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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Designed and developed an automated defence and detection system using behavioural indicators to protect from compromise while preserving attorney and client confidentiality. Led a team of 20 security and compliance professionals building out the DevSecOps and Compliance practices and enhancing the existing Application Security team’s capabilities. Communicated regularly with the executive team and Board regarding cybersecurity posture and risks.Implemented enterprise risk management program to manage threats to the organization’s success

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Accountable for Cyber Security, Business Continuity, IT Governance and Strategic Sourcing. Oversaw the sourcing strategy for their Digital Transformation program as the most highly skilled negotiator at BCAA.

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

• Eliminated inefficient operational expenditures by over $2 million dollars to fund Business Continuity and Security initiatives while keeping spend flat.• Implemented an advanced security strategy to protect BCAA and members data and assets while maintaining and obtaining PCI, NIST 800-53, ISO 27001 and ISO 22301 compliance.• Lead the business continuity program leveraging the use of energy services, military and cloud solutions to ensure business operations throughout major catastrophes.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Assumed leadership of CyberSecurity and Telecommunications portfolios, building the Cyber Security program from the ground up. Developed and implemented business-driven strategies to mitigate risk and enhance security stance. Managed system design and implementation of a Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM) solution to provide monitoring, reporting, alerting and automated response.

Calgary, Canada Area

* Responsible for financial management of $4.5 million/year in operational costs and $3 million/year in capital costs* Direct leadership of 10 network, satellite and security professionals in Calgary, Denver and Houston* Responsible for Security of corporate and customer data, assets and intellectual property* Implemented multi layer security strategy to facilitate the monitoring, identification, response and mitigation to threats to organization and customer data* Network, Satellite and Security strategy development and implementation* Managed the transition from R&D to operations the support of field communications products and services* Analysis of Ka and LTE services to prepare the organization for the next generation of remote communication solutions in the Energy Industry

Calgary, Alberta

* Responsible for direct supervision and leadership of Unix Systems Administrators, Database Analysts and Satellite Professionals* Implemented software development lifecycle control processes resulting in improved stability and reliability of customer facing products* Reduced Satellite communication cost per MHz of frequency by 68%* Developed financial structure for the Pason IT organization to provide improved visibility of operational support costs to the organization* Responsible for vendor management and contract negotiations* Managed service improvement initiatives resulting in 90% improvement in cellular data network availability

Houston, Texas Area

* Budgetary responsibility for $25 million/year across ten cost centers covering depreciation, communications spend and personnel costs.* Maintained a budget variance of less than 3% while expanding the number of locations by 20% through acquisitions and 15% growth in current facility capacity. * Capital planning for $2 million/year to address the needs for various growth projects across the region* Vendor management for various equipment and communication providers resulting in cost reductions of $110,000/month more aggressive SLA targets and net 60 payment terms. * Resource and financial management of 250 Network and Voice related projects across the United States and Canada * Increased organizational productivity by 110% through process improvement and an environment of accountability* Program management of merger and acquisition projects* Personnel management of ten Network and Voice Engineers located across Canada and the United States

* Managed a team of four Network Engineers in the western hemisphere to provide Level 3 Network Operations Support to Halliburton* Implemented global cross training program to strengthen eastern hemisphere resources to reduce local after hours support requirements* Managed global operational support for data center routing and switching, satellite communications, remote access SSL VPN, wireless and proxy servers.* Standardized customer data hosting environments in the Asia Pacific region to enable the execution of centralized consistent management processes* Responsible for capital planning and forecasting for global data center and backbone networking requirements* Development and implementation of corporate strategies for wireless and mobility* Coordination of resources to meet the business needs for various projects, initiatives and operational issues.* Developed service improvement program to proactively work with the business units to meet their needs.

* Project managed deployments of communication solutions to on and offshore oilfield operations across the world* Designed and implemented satellite solution with Hughes that reduced costs by $6,912,000 per year compared to the previous solution* Managed network integration between Halliburton and primary customers* Designed and implemented resilient and secure global centralized hosting environment for managing customer data* Management of corporate firewalls including rule changes, exception requests and auditing* Trained staff on maintenance and operation of Auto Acquire and VSAT systems* Provided level 3 support for HughesNet, iDirect and Linkstar, Seatel, BGAN, C and Ku Band Vsat systems* Managed remote access solution design to provide stable and secure access to Halliburton field operations* Designed and implemented Remote Logging Operations communication solution integrating video, wireless and voice at the rig.* Improved African communications and service quality through a preventative maintenance program, Algeria Ku and global BGAN deployments.* Designed and implemented fit for purpose communication and hosting solutions in countries where geological law requires data stay within the country.

*Reduced wide area network communications costs by $384,000 per year *Provided WAN and LAN support to 36 sites across Canada*Managed various Cisco routing and switching devices including 6500s, 4500s and 3600s*Designed and implemented a satellite solution that reduced communication failure rates from 70% to 7%, reduced costs by over $400,000 per year and provided improved service*Negotiated MSA and SLAs with vendors with significantly improved *Managed a budget of $600,000 per year and provided future planning for the next three years. *Negotiated 55% off list pricing on Cisco network and IPT equipment purchases saving Halliburton Canada $105,000.00 versus globally negotiated pricing.

* Responsible for DNS, DHCP and Windows NT Domain administration*Deployed PKI, VPN and Smart Card technology to 600 users Northern Canada*Administration of one POP3 mail server providing email services to 2500 users and 19 different domains.*Trained users on IT Security Policies, PKI, Encryption, and Smart Cards*Designed a network topology scheme that would reduce costs by 75% and at least double bandwidth with ATM and DSL technologies. *Managed teams of 6 contractors on various software and hardware deployment projects in Northern Canada*Supported SUN, SGI, Linux and BSD servers*Project managed desktop and laptop standardization in Northern Canada deploying 900 computers in 2.5 months with a team of 6 contractors.*Responsible for Windows 2000 Active Directory deployment to Northern Canada*IIS 4.0, Apache, Cold Fusion and PHP Web Server Administration*Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Database development and administration*Developed a Cisco and FreeBSD system to mimic satellite connectivity to evaluate the potential for Engineer-less Well Logging*Project managed deployment of Connected Network Backup System to users in Northern Canada*Developed various on line applications allowing groups to create reports, schedule boardrooms and order promotional items with Cold Fusion and either a SQL 7, Oracle or Access database.

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