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Richmond Hill, On, Ca

Richmond Hill, Ontario, Ca

As a PADI Divemaster, my role involves conducting scuba diving courses, guiding underwater excursions, and ensuring the safety and satisfaction of divers under my care. I provide comprehensive training to novice divers and also assist experienced divers in honing their skills.A crucial part of my work is planning dive operations to ensure the highest level of safety and enjoyment for divers.As a Project AWARE enthusiast, I am deeply committed to marine conservation. I organize and participate in various initiatives, such as Dive Against Debris, to raise awareness about the importance of protecting our oceans. I strive to inspire fellow divers and the larger community to contribute actively to marine conservation and be responsible ocean stewards.

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

I am a forward-thinking Cloud Architect with a passion for driving innovation and automation in the dynamic realm of Microsoft Azure. Currently serving as a Solution Principal at Hitachi, I'm a member the iCTO team, collaborating closely with the Sales team to spearhead the technical sales process. From the conceptualization of solutions to project initiation, my goal is to ensure the identification and support of deliverables aligned with clients' requirements and project objectives.

As a results-driven Director of Cloud Strategy and Solutions, I am fully accountable for designing and delivering advanced cloud-based services while strategically growing the cloud business. My expertise encompasses driving sales, overseeing account management, and managing all operational aspects. I have a proven track record of success in the following key areas:• Practice Building: By combining business development, talent management, delivery oversight, and thought leadership, I successfully drive the overall growth of the cloud practice area.• Business Development: I lead and execute business development activities, leveraging my professional network to benefit the firm and secure new opportunities.• Team & Individual Development: Through effective team management strategies, I maximize performance, productivity, and job satisfaction, fostering a high-performing culture.• Engagement Management: I manage engagement risk, project economics, planning and budgeting, accounts receivable, and deliverable content. I ensure buy-in from top management levels at the client organization for proposed solutions.• Client Relationship Management: I identify and capitalize on opportunities to expand services to both new and existing clients, skillfully managing executive and senior-level client stakeholder relationships.• Thought Leadership and Solution Development: I collaborate with teams to capture best practices, develop case studies, and create core deliverables that strengthen our solution offerings.• Industry Involvement and Speaking Engagements: I actively participate in industry forums, events, and speaking engagements, representing the organization's expertise. I proficiently manage the production of project deliverables, budgets, and presentations to clients and leadership.• Mentoring and Recruitment: I mentor and develop team members, proactively supporting the enhancement of practice capabilities in line with market demand.

Toronto, On, Ca

As a Principal Consultant, I create value for our customers, our sales organization and delivery units by using my ability to shape imaginative, forward-looking and inspiring solutions to complex problems – solutions that can be built by our delivery units. I have the maturity and communication skills necessary to support T4G’s sales efforts. I use my experience to take abstract or conflicting ‘wants’ and create sharp, focused and relevant opportunities from which to develop value-based solutions.Key Responsibilities:Design complex platforms and build cloud-native architectures and applications for clients.Transform legacy applications using PaaS, serverless compute, microservices and event-driven architectures.Drive the adoption of New IT including emerging technologies.Drive cloud adoption and transformation projects.Define migration strategies to move applications and workloads to the cloud.Develop architecture blueprints and detailed documentation.Validate the solution meets all security and compliance controls.

Toronto, On, Ca

As the Director of Managed Hosting Services, I led the transformation and continuous evolution of our data center Infrastructure Services while maintaining industry-leading service levels for our customers. I was directory responsible for optimizing our existing management of infrastructure in terms of technology, process, people and vendors. During my first year in this strategic position, I developed a transformational plan to make infrastructure more consumable as a service with greater levels of automation and ease.I was responsible for building the infrastructure strategy and processes while leading the teams of technology experts managing multiple data center locations. I successfully implemented processes and policies that resulted in the successful completion of SOC2-Type 2 and PCI auditsKey Responsibilities:Set the mission and vision of hosting business to foster a business-oriented culture and mindset.Lead the development of the Managed Hosting strategy and roadmap to ensure its integration with the overall T4G’s strategic plans.Work with the senior leadership on the service portfolio and governance required to prioritize resources.Develop and control the annual infrastructure operating and capital expenditure budget.Lead contract negotiations for infrastructure technologies, service contracts and subscriptionsAdvice on emerging technologies that should be integrated and/or introduced to ensure IT capabilities respond to the needs of the clients’ business strategy.Provide strategic direction and oversight for the design, development, operation and support of the Managed Hosting systems that align with the achievement of business goals.Oversee operational and service management processes to ensure quality, security, efficiency and agility goals are achieved.Provide leadership, coaching and direction to the Managed Hosting team.

Toronto, On, Ca

In this role, I delivered consulting services by providing design and definitions of technology standards to key T4G clients, strategic coordination as well as tactical governance, technology leadership, client management and opportunity development.Key achievements:I designed, deployed and managed a private cloud service offering at T4G. The managed cloud service provided our clients with the option to fully outsource infrastructure and operations activities to T4G. Over the years, this solution has grown to a multi-million-dollar business at T4G.I was responsible for the design and deployment of a hybrid cloud model which allowed T4G clients to seamlessly move workloads between the private cloud and Microsoft Azure, enhance the disaster recovery process and scale workloads on demand.Key Areas of Responsibilities:Leading clients through Cloud Readiness and Adaptation process to ensure secure and managed consumption of cloud services.Provided leadership and expertise on various engagements including projects on Infrastructure, Virtualization, Cloud Adoption, Cloud Migration, Cloud Readiness Assessments, Information Security, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity.Created infrastructure designs and architecture roadmaps for cloud-based solutions and initiatives with enhanced reliability and availability in mind.Actively participated in pre-sales client meetings with account leads, creating and executing Statements of Work.Gathered project requirements, proposing technical solutions, creating responses to RFPsLead both client and team design sessions, meetings and troubleshooting sessionsLead projects through their entire lifecycles to ensure efficient and accurate implementation of all project components.Built deep long-lasting relationships with key client accounts, securing repeat business and ensuring a high level of customer satisfaction.Maintained high level and granular technical documentation.

Toronto, On, Ca

In the role of the Infrastructure and Security Architect, I designed and implemented information systems to support the enterprise infrastructure for T4G clients while ensuring that all systems are working at optimal levels and support the development of new technologies and system requirements. As the senior architect, I led and directed delivery teams on various enterprise projects.Key Responsibilities:Analysis of existing systems to ensure they offer adequate security and are effectively meeting the needs. Analyze business requirements to identify where they can integrate new hardware, operating systems, or connectivity solutions.Evaluate and recommend alternative technologies or improvements to enhance information systems to support organizational goals. Lead the design and review processes for new systems.Develop and document the proposed technical design for the integration and implementation of any new software.Create detailed plans for the integration of new systems architecture into existing infrastructure. Physical integrations and provide technical direction and support.Evaluate the success of the project, identifying best practices and lessons learned.Provide feedback to the client’s leadership and incorporate this information into future integration plans.Core Skills:Project managementExperience with web technologies and building enterprise architecture roadmapsExperience designing, integrating and managing complex infrastructure solutionsKnowledge of client-server networking and database managementAbility to provide technical system solutions, determine overall design direction and provide hardware recommendations for complex technical issuesExperience planning and developing support processes and adhering to best practicesStrong written and oral communication skillsAbility to effectively communicate with technical and non-technical audiencesAbility to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

During my career with Mt. Sinai I deliver the following projects:Design and deployment of Windows NT domain and transition of all services from Novell Netware to Windows platform.Design and deployment of MS Exchange server and transition from DaVinci Mail and MS Mail.Design and deployment of Microsoft SMSDesign of standardized desktop image based on Windows 95, including transition and deployment strategy.:

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Design and deployment of clustered MS Exchange server and transition from MS Mail.Design and deployment of Microsoft System Management Server, including rollout to 4000 desktops.

As a Senior Systems Administrator, I was responsible for ongoing maintenance, upgrade and support for clients' software, hardware, and networks. I diagnosed and resolved problems and provided a response to help desk requests. In this role, it was essential to communicate technical concerns and solutions to many different people with varying degrees of technical knowledge as well as work with individuals in all departments to help solve their technical issues. I was directly responsible for maintaining our system infrastructure, including servers, network, firewalls, testing computer equipment, backing up data, installing and updating malware software, installing and rebuilding existing servers as well as other processes.Key Accomplishments:Designed and deployed Novell NetWare infrastructureDesign and deployment of first email platform based on Lotus cc: MailDeployment of Window NT infrastructure and transition from Novell NetWare to Windows DomainDeployment and Transition of MS Exchange ServerDesign of a new datacenter and transition of all servicesDeployment of over 6,000 standardized desktops throughout the organization

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