Experience

Data Elephant

• Canada
• Data Infrastructure and Analytics
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder and CEO

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada A more human approach to modern data analytics, engineering, and cloud services. • Strategy & Design • Data Engineering • Analytics & Reporting • Machine Learning • Cloud We offer a lean, engaging, personable and unique approach to data projects. We take the complexity out of modernizing your data estate and customize each solution and project to our client's industry, culture, and team.



Xerris Inc.

• Chief Operating Officer

  • Jul 2021 - Aug 2022

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Lead our Sales, Marketing, Alliances, People & Culture functions in Canada.

• Sales Director

  • Jan 2021 - Jun 2021

  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Xerris is a technology leader specializing in digital transformation through microservice development, frontend development, cloud migration, machine learning, data & analytics, and DevOps. Our mission is to help companies break down the technical barriers that restrict innovation and re-imagine their business for the digital-first consumer. We are remote first by design. Our teams of developers, dreamers, doers and disruptors are located across the Americas.



Slalom

• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Development Executive

  • Aug 2015 - Jan 2021

  Vancouver, Canada Area Worked with clients in the Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal markets to provide management and technology consulting services focused on business and digital transformation, cloud adoption, enterprise change management and agile, development and integration, and advanced analytics solutions. Clients spanned industries across Financial Services, Manufacturing, Retail, Hospitality, Mining, Construction and Telecommunications. We help companies tackle their most ambitious projects and build… Show more Worked with clients in the Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal markets to provide management and technology consulting services focused on business and digital transformation, cloud adoption, enterprise change management and agile, development and integration, and advanced analytics solutions. Clients spanned industries across Financial Services, Manufacturing, Retail, Hospitality, Mining, Construction and Telecommunications. We help companies tackle their most ambitious projects and build new capabilities with a focus on transformation, digital, and data. Slalom is a $1.6B company with over 8,000 employees and is routinely named a best place to work. Our clients include more than half the Fortune 100 and a third of the Fortune 500—along with startups, not-for-profits, and innovative organizations of all kinds. In over 35 cities around the world, Slalom teams have autonomy to move fast and do what's right for our clients, making us more personal and nimble than traditional consulting firms. We care deeply about helping you tackle your biggest challenges and turn your vision into reality. We partner with leaders including AWS, Google, Microsoft, Tableau, Salesforce, Snowflake, and hundreds of other strategic organizations, and we also build meaningful software and products through a near-shore model, leveraging two Canadian and 9 global _build centers. Show less



Gartner

• United States
• Information Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Account Executive

  • Jan 2014 - Aug 2015

  Toronto, Canada Area Worked to provide executive advisory and strategy along with research and technology consulting to IT leaders in the mining industry. Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) is the world's leading information technology research and advisory company. We deliver the technology-related insight necessary for our clients to make the right decisions, every day. From CIOs and senior IT leaders in corporations and government agencies, to business leaders in high-tech and telecom enterprises and professional… Show more Worked to provide executive advisory and strategy along with research and technology consulting to IT leaders in the mining industry. Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) is the world's leading information technology research and advisory company. We deliver the technology-related insight necessary for our clients to make the right decisions, every day. From CIOs and senior IT leaders in corporations and government agencies, to business leaders in high-tech and telecom enterprises and professional services firms, to technology investors, we are the valuable partner to clients in over 13,000 distinct organizations. Through the resources of Gartner Research, Gartner Executive Programs, Gartner Consulting and Gartner Events, we work with every client to research, analyze and interpret the business of IT within the context of their individual role. Founded in 1979, Gartner is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, USA., and has 5,800 associates, including more than 1,450 research analysts and consultants, and clients in 85 countries. I work with IT, Supply Chain, and Marketing executives to ensure their critical initiatives translate into business outcomes while navigating through new technologies, new risks, new landscapes, and often times external/market challenges. Our research and analysts compliment my clients' knowledge and expertise and allow them to save time, mitigate risk, validate decisions, and focus on delivery. Show less



TEKsystems

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Account Manager - Directrice De Comptes

  • Mar 2009 - Oct 2013

  Montreal, Quebec - Working with clients in the Montreal area to support their IT Staffing and Resourcing needs with a proactive approach, to match top talent with local employers - Identify and actively cold call new customers, build out relationship trees with existing and prospect accounts - Meeting with Manager, Director and Executive-level clients within Montreal to establish relationships, discover needs, and build out strategic partnerships in order to provide IT staffing and consulting… Show more - Working with clients in the Montreal area to support their IT Staffing and Resourcing needs with a proactive approach, to match top talent with local employers - Identify and actively cold call new customers, build out relationship trees with existing and prospect accounts - Meeting with Manager, Director and Executive-level clients within Montreal to establish relationships, discover needs, and build out strategic partnerships in order to provide IT staffing and consulting services Key Accomplishments: - Winner’s Circle 2011 and 2012 for exceeding sales and revenue targets - Business Development of net new accounts to gain market share (focused on Fortune 3000 and larger companies) including approximately 80% new business development and 20% account management and maintenance - 2012 Top 10 Account Manager in Canada based on revenues - Participant in TEKsystems “Emerging Leaders Program” for North American top performers seeking leadership/director-level positions within the organization - Responsible for hiring and training of new Technical Recruiters - Implementation of new recruitment processes - Super-user of Salesforce.com and proprietary ATS (training, upgrades, changes) - Building and maintaining solvent relations with both Montreal's Corporate Executive/Senior Management and with the Consultants/Candidates whom I have met over the years. - Dedicated to business development through networking and involvement in the community. - Develop documents and materials, contracts and RFP responses required to do business. - Proven ability to identify opportunities through a needs assessment. - Successful in finding appropriate candidates through traditional means, referrals, networking and resourceful recruiting techniques. - Extensive experience matching resources to business requirements.

• Senior Recruiter/Inside Sales

  • Jan 2009 - Mar 2009

  Vancouver, Canada Area • Identify top accounts and key market segments • Meet with clients to learn their business and gather their staffing requirements • Work with Account Managers to deliver top quality resources to our clients • Develop recruiting strategies designed to identify qualified candidates through various recruiting tools (online job boards, networking events, conferences, Linkedin, etc.) • Evaluate candidate’s strengths in relation to client’s requirements by meeting, screening, conducting… Show more • Identify top accounts and key market segments • Meet with clients to learn their business and gather their staffing requirements • Work with Account Managers to deliver top quality resources to our clients • Develop recruiting strategies designed to identify qualified candidates through various recruiting tools (online job boards, networking events, conferences, Linkedin, etc.) • Evaluate candidate’s strengths in relation to client’s requirements by meeting, screening, conducting reference checks • Create and execute local and national recruitment strategies for senior-level positions search activities through the use of a proprietary Applicant Tracking System and internal requisition control systems • Maintain relationships with industry contacts to provide customer service, gain industry knowledge, and obtain referrals and sales leads • Contribute to the growth of business through successful recruits and ethical business practices

• Technical Recruiter/Inside Sales

  • Oct 2006 - Dec 2008

  Vancouver, Canada Area TEKsystems® is a leading provider of strategic Information Technology and communications services. Partnering with companies of all sizes in virtually every industry, we help optimize the business value of IT and communications by adapting our ability to match talented professionals with companies in need of services or technical expertise. Our technical workforce, located in over 100 offices throughout the United States, Canada and Europe, includes more than 20,000 IT professionals. Key… Show more TEKsystems® is a leading provider of strategic Information Technology and communications services. Partnering with companies of all sizes in virtually every industry, we help optimize the business value of IT and communications by adapting our ability to match talented professionals with companies in need of services or technical expertise. Our technical workforce, located in over 100 offices throughout the United States, Canada and Europe, includes more than 20,000 IT professionals. Key Accomplishments: - Winner’s Circle 2008 for exceeding sales and revenue targets