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Providing consulting services to public and private sector clients including business analysis and development, strategic and product planning and development, project management and . recent clients have included:• Industry Canada: industry analysis, technology direction, policy setting advice and position papers for Government executives and IT professionals on Voice on Internet Protocol (Internet Telephony) with emphasis on security concerns, threats and best practice countermeasures and next generation Internet evolution requirements based upon IPv6• Transport Canada: providing network infrastructure and evolution planning analysis and recommendations for data network supporting multiple secure business and Internet on-line services; included vendor technology, market, partner, and competitive analysis, report development and presentation to technical staff and executive management team• Providing educational and facilitation services with local school boards• Engaged as SME reviewer, Ministry of Innovation, Next Generation of Jobs initiative

Responsible for program establishment, operational management, and budget for innovation centre program to accelerate and drive development of new and enhanced product and service solutions leading to multi-million dollar market revenue for each Bell business unit:• Directed multi-site, multi-discipline application & solution development team and program, including partnerships with key vendors, customers & systems integration partners, developing leading edge Government, Enterprise, SMB and consumer solutions • Leadership in opportunity assessment, service trials & solution development involving all internal & external stakeholdes to develop and qualify business cases, de-risk investment, operate physical sites, requisite legal, procurement agreements and program of work• Driving from technology development perspective Bell business portfolio product/ feature planning e.g. Access portfolio and services, Voice evolution, Unified communications applications, features and solutions

Responsible for business, market and technical opportunity assessment and due diligence of targeted ICT clients for fit with the OrbitIQ business partnership and “enhanced channel to market” management model; • Built strong partner company portfolio from inception to revenue generating client base• Provided partnership/program management, account executive, product and business development expertise for selected companies and leadership for the globally distributed sales and marketing teamBusiness support of VOIP/real-time service assurance application start up software company to acquisition

• Corporate Internet pioneer: executive & SME direction for Internet-focused business transformation • Vision, business development &technical leadership established multi-million $ advanced technology programs, electronic commerce, Internet business solutions & Internet telephony strategic business units• Recognized as critical, top talent resource• Leadership & impact with all business units; brought new product, network & business solutions, from concept to production & market;. Led to $M100s product sales: * Director, Business Development & Technology Architecture, Optical Ethernet* Director, Emerging Business & Technology Investment, Wireless* Director, Network Architecture & Product Evolution, Broadband Access* GM/ product manager Electronic Commerce Business Unit* GM, Product & Business development, Internet telephony* GM Internet Business Development, Systems Engineering* Manager, Systems Engineering Data Networks Standards & Planning

• Provided profitable operational management and business development for world-renowned commercial Protocol Testing Centre with national and international public and private sector clients and collaboration with related international organizations e.g. France Telecom, Corporation for Open Systems, U.S. and establishing Japanese distributorship via Toyo Corporation• Developed test systems and suites, operational/marketing collateral, client training and technical support for commercial services for client product protocol standards compliance and network interoperability; clients including IBM, HP, DEC• Specified quality assurance procedures and produced documentation that achieved national laboratory accreditation (NAMAS)• Represented corporate and national interests on open systems standards bodies, and on European community projects on international harmonization of test laboratories and procedures

Teacher of mathematics, computer studies, health & physical education

• Performed software design and development for projects including British public telecommunications digital switching system call management processing and access software modules (clients: GEC, BT), Enterprise statutory sick pay system (Client: Unisys), and automatic test equipment for British Army secure, digital, battlefield trunk communications system (Client: Plessey communications)

Teaching, Mathematics & Physical Education

B.Sc, Mathematics

Activities and Societies: University Royal Naval Unit