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Montreal, Quebec, Ca

Vancouver, British Columbia, Ca

TELUS Agriculture and Consumer Goods is a leading agricultural technology company that provides innovative connected solutions and leverages real-time data to optimize the food value chain.My main role is to:• Optimize the IT processes of the ten operating companies and actively participate in their technological integration under the TELUS Agriculture and Consumer Products banner, a company with over 2,000 experts worldwide.• Manage implementation of identity access management for all companies (IAM).• Manage and control hosting costs for Azure, GCP and AWS solutions.• Optimize real estate infrastructure and play a key role in office and data center moves and closures.• Manage cloud migrations and optimize delivery platforms through automation.• Manage day-to-day operations of DevOps, infrastructure and cloud engineering teams.

Montreal, Quebec, Ca

A global powerhouse of specialist communication firms, AVENIR GLOBAL has 1,000 staff and offices in 23 locations across Canada, the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East. We rank among the top 15 largest communication firms in the world.As CIO, my role and responsibilities include:• Managing the IT aspect of the due diligence of companies acquired by AVENIR GLOBAL to assess their value and the challenges of their integration.• Managing day-to-day IT Systems operations to ensure business continuity and service delivery• Managing the 5 pillars of our IT practice; cloud infrastructure, network and security, compliance, user experience and end-user support.• Managing company-wide quality control and complex issues.• Developing innovative strategies and contributing to the company’s cloud transformation.• Play a key role in the company’s preparation to SOC2 type 2 report and CIS controls.• Play a leading role in the implementation of ERP systems.• Managing relationships with senior management of AVENIR GLOBAL and all subsidiaries.

Montreal, Qc, Ca

IT Consultant (1990-1992)Network Administrator (1992-1995)IT Director (1995-2011)

Implementing and maintaining our clients’ IT infrastructure. Although our range of services evolved and adapted to our clients’ needs and new technologies, our expertise in IT infrastructure management (LAN and WAN systems, messaging and collaboration, cyber security) was always at the core of our services.

Mcgill University’S Mini-Mba (Master In Business Administration)

Computer Graphics

Computer And Information Systems Security/Information Assurance