Rory Thompson Email & Phone Number

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Connecting veterans to their next career

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

• Project managed the requirements, selection, deployment, management and recovery of 1300 soldiers and officers annually at a cost of $68 million; responsible for ongoing savings of over $2 million • Liaison with over 10 multinational stakeholders to ensure a co-ordinated Emergency Response and Risk Management for over 2500 personnel training in an austere environment • Responsible for developing and implementing security governance and strategy for the British Government’s largest overseas training establishment which included identifying security risks for $8 billion worth of assets on behalf of the CEO• Senior Air Transportation planner for flights totalling $7.4 million annually; in 2016 I not only saved the organization $250k but also increased the efficiency of the unit• Project managed the design, build and testing of a Joint Operations Centre for a military training unit and, as a result, improved the communications of the deployed stakeholders • Designed and delivered personal development program for approximately 600 personnel at a budget of $1.2 million annually resulting in improved morale and self-confidence of the organization’s personnel• Day-to-day co-ordination and management of 100 civilian role-players in order to provide realistic training within the exercises for the British Government’s high-readiness Battlegroups

Colchester, United Kingdom

• Responsible for leading and managing the careers of 49 technical experts and managers in a Communications Information Systems (CIS) department• A Team Leader responsible for the planning and delivery of effective CIS anywhere in the world whilst on 5 days’ notice to move• Management of over $10 million of telecommunications assets for short notice international deployment • Responsible for planning, coordinating and assurance for all CIS training within the organization for 6 – 36 month projection• Chief planner responsible for redefining telecommunication processes and, as a result, developed the delivery model for the British Army’s telecommunications training curriculum

299 Squadron (Special Communications)

• Planned, resourced and implemented a training and selection course costing $1 million with several other Government Departments which produced Special Communicators able to deploy overseas in support of the British Government • Responsible for career management including performance appraisals of 50 employees• Led a Crisis Management team at short notice for an Other Government Department • Planned and coordinated all civilian and military training whilst attached to a British Intelligence Agency• Provided detailed briefs, reports, presentations to superiors and other government agencies• Responsible for the continuous management and provision of more than 10 overseas deployments• Planned and coordinated the recruitment process of potential Special Telecommunications Operators

2 Signal Regiment, York

• Responsible for leading and managing the careers of 34 telecommunications experts in an austere environment• Managed the installation of Geo-location and Electronic Counter Measures on all deployed British vehicles in Baghdad• Development of Electronic Counter Measures and VHF Telecommunications interoperability resulting in increased protection for military personnel• Equipment management and maintenance of strategic CIS platforms on operations• Implementation of both Health & Safety and Equality and Diversity Policies • Planning and implementing large military and civilian deployments in UK and Overseas• Ensuring the provision of adequately trained, qualified and motivated personnel • Managed a team responsible for relocating British secure CIS to the new US Embassy in Baghdad

Information Systems Management

Project Manager Practitioner

Leadership And Management Commissioning Course

Military Cis Management

A Levels