Mark Damm Email & Phone Number

Canada

Vancouver, Bc, Ca

Leads the vision, business and technical strategy at this rapidly growing cloud solutions company. Built a high-performing, geographically dispersed team, established multiple partnerships and secured financing. * Invented a method and system for managing complex systems. Awarded two patents related to automating complex system design, configuration and operations, predictive analytics and machine learning capabilities. * Secured working capital finance for the design, development and commercialization of FuseForward’s Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offering, including over $3 million in funding from the Government of Canada (NSERC, IRAP and MITACS).* Managing a five-year, $2M+ research and development partnership with leading Canadian universities, including York University, Ryerson, Simon Fraser, UBC and UNBC. Research covers predictive analytics and machine learning, building upon our patents and expanding our technology to solve big data analytics and real-time systems management problems.* Forged strategic channel partnerships in emerging, international markets, including South Africa, Asia and Europe. * Provides domain expertise and consultancy services in the areas of cloud computing, intelligent systems and solution architecture. Contributes expertise to industry through speaking engagements in the areas of cloud computing, predictive analytics and intelligent systems.

* Developed an integrated asset management methodology and IT solution for asset intensive organizations, including utilities, cities and energy plants. * Provided consulting expertise in the areas of performance analytics to implement asset lifecycle management practices. Clients included BC Ferries, BC Ministry of Transport, City of Guelph, Halton Region, City of Ottawa.* Successfully obtained grants from the Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP), to undertake research and development relating to infrastructure asset performance management technology.

* Founded and developed system integration business focusing on performance-based enterprise asset management for municipalities and utilities. * Spearheaded organizational sales, delivering large, complex system integration projects ranging in value from $1M to $10M dollars. * Developed system methodology and design patterns for building complex systems. Successfully applied methodology to deliver unprecedented performance on client projects. Enabled a large, complex system to go-live within six months, compared to a typical 18-24 month implementation cycle. * Prepared regulatory filings for a large gas utility, including the development and delivery of a complete project strategy, solution design and budget for an enterprise-level utility client. Completed work in a time-span of eight weeks. Secured regulatory approval, resulting in $30M in financing for client’s project.

Vancouver, Bc, Ca

* Spearheaded a multi-year, $30M IT retooling project involving the replacement of all city systems. Served as an embedded executive at the organization, responsible for recruitment, staff management and program management.* Designed and championed a self-funding IT budget within a government organization, ensuring ongoing funding for the business unit and maintenance of existing systems.

* Provided strategic business and technology consulting to enterprise organizations, including business process redesign and organization development. * Developed strategic IT plans, implemented large system architecture and design projects.

Plano, Texas, Us

* Developed and defined organizations management consulting offering, including process reengineering practice. * Architected integrated systems for pipelines in oil and gas, including real-time control systems.

* Played a key role in the establishment of the Edmonton office, overseeing a profitable five-fold increase in staff within four years.* Participated in the development of one of the first business process re-engineering methodologies, obtained publicity and generated new business. * Managed technology consulting projects including the first implementations of PCs into the workforce.