Experience

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  Canada Post

  • Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  • Director, IT Risk and Compliance

    • Apr 2024 - Present
    • Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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  Innovapost

  • Canada
  • IT Services and IT Consulting
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Head of External Compliance

    • Feb 2020 - Apr 2024

  • Head of Audit, Governance and Compliance

    • Apr 2018 - Feb 2020

  • Director, Compliance & Risk Management

    • Apr 2013 - Apr 2018

    Leading compliance and risk management programs to maintain IT-related business risk within acceptable levels and meet internal and customer expectations. Program areas encompass risk assessment, risk response, and risk measurement / reporting.

  • Compliance Lead

    • Aug 2010 - Apr 2013

    Managed risk by running programs to ensure / improve compliance with general computing controls, payment card industry (PCI) DSS and ISO 9001:2008.

  • Senior IT Consultant

    • Mar 2003 - Aug 2010

  • Technical Lead and Data Architect for Human Resources Information System Implementation

    • Apr 2009 - Jan 2010

    Technical lead with responsibility for delivery of the application. Managing internal and vendor activities to ensure integration of the deliverables.Developed conceptual data models and CRUD matrix.Developed data integration architecture.Completed detailed data conversion map and transformation rules.

  • IT Security Lead for Audit (Section 5970) Compliance Project

    • Apr 2009 - Dec 2009

    Revised section 5970 control activities to: better align with application and infrastructure management practices; and to improve clarity for application and infrastructure management staff. Advised Compliance team and application management staff on security policy and related guidelines and standards. Managed the development server hardening standards and associated compliance approach.Assisted application management staff in developing operational procedures to improve compliance.

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  Correctional Service of Canada

  • IM Program Blueprint Project Manager

    • Jan 2010 - Jun 2010

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  HRSDC

  • Canada
  • Government Administration
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Project manager within IT Operational Excellence (OE) program

    • Apr 2008 - Mar 2009

    Co-lead for Application Portfolio Management project. Developed project approach, plan, budget and senior management presentations. Advisor to project team and management; helped senior management establish application cost reduction targets.Co-lead for OE Integration initiative. Initiated OE data architecture development work; developed statement of work and project plan. Identified and modeled OE project dependencies. Developed charter to formalize OE Integration / PMO project.Guided the development of project charters (senior management presentations) and project plans for all seven OE projects.Advisor to OE project teams during execution. Completed project management activities including status reporting, presentation to Steering Committee, resource management, and project planning.

  • Co-lead for Information Architecture (IA) project

    • Aug 2007 - Mar 2008

    Defined high-level IA governance model; including goals, principles, policies, processes.Assisted with development of data integration strategy; developed management presentation.Developed project and operational work plans.Identified IA standard best practices and guided standards development work.

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  Innovapost

  • Security and Compliance - Senior Consultant

    • Jun 2004 - Aug 2007

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  BPO Solutions 2000 Inc

  • Data Warehouse Manager

    • 2001 - 2002

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  FinTRAC

  • Data Management Manager

    • 2000 - 2001

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  Canada Revenue Agency

  • DA / DBA / DW / Manager

    • 1980 - 2000