Post on 11-Aug-2014
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For 20 years I have been involved with technology, first in microelectronics, then with Internet eCommerce.
I am now an independent consultant, playing interim CTO roles in organizations, small and large alike.
I help business leaders understand technology and put it to use to deliver results.
For a large government ministry, my technical audit helped determine investment levels for a 10M$ BPM case management solution.
I try to see through technology and understand its pain points for users.
Aligning business and technology is most often the first issue I tackle.
I AM AN E-COMMERCE PIONEERFirst release in production of an e-commerce solution for IGA Canada to sell groceries on the web, in 1996.Released similar solutions for Shoprite (USA), Loblaws (Canada), Intermarché(France) and others
1996
Selling groceries online is difficult: low margins, 20-40 items per cart, repetitive buys, fulfillment (think “produce” or “ground beef”), etc.
If you make it there, you can make it anywhere...
E-COMMERCE EXPERIENCE PAYS
As a technology consulting professional, I have been involved with Standard & Poor’s to help put their market research in the hands of financial planners…
FINANCIAL INDUSTRY
With CGI, I spent 3 years as VP Enterprise Architecture with the National Bank of Canada.As part of the management team, my objective was to best deliver the value that IT outsourcing promised.
IT OUTSOURCING
I leverage software engineering frameworks and methodologies, like the Rational Unified Process, to manage projects and deliver them in an iterative fashion.Risks are lowered and progress is more visible.
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
I bridge business and technology using Business Process Management techniques, tools…
BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT
EA is now my specialty.
I leverage its frameworks like TOGAF and Zachman, to help define and model SOA and eCommerce solutions.
ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE
I learned to deal with complexity early on, as a microelectronics engineer.With only 9 months to design microchips containing 10 million + transistors, engineers must deal with complexity head on.
MICROELECTRONICS