Dan Bowditch Email & Phone Number

Metro Vancouver, Canada

SVP Vancouver is a volunteer network of business people operating under a new model of giving - Venture Philanthropy. We connect the 'power of business'​ with the 'passion for giving'​, to drive community solutions with a unique combination of time and money.We believe that non-profits (our Investees) face many of the same challenges as new businesses. As entrepreneurs and business leaders, we've faced them ourselves. That’s why, in addition to providing capital, we contribute our… Show more SVP Vancouver is a volunteer network of business people operating under a new model of giving - Venture Philanthropy. We connect the 'power of business'​ with the 'passion for giving'​, to drive community solutions with a unique combination of time and money.We believe that non-profits (our Investees) face many of the same challenges as new businesses. As entrepreneurs and business leaders, we've faced them ourselves. That’s why, in addition to providing capital, we contribute our expertise. SVP Vancouver's focus is on capacity building for non-profits that work directly with vulnerable youth.Dan currently co-chairs the Lead Partner Committee and has served as a lead partner for several non-profit Investees and is a member of the IT Community of Practice providing IT guidance for multiple Investees.For further information, visit - http://www.socialventurepartners.org/vancouver Show less

Vancouver, Canada

The Rogue presents more than 50 local, Canadian and international world class performances annually in Metro Vancouver. It serves as a year-round folk music festival for mutliple genres from folk to blues to cajun to singer/songwriter to bluegrass to old time to celtic to gypsy jazz and more. The main venue is the beautiful St. James Hall in Vancouver's Kitsilano neighbourhood.For further information, visit - http://www.roguefolk.bc.ca

North Vancouver, Canada

Business development and GIS consulting services to electric, gas, water and communications utilities via Ten Sails Consulting and Ubisense Inc. throughout North America. Provided four Canadian GIS development professionals to Ubisense Inc. and their customers until 2010 and then transferred them to Ubisense Canada.

North Vancouver, Canada

GIS sales, customer relationship management, business development and consulting in the North American electric, gas, water and communications utility sectors.Customers included Excel Energy, Duke Energy, American Electric Power, BC Hydro, San Diego Water, Terasen Gas, City of Bloomington, Cox Communications, First Energy, Piedmont Natural Gas, Northeast Utilities, Tacoma Power and GE Energy.

Vancouver, Canada

Key team player in development of Business Process Outsourcing services in Canada.Represented interests of Accenture Business Services of BC (outsourced BC Hydro services) in Accenture outsourcing and GIS opportunities. Customers included Enbridge Gas Distribution, Enmax Utilities and Canfor.

Vancouver, Canada

Responsible for all Geospatial Information System (GIS) and Outage Management System (OMS) services provided to BC Hydro as well as development of external GIS and OMS business for utility customers throughout North America.Grew GIS group to 60 staff resources – half for BC Hydro support and development and half for external business. GIS external business provided more than 80% of Westech’s profit margin to it's owner BC Hydro.Responsible for leading edge Smallworld Enterprise… Show more Responsible for all Geospatial Information System (GIS) and Outage Management System (OMS) services provided to BC Hydro as well as development of external GIS and OMS business for utility customers throughout North America.Grew GIS group to 60 staff resources – half for BC Hydro support and development and half for external business. GIS external business provided more than 80% of Westech’s profit margin to it's owner BC Hydro.Responsible for leading edge Smallworld Enterprise GIS (EGIS) and PowerOn (OMS) implementations in BC Hydro's Transmission & Distribution (T&D) Business Unit.External GIS customers included National Grid USA, BC Gas, Allstream Communications, Enbridge Gas Distribution, San Diego Water, Province of BC, Smallworld Systems and GE Energy.Also responsible for 60 person team in Energy Business Solutions providing Indus Passport (Work Management System) implementation services and integration with Peoplesoft and GIS in BC Hydro's T&D Business Unit.Westech was a subsidiary of BC Hydro and it's 400 employees were bundled into Accenture's outsourcing of BC Hydro work in 2003. Show less

Burnaby, Canada

Developed Transmission & Distribution Performance Model and initial performance measures as a key player in the Manage Assets group of the T&D Business Unit’s newly formed process based organization.

Burnaby, Canada

Responsible for all information technology planning and management in Customer Services and later T&D Business Units.T&D Business Unit included more than half of BC Hydro’s 7,000 employees, computer systems, applications, desktops and mobile devices distributed throughout the province.Responsible for support of major operational systems such as Customer Information System (CIS), Geo Facilities Information System (GFIS), Enterprise GIS (EGIS), PowerOn Outage Management System… Show more Responsible for all information technology planning and management in Customer Services and later T&D Business Units.T&D Business Unit included more than half of BC Hydro’s 7,000 employees, computer systems, applications, desktops and mobile devices distributed throughout the province.Responsible for support of major operational systems such as Customer Information System (CIS), Geo Facilities Information System (GFIS), Enterprise GIS (EGIS), PowerOn Outage Management System (OMS), Work Management System (WMS) and field mobile applications.Major projects included GFIS (IBM), PowerOn (Smallworld), EGIS (Smallworld) and 'Return to CIS' from Daffron Customer System project in Victoria. Helped negotiate and managed service level agreements and contracts with subsidiaries Network Computing Services and Westech Information Systems for hardware and software services in addition to outside IT suppliers.Ongoing liaison with the Office of the CIO on overall IT Planning for BC Hydro including the move to a Common Desktop and planning for replacement and integration of legacy Financial, Work Management and Customer systems. Show less

Burnaby, Canada

Fast tracked GIS development and data conversion of manual distribution mapping and records for the entire province on BC Hydro's IBM mainframe. Orchestrated establishment of private 24x7 data conversion facilities in Kamloops and Vernon to carry out the work.$34 million project successfully completed on time and on budget that pioneered and set an example for GIS at other large utilities including innovative automated design and record keeping applications to support utility service… Show more Fast tracked GIS development and data conversion of manual distribution mapping and records for the entire province on BC Hydro's IBM mainframe. Orchestrated establishment of private 24x7 data conversion facilities in Kamloops and Vernon to carry out the work.$34 million project successfully completed on time and on budget that pioneered and set an example for GIS at other large utilities including innovative automated design and record keeping applications to support utility service planners working ‘a job at a time’ as opposed to updating ‘a map at a time’.Project helped to establish regional economic growth in the Province of BC and helped to develop the newly privatized Westech Information Systems as a viable external business. Show less

Various Locations In Bc

Engineer-In-Training (Vancouver, Victoria, Prince George, Burns Lake and Fort Nelson), District Manager (Hazelton and Haida Gwaii), Line Manager (North Shore), Customer Service and Design Manager (Richmond, Burnaby, North Shore and Surrey), Area Manager (North Shore/Coastal and Metro East).

Basc, Electrical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Applied Science Curriculum Committee Student Member, Electrical Engineering Club/IEEE Field Trip Chair.

Management Achievement Program Diploma, In Residence At The University Of British Columbia

Professional Engineer (P.Eng.)