Industry Expertise

Business: Leadership and management; Strategic planning and implementation; Business development and business plans/cases; Corporate communications; and, Technology solutions development
Technology: Mechanical engineer; experience in deploying global advanced technology solutions in a multinational corporation; technical understanding of enterprise voice, data and multimedia technologies, and their business applications.

Professional Experience

CIO Advisor. Directly supported the Nortel CIO (global) in all external speaking engagements, including negotiation with conference organizers, engagements, content and presentation material.
Senior Engineer, Solutions Design – R&D: Analyzed future market and solution opportunities within Nortel’s strategic industries and provided sales support for complex IT and telecom solutions.
Program Director, Project Chapleau Research Initiative: Program director for multi-million dollar Bell/Nortel CEO initiative. Responsible for program definition and goals; customer, stakeholder and partner management; budgeting and procurement; wireless mesh and application business models; vertical enterprise solutions (health, education and municipal); university research coordination; communications, government relations and PR. Research team included academics from University of Toronto, University of Guelph, University Health Network, Laurentian University and Nipissing University.
Senior Manager, Information Services: Strategic and operations experience within the fields of IT and Telecom. Managed global teams and budgets of over $10 million.

Progressed through the ranks from Private to Commissioned officer, while completing college and university.
Gained unique leadership, teamwork and instructional skills along with military strategy and organizational knowledge. Major roles included training and course officer.