Kovo HealthTech Corporation is a growing healthcare technology company specializing in Billing-as-a-Service, offering SaaS-style recurring revenue contracts and software for more than 2250 US healthcare providers. Kovo helps healthcare providers digitally track and manage complex patient care registration, services, billing, and payments in a seamless way, using its industry-leading technology platform.

XP Venture Labs is an incubation accelerator organization that helps businesses grow through innovation and technology. Our team of experienced staff will help organizations plan, design and execute on their vision.

Expertise in building, delivering, and managing large complex applications. Responsible for leading the team during the analysis, design, execution, and delivery of solutions to meet the client's expectations. As an executive consultant, I act as the bridge between multi-vendor solutions and the client; I oversee the project's day-to-day operations until completion and sign-off.Working with clients on an assigned engagement to identify solutions to business problems and streamline the process to achieve the objective. These duties include managing and mentoring the project team; executing and completing the engagement within the time, scope, and budget negotiated with the client; evaluating existing systems and procedures; making recommendations on improvements; designing prototypes and PoC that best-fit customer needs; most importantly, to ensure satisfaction until the project is complete.Specializing in business & digital transformation, integration with complex systems, and Cyber security.Vertical Focus - FinTech and Health CarePast Clients List includes: Thales, Rogers, Microsoft, Manulife, Toronto Police Services, Versapay, BeniPlus

Paramount Commerce is an innovative financial technology company that provides real-time, bank account-level data intelligence and bank-verified payment processing to eCommerce merchants, with particular expertise in iGaming, online sports betting, and international remittance.As a technology executive, I am committed to transforming and modernizing product and process technology. My focus is on platform security, scalability, and process improvement. I work closely with company leadership to align technology with company objectives, providing guidance and identifying key partners.I have successfully managed and scaled Engineering (Architecture, Development, and QA) and IT Operations (DevOps, SecOps, and SRE) to meet the company’s short and long-term needs. I make executive decisions to advance the company’s vision and strategic objectives, while developing strategies for partnerships, technology platforms, and external relationships.In addition to my technical expertise, I have experience in developing and tracking annual capital and operating budgets for purchasing tools and staffing, ensuring effective operations. I am also responsible for building out a comprehensive cybersecurity program, including ISO 27001/NIST compliance, corporate IT security, application penetration testing, and SOC 2 Type 1 & 2 programs.

****Mazooma was the US arm of Paramount Commerce. It was acquired by Nuvei in August 2021.****Mazooma is a progressive financial technology company that’s revolutionizing igaming and sports wagering payments in the U.S. We strive to set the standard not just for our company but for our industry.

Managed professional services, IT, and engineering at VersaPay, a leading fintech company providing cloud-based invoice-to-cash solutions, I am responsible for ensuring that all projects meet customer requirements and maximize customer satisfaction and company revenue. I work closely with sales to support direct and partner sales efforts and hire and staff client projects appropriately.My achievements in this role include developing a multi-tenant SaaS product on AWS and partnerships to provide additional services such as international money transfer, print, and financial bank integration. I also ensure annual audits for software vulnerability, PCI, and SOC compliance are supported.With financial responsibility for product development, implementation, support, and internal servers/network, including revenue, utilization, margins, and R&D budget, I manage the professional services team with direct P&L responsibility. I also partner with key executives to set strategic goals and ensure revenue and profit targets are met.Finally, I have created development, quality assurance, and implementation methodologies, processes, and teams to support a demanding customer base and aggressive business goals. Our flagship product, VersaPay ARC, provides a customer self-service environment, which allows businesses to view invoices online, collaborate on inquiries and disputes, and facilitate secure online payments. VersaPay ARC automatically reconciles payments and account information through integrations with a wide range of ERPs and accounting software providers, providing businesses with efficient collections, cash application, and real-time insight into accounts receivable.

Working on key initiatives within the organization and finding synergies between US and Canada to bring together a North American entity. Focused on a few key initiatives in Canada like BYOD program - where employees can bring their own mobile devices to access work resources, like e-mail, internal documents and portal. Worked on initiating the infrastructure refresh initiative utilizing Flexpod converged solution with a software-defined network (SDN) - VMware NSX and cloud automation.Coordinated efforts to set up a Secure Extranet portal for the US to access internal resources, alleviating the need for VPN.

suretap is a mobile wallet initiative created initially by Rogers Communication and expanded to include other telco investment - Bell and TELUS. Technology and implementation of suretap product roadmap with emerging payment partners. Working with various verticals to integrate the solution into the suretap wallet ecosystem (gift cards, loyalty, prepaid, credit cards, transit, coupons) to utilize the secure element on the SIM.Evaluation of emerging technologies that enables suretap wallet to provide the services to end consumers (B2C) and enterprises (B2B).

As a technology executive, I have achieved numerous successes in driving business growth and delivering innovative solutions. I oversaw transitional efforts to bridge the company's sales and delivery organizations, leading initiatives valued at $5M+.I work closely with clients to identify their requirements and develop solutions with internal teams, ensuring that I maintain up-to-date knowledge of company product offerings to deliver the best-in-class solutions to valued partners and customers. I am also an experienced speaker, having participated in numerous speaking engagements with a focus on technological evolution and solutions delivery in the mobile money market.Through my partnership with sales and marketing divisions, I was able to achieve 10% year-over-year growth in the Customer Unit by establishing increased sales targets. Additionally, I have established new integration processes for large-scale development projects, including network transformation, IPTV conversion, mobile payments network, and voice evolution on mobile networks.My expertise extends to scaling the Rogers VOD platform for high definition content and transcoding to different formats and platforms. I also supported the launch of LTE for Rogers by building an LTE Demo Bus with various applications to demonstrate wireless network speed.Finally, I played a key role in developing the next generation of voice calling for Rogers – VoLTE, cementing my position as a leading expert in the industry.

A mobile commerce joint venture company owned by Bell Mobility, Rogers and TELUS -- Canada's three leading wireless operatorsZoompass - is a mobile money transfer and payment service.Canada's three largest wireless phone companies decided to collaborate and launch the Zoompass service together with the vision that a common standard and interoperability for mobile money transfers across all networks would result in unprecedented convenience for consumers. The Zoompass service is available to mobile users on the Bell Mobility, Rogers, and TELUS networks as well as customers of their respective sub-brands and affiliates including Fido, PC Mobile, and Solo Mobile.Managed trials with NFC (Near Field Communication) devices and OTA credentials using VivoTech solutions.

Orchestrated several product launches at Rogers - Portable Internet (Inukshuk), HSDPA Readiness Test and Rogers Red Phone initiative for the retail channels.Communicated and coordinate several functional groups to launch the products - from Customer Care, Operations, IT, Finance, etc.

Worked briefly with ING Bank in the US (Hartford, CT) to coordinate software consolidation to Boulder, CO (IBM Data Warehouse). Worked with offshore teams in India.Coordinated all lines of business (LOB) - Bank, Investment and Insurance to consolidate the applications onto a single sign on platform after all the mergers and acquisitions in the US.

Worked on several high profile projects as a technology consultant - re-branding Chapters/Indigo Online and working with Microsoft to create an application to assist Toronto Police Service in collecting information on child exploitation criminals.

Fleet Management - Telematics for tracking vehicle diagnostics and location based tracking (GPS). Worked on a fleet management software and integrated with "real time" dispatching software, based on location for Expertech and Bell Canada technician.

Worldinsure provided a software application platform to automate medical requirements gathering and provide multi-life insurance applications from a single application form.The application provides a score that an Underwriter normally provide.

Responsible for compiling the CallPilot unified messaging application (a successor of Meridian Mail). Coordinated testing of CallPilot on various platforms.Assessed impact changes for change request from the business. Worked with the software configuration management (SCM) group.