David Willson Email & Phone Number

Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, Canada Area

Manage the functional team responsible for editorial tool development and workflow reengineering using automation (RPA) and AI solutions. Accomplishments• Create and maintain the North American Tax and Accounting Editorial team's roadmap for Artificial Intelligence and automation projects.• After a project had been stuck in development limbo for nearly a year, I was brought in to deliver the project’s content deliverables. Within the span of a month, I had worked with the team to refactor the team’s work into the agile sprint process. I defined all users stories in JIRA and it let us quickly establish a velocity, simplify reporting and ultimately plan, predict, and deliver on our timeline 10 months out with precision.• Realizing the potential of Generative AI in early 2022, I led a team in an internally hosted hackathon to prove the potential for workflow improvements and significant cost savings using Gen AI. Since then, I have rolled out a production implementation of a text-based summary tool, and am leading the effort to convert other workflow processes to use GenAI in order to replace manual data entry tasks.•Designed and implemented robust scripts using R and SQL to extract, transform, and load large volumes of search log data. I used these scripts to conduct in-depth analysis of search patterns, user behavior, and keyword trends, uncovering valuable insights that informed strategic business decisions and improved the overall user experience.

Toronto, Canada Area

Responsible for taxonomy in the broadest sense of the word. I work with SMEs, content standards and development teams to create and leverage controlled vocabularies, thesauri and knowledge models using Semantic Web and Linked Data In an effort to improve efficiencies of classification, I evaluated more than 80 text analytics tools for use in an automatic classification project that demonstrated automatic-categorization for 100 documents in less than a few seconds, in comparison to several hours by an expert.

Toronto, Canada Area

Responsible for managing the team that supported the operations of the Princes Margaret Cancer Centre's Education department, including thePrincessMargaret.ca- In the final stages of the redesign of the Princess Margaret Cancer Program website, I managed more than 12 staff in three locations as we deployed several thousand pages to the site. This included the development of a training program, creation of a schedule and establishment of a tracking system that would generate a daily report for senior management on our progress. - When 4 libraries merged as part of an corporate reorganization, there were duplicate library management systems at each site. I gathered requirements, ran an RFS that to evaluated and ultimately oversee the launch of a unified library management system, reducing overall costs by a quarter as well as finding a solution to leverage existing technologies to deploy an online public access catalog over the internet, a first of its kind for the organization. - Used Google Analytics' reports to carrying out of A/B testing of alternative designs of ELLICSRKitchen.ca that resulted in an increased click-through rate from 5% to 23% of specific elements.

Toronto, Canada Area

Responsible for a wide array of web related tasks for the The Princess Margaret Cancer Centre's Education Department.- With a completed build from the vendor and no test plan for version 2 of a cancer-specific Social media platform, I developed Use Cases with a desired focus on ease of use, and coordinated both User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Usability testing for the system. I found over 100 usability issues, as well as more than 5 showstopper bugs before launch.- Twice a year, a professional education session was run by the hospital to train professionals from across the world on new equipment that required significant time for the online integration of the LMS. I was given responsibility for administering the platform for each course. I developed a system for bulk user registration, re-use of content as learning assets and turned a time consuming administrative effort into one that could be managed within a day.- Every year the department had to report on departmental KPIs. When given the responsibility to collect those stats, I developed a custom database that gathered all usage stats from the departmental sites. It enabled the generating of stats in minutes, in comparison to hours in previous years.

Wrote game reviews and technology-related articles- Major client was Evergeek Media Group digital wire services.- Reviewes published online at The Toronto Star, Metro, and other site across the world- Event Coverage included the Montreal Game Festival - Festival Arcadia 2008 and Sony's Dealer's Day 2008.

- Shot, wrote and reported on news segments for First Local News, and York Region Living.- Co-hosted the one-hour call-in show Swap Shop.- Duties included researching items and topics for on-air discussion.- Established an online show-page and archive for the week's activities.

Learned the Audio Visual rope with one of the best AV services providers in the country.- Provided Audio Visual support to Hotels and Conference Centres across the GTA, including Metropolitan, SOHO Metropolitan, Sutton Place, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, and others.- Setup and take down of audio visual equipment used during events. Includes, screens, projectors, laptops, microphones and cameras.

Masters Of Information, Information Science

Activities and Societies: University of Toronto Association of Information Science- Specialized in Knowledge Media Design - Completed.

B.A., Communications And Psychology

- Focus on Digital Media Production - Trained to use Final Cut Pro, Adobe Creative Suite (Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Adobe.