a Digital Product Manager at ExxonMobil with extensive experience in IT and management roles across various locations in North America and globally.
Current Position at ExxonMobil
Brendan Cumming currently holds the title of Digital Product Manager at ExxonMobil. Based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, he has been in this role since 2022. His responsibilities include delivering digital solutions that enhance productivity and reduce costs. His work has contributed to more than $10 million per year in increased efficiency in maintenance execution across Imperial Oil assets in Western Canada. Brendan's innovation in developing an industry-first cloud-based software tool has provided near-real-time visibility of maintenance activities, benefitting over 1000 users daily.
Previous Roles at ExxonMobil
Brendan Cumming has held multiple roles at ExxonMobil, showcasing a diverse career trajectory. He worked as Staff Development Manager in 2022 for six months. From 2018 to 2021, he was the Kearl / Cold Lake IT Operations Manager, working across various sites in Western Canada. Before that, he served as IT Planner in Calgary during 2018-2019. From 2016 to 2018, Brendan worked globally as Global Mainframe Centre of Excellence & Retail Manager. Additionally, he held the position of Americas Mainframe Centre of Excellence Supervisor from 2014 to 2016.
Previous Roles at Imperial Oil
Brendan Cumming has also held several positions at Imperial Oil. From 2021 to 2022, he served as an HR Special Projects Advisor in Calgary, Alberta. Before that, he was an Internal Auditor from 2012 to 2014, working across multiple locations in North America. His roles have involved collaborating with stakeholders and leading management of change activities to ensure strong uptake of tools across various user personas.
Educational Background
Brendan Cumming has a robust educational background. He attended the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, where he completed the Business Leadership Program in 2023 and the Emerging Leadership Program in 2015. Brendan also holds a Master of Engineering in Internetworking from Dalhousie University (2006-2007) and a Bachelor of Computing in Computer Science from the University of Guelph (2001-2005).