Ryan Kardish Email & Phone Number

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Global GSI Alliance Director responsible for defining the strategy & joint GTM to accelerate enterprise AI & Data transformation for our clients.- Manage & grow the strategic alliance- Set joint GTM direction & industry focus- Develop global business plans & agreementsProven success in leading GSI / consulting alliances. Deep understanding of the AI & Data landscape & building win-win partnerships.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ryan led the development and execution of several strategic growth initiatives for Deloitte Canada’s largest client account.Key focus areas:- Digital Transformation & Acceleration- Talent & Culture- Ecosystems, Alliances & Assets- Innovation & Experimentation

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Leading the evolution of TELUS’ award winning Digital Platform, our vision is to evolve to a self-service platform that enables anyone to easily create consistent, contextual, and engaging digital experiences across TELUS.Overseeing the broader product strategy and roadmap for our integrated suite of products, tools and technology, my team is focused on simplifying the path to production and accelerating the delivery of best-in-class experiences for our customers and team members.Key focus areas:- Portfolio strategy and operations- Capital planning and oversight ($15M+ portfolio)- Operating model refinement - Platform telemetry & observability

Toronto, Canada Area

Established TELUS-wide strategic programs and delivered strategies to solve challenging problems for millions of customers, and deliver meaningful outcomes and experiences in a fun, inclusive, and collaborative environment at TELUS Digital.Key focus areas:Established TELUS-wide strategic programs,- Artificial Intelligence program- Data Supply Chain programDeveloped TELUS-wide strategies,- Self-Serve Strategy- Digital Transformation Strategy- Blockchain StrategyEvolved current program strategy,- Customer Experience (CX) Strategy- Digital Platform Strategy & Vision- TELUS Digital Strategy

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

A Senior Consultant in the Analytics & Information Management practice at Deloitte, Ryan was selected to take on a role with the National Analytics Centre of Excellence out of the Toronto office. During this role, Ryan worked within the Deloitte Greenhouse a cutting-edge physical space designed to help clients tackle their complex problems. He designed, facilitated, and led over 100 strategy sessions for executive-level clients, from a Minister of a department to CXO of a global organization, and their respective teams. Each client session was tailored to address their specific challenges and drive strategic growth across multiple focus areas, including digital transformation, customer experience, advanced analytics, and innovation strategy.Ryan assisted clients in a variety of industries including Public Sector, Retail, Financial Services, Energy and Resources, and many more. Notable projects include:- Digital: Designed and developed an augmented reality app to enhance customer engagementby virtually displaying products, ratings, and reviews in a store environment.- Cognitive: Developed the solution architecture for a cognitive recruiter that uses an analytical model and digital front-end to evaluate internal and external data points to source candidates (i.e. skills, personality, aptitude, work ontologies, etc.).- Analytics: Led the development of a sentiment analytics solution that uses natural language processing to monitor social sentiment across a number of topics and themes for Twitter.- Artificial Intelligence: Led the development of a solution that identifies demographic data about customers using real-time video analysis with computer vision (i.e. face, emotion, gender, and age recognition)

Ottawa, Canada Area

A Consultant in the Analytics and Information Management Practice in Deloitte’s Ottawa office, Ryan became proficient in multiple analytics software and tools, and gained extensive experience in executing analytics strategy and developing analytics dashboards and data visualizations for clients across multiple industries (incl. Public Sector, Oil and Gas, Financial Services, etc.).Throughout his time in the practice he also,- Conducted current and future state Analytics and Enterprise Content Management (ECM) program assessments, - Gathered business and technical requirements, - Developed Analytics and ECM roadmaps,- Detailed various information architecture components (including enterprise taxonomies and data models), - Implemented large scale enterprise solutions.Additionally, he was selected to stand up the first Greenhouse in Ottawa, a cutting-edge physical space designed to help clients tackle their complex problems within the fields of analytics, digital, and innovation. On a weekly basis, he designed strategy sessions that took client executive teams outside of their everyday environments with the goal of disrupting conventional thinking and bringing about new perspectives.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

A Business Technology Analyst in the Systems Integration practice in Deloitte’s Ottawa office, Ryan was responsible for supporting the execution of all functional, integration, E2E, and regression testing activities for the implementation of an enterprise financial regulatory reporting software, in addition to various reporting responsibilities

Experience as a Teaching Assistant for an Introduction to Business course at Carleton University. Working under the supervision and guidance of senior teaching staff to evaluate course assignments and projects, providing personal academic support and mentoring for groups of students.

Experience evaluating and testing an internal and external application as part of a 5 person team. Other tasks included end-to-end preparation of test cases, logging and prioritizing defects (MKS change management tool), and regression testing of corrected components.