IT PM to define a data-centre strategy for a large public sector organization. In depth reviews of IT Infrastructure components to evaluate Shared Services viability. Led the project though feasibility, detailed design and reno / build of a 6000 square feet facility.

• Feasibility assessment team for Technology Infrastructure Shared Services at the City of Toronto including its Agencies and Divisions in conjunction with PwC. Key role as a systems architect to assist City and Agency staff with IT services decomposition, data gathering, and risk management. Produced detailed assessments based on knowledge of the City, its divisions and Agencies IT infrastructure, to identify service areas as candidates for several shared services models with the corresponding risk, value, and service improvement factors.• Shared Services Assessment for Technology Infrastructure within the public sector and specifically for the City of Toronto and its Agencies. Created an RFP and evaluated the proponents for subject matter specialists to assist the City and Agency team produce an in depth analysis of the feasibility of shared services models to provide tangible benefits for the enterprise.• Author of the City's data centre strategy for consolidation of multiple hosting facilities for the stand alone organization and as a major partner in Shared Services. .• Assisted with an extensive RFP for Internet Voting solutions. From a systems architecture perspective, evaluated vendor commercial solutions for functionality, security and the ability to provide persons with disabilities with a web based solution for voting in municipal elections.• IT Project manager for the consolidated data centre feasibility project with a budget of $105M. Produced financial ROI analyses, budgets, cash flow projections, and presentations for the CIO. Created business cases, needs assessments, staff reports and briefing notes as well as RFP and RFQ development. Worked closely with industry leading architects, engineers and data centre specialists to produce a scalable design for a Tier III facility that could serve the City's needs for 20+ years.

Project manager for the City datacentre collocation project. Lead a team of Network, Platform and Operations staff to implement a collocation site with TELUS. Reviewed contracts, prepared cash flow analyses, coordinated cabling, power and heating schema for the City space. Managed other projects as required by the Datacentre Operations manager and Platform Support manager. Produced RFPs, business cases, budget variance reports, provided financial oversight and created Operating level Agreements.Managed the business processes between the City's business units and the mainframe service provider, EDS. Responsibilities included monitoring budgets, reducing costs, coordinating releases, managing usage of 3rd party software and leading the Disaster Recovery exercise. Reviewed business processes and mainframe data retention.Assisted with the planning for bringing on-stream a 3rd datacentre space to meet the City's growing IT needs. Participated in capacity planning, infrastructure design and efficient utilization meetings with Operations, Network Services, Platform Support and System Products Support. Reviewed datacentre security issues and the feasibility of biometric identification with Corporate Security and Facilities & Real Estate. Assisted with the review of the annual datacentre electrical maintenance test to identify possible points of failure and improve efficiencies. Assisted with budgets and planning for the new Consolidated Datacentre project including compliance with Uptime Institute & TIA Datacenter standards.

Technical Architecture Team for Courts Case ManagementEvaluated vendor packages from several jurisdictions for suitability to integrate all Ontario Courts functionality in one package. Focused on Functionality, Scalability, Security and Total Cost of Ownership.Legacy Applications LeadManaged the daily operations of three Mission Critical Legacy systems until their replacement by new distributed Applications.

Technical Lead of the mainframe application that supports the administration of the Ontario Court of Justice across the province. Components included GAAP/GAAS compliant financial management, case management and event scheduling. Led the development and implementation of 30 different data exchanges with City of Toronto and other municipalities, The Toronto Police Service and other enforcement agencies as well as the Ministry of Transportation and Ministry of Finance; Defined scope, facilitated requirements gathering, created system requirements from business specifications, created test strategies and test plans, implemented and closed several projects to enhance application functionality and upgrade infrastructure; Prepared Business Continuity Plans, Disaster Recovery Plans, Funding Submissions, Service Level Agreements with the datacenter for the courts application;

Led the maintenance and support team through the initial implementation and conversion phases of the project. Provided 24/ support for end users as well as technical staff.Built a major part of the financial subsystem. The application was delivered in 18 months and then rolled out across Ontario in 80 sites over a period of 14 months.

Modified a software package that provided HR administration to meet Canadian tax and employment standards. Responsible for System and Integration testing.