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Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

Mississauga, Ontario

Mississauga, Ontario

Canada

Moncton

Technical project vanguard provides strategic and tactical leadership to multiple lines of business (customer, vendor, internal). Designs comprehensive architectures and services to solve the most complex and demanding business challenges. Top subject matter expert in IT Strategies, Virtualization (Cloud), Consolidation (Intel & Mid-Range), Enterprise Storage, Managed Services, Product and Service Development. Serves as a key player in both sales and delivery efforts ensuring that proposed solutions and/or services are aligned with a customer’s business philosophy, vision and strategy. Key Projects and Achievements: • Program Manager/Enterprise Architect for all current and future activities with First Caribbean International Bank.• Lead Consultant for Government of Prince Edward Island IT infrastructure strategic plan.• Lead Architect for First Caribbean International Bank (CIBC) Intra - Data Center Virtualization Project.• Professional Services Lead for Toronto/Montreal/Ottawa• Co-creator of xwave’s Virtualization, Consolidation, and Green IT vision, strategies, and methodologies.• Provided guidance and direction in developing ILM (Information Lifecycle Management) and Data Management strategies for various customers, including collaborating with security teams in the reviewing of current data security policies & strategies• Managed Mid-range enterprise server/storage team for 4 months for large customer.• Recipient of the Director’s award for Excellence in 2007.• Provided expertise & thought leadership developing xwave’s go-to market strategy for storage area networks and data management solutions.• Managed and performed holistic information technology strategies (core Technology) across a large cross-section of infrastructure technologies and processes. Developed strategic vision and produced IT roadmaps for the senior leadership teams at IDEXX Labs (Westbrook, ME), Maine State Prison System (CORIS), Canada Customs and Revenue.

Atlantic Canada

Providing leadership in the development of the solutions manager role, interfaced with customers, vendors, business partners and sponsors to develop go-to market strategies and business plans for three service portfolio items; Data Management, Disaster Recovery and Security. Produced marketing and technical collateral for all service offerings within the portfolio, defining delivery methodologies and process.Key Projects and Achievements:• Reviewed and refined Stage-Gate process to be utilized in the development of new product & service offerings.• Designed and implemented multiple service offerings including a Managed Firewall Service and 3-Tiered Enterprise Storage offering.

Provided technical and project management services to numerous in-house and customer projects. Aligned technology solutions with business strategies. Managed and performed moves, deployments, assessments and standardizations for multinational enterprises. Developed and deployed IT Infrastructure related standards, policies, and guidelines.Key Projects and Achievements:• Successfully managed multiple projects involving various degrees of re-engineering of corporate IT environments.• Successfully filled an acting senior position of Technology Architecture Team Leader for a large multinational enterprise (CP Hotels – Delta, Fairmont) for a period of 5 months.o Created IT strategy & architecture based on a new corporate business model & strategy.o Seamlessly integrated the IT environments of acquired companies (1 large acquisition & 1 merger).o Managed the consolidation and relocation of three data centers into a new facility.

Atlantic Canada

Diploma, Computer Engineering Technology

Diploma, Electronics Engineering Technology