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Providing a variety of tech solutions for the public and private sectors.

Ottawa, Ontario, CA

• The Canadian Forces Intelligence Command is a key intelligence agency within the Canadian Armed Forces. Its primary mission is to deliver comprehensive intelligence support to military operations, national defense, and.
• Provided technical analysis of ongoing initiatives
• Translated technical ground truths into executive consumable reports
• Provided advice and guidance critical to future success in the realm of ongoing digital transformation

Ottawa, Ontario, CA

• The Director Project Delivery Management Information Systems (DPDMIS) within the Department of National Defence (DND) plays a crucial role in overseeing and managing major capital, equipment, infrastructure, and.
• Conducted fact finding interviews across hardware, software and management teams
• Analyzed several years of documentation to provide key insight into the current state of the project
• Created detailed network and system diagram and documentation to provide clear direction and accelerate productization and delivery of key capabilities

Ottawa, Ontario, CA

• Supported Directorate of Capability Development (DJCD) Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (JISR) team in planning, designing, engineering and organizing CIS requirements for the establishment of.
• Worked closely with other DND network owners and stakeholders to flesh out the system design, ensuring that it would be interoperable with other critical systems
• Rapidly translated the project intent to develop a national intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance back bone network into a viable capability demonstrator
• This capability demonstrator enabled Beyond Visual Line Of Sight (BVLOS) sensor data to facilitate national joint Processing Exploitation and Dissemination (PED).
• The capability demonstrators Minimum Viable Product (MVP) was successfully fielded and tested twice during proof–of–concept exercises to demonstrate its capabilities using live feeds provided by the Royal Canadian.
• Developed a physical system build plan

Ottawa, Ontario, CA

The Directorate of Information Management Engineering and Integration (DIMEI) is a critical entity within the Department of National Defence (DND) and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). DIMEI is responsible for leading DND/CAF engineering efforts for the development and implementation of technical and security standards for all IT and Communication.

Ottawa, Ontario, CA

The Army Network Operations Center (ANOC) was the National support center for the Canadian Armed Forces Land Command Support System (LCSS/CDMN). This primarily involves supporting the Army, but also the Navy and Airforce, in operations and exercise wherever and whenever needed.As a system and network administrator for the ANOC I had been primary on.

Ottawa, Ontario, CA

• The problem was the CMTC and 1CMBG HQ & Sigs were about to launch into their summer training season in Wainwright Alberta and found themselves without any trained LCSS/CDMN administrators. I was selected to design and.
• Rapidly conceptualized and developed a training package that would fit in as much critical administration knowledge into the smallest period possible while still retaining the contextual information which made it useful
• Flew to Wainwright to be imbedded with the new CMTC administrators and 1CMBG HQ & Sigs troops to deliver the training
• While conducting the training, arranged trips into the training area with the CMTC admins to demonstrate the real-world applications of the lessons being taught
• In just under three weeks the new admins were as prepared as time would allow and they went on to conduct a successful training season of exercise and readiness evaluations
• Received a commendation from the CMTC commander for my efforts in preparing the CMTC staff

Providing IT system integration and support services to the Public and Private sectors of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, CA

Signals Operators are responsible for ensuring reliable and secure communications in support of military operations. They install, operate, and maintain various communication equipment and systems, including radios, satellites, and computer networks. This role is crucial for maintaining effective communication in both tactical and strategic environments.As.

Field Service Representatives (FSR) were contracted out to work directly for the Canadian Armed Forces as a member of their in-service support team at DLCSPM. The primary task was to be a subject matter expert on their command and control systems/networks. Required extensive travel across Canada and internationally with a willingness to be embedded with.

• Volunteered for a five–month Civilian deployment to Kabul, Afghanistan. Acted as sole system/network administrator for the Canadian International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Land Command Support System..
• Local support and administration of the LCSS-ISAF system for OP ATTENTION in the Kabul area
• Physical maintenance of the LCSS-ISAF equipment
• LCSS-ISAF local system administration
• Maintained and promoted passage of information through weekly reports to all concerned parties (i.e. J6, ANOC, NESS)
• Advised and trained the CAF on LCSS-ISAF, its capabilities and limitations as it pertained to their mission

Ottawa, Ontario, CA

DLCSPM 2-3, was the In-Service Support team for the Canadian Armed Forces Land Command Support System (LCSS). Members were responsible for deploying and upgrading LCSS; members often designed and lead training for other Canadian Armed Forces groups on LCSS. Required an extreme amount of travel and flexibility as team members were responsible for traveling.

Ottawa, Ontario, CA

• Volunteered and deployed to Afghanistan for a country wide command and control system/network replacement. Configured a multitude of servers, network devices and over a thousand client machines prior to deployment..
• Personally, led the mission critical ORION database migration; ensured the transition was seamless with zero downtime and no adverse impact to current operations by first securing executive buy–in to the plan, then.
• Administered Windows XP clients with active directory on both physical and virtual instances of Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008
• Secured Cisco networking devices using Inline Network Encryption to comply with the various restrictions, laws, regulations, policies, and best practices that apply when working with security classifications
• Helped manage the logistics of deploying over a thousand LCSS client machines across multiple sites around the country as well as installing and reconfiguring the network hardware to meet the needs of the new network.
• These changes included inline network encryption devices, router upgrades and reconfiguration, the deployment of new servers and the safe and steady migration of data from the old system to the new with minimal.

Ottawa, Ontario, CA

• Volunteered for deployment to Afghanistan to upgrade the command–and–control system used by the Canadian Armed Forces. The scope of this upgrade grew and became drastically more complex upon landing and obtaining.
• Spearheaded the investigation and redevelopment of an unofficial intelligence dissemination system which had developed organically in theatre. Produced a declassified version for training and developed a comprehensive.
• Provided network support through administering, installing, configuring, testing, troubleshooting, imaging, supporting, and maintaining various proprietary DND servers, Cisco networking devices and VMware virtualized.
• Secured Cisco networking devices using Inline Network Encryption to comply with the various restrictions, laws, regulations, policies, and best practices that apply when working with security classifications
• Vital services were kept online and running 24/7 to maintain the core capabilities of the LCSS as the new system was rolled out