Andrew Thomson Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Canada Area

Head of government, institutional, and community relations. Senior advisor to the University President on public policy issues. Member of the senior leadership team. Chief spokesman to federal, provincial, and municipal governments. Lead strategist for the University's public policy agenda supporting human capital & economic development, and community stakeholder engagement.

Singapore Sg / Sydney Aus

Chief of Staff and Strategy Lead for APJC's public sector and enterprise go-to-market group. Directed CXO engagements and served as a trusted advisor/subject matter expert to C-suite customers. Built vertical market relevance through content marketing, thought leadership, and field enablement programs. Led market development and business transformation strategies with government agencies across the region.

San Francisco Bay Area

Global lead for education policy advocacy; executive advisor to the VP (Global Education). Directed influence strategies, thought leadership, and policy approaches for CXO level engagements; served as expert resource to the vertical sales teams with specific focus on consultative selling in the US and Asia.

Saskatchewan, Canada

Elected to the Legislature representing Regina South in June 1995 and consecutively re-elected in 1999 and 2003. Key Chairmanships included the: Crown Corporations Committee (1999-2001); Intergovernmental Affairs and Infrastructure Committee (2007); and Vice Chair of the Standing Committee on Health (2003).

Saskatchewan, Canada

Minister of Finance (Feb 2006 to June 2007)• Directed the province’s finances and provided leadership for cross-functional management and shared service delivery. Responsible for the treasury, debt management, budget, comptroller, pension benefit, tax, and revenue divisions. Recognized for sound financial management, spending discipline, and reducing taxes.Minister of Learning (Nov 2003 to Feb 2006)• Led the early-childhood, schools, university, research, and vocational education sectors. Restructured schools sector to improve efficiency. Recognized for developing programs to increase multi-agency services in schools, reduce drop-out rates, and improve learning outcomes. Minister of Information Technology (Mar 2002 to June 2007)• Directed the CIO and established new central IT services agency to improve cost-efficiency, security, and standards. Est. government-wide enterprise architecture plan. Managed multi-vendor provisioning. Improved profitability for last-mile connectivity of ILEC & ISP’s through development of nationally recognized anchor tenant strategies that made commercially-viable broadband generally available.Minister of Corrections & Public Safety (Mar 2002 to Nov 2003)• Re-organized and consolidated the public safety, security, and corrections services into one departmenrt from four and redirected savings to support new community based youth justice programs. Chaired the Cabinet Committee on Public Security that co-ordinated post 9/11 cross-agency security initiatives and provided liaison with national agencies.Minister of Energy and Mines (Oct 2001 to Mar 2002)• Directed economic development and resource stewardship frameworks at legislative, policy, and regulatory levels for the development of the resource rich province’s oil, gas, and mineral (coal, potash, uranium, diamond, and trace mineral) sectors.