Paul Desmarais possesses expertise in management, program management, disaster recovery, integration, it strategy and 40 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "Paul and I have worked together for about 12 years as peers, both in the same group and in different groups. Though we were peers, I've always considered Paul to be a mentor. He has considerable knowledge about IT and business in general, and is a senior professional for whom I have great respect. Most recently, Paul and I shared challenges as North America Regional Senior Managers, with different support and development resource teams. We supported one of CSCs larger customers, supporting a couple thousand applications globally. The applications our teams supported shared electronic interfaces for transfer of data. Paul and I interacted with our teams and each other, achieving SLAs (Service Level Agreements) and considerable success. Paul is a man of integrity, is a significant contributor, proactive, a great organizer, and always professional. I would enjoy working again with Paul, should the occasion ever arise. GREAT TEAMWORK!" and "I owe much of my career’s success to Paul. He was, and still is my mentor. He has always been someone who I go to for advice. Thinking of Paul, two outstanding leadership traits jump in mind. First and foremost, his integrity and ability to inspire trust. Paul says what he believes, and does what he says. The trust that he builds spans the entire organization, from his superiors, his peers, and those of us who worked for him. We followed him with conviction, a conviction that no matter how tough the situation was; we would be OK if we stick with him. The second leadership trait that I remembered about Paul is his ability to effortlessly make things appear to be simple but relevant. In a complex large enterprise environment, Paul has the breath and depth of experience to allow him to get to the core of the issue through all the clutters when many of us were bogged down. In my opinion, these two outstanding traits give Paul an amazing commanding presence that people want to follow. It is an honour and pleasure for me to recommend Paul."