Experience

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  BICSI

  • United States
  • Telecommunications
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Member - Committee Member - Committee Chair - Board Region Director - Board Secretary

    • Jan 1989 - Jan 2021

    Member - Committee Member - Committee Chair - Board Region Director - Board Secretary

  • Membership and Marketing Committee Chair

    • Jan 2004 - Feb 2012

    Chaired the Standing committee that recommends Membership and Marketing initiatives and programs to the BICSI Board to raise the visibility of BICSI in the ITS industry, increase the value of BICSI for its membership and increase the number of BICSI members and credential holders.

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  Convergent Technology Partners

  • Flint Michigan and Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

  • Structured Cabling - Designer / Project Manager

    • Jan 2017 - Jan 2020
    • Flint Michigan and Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

    Edward Boychuk, Contractor, is an Information Technology Systems consulting, design and project management professional specializing in the the Local Units of Government and K-12 market segments.

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  Convergent Technology Partners

  • Flint, Michigan

  • Technology Manager

    • Apr 1998 - Dec 2014
    • Flint, Michigan

    Boychuk was Convergent's Technology and Account Manager for the State of Michigan's Department of Technology Management and Budget for almost seventeen years. Convergent still holds the exclusive contract for designing and project managing the State of Michigan's telecommunications and ICT projects. He was also responsible for Convergent's marketing strategic planning, business development, marketing material development and bid support. Boychuk designed, specified, project managed and project documented the telecommunication infrastructure, pathways, communication rooms and fiber/copper cabling for the Hall of Justice, the new home of the Supreme Court of Michigan and the Michigan Court of Appeals at the Capital Complex in Lansing. Two years. He provided those same ICT services working with the State Infrastructure Specialist, the state's one and only RCDD, for Project Cadilllac Place, the 1.3 million square foot Detroit State Office building which was previously owned by General Motors and was GM's Corporation Head Office Building. The building still is a National Historic Landmark, listed in 1985. Two and a half years.

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  BICSI

  • United States
  • Telecommunications
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Publications Committee Chair

    • Jan 1996 - Jan 2000

    Chaired the Standing committee that recommends Publications initiatives and programs to the BICSI Board to increase the circulation of all non-technical BICSI publications such as BICSI News, a monthly publication, and the development of marketing collateral used to support the Marketing Department's initiatives and programs.

  • Member Board of Directors - Secretary

    • Jan 1994 - Jan 1996

    Responsible for keeping accurate records and minutes of all meetings of BICSI and of the Board of Directors. Also was responsible for facilitating the review and updating of BICSI’s Bylaws and Board of Directors’ Operating Policies and Procedures. In addition to the duties as Secretary, was assigned the duty of Board liaison to the Publications Advisory Committee.

  • Member of the Board - Region Director

    • Jan 1990 - Jan 1994

    Represented BICSI members in Canada and Internationally in the governance of BICSI. In addition to the duties as a member of the Board of Directors, was assigned the duty of Board liaison to the Publications Advisory Committee.

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  Stentor Resource Center Inc.

  • Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  • Product Manager - Structured Cabling and Data Interconnectivity

    • Mar 1993 - Apr 1998
    • Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Developed Structured Cabling and interconnecting data equipment Product Management, Market Management and Business Development knowledge and skills. SRCI was the national coalition marketing arm of the incumbent CLEC's (Canadian Local Exchange Carriers, e.g. Bell Canada) and consisted of 2400 Marketing professionals across Canada responsible for generating national marketing strategies and revenues for the nine owner companies.

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  Manitoba Telephone System

  • Manitoba, Canada

  • Engineering Supervisor

    • May 1965 - Mar 1993
    • Manitoba, Canada

    Served in the MTS Engineering Department in the following Engineering disciplines: Outside Plant, Transmission, Circuit Layout, Special Services, Customer Systems, BICS and Business Cabling; Developed engineering, customer service, marketing and sales skills and knowledge. Conceptualized the Western Canada BICS Alliance and collaborated with BC Tel, AGT, Sask-Tel and MTS to make it happen. Supervised the Business Cabling profit center for his last six years in MTS. With support from MTS, was elected to become the Canada's first BICSI Region Director.