Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area
Senior data and analytics executive with 25+ years building and leading enterprise data organizations across Financial Services, Insurance, Life Sciences, and Transportation. Track record of standing up data and AI capabilities at scale, navigating regulated environments, and translating board level strategy into delivered outcomes. Career highlights include leading a 60 person global data team at Air Canada, AI governance across regulated business units at Sanofi/Opella, advising the Inter American Development Bank in Washington, and serving as COO of a 50 person consulting organization. Currently VP at KData, an Anthropic and Databricks partner, where I run the enterprise data and AI division for clients including CN Rail, with deep work in lakehouse architecture, data governance, and production AI deployment. What I do well: Enterprise data strategy and operating model design. Building or rebuilding the data function from charter through team, platform, governance, and measurable business outcomes. AI and analytics program ownership in regulated industries. Designed governance frameworks that hold up to pharma, banking, and public sector scrutiny while still letting teams ship. Lakehouse and modern data platform leadership. Hands on enough to challenge the architecture, senior enough to defend the investment to a board. Bilingual operator (Quebec French and English) with experience across Canadian and US enterprise, multilateral institutions, and global pharma. Open to Chief Data Officer, Chief Analytics Officer, Chief AI Officer, SVP Data and Analytics, and Head of Data roles across Canada and US remote. McGill MBA. PMP. Scrum Master. Certified Business Intelligence Professional.
KData is a Databricks-focused data and AI consulting firm helping enterprises move from strategy to production. As VP, I lead client delivery across AI transformation, data platform modernization, and governance — owning outcomes from the first executive conversation through deployment.
Incept delivers enterprise data and AI programs for regulated industries. As COO, I ran a 50+ person cross-functional organization, owned P&L and delivery accountability, and served as program executive on marquee engagements including Sanofi's enterprise data governance and AI readiness program.
Guest lecturer at the Masters in Information Quality program in the project/program management course.
Prodago built SaaS products at the intersection of data governance, privacy, and AI risk for regulated enterprise clients. I led product strategy and business development, translating complex compliance requirements into platform capabilities and bringing the product to market with financial services and insurance clients.
Led the data management and analytics function during a period of significant platform modernization and cultural change. Established the company's first enterprise Data Governance Council, authored the 3-year data strategy adopted by the executive team, and managed a 60+ person global team across Canada and India.