Founder and President of ORION Cybernetics, a privately held boutique management consulting firm providing clientele with Client Advocacy, Strategic Blueprinting, Program Surveillance and Governance services across a broad range of technology and facilities initiatives. He is the principal managing director and has been engaged in all elements of ORION on a full time basis since 1994.For the last thirty+ years, he has program managed large scale high-technology projects within, and the high technology, government, educational, financial management and health care industry segments.Kevin is a Certified Data Centre Management Professional (CDCMP).Authoritative specialist with proven leadership in the execution of complex IT transformational initiatives and managed services. Recognized for leading multifaceted programs with energy and optimism. Project Executive | Program Manager | Project Manager | Business Analyst | Transformational Architect| Enterprise ArchitectParticularly adept in the advance planning, programming, implementation and governance of complex technology initiatives and has developed and managed the design, installation and commissioning of leading edge infrastructures and planned the consolidation of staff, technology and facilities for thousands of end user clients. Acknowledged excellence in customer service, sales & marketing, telecommunications, information technology, and program management.

Infinida is a developer and integrator of devices, apps and services that enhance the user experience leveraging disparate eco-systems across the Internet of Things (IoT). Infinida provides IoT advisory services to the connected home consumer and design integrated applications that promote health & wellness simplicity and safeguard independent assisted living.Mr. Orr is Infinida’s Program Executive. He contributes and directs efforts targeted throughout the product development lifecycle (i.e. Discovery Stage | Scoping | Business Case development | Design & Engineering | Testing & Validation through Product Launch).

Shared Services Canada (SSC) delivers digital services to Government of Canada organizations. SSC provides modern, secure and reliable IT services so federal organizations can deliver digital programs and services that meet Canadians needs. From advisory, planning to delivery as a member of the Project Management and Delivery Branch (PM&D) Kevin is engaged across a variety Shared Services Canada (SSC) projects.Kevin is accountable to provide accurate forecasts of a project’s performance; to provide sound governance and oversight across customer-funded and SSC led projects, further ensuring a project’s successful delivery as measured by its scope, budget and timeline.

VigilantCS is a RegTech solution focused on compliance automation for the financial services industry. The VigilantCS platform serves as a knowledge-base and centralized hub for dealers, advisors and investment fund managers that enables cost-effective compliance, improved controls and analytics to reduce conduct risk. It is an intelligent, cloud-based staff conduct risk platform; leveraging machine learning to formulate cognitive insights that provide insight into the propensity of an organization's staff to comply with compliance, cybersecurity, and other corporate oversight programs. Kevin is VigilantCS' Program Governance Executive and ensures synergy with VCS’s corporate governance policies and development roadmap. He directs Client facing efforts throughout the on-boarding experience.

MDFMI engages a third party data centre co-location provider for the provisioning of data centre facilities in support of the Integrated Brokerage System (IBS) environment and supporting applications. This key Technology & Operations functional priority has the objectives of: (a) providing Canadian Physicians with a thoughtful, trustworthy online experience with an ‘Present & Ready for Use’ capability; (b) continue to supporting the CMA & its membership membership with uncompromised security & data integrity to our online portfolio; and (c) transform the IBS environment into an HA configuration with a 99.999% SLA. Kevin while providing counsel and direction to the MDFMI’s executive leadership team, also provisions resident program executive and client advocacy for a multi-disciplinary core advisory team. His counsel and stewardship directs organizational needs within and across the ‘vision-eering’, strategy development, assessment, discovery, and prepositioning the design, engineering and execution phases of this high availability (HA); active resiliency initiative.

MDPSI engages a third party data centre co-location provider for the provisioning of facilities, hosting, network access, hosting services, and storage (collectively, "data centre facilities") in support of the Integrated Brokerage System (IBS) environment and application support. Colocation data centre is being decommissioned and that MDPSI’ infrastructures and services need to migrate to a new data centre facility. Kevin provides MDPSI with requisite professional services and stewardship to the Technology Operations project management team. In guiding MDPSI’ multi-disciplinary IT team, he provides Client Advocacy support and penetrates within the co-location provider’s relocation-build-deployment team, to ensure the needs of MDPSI are communicated, represented and delivered.

In association with BP&M Consulting Inc., Kevin was the executive lead consultant and for a strategic report to capture high-level observations of the current state of Shared Services Canada (SSC) data centers on Vancouver Island and their suitability as candidates for consolidation. The Roadmap documents the high-level current state, establishes key consolidation strategies and outline next steps for consolidation within a key SSC data center (interim end state). The work effort was organized around three (3) main areas: Phase 1 - Information GatheringPhase 2 - Information Analysis and Infrastructure ReviewPhase 3 - Information Reporting and Documentation

The Datacenter Migration project is a component of a larger initiative to enhance business continuity, and modernize the Bank’s datacenters, providing an active/active design that will enable improvements in the Bank’s business continuity capabilities and recovery time objectives for day-to-day and DR purposes.  A prerequisite to the DCM, the Core Network Upgrade, as a component of the Infrastructure Upgrade and Evolution Program, seeks to enhance the Bank’s network, and enable future technologies such as voice over IP, wireless, unified communications and improved video capabilities such as tele-presence and video to the desktop.Kevin is the Senior Project Manager for both the data centre migration and core network evolution projects providing steersman-ship and oversight support to a multi-disciplinary IT infrastructure and deployment team.

Provided infrastructure assessment services to complete a current state infrastructure review of Passport Canada’s (PPTC) environment. The scope of the report is directed at infrastructure enabling PPTC business critical services currently being supported by Shared Services Canada International Portfolio. The scope includes data centre, infrastructure, telecom, applications dependent on infrastructure and interdependencies.The resulting assessment report captured current state, recommendations and prioritizations related to the following;θ any single points of failure and vulnerabilities; θ current state redundancy, automation or failovers, spare hot swaps, etc.; θ ranking of vulnerabilities and prioritization based on impact; and θ Identifying gaps and links to other dependencies.

The Data Center Service Optimization Program mandate is to evaluate Environment Canada’s National Data Center (DC) service delivery including the physical environment and Data Center services to Environment Canada clients. The scope of this program includes a variety of projects, work packages and people focused initiates. The objectives of the program are to:1. Align with overall Government of Canada strategy and vision;2. Define Long term Data Center vision;3. Data Center services supported by a reduced number of locations;4. Increase efficiencies and reduce total cost of ownership;5. Maximize value to our clients and for Canadians; and6. Define new roles and provide training for IT Infrastructure Staff to support data center longer term vision.

Is engaged to provided Data Centre Executive Consultancy - Trusted Advisor services to Environment Canada for the initial advance planning and consolidation strategy development for a National Capital Region data centre build and relocation. Additionally he and key knowledge contributors from ORION Cybernetics also provided data centre relocation planning and deployment services. Data Centre provisioning and infrastructure design revolve around The Uptime Institute best practices and Tiering standards as defined by TIA-942.

SSi is the largest ISP in Northern Canada, serving more than 60 Northern communities within Nunavut and the Northwest Territories. They specialize in deploying turnkey networks to support the needs of communities that do not have access to terrestrial connectivity. Kevin is the identified lead consultant providing data centre design and infrastructure (architectural, electrical, mechanical and communication) recommendations for SSi’s new data centre facility in Ottawa to be commissioned in 2010.

Infinida, an accredited Google Enterprise Partner, is a turnkey provider of enterprise search technology and professional services. Its objective is to empower organizations with timely access to information, tailored to their specific corporate cultures and needs.Kevin is the principal executive and business plan developer responsible for operational strategy/structure, entity creation, investment, and business case justification. He successfully secured national Google Enterprise Partner accreditation status Dec-08.

Entailed the undertaking of an on-site assessment that includes review of the Environment Canada Vancouver Data Center as well as interviews with the IT Staff from both the IT operations and Client applications. The scope of assessment includes:1. Examine capacity requirements based on existing and future anticipated requirements;2. Review any existing engineering reports on physical power and cooling defining current and available capacity.3. Examine current state of IM/IT infrastructure, with consideration for the Interactive Weather Station application deployment. Kevin provided findings and recommendations made to alleviate current Power and HVAC issues, as well as a greening/consolidation approach to better utilize existing infrastructure to reduce current space and load. In addition, the report includes a recommended approach to enable continuous monitoring of utilization of infrastructure (with complete statistical analysis) to provide trends and target potential future capacity issues before they occur.

Fisheries and Oceans, Canada (DFO) is implementing a new IM/IT service delivery model over the next two years which have given rise to the IT Sustainability Project (ISP).The ISP will deliver modernized and revitalized IM/IT services. This national DFO project will establish enterprise-wide comprehensive and consistent management model for IM/IT in the department, and a consolidated, rationalized and sustainable infrastructure designed to support the business outcomes of the Department.Kevin is accountable to plan and lead a CGI Facilities Infrastructure team to evaluate and counsel DFO on recommendations for Data Centre facilities consolidation nationally. Upon DFO acceptance of said plan, he will integratie green computing/IT best practices in the design, where practical, based on Uptime Institute principles; and manage the build-renovation and cut over to operations of the three national data centres.

The Canadian Firearms Centre (CAFC) is implementing a restructuring plan for the delivery of the Canadian Firearms Program, with a new legislative, administrative, organizational, services and technological framework. CGI, operating in an Alternative Service Delivery (ASD) model, provisions: hardware and software; network services; training; help desk and support; and security and back-up of data services and support to a national IP VPN infrastructure comprised of seventy-three (73) sites and over six hundred users.Kevin in his capacity as IT Utility Services Advisor for Infrastructure Deployment Preparedness and Phased Deployment Rollout Command and Control, maintains overall program responsibility and accountability for the National cutover plan. His mandate is to layout the strategy, requirements, responsibilities, activities and key milestones associated with the phased deployment-rollout. Within the context of the resulting WBS, the Rollout Command & Control (RCC) Plan accounts for the manner in which resources shall be mobilized and deployed on a site by site; region-by-region-phase-by-phase basis.His accountabilities include being responsible for infrastructure readiness, site augmentation, audits and operational readiness go/no-go decisions; and maintaining overall responsibility for risk management and mitigation during rollout.

Technical and business lead in analyzing and creating a business and functional framework for a Security Systems Infrastructure information management system.

diverse electronic business forms processing requirements in a secure environment. The SEF service provides a customer commercial entity or government department the ability to create static or intelligent forms, to render forms to, and to capture data via completed forms from end-users of a customer's application without the customer making the substantial investment in knowledge acquisition, infrastructure, application development and on-going maintenance and support. Kevin provides project management support to CGI technical authority and deployment team coordination and accountable for project team design integrity performance, governance and change management. SEF was the first consumer of CGI Ottawa’s Shared Managed Services Infrastructure, also managed by Kevin.

The Government of Canada’s Shared Travel Services Initiative (STSI) will be a self-service travel booking service. The prime contractor for the STSI is Accenture. In the delivery of this service, Accenture will call upon the services of many partners including: American Express, Concur Technologies, and Bell. CGI is a subcontractor of Bell. Working with Team Bell, CGI is accountable for the support of a hosted infrastructure in Ottawa. This infrastructure supports five primary pillars of services: LAN, WAN, Servers, Security & Disaster Recovery. Kevin provides program management support to CGI technical authority and deployment team and is the primary interface/liaison to the Team Bell Program Management Office, accountable for project team performance, governance and change management. Additionally provided senior facilities and infrastructure consulting to CGI in support of CGI’s Shared Infrastructure Data Centre (architectural, electrical, mechanical and communications).

Telecom/IT project management prime for the logistical management, planning, consolidation, infrastructure design, measurement and customer infrastructure fit up of numerous data centres/server rooms/technology labs. Combined infrastructures/facilities encompass over 80,000 sq.ft. Under Kevin’s direction, ORION Cybernetics is the key infrastructure designer and logistical contributor for Nortel’s Global Internet Data Centre deployment and technology centers dispersed internationally. These include design-build, infrastructure and services relocation/consolidation, program-project management, on-site logistics and information management in Canada, Germany, Romania and the United States of America.Kevin is ORION’s principal designer of data centres and services commence with the advance planning and programming of a center or campus, the design / acquisition of space, observing and reporting on construction, installation and systems commissioning. Encompassed with end-to-end quality controls, ORION consolidates operational processes, space and occupancy planning, and administers client service churn or relocation requirements. ORION supports and integrates industry best practices and certification as appropriate (e.g. Uptime Institute) in its data centre design, commissioning and operational governance

This project involved moving toward a standard IP addressing standard and elimination of firewall access. From an operational perspective, it meant a move to one corporate standard for design and support of the Integrated Communications Network for Bell holding companies out west (Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary).Based on the established guiding principles and in cooperation with various Bell holding companies and their service partners, Kevin took a leadership role in the creation of a strategy to move toward a uniform level and method of support for an Integrated Communications Network and the holding companies’ networks. Accountable to create the necessary tactical plans and target dates to move toward the approved strategy. Sold the tactical plans and utilization of the necessary resources to the executive to fulfill on the strategy and handed off approved tactical plans to the key stakeholders for implementation.

Data centre, consulting and program prime for the logistical management of SCNM’s migration to a new 185,000 sq.ft. corporate head office in Ottawa. Emphasis is targeted at the provisioning of advance planning specifications and deployment guidelines pertaining to the technology infrastructure and the migration of related services and staff. Includes the development, management, delivery and documentation of their Data Centre migration, Disaster Recovery Site implementation, consolidated technology labs, PBX, structured cabling, Internetworking, and end user services deployment (1,000 staff). Change is constant within SCNM as a result of the collapse of Stentor Resource Centre Inc. (SRCI), the repatriation of employees to member companies, substantial organizational restructuring and carrier labour disputes/strike. Kevin’s ability to work through these difficulties without detriment to the program is demonstrated within ORION’s appointment as SCNM Emergency Work Assignment project managers through the May-99 Bell Canada labour strike.

Professional Management Services in the design, development and implementation of a multi-user, multi-application dependent system focused around Aperture’s Visual Information Management System. Design and development provided for streamlined processes, improved tool sets and, where possible, automation of campus wide: gross, net, assignable and non-assignable space calculations; faculty space assignments; facilities management and information technology asset and information management. Services also included the design and development of a multi-user external facilities management database.

MetLife is embarking upon a major consolidation of Data Centre IT Services, Systems Development Staff and all of the computer hardware to the Head Office at 99 Bank Street, Ottawa, Ontario.To support MetLife’s Canadian lines of business and end-users, Kevin contributes as IT prime to the Real Estate, Facilities, Architectural, Construction and MetLife IT teams. This initiative is focused to the design, build and commissioning of a consolidated 7,554 square foot Data Center to facilitate MetLife’s existing and emerging technologies and applications. Included within this initiative was the detailed planning for the decommissioning and closure of the old 25,000 sq.ft. data centre.

The King’s Health Center was a privately-owned user-pay medicine health care facility dedicated to providing services that meet the highest ethical and technical standards. Kevin provided professional management services in the selection, acquisition, implementation and management of switched communications, structured cabling, internetwork and distributed computing services to this 180,000 sq.ft. facility.

Telecommunication program prime for the development, design and management of digital technology initiatives for a new 400,000 square foot, 450 bed long term and rehabilitation facility for veterans and the general public. This was a publicly funded consolidation program integrating the Perley Hospital, Rideau Veterans’ Home (Veterans Affairs Canada) and the Chronic Care Wing of the National Defense Centre.Kevin led a dynamic telecommunication program team under the guidance of the Assistant Executive Director of the Perley & Rideau Veterans’ Health Centre (PRVHC). He was accountable for strategy development, infrastructure design, the writing and administration of public tenders, vendor management, solutions procurement, systems deployment and commissioning for the telecom/computing environments. He provided stewardship, consultative and mentoring support to the PRVHC Board of Directors, and various representatives within Veteran Affairs Canada and National Defence. Further he interacted directly with the public and families at large, conducting focus groups to ensure that family members and residents were well informed as to how the new technology would assist with their use and migration into the new campus/facility.Additionally, Kevin coordinated the migration of resident services into the new telecom environment and his team provided hands-on first level support to the nursing and resident community for several months post occupancy, ensuring a smooth transition to the new environment and support systems.

In partnership with Bell Advanced Communications, Kevin provided hands-on program leadership in the development of the Board’s Information Technology Strategic Plan. This wide area/integrated community network enhances and springboards distance learning with a technology platform integrated with 30 elementary and secondary schools with linkages to the community and business at large. This initiative covered a wide geographical area and serves 10,000 students, 30 locations and 1000 staff.

Prime responsibility for the needs assessment, data collection and statement of requirements for an alternative BNR study specific to an integrated technology and facility management process and system alternatives for the design, construction, commissioning and occupancy of new space in the Ottawa area, in addition to an outsourcing strategy of all related facility and information technology churn management activities for multiple 1000 user divisional service units.

Working for and under the direction Public Works Canada, responsibilities included the development and logistical management of building and user audits of all NRC Ottawa facilities. Integral to this data collection was the design and compilation of structured cabling systems to support the NRC’s Information Network Evolution plan.