Neil Fairhead

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Retired Business, Engineering and Information Technology Professional
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I have a track record, over many years, of successfully attacking complex and novel business problems with multiple disciplines and techniques based on a solid foundation of engineering, information technology, management consulting, marketing and product management experience. These are supported by excellent communication and programme management skillsI am now putting these skills to use as an advocate for taking climate change seriously, bringing this approach to bear on sustainability and environmental challenges.Selected PublicationsPeople Centred Enterprise Architecture (with John Good) in "Advances in Government Enterprise Architecture" editor Dr. Pallab Saha, National University of SingaporeData Warehousing - Business Quarterly, University of Western OntarioCompetitive Marketing - Business QuarterlySuccess Tips For Internal Consultants - Canadian Information Processing, Canadian Information Processing SocietyProduct Durability Study: Major Appliances and Tires, Environment CanadaCertifications Achieved (now retired/relinquished)Executive Consultant/Manager Certificate in IT Service Management according to ISO/IEC 20000 (EXIN/TÜV SÜD Akademie)Fellow, Institute of Service ManagementInformation Systems Professional of Canada, Canadian Information Processing SocietyMember, British Computer SocietyProfessional Engineer, Association of Professional Engineers of OntarioChartered Engineer (UK)TOGAF8 (The Open Group)Certified Management Consultant - Business to Business Marketing (Canadian Association of Management Consultants)Member, Institute of Management Consultants (UK)

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Retired Business, Engineering and Information Technology Professional
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  • Retired
    Retired
    Retired Jul 2010 - Feb 2023
    Greater Toronto Area, Canada
    COMMUNITY Recently appointed as one of the members of the Environmental Advisory Committee of Brampton. Appointed as one of two public members of the Peel Region Audit and Risk Committee, December 2018. As the other public member was an Accountant, I focused on Risk including environmental/climate change. I resigned February 2022 for family health reasons.ENVIRONMENTALVolunteer work primarily with an environmental focus:1) Advocacy, I attended the Climate Reality training delivered by Al Gore in Toronto. I am now prepared to deliver discussions and presentations on the need to act driven by climate change and the options we have available. I have begun by targeting secondary schools, Grades 10/11. Also, I was a member of the Citizens Climate Lobby which advocates for the Fee and Dividend approach which ensures that while the full costs of carbon dioxide emissions are captured working people are not penalized.2) Canadian Association of Management Consultants, I set up and chaired the Special Interest Group on Energy & Climate Change for its first three years.3) Ontario Sustainable Energy Association, I assisted with content marketing strategy, research and articles including:-“M'Chigeeng First Nation's ground-breaking success story” Community Energy Update - July 2011, Issue 1-“A Practical Point of View On Sustainable Energy”Community Energy Update - June 2011, Issue 2-Summaries of the Kris Stevens interviews with political parties in Ontario including Brad Duguid, Mike Schreiner and Peter Tabuns.4) Contributions to WakulatLaw Blog -"Green Energy Ontario 2.0: Community Power" November 3, 2011-"What is the Net Value of Renewable Energy?"July 24, 2011-“Follow The Money: The Carbon Disclosure Project”April 18, 2011-“Turn Signals”January 23, 2011SERVICE MANAGEMENT Examiner of the first North American courses for the Executive certification (Consultant/Manager) in IT Service Management according to ISO/IEC 20000. (http://www.exin-itsm.com/)
  • Fujitsu Limited
    Director, Global Infrastructure Offerings
    Fujitsu Limited Apr 2009 - Aug 2010
    London, United Kingdom
    With the setting up of the Global Delivery Unit, and reporting directly to the EVP, I took on the responsibility of building structured repeatable IT infrastructure service offerings for customers requiring consistent service across multiple geographies. One of these offerings, Global Desktop Managed Service, was positioned by Gartner Group in their Leadership Quadrant, a first for Fujitsu. (The associated Service Desk Offering was also positioned there.) Another offering, focused on improving datacenter energy efficiency, won the Fujitsu Group award for environmental products and services.
  • Fujitsu Services
    Director, Offerings
    Fujitsu Services Nov 2007 - Mar 2009
    London, United Kingdom
    I joined Fujitsu Services to set up a programme to create structured repeatable service offerings based on industry best practice (e.g. ITIL, TOGAF) combined with Lean techniques and experience.
  • Serco Consulting
    Director
    Serco Consulting Sep 2005 - Nov 2007
    London, United Kingdom
    I joined a small high calibre enterprise architecture practice working with very large government and private customers. For the British Home Office, I developed their Enterprise Architecture Reference Manual. I also developed the Credit Risk Management Enterprise Architecture for a major British Bank.In addition I worked to grow Serco's environmental consulting capability through a Carbon Trust consortium and the potential acquisition of an existing consultancy.
  • Microsoft
    Microsoft Operations Framework Product Manager
    Microsoft 1996 - 2005
    Redmond, Washington, Usa
    Recognised the need to provide best practices in the operation of MS technologies, I proposed and got agreement to the development of the Microsoft Operations Framework and became the MOF Product Manager with global responsibilities. Since MOF was based on ITIL which had a low profile in the USA, I joined the Board of the US National Chapter of the itSMF and launched the national conference series in 2001. MOF won the itSMF Innovation Award for 2000. A key innovation was the MOF Risk Model which was not originally in ITIL.I delivered the opening general session, "Computer Operations: The Challenges Of The Turn Of The Century" at AFCOM's 1999 Fall Conference in Las Vegas. Following this, and the attendee ratings that I received, I was invited to join the Advisory Board of the Data Center Institute, the think tank that AFCOM sponsor.Prior to initiating MOF, I was recruited into Microsoft by the Microsoft Global CIO to represent him in the Corporate Account Technical Marketing Team. They deliver the sessions at the Executive Briefing Centre at the corporate HQ in Redmond. My role was to show how MS technologies could be integrated together, with MS IT as the example. Following MOF I moved to World Wide Services to become the Senior Manager - New Offerings, Premier Services.
  • Dmr Consulting
    Associate Director
    Dmr Consulting 1992 - 1996
    Toronto, Canada
    I acted as Director, Technology Strategy for Canada Post 1992-93 setting up the relevant team and drafting their core strategies on behalf of the Director General, Computing and Communcations Utility. After that assignment, I assisted a number of major organisations on IS strategy and architecture including Unitel, Rogers Communications, Consumers Distributing, Manulife, & Dominion General Insurance.
  • Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce
    Director, Architecture & Consulting
    Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce 1991 - 1992
    Toronto, Canada
    Led the development of the technology view of the new enterprise architecture and then switched to the Programme Management Office to drive the $100 million implementation.
  • It Secretariat Of The Management Board Of The Cabinet Of Ontario
    Senior Officer
    It Secretariat Of The Management Board Of The Cabinet Of Ontario Jan 1991 - Jul 1991
    Toronto, Canada
    6 month contract position.I was one of a group whose responsibilities were to review the IT plans of Ontario Departments and Agencies and to present the final plans to the Management Board.I was responsible for two of the largest spenders, Health and Government Services, and two politically sensitive namely the Premier's Office and the Cabinet Office.
  • Digital Equipment Company
    Marketing Manager
    Digital Equipment Company 1984 - 1990
    Reading, United Kingdom
    Initially set up and led the Marketing programme focused on creating an office systems market in the UK. Approach was based on showing how to improve the productivity of managers and professionals through investments in IT. DEC's All in 1 became the leading office systems product in the UK. Next, set up the marketing programme to enter corporate IS departments of major enterprise customers in the UK. Finally asked to set up the European Competitive Action Team focused on IBM and covering 17 countries in EMEA.
  • James Martin Associates
    Principal Consultant
    James Martin Associates 1983 - 1984
    London, United Kingdom
    Applied Infomation Engineering approach to developing IT strategies for the banking arm of the British Post Office, the Agriculture Division of ICI and Whitbread the Brewers. Worked with ICL on early decision support sytems offeirngs.
  • British Rail
    Senior Consultant
    British Rail 1980 - 1983
    London, United Kingdom
    Developed the office automation strategy for this corporation of 160,000 employees. I got approval by the Railway Executive Group and obtained funding from the Investment Committee. Then I set up and led the implementation programme which was the largest such project in Europe at that time.
  • Stevenson & Kellogg
    Consultant, Marketing And Management Science
    Stevenson & Kellogg 1976 - 1980
    Toronto, Canada
    Conducted studies requiring marketing and management science. These included business to business marketing, e.g. forecasting the Canadian unit conveyor market and providing marketing strategy recommendations, and consumer marketing, e.g. opportunity to enter US cigar market.I also did environmental studies, including evaluating the environmental and economic impact of increasing the durability of domestic appliances and of automobile tyres and preparing the environmental impact assessment statement for the introduction of PET bottles (both for for Environment Canada) and assessing the potential use of waste industrial pallets as feed for a wood pelleting plant in the GTA.
  • Ibm
    Systems Engineer
    Ibm 1970 - 1973
    Melbourne, Australia
    Primarily the SE half of a competitive sales team, also launch SE for S/370 in Melbourne Australia, supported manufacturing packages and conducted business analysis and final testing for custom production control system for structural steel manufacturer Johns & Waygood.

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