Experience

Montcrest School

• Canada
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Technology and Innovation

  • May 2019 - Present



Upper Canada College

• Canada
• Education Administration Programs
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Digital Communcations Manager

  • Sep 2017 - May 2019

  • Manage website operations, digital communications, and social media.• Establish business practices to align with digital communication needs.• Lead project manager for web and digital communication related projects.• Analyze communication metrics and identify key points of interests.



Steve Nash Fitness World and Sports Club

• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Group Fitness Instructor

  • Apr 2010 - Aug 2017

  As a group fitness instructor I have to lead individuals at various fitness levels in intense and challenging workouts. My current focus is in Cardio Kickboxing (Nash Knockout) and Boot Camp classes. I am expanding into different strength and stamina classes as well.



Collingwood School

• Canada
• Education Administration Programs
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Head Of Information Technology

  • Sep 2016 - Jul 2017

  • Build, train, supervise and coach a department of four individuals in help desk, network and system administration and project management to support two campuses, 260 faculty and staff and 1200 students.• Create and manage a capital and operating IT budget totaling $1 million. Use cost benefit and budget analysis to leverage budget spending. Align budget spending to match strategic IT projects.• Work directly with various senior administrators (Headmaster, CFO, Departments Heads and Directors) to provide different technology solutions to fit the needs of the organization.• Research, forecast and present recommended system and network infrastructure upgrades to senior administration. Manage approved system and network upgrade projects from start to finish.• Work with faculty and staff to identify IT needs and provide solutions. • Lead project manager for all IT projects utilizing Agile and Scrum concepts.• Liaise with multiple vendors, consultants and suppliers.• Delegate specific projects and tasks to IT staff members: review project requirements, implementation options, deployment plan and timeline, monitor project status and review final deliverables. • Maintain asset management system for software, hardware, support contracts and licenses.• Manage and monitor IT security systems and ensure security policies are enforced.

• Network and System Administrator

  • Jun 2007 - Jul 2017

  • Design, manage and maintain the core network and system infrastructure across two campuses. This includes two HyperV hosts, 15 virtual machines, three storage arrays (Total of 60TB), firewalls, core switches, wireless controllers, wireless access points, office phone system, and photocopiers.• Perform regular network and system maintenance to apply firmware updates, software patches and configuration updates.• Design and manage backup and disaster recovery solution for core systems and primary storage array. Performed regular testing to ensure data integrity.• Designed and managed IT Security protocols for network and system infrastructure. Advised senior administration in best IT security practices and protocols.• Monitor and manage firewalls, anti-virus systems, and vulnerability scanners.• Document network and system infrastructure configuration and settings.

• Associate Head of Technology

  • Jun 2009 - Sep 2016

  • Worked closely with the Head and Director of IT to research, plan and implement various projects. Project scope includes: Networking, Network Security, Virtual Server Management, Storage Array Management, System/file Backups and Disaster Recovery.• Trained faculty members in implementing new departmental procedures/protocols.• Trained the IT Department staff in basic Network and System Administration.• Managed help desk service and ensured issues were resolved within the given Service Level Agreement.

• IT Help Desk

  • Jan 2006 - Jun 2009

  Responsible for providing IT support to faculty and staff. Provide training to teachers and staff for basic computer tasks.