Alliston, Ontario, Canada
Unified Communications Architect Deliver Projects, Products | Integrate Business Requirements with Technology 20+ years experience in the IT industry developing cost-effective solutions to fulfill business requirements. Diverse skill set and IT architecture/project management knowledge. Broad business knowledge. Accomplished several significant challenges including designing the Innovation Centre program, First Friendly Customer program, IP TV network for Ontario, WiFi mesh network for Edmonton Stadium Grey Cup. Areas of expertise includes: • Technology Strategy • Evaluation & Analysis • Unified Communications Design & Implementation • Network & Security/Firewall Design and Implementation
Pre-sales Engineer supporting Canadian Federal Government agencies and Crown corporations nationwide. Key initiatives included working with customers to help guide them with integration of their video, IP Telephony and multi vendor UC environments. Consulting with the customer on future plans to move to a Hybrid environment or moving everything into a cloud environment and identifying risks and costs concerning security, network readiness and impact to existing employee workflow. Advising customers on the solutions for all of their meeting spaces such as large boardrooms, medium size rooms, huddle spaces and open concept collaboration areas and home office spaces. Identifying potential acoustic issues and recommending passive and active technologies to mitigate this. Identifying potential lighting issues.
Responsible for the architecture, design and implementation of the WAN/LAN and all voice, unified communications and application servers/services. Network, Service and application national assurance prime. • Project prime for the design and build of the Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and 25 York Innovation Centres. • Manage all external/internal IT teams involved in the implementation of new technologies into the Innovation Centres • Vendor management and new technology introduction. • Architect of the UC systems and integration of the IoW (Innovation Centre on Wheels) • Capital/Operational budget prime for all related activities • Architecture design and implementation of WAN/LAN, wireless and voice services for the Innovation Centres and TELUS key events such as the annual Sales Conference and the TELUS Skins.
- Responsible for the Labs and Innovation Centres in Ontario and Quebec. Two labs located in the Toronto area and two in Rimouski. Innovation Centres in Toronto and Montreal. - Manager for six direct reports in region. Responsibilities included performance management duties and coaching - Capital/Operational budget prime for all related activities. - Vendor management prime Labs in region and Innovation Centres nationally - Manage all external/internal IT teams involved in the implementation of new technologies into the Labs regionally & Innovation Centres nationally
Responsible for Server and computer deployments. Executive IT support for the CEO, Board of Directors and Senior leadership. Network prime for deploying WAN circuits to new offices along with LAN design. Architect and implementor for the first Enterprise Blackberry Enterprise Server used by internal Executives.