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Canada

Burlington, Ontario, CA

Freelance IP Solutions Engineer / RF Technician:On-Site RF / IP Technician:Supporting mainly live sports; Ensuring efficient setup and teardown of equipment, operation and client management, and troubleshooting of any issues to make sure signals get to air.Design and Implementation of RF Communication Systems: Responsible for designing and implementing RF.

Trenton, Ontario, CA

Responsible for leading the IT, Legislative Services, and Strategic Initiative teams at the City of Quinte West.After participating in the organizational review for the City of Quinte West in my role as Acting Deputy Director I was the successful candidate for the new role of Director of Corporate Services comprising Information Technology, Legislative.

Trenton, Ontario, CA

Responsible for leading the IT, GIS, Clerks and Facilities teams at the City of Quinte WestTook on an additional role directing the City of Quinte West Corporate Services (Clerks) and Facilities departments along with managing IT & GIS while the City transitioned through a comprehensive organizational review. Maintained strong relationships with senior.

Trenton, Ontario, CA

Managed two teams providing technical and geographical information support to the City of Quinte West. All technical infrastructure and GIS systems and workflows were managed by the department serving a community of over 40,000 residents and covering a land area of 500 square kilometres.- Responsible for the complete transformation of City infrastructure.

Toronto, Ontario, CA

- Oversees the technical implementation and support of CBC / Radio-Canada’s Special Events including the 2014, 2016 and 2018 Olympic Games, 2015 PanAm Games and the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups.- Manages a group of Systems Engineers/Designers with the objective of transforming the operational requirements of the Media into systems and facilities built to.

Toronto, Ontario, CA

• Supervises a group of Senior and Systems Engineers/Designers with the objective of transforming the operational requirements of the Media into systems and facilities built to meet their needs.
• Manage engineers, designers and installation staff.
• Plans and manages the implementation of large scale and complex capital infrastructure projects from business case to project closure.
• Collaborate with other company verticals to guarantee projects meet all requirements outlined in the business case ensuring proper closure and release to operations. (eg. Maintenance, Real Estate, HVAC, Electrical, IT.
• Prepare cost estimates, RFP (Request For Proposal), RFQ (Request For Quote), and SOW (Statement of Work) documents.
• Negotiation with external vendors, internal clients and other business groups.

Toronto, Ontario, CA

• Plans and manages the implementation of large scale and complex capital infrastructure projects from business case to project closure.
• Manage installation staff.
• Coordinate colleagues tasked to assist with projects where I am the lead.
• Collaborate with other company verticals to guarantee projects meet all requirements outlined in the business case ensuring proper closure and release to operations. (eg. Maintenance, Real Estate, HVAC, Electrical, IT.
• Prepare cost estimates, RFP (Request For Proposal), RFQ (Request For Quote), and SOW (Statement of Work) documents.
• Negotiation with external vendors, internal clients and other business groups.

Brookfield, Wisc., US

• Had a lead role in project and new business development in Canada and Latin America:o Developed telecommunication and networking business requirements.o Ensured proper capacity of infrastructure.o Created business.
• Was the sole IT employee for First Data International Canada supporting 260 users both remotely and in 2 offices located in Mississauga, ON and London, ON:o Maintained, troubleshot and repaired: Servers (NT4, 2000).

Toronto, Ontario, CA

• Designed, installed and troubleshot production broadcast facilities. Highlights include:o Satellite News Resource Desk (With Satellite Store & Forward Technology)o Virtual Studio (Motion Capture)o VOD (Video on Demand).

Assisted in carrying out technical testing of petrochemical stationequipment to ensure government standards.

Picked Orders

Rebuilt vehicle AC compressors.

Honors Bachelor Of Science, Computer Science With Software Engineering Specialization

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