Experience

CareerLink Canada

• Canada
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Apr 2020 - Present

  A non-profit that helps Canadians transition to better careers by linking them with government funded skills training. A non-profit that helps Canadians transition to better careers by linking them with government funded skills training.



Pennine Way International Inc

• Markham, Ontario, Canada

• President

  • Nov 1994 - Present

  Pennine Way International is a business consulting corporation. Clientele include IBM Canada, IBM USA, Siemens Nixdorf Canada and Siemens USA. Pennine Way International is a business consulting corporation. Clientele include IBM Canada, IBM USA, Siemens Nixdorf Canada and Siemens USA.



North American Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology [NAIPT]

• Toronto, Canada Area

• Executive Director of External Affairs

  • Aug 2015 - Jun 2019

  Responsible for promoting the new Professional Seminar Series for Pharmaceutical Professionals. The Professional Seminar Series is a series of 1-day seminars aimed at management and professionals in the pharmaceutical industry. Topics range from Gap Analysis, SAP System Applications, Six Sigma Tools in Effective Project Management, Business Excellence in the Regulatory Sector, Microbiological Contamination and Sterile Validation to Challenges Faced by Industries in terms of Effective Cleaning Validation. Plus many more. Also responsible for establishing and running an international conference for management and pharmaceuticals from around the world. The International Conference will be held in Toronto in 2016. NAIPT is well recognized in the pharmaceutical industry as a provider of top class education in Industrial Pharma and Bio-Pharma Validation Technology and Modern Technology, Quality Assurance & Quality Control. NAIPT also has an excellent Clinical Research program. Show less



Canadian Educational Services

• Toronto, Canada

• CEO & President

  • 2010 - Apr 2018

  Co-Founder, CEO and President: In addition to running the company, David is also responsible for establishing relationships with colleges and universities in Canada, and for building relationships with colleges and universities in other countries such as India.. Canadian Educational Services Incorporated (CES) is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping people get the career education that they need in order to get better jobs and careers. We have a domestic (Canadian) division and an international division. In our Domestic division we have two broad categories of clientele. Category 1: People who are newcomers to Canada and cannot find employment because their qualifications and job experiences are not recognized in Canada. These people need to get Diplomas and/or Certificates from Canadian educational institutions prior to getting a job in their field. Category 2: Canadian citizens / residents who have been laid off in the last few years. These people qualify for government grants to be re-educated for a new career. As in Category 1, we help them find the best possible career college in order for them to obtain the appropriate diplomas. In our International division we focus on helping international students to c ome to Canada to study, work and live. David just returned from a one month tour of India where he met with more than 40 colleges and more than 5,000 students. Show less



CANSEES

• Toronto, Canada

• CEO and President

  • Nov 2011 - Mar 2018

  CANSEES is a non profit organization operating in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) helping new Canadians to settle into Canada and helping all Canadians to obtain employment. Our services are 100% free to our clients. CANSEES is a non profit organization operating in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) helping new Canadians to settle into Canada and helping all Canadians to obtain employment. Our services are 100% free to our clients.



UFMS Inc

• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President

  • Jan 2004 - Mar 2008

  UFMS is a logistics support company providing logistics systems that ensure clients get the best, and most cost effective, shipping for their products. UFMS is a logistics support company providing logistics systems that ensure clients get the best, and most cost effective, shipping for their products.



IBM

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

• Deployment Manager

  • Jan 2001 - Dec 2002

  Reporting to the global executive with worldwide responsibility for the development and deployment of Method BLUE, IBM's propriety methodology for implementing SAP in customer locations. Ran training sessions in USA, Canada, Australia, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, India, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Denmark, and China.

• Deployment Manager

  • Apr 2000 - Dec 2000

  Leading the development of the IBM methodology for SAP implementations and deploying in Europe.

• Deployment Manager

  • Apr 1999 - Apr 2000

  Developing IBM's methodolgy for SAP for the Americas and Japan.



IBM Canada Ltd.

• Toronto, Canada

• Intellectual Capital Manager

  • Apr 1997 - Apr 1999

  Managing the harvesting and re-use of intellectual capital in the IBM SAP consulting division of IBM Global Services Managing the harvesting and re-use of intellectual capital in the IBM SAP consulting division of IBM Global Services



ISM

• Canada
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Planning & Business Manager

  • Jul 1996 - Apr 1997

  Helping IBM Canada to implement Lotus Notes. Helping IBM Canada to implement Lotus Notes.



Siemens

• Germany
• Automation Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Depolyment Manager

  • Oct 1995 - Jun 1996

  Managed a global team for the development and deployment of the Siemens Nixdorf methodology for SAP implementation

• Development Manager

  • Nov 1994 - Sep 1995

  Led a team of SAP experts in defining and deploying a world class methodology for the implementation of SAP.



KBS Technology Inc.

• Toronto, Canada

• Manager of Quality Assurance

  • Aug 1993 - Oct 1994

  Managed the QA of the development of a Knowledge Based System for IBM. Managed the QA of the development of a Knowledge Based System for IBM.



IBM Canada Ltd.

• Manager, National Language Technical Centre

  • Mar 1992 - Sep 1993

  Managed the IBM Corporate Centre of Competence for handling IBM's software internationalization technologies

• Market Development & Support Manager

  • Jan 1990 - Mar 1992

  Managed the introduction of IBM's CASE technology on the RISC System/6000 platform. Ran Customer Advisory Councils in North America and Europe.

• Senior Manager, AIX Compiler Development

  • Aug 1988 - Jan 1990

  Managed the transfer of AIX language development from Austin, Texas to Toronto. Managed the development of XL/C, XL/Fortran and XL/Pascal compilers for AIX.

• Senior Manager, Quality Assurance

  • Jan 1985 - Aug 1988

  Managed a team of 30 professionals with responsibility to assure the quality of all products being developed in the IBM Canada software laboratory. Provided managerial support for IBM Brazil's software development laboratory in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

• Executive Assistant

  • Jun 1984 - Jan 1985

  Assistant to the Director of the IBM Canada Laboratory.

• Manager, VM/IS Development

  • Jun 1983 - Jun 1984

  Managed a team of 20+ people to develop IBM's first system offering of packaged software products.

• Senior Development Analyst

  • Mar 1982 - Jun 1983

  Team leader for development of VM based applications



IBM

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

• Senior Systems Engineer

  • Jan 1981 - Mar 1982

  Marketing support for deploying IBM's new 4300 systems in the North Londo area.

• Customer Service Specialist

  • Jan 1977 - Dec 1980

  Team leader for the deployment of new IBM operating systems across Europe. Developed IBM's first software ordering configurator in Uithoorn, Netherlands.

• Customer Support Specialist

  • Aug 1976 - Dec 1976

  Special Assignment to IBM labs in Sterling Forrest, New York. To help develop new software upgrade methodology and tools.

• Customer Support Specialist

  • Dec 1974 - Dec 1976

  Responsible for Northern European support for IBM's operating systems. Territory included Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, South Africa and the UK.

• Customer Support Specialist

  • Jan 1974 - Dec 1974

  Supporting IBM customers in a large territory in North West England and Northern Ireland



IBM Portugal

• Lisbon, Portugal

• Systems Engineer

  • Nov 1972 - Jan 1974

  Providing special assistance for the installation of new large systems to the Portuguese national airline (Air Portugal) Providing special assistance for the installation of new large systems to the Portuguese national airline (Air Portugal)



IBM

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

• Customer Support Representative

  • Mar 1968 - Nov 1972

  First position in IBM. Supported many customers in Lancashire. Ranging from hardware support to software support. First position in IBM. Supported many customers in Lancashire. Ranging from hardware support to software support.



IBM Sweden

• Stockholm, Sweden

• Instructor

  • Aug 1972 - Sep 1972

  Teaching IBM operating system internals to IBM support teams in the IBM Scandinavia Laboratory. Teaching IBM operating system internals to IBM support teams in the IBM Scandinavia Laboratory.