Guidestone Solutions brings actionable insights to IT dependent businesses - helping clients to refine their business technology strategies, and to chart the right path through a volatile technology landscape.

Reporting to EVP/CIO, lead WestJet's PMO, sustaining and improving the key processes of Investment Management and Project Delivery Management. Lead a team of 20+ Full Time staff, augmented with Contractors in management of 30+ concurrent projects funded from a common $30M budget, or per-project by WestJet's Executive.Project Portfolios under PMO delivery management support the strategic agendas of the Commercial, Airline Operations, and Shared Services Executive, and include IT intensive initiatives (Guest Facing, Mid and Back Office), Regulatory focused efforts (Transport of Goods) and Airline intensive initiatives (Aircraft Configuration, New Aircraft Induction, Food Services Logistics).

Reporting to EVP/CIO, with dotted line to EVP Commercial, led WestJet's management of the full Commercial Portfolio of Technology Initiatives and Applications, including Delivery and Support activities. With a team of 50+ Staff, supported initiatives, service, technologies, and vendors across the Airline Commercial domain: Ecommerce, Contact Center, Revenue Management, Sales, Loyalty and Rewards, and Business Intelligence.

Guidestone Solutions brings actionable insights to IT dependent businesses - helping clients to refine their business technology strategies, and to chart the right path through a volatile technology landscape.AltaLink (Energy and Utilities) - IS Portfolio Management Consulting (2011): Proposed and Implemented Portfolio Governance Framework and Opportunity Pipeline addressing $30MM Capital Projects Budget. Changed the conversation between Business VPs and IS from "what's going on?" to "am I doing the right things?".via Project Champions.Cenovus (Oil and Gas) - IS Risk Management Consulting (2010): Proposed and Implemented IT Portfolio Risk Management Framework. Coordinated project risk management activities across four disparate internal IT organizations during an IT Senior Management led re-organization and outsourcing of IT processes and staff. via Tricon.

Reporting to the CIO, ENMAX, and engaged in:+ IT Project Portfolio Governance - Supported CIO in implementation of IFRS-oriented, phase-gated Portfolio Management Lifecycle, driving BU desired capital initiatives through quantitative business case and instituting BU VP Level Steering Committee to vett and approve budget commitments per Finance' Delegation of Authority policies; Worked with IT Relationship Managers (BAs) to align Demand Management activities with this process, and socialize its requirements to BU Management and Leadership; Aligned Portfolio Lifecycle with PMP based PDLC.+ IT Project Delivery Practices - Led a team of 10 Employee and Contractor PMs delivering a $30MM Portfolio of IT projects across diverse lines of business (Generation, Regulated Power, Retail Energy and Corporate); Focused on enhancing cost management practices, and increasing transparency of project status and delivery issues to IT and BU Leadership through standardized reporting; Coached PMs in negotiation and "management through influence" to identify and resolve competing agendas among project stakeholders.+ Program Managment - Managed Program of initiatives supporting startup of ENMAX' Power Generation BU, including implementation and integration of Control and Corporate Systems for Calgary Energy Center and Crossfield Peaking Plant;IT Program Accountability for ENMAX Power Corp. SAP ISU (Billing) Technical Upgrade.

Through a tumultuous period in Neteller's post IPO era, supported VP Technology in organizational, process and cultural change within a 200 member Technology team operating in a fast paced, software product oriented environment, providing 24X7X365 payment processing services to the online gaming industry.My experience includes: + Technology Strategy - Under sponsorship of VP Technology, led development and execution of Strategy to determine next generation payment processing platform (existential requirement of Neteller's Business); + Due Diligence M&A - Participated in Technology & Operations Due Diligence exercise on acquisition prospect, a UK based payment card processor;+ Release Management Automation (SCM Automation) - Facilitated Agile development practices through automation of SCM processes, including environment provisioning and deployment automation, thereby driving round-trip break/fix productivity of Product Development and QA teams;+ Organizational Restructuring - Under sponsorship of VP Technology, led redesign of IT Organization, from Functional to Matrix model, aligning IT capabilities under Service Lines to Business;Mapped standards and compliance frameworks (PCI DSS, COBIT) to defined organizational accountabilities;Led IT Managers in implementation of model during a 2 round, 50% reduction in force;+ Practice Management - Focused on acquisition, and development of skillsets, methodologies, and tools required of/by BA, Development, QA, DBA, BI practitioners, improving capabilities of individuals and teams.

Immersed in all aspects of a Startup, including fundraising, consumer and market research, product strategy, prototyping, test marketing, sales channel enablement (eCommerce), manufacturing, electronic order management, payments and settlement, fulfillment/shipping and customer support (web and call center).Thread Entertainment produced and sold a physical product consisting of an 80 page entertaining guide and cookbook and 2 CDs of music, enhanced with online resources for our ideal customer: time starved adult women seeking inspiration and assistance in planning and hosting their next really great party. Thread's first seasonal product, "Warm Welcome", was marketed in lifestyle magazines (Gourmet, Bon Appetit, and Real Simple) , and was promoted online via Google Adwords. It was available online through www.getthread.com, and at retail (Indigo/Chapters, and McNally Robinson bookstores). Thread collaborated with EMI Music (Special Markets Group), Combine Design, and Calgary cookbook author Julie Van Rosendaal in the design and authoring of "Warm Welcome".

As part of a core team of Employee Owners, capitalized on market opportunities to develop North America’s leading interactive agency as evaluated by Forrester Research in 2004, designing and implementing strategic online marketing and selling solutions to Fortune 500 companies, including Mercedes-Benz, Nike, Dell, Hyatt Hotels and Resorts, and NASA. Critical Mass collaborated with our clients to define and execute online marketing and selling strategies that drove online leadership in their industry categories. As CTO and SVP Technology, I fostered a client-centric, innovative, and solution-oriented team culture - building and leading a 100+ employee Technology Services organization that consistently delivered innovative, market leading results to clients. My experience includes:+ New Business Development - Prospecting, Pitching, Negotiation;+ Complex Solutions Selling - Trusted Advisor Relationships, Partner Management, Program Definition and Leadership;+ Solutions Architecture and Implementation - CRM, eCommerce Solutions and Platforms (ATG, BEA WebLogic, IBM WebSphere), Content Mgmt Solutions and Platforms (Interwoven, MS Sharepoint, Oracle);+ Team Productivity and Solution Integrity - ALM, Quality Assurance, ASM, SDLC (Agile).