Bill Wong Email and Phone Number

Dec/22 - 10/23 - Principal Research Director

Responsible for selling and supporting Advanced Analytical solutions (hardware, software, and services) to enable Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Artificial Intelligence implementations. Canadian lead for our partner-driven solutions, including: NVIDIA, Intel, Cloudera/Hortonworks, H2O.ai, DataRobot, ThoughtSpot, Elasticsearch, Splunk, SAP, NoSQL and SQL databases, and open source solution providers. Activities include:- Lead joint development of our customer's AI and Data Analytics strategy- Artificial Intelligence keynote speaker for cross-country roadshow- Speaker for external AI and Data Analytics events - AI keynote speaker for annual Dell AI roadshow, webinars, and customer session- Author of a quarterly AI newsletter

Selected engagements:- Enterprise Architect for one of the world's largest wealth management firms, developed the Strategic Roadmap for their Data-as-a-Service that leveraged 9000+ database instances using TOGAF-based approach- Enterprise Architect for one of Canada's largest telecommunications firms, delivered the Current and Future State, Strategic Roadmap to automate data center operations for 1000+ database instances and 1400+ application servers, using TOGAF-based approach

Lead executive for Microsoft data warehousing and Big Data solutions, launched Microsoft’s first large-scale analytical and Big Data offerings available on-premise and in the cloud. Responsible for delivering competitive analysis against key vendors, and presenting technology briefings to customers, press, and analysts.

Summary of roles:• Operations executive reporting to the GM and President of IBM Canada; led the implementation of strategic company initiatives and managed weekly/monthly cadence calls with the executive team responsible for hardware, software, and services.• Infrastructure consultant for data center automation (IaaS and PaaS) and large-scale database deployments. Delivered a technology architecture and roadmap to one of the world’s largest telecommunications firms to manage over $1B of new infrastructure investments. This enabled the company to enter new markets with new and innovate cloud computing-based offerings.• Business Development executive; develop and grow the ecosystem for existing and new strategic offerings by increasing support and adoption from key ISVs and Systems Integrators focused on the financial services, telecommunications, retail, and public sector industries.• Product Management executive; developed the go-to-market plans for the analytical appliance offerings. Delivered technology roadmap and competitive briefings to the analyst community (Gartner, Forrester, etc.). Responsible for creating marketing collateral, including fact sheets, whitepapers, and books.

Instructor for the following courses:- Strategic Information Technology Planning- Strategic Information Systems- Introduction to Statistics