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Carstairs, Alberta, Canada

Flokk provides services and devices that affordably integrate information collection with field operations, ensuring current and accurate management information and regulatory reporting.

Olds, Alberta, Canada

Member of Industry Advisory Committee, providing review and guidance to the Bachelors of Digital Agriculture, Precision Agriculture - Techgronomy Diploma, and Agriculture Technology Integration Post Diploma Certificate programs.

Calgary, Canada Area

Provide leadership to major corporations and government organizations implementing enhancements to their information systems environments.

Cremona, Alberta, Canada

Developing flokk, a hand held computer for use on the range and in the yard for herd management and traceability.

Cremona, AB

Owner and operator of farm in Cremona, AB area producing hay, canola, and barley.

Calgary, Canada Area

Led project to migrate 1400 workstations from Windows XP environment to Windows 7, including moving from Office 2003 to Office 2010.Managed procurement of workstation migration and application remediation services, which included the drafting, evaluation, and award of large (>$1M) RFPs (Request for Proposals). Completed application rationalization exercise.

Calgary, Canada Area

Initiated and led project to refresh 2400 workstations from existing Windows XP environment to new Windows 7 based environment.Responsibilities included: - drafting of project description - preparation of resource and effort estimates - collection and verification of detailed application requirements - engagement of business leadership in project - project.

Calgary, Canada Area

Led $700k project to upgrade 400 workstations, including workstations in field offices and overseas offices, to Office 2010.Responsibilities included: - preparation of project charter - establishment of project work estimates and budget - determining resource requirements and recruiting project personnel - preparation and execution of all stakeholder.

Calgary, Canada Area

Led $6.5M, two year project to implement an Identity Management system for TransCanada based on the Sun Identity Manager suite and Sun Compliance Manager products. System manages access to all of TransCanada information system based assets, supports enforcement of multiple regulatory regimes including Sarbanes-Oxley, and supports complex business.

Calgary, Canada Area

Led a multi-project program to implement and enhance Identity Management services supporting the City of Calgary. Established program with five parallel projects with annual budget of $1.0M.Program included implementing new user-centric external identity management infrastructure, enhancing capacity and performance of internal identity management systems.

Calgary, Canada Area

Directed commissioning and operation of property assessment system supporting $1.6 billion in annual revenue. Included delivery of high volume (380,000) and high profile (Property and Business Assessment notices) products. Delivered notices on schedule, with continuously improving accuracy, four years running.Responsibilities included: - recruitment and.

Calgary, Canada Area

Directed design and implementation of all voice, data, videoconferencing, and audio-video infrastructure required for new Nexen corporate office. Total project budget and delivered cost was $2.0M, and included design and implementation of a Category 6 copper and fibre cable plant, relocation of 1200 staff, commissioning of a new operations centre, and.

Calgary, Canada Area

Implemented millwork, network, workstation, and printing infrastructure required to support new patient care systems at the Peter Lougheed Centre, Foothills Medical Centre, and Alberta Children's Hospital. Project budget and delivered costs were $1.5M and included commissioning of more than 500 client devices into high profile locations such as Emergency.

Calgary, Canada Area

Supervised three staff providing all work station and personal productivity software support for 360 systems in eleven locations.Responsible for budgeting, directing, and approving all information centre related expenditures.Implemented departmental help line, automation of software inventory and distribution, and corporate document management.

Calgary, Canada Area

Supervised three staff providing work station and application support to 120 end users.Implemented 50 workstation local area network.Designed and implemented applications for finance, marketing, human resources, and litigation support.Operated a 25 station Data General minicomputer running firm financial systems.

Calgary, Canada Area

Supported financial, land, and engineering users of personal productivity applications.Evaluated, recommended, and implemented out sourcing of personal computer related training.Established organisation standards for personal computers.

Olds, Alberta

Authored publications "How to Select Agricultural Accounting Software for your Farm Computer" and "How to Select Physical Record Keeping Software for your Farm Computer".Developed and delivered 100 two-day computer courses to farm operators as part of the "Computers on Wheels" project.