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As a Non-Executive Director at Cap Energy, I provide strategic oversight for embedded hardware and software development, ensuring alignment with business objectives. Key contributions include:Technical Oversight: Guiding the end-to-end development of hardware and integrated software to ensure readiness and performance.Strategic Alignment: Ensuring hardware-based technology decisions align with our overall business strategy.Regulatory Compliance: Overseeing certification processes with third-party organizations.Project Monitoring: Tracking hardware projects to keep them aligned with business goals.Ad-hoc Guidance: Providing strategic input on technical areas like cloud infrastructure, information security, and compliance.I focus on aligning technology initiatives with our strategic vision to drive sustainable success.

White City, London, Gb

• Relentless focus on bringing value to all our customers worldwide• Scaling our SaaS logistics platform for exponential growth• Building a world-class development team to support all our product and services worldwide• Oversee all system design and changes in cloud architecture• Provide thought leadership, innovation and creativity• Solving the last mile with every delivery

C suite member of the executive leadership team. Lead the technical teams to deliver our services globally.Strategic Analysis | Technical Leadership | Business Transformation | Big Data Infrastructure | Programme Management | Project Management | Full Product Development Lifecycle | Data Analysis | Insight Analysis | Policy Development | Azure | Business Innovation | New Business Development | Training and Mentoring | Software Development | Data Privacy | Requirements Analysis | System Design | Business Use Cases | Quality Improvement | Managed Services | Lifecycle Management | Risk Analysis / Mitigation | Financial Services | Agile Methodologies | DevOps | Technical Innovation | New Technology | Development Strategy | Service Level Agreements | Telecommunications | Business Intelligence | Financial Payments | Web Services | Smart Cards | System Security | Start-ups | Information Systems | ISO2 27001 | GDPR | Business Continuity | Mobile Payments | Thought Leadership | Performance Appraisals | Performance Management | EMV/PCI PCI -DSS | CTO

Head hunted by TruRating to be their Global Head of Payment Technology. Offered Global CTO role and re-located to the UK in 2016.

Toronto, Ca

As a contractor with the #1 North American Transit provider, with over 14,000 employees, I led the implementation of the PRESTO card used on all transportation authorities in the Greater Toronto Area and several transit authorities in the Province of Ontario. Conceived the design of this program and system, managed all 3rd parties, including government and 3rd party contacts, employees and services, payment providers and technical providers, to deliver a system across trains/rail, streetcars, buses used by millions of customers a day. TTC (Toronto Transit Authority) GO Transit and Metrolinx Provincial authorities use of PRESTO cards mean millions of consumers use this payment method daily.Daily interaction with the Premier of Ontario, Government Ministers, and Big 4 consulting firms, law firms, and other diverse stakeholders across public and private sectors.

Certified Management Consultant specializing in developing business cases, strategies, innovation solutions and implementations. Consulting to clients on smart cards, fare payments for transit / rail, mobile payments, Open Payments, EMV solutions, mobile applications, green home monitoring /control.

Development of an advanced in-store media solutions incorporating a patent pending procedure that effectively captures the shoppers attention at the actual point of purchase through the use of networked silent video matchPix display monitors.Generate new innovative techniques for audience capture and measuring brand advertisement effectiveness.Control of in-house private brand advertisement via a central hosted site providing a complete end to end turnkey solution for retailers.

Consultancy business specializing in business and technology solutions for new and established markets including, the payment industry (devices, technologies, standards, methods, NFC, EMV, PCI), embedded technologies ( standalone computers, desktops), software, market analysis, business case development, social networking ...Currently consulting for the TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) smart card project.

Preston, Victoria, Au

Identifies market trends, defines and aligns objectives with business strategies, and devises intellectual property strategies. Develops, oversees, and implements hardware/software roadmaps. Manages budgets, supervises cross-functional teams, and trains personnel. Directed companywide technical strategy implementation, new global business development, new market development, and revenue growth. Developed and leads a joint research and development program with local universities to analyze long-term technologies and business advances. Instituted a total end-to-end customer solutions and product delivery management lifecycle

Designed and developed cutting-edge biomedical equipment including flow meters for tidal and target breathing; Multichannel Analog/Digital processing system for biomedical research, gamma camera interface for recording and displaying lung radiographs on a PC.Developed a complete data acquisition and analysis system for phase III clinical trials.Devised cost-effective development strategies while solving safety/quality issues. Identified innovative biomedical technologies and new business opportunities.

Served as lead system architect for the design and development of a multiprocessor DSP naval ship helicopter landing system.

Designed and implemented signal processing routines including adaptive noise cancellation and frequency estimation for a state of the art EMG diagnostic device.Designed and implemented a smart, microprocessor controlled EEG device for ambulatory and operating room deployment.Implemented IRDA protocol for isolated data transmission of biological signals.

Phd Candidate, Biomedical Engineering

M Eng Ee, Biomedical

Bsc Ee, Electrical