Experience

Jewish National Fund of Canada

• Canada
• Fundraising
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Information Technology

  • Oct 2017 - Present



Girl Guides of Canada

• Canada
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Manager, Information Technology, National

  • Jan 2008 - 2017

  • Over 12 years’ hands on experience in Information Technology • Management and Project leadership experience. • Team building with Senior Volunteers, Management, Staff and Vendors • Development and implementation of IT plans for strategically, operational and capital budgets. • Strong technical expertise with hands on experience and awareness of industry trends. • Vision, planning and focus on exceptional customer service and delivery. • Chief information officer, PIPEDA, dealing with complexity of privacy and security issues. • PCI DSS compliancy implementation and adherence for organization credit card for on line payment. • Mobile Application strategy for organizational needs. • Web Application development and Web Hosting. • Cloud and SAAS strategy and implementation Show less



TFS - Canada’s International School (Toronto French School)

• Canada
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director Information Technology

  • Feb 2001 - Oct 2007

  • Principal responsibilities:  Administer, support and maintain all computer and network facilities systems.  Email and Internet including Intranet Site.  Domain accounts, user files, and access.  All matters of routing, addressing and network design.  All system software and standard office installations.  Library systems.  Printer accounting & coordination.  Virus and system security (maintain the firewall and Proxy).  Terminal Server systems and remote access.  All wiring both backbone and internal.  Provide planning and support for the business systems.  Citrix Metaframe systems.  Blackbaud RDMS (Sybase engine).  Supervise and coordinate timetables as necessary.  Support for design and implementation of curriculum and scheduling.  Train branch personnel in making timetables.  At present the GH timetable is completely done by the I.T. Director.  Supervise and support branch administrative systems.  Presently service, support, configure and build the GH admin system.  Offer support to branches on admin tools and BB liaison.  Coordinate the I.T. discussion and user groups (on-line Forum and Administrative User Group). Note that academic issues are addressed primarily at the branch level and the I.T. Director serves to advice and support. •Rationalize, combine and draft the I.T. plans/budgets on a yearly basis for presentation to, and approval by the CFO. Draft the I.T. policy statements and user policies as approved by committee. Disseminate this information via the TFS network. •Implement the plans within budget and on time. •Administer and supervise any I.T. staff/consultants and external contractors or suppliers. •Continuously plan system, software and network upgrades and standards to ensure the viability of the TFS network. •Work closely with all members of the TFS community to ensure that implementation details, schedules and methods meet with approval and are well communicated. Show less