Terry Dalton Email & Phone Number

A visionary entrepreneur, innovator, and researcher, experienced team leader with acknowledged expertise in advanced network and smart community development, solutions and project achievement.Provide leadership in the development, planning, and operation of advanced research and education network infrastructure and services, including community owned open access fibre network infrastructure, engaging others to discover relationships and opportunity through digital infrastructure, transformation, and services that lead to collaborations in the development of applications, programs, research, and industrial activities.Overseen a substantial number of public-sector and private projects like the Valley Community Fibre Network, including time as Executive Director of ACORN-NS, the Halifax Internet Exchange, Atlantic Canada Internet Exchanges, the National Research Council of Canada, Connecting People for Health Cooperative, Canadian Bioinformatics Resource, and community open access broadband builds such as the Municipality of Pictou County.Provincially and nationally, continue to provide leadership and expertise in information and communications technology, smart community and rural broadband developments, including Secretary and Director, Halifax Internet Exchange (HFXIX) and Atlantic Canada Internet Exchanges (AIXP); and Co-founder, Principal and President of i-VALLEY.Life Member of IEEE, 44-year Member of TechNova, recipient of two National Research Council of Canada Outstanding Achievement Awards for contributions to science, technology, and innovation in Canada, Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal recipient in recognition of national research network contributions to Canada, recipient of the IEEE 2013 Outstanding Industrial Contribution Award, and Principal to Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia receiving the Gold Certification by the World Council on City Data under ISO37120 as the world’s first “Smart and Sustainable Rural Region”.

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Ca

Halifax Internet Exchange (HFXIX). https://hfxix.caAtlantic Internet Exchanges (AIX), Moncton Internet Exchange (MonctonIX), PEI Internet Exchange (PEIXP), St. John Internet Exchange (SJIX)The Halifax Internet Exchange is a federally incorporated not-for-profit corporation whose mandate is to provide a meet-me point for multiple Internet networks and Internet service providers. Networks are able to directly connect with one another to exchange local Internet traffic. The Halifax Internet Exchange operates the ethernet switching platform, route reflectors, and other services used to interconnect member networks.

Lunenburg, Ca

The Canadian Retirement Mentoring Group (CRMG) is a think tank dedicated to improving the retirement of Canadians through mentoring the public and their advisors. The think tank is made up of professionals from diverse backgrounds in industry, government and academia- and seeks to integrate the disciplines of financial engineering (academic), financial planning (Practical), and human behaviour (psychological).

Concept, architectural, and funding organization, ACORN-NS.

Helping others realize their potential through information technology.A professional information technology services, consulting and managed services organization located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Vice-Chair and Treasurer, 1995 through 2007Executive Director and Chair, 2008 to 2016Executive Director, January 2016 to March 2016.Life Member, March 2016 to Present.ACORN-NS, Atlantic Canada Organization of Research Networks in Nova Scotia, is the Nova Scotia partner in Canada's National Research and Education Network (NREN). As a member organization, ACORN-NS promotes the development and operation of digital infrastructure for Nova Scotia in support of research, education, health and innovation. ACORN-NS operates the Nova Scotia GigaPoP and is one of 13 national regional networks providing access to the NREN.ACORN-NS members include university, college, health, government and private sector organizations throughout Nova Scotia that support research, education, health and innovation for the growth of a knowledge-based economy and society in Nova Scotia.

Hrm, Nova Scotia, Ca

Digital Nova Scotia represents the Information, Communication and Digital Technologies industry in Nova Scotia.A non-profit organization dedicated to the development of an innovative and expanding digital technologies industry for Nova Scotia. Serving member organizations by promoting opportunities and networking events, developing industry skills through training opportunities, sharing ideas and information and providing advocacy on important policy issues.Originally incorporated in 1989, Digital Nova Scotia has been serving the Nova Scotia industry for over 20 years. The organization began as the Software Industry Association of Nova Scotia (SIANS) and later became the Information Technology Industry Alliance of Nova Scotia (ITANS).

Proactive initiative, HealthConnex, developed a secure patient focused online health portal providing general health information, chronic disease management capabilities, health tracking applications, rules-based self-help tools, and online self-managed personal health records• Architect and digital infrastructure development• Privacy and security policy, implementation, monitoring and enforcement

Ottawa, Ontario, Ca

Manager, Canadian Bioinformatics Resource, January 2004 to September 2005• Development, architect, optimization and project management of strategic initiatives in bioinformatics, computational sciences, grid technologies, informatics development and support of data centres, networks, communications and IT Security. Co-founder, Canadian Bioinformatics Resource (1995 - 2005). Co-founder, Medical Research Networks Consortium of Canada. Head, Strategic Information Technology, April 2003 to January 2004• Management, planning and technical leadership of NRC strategic information technology initiativesInformation Systems Security Officer, September 1991 to March 2003• Informatics security for NRC, the Institute, and Canadian Bioinformatics Resource, including physical, network, operations and intellectual property; developed, implemented and enforced IT security policiesInformation Technology Manager, September 1988 to March 2003• Informatics architecture, development and support; team building, management and leadership of informatics specialists; Information Technology Security; Network and systems administration; Internet and Web development and supportNRC Coordinator, Canadian Advanced Network Operations, 1996 to 2000• Responsible for NRC national advanced network transition to CANARIE’s CA*net II and CA*net 3 advanced international research and education networkElectronic Engineering Technologist, June 1980 to August 1988• Design, development, prototyping, modification and servicing of scientific instrumentation, data acquisition and control systems, robotics systems design for white room toxin sampling, and equipment in support of research programs, including organizations such as Acadian Seaplants• Computational support and development; Network and Internet design, development and implementation in support of research programs, including corporate communications