Experience

Jackyl Consulting

• Canada
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder, Managing Partner & Delivery Executive

  • Oct 2015 - Present



TD

• Canada
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Vice President - Major Initiatives: Data Center & Network Portfolio

  • Aug 2014 - Oct 2015



TD

• Canada
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Data Center Migration Executive

  • May 2013 - 2014

  Accountable for energizing, connecting, and driving the team responsible for the Business Planning, Discovery & Dependency Mapping, Execution Planning and Execution of two (2) Enterprise class Data Center relocations and consolidations consisting of 2844 & 1124 servers respectively.Developed and lead continuous improvement Migration Center of Excellence; conceived and instituted an organization of sixty-seven (67+) people who are responsible for the Discovery & Assessment, Design & Engineering, Build & Deployment and Migration Execution of in-scope workloadEstablish powerful working relationships grounded in ‘trust and confidence’ with Executive stakeholders throughout the Enterprise up to and including the CTO and respective CIOs and their direct reportsDeveloped and implemented an enduring Governance structure for each Data Center Program that ensures the permanent establishment of frameworks for program functionality, reviews of schedules and budgets, the escalation and remediation of risk and issues for Program ExecutionEstablished and maintained the appropriate and necessary structure, controls, discipline and rigor to effectively manage Program Risk and to protect the business from unplanned downtime as a result of relocating mission critical IT Assets over the course of 300+ migration events with a success rate of 99.98% Show less

• Project Executive Barrie Data Centre - Network Build

  • Aug 2011 - Apr 2013

  Energized, focused and drove the planning, design and delivery of the Network Infrastructure at TD's newly constructed Disaster Recovery (DR) Data Centre. With overall executive accountability, lead a team of approximately 25 individuals and successfully delivered a $38MM program ahead of schedule and on budget.Working with a truly outstanding team of project management leaders and technical experts, together we overcame numerous challenges (both technical and non-technical), held firm to our dates and Delivered as committed to the organization which was critical to keeping the overall Program timelines on track ($340MM Program).Was initially inserted to stabilize and rescue the network stream of the Disaster Recovery (DR) Data Centre Program. Immediately installed a Program Management Process, systematically organized, and structured the team and instilled an enhanced level of discipline and Delivery focus.This is one of my favourite roles I have had in my career to date. The team we built was simply outstanding... a high performing group of individuals who were comfortable being held accountable and exhibited high levels of pride of ownership. Team - wouldn't have gotten through this one without each and everyone of you. Thanks! Show less

• Sr. IT Manager - Project Management Office (PMO)

  • Jan 2010 - Jul 2011

  Upon rejoining TD after spending seven (7) years at IBM, I moved into a Sr. Manager role and was given the mandate to build and establish a Project Management Office (PMO) to service the newly repatriated Network Services organization from IBM.Over the course of eighteen (18) months the PMO scaled from one (1) Project Manager to a team of approximately twenty-five (25). In addition to recruiting and building a hand-picked team of Project Leaders, the team had also built and installed a rich set of industry best practice processes and procedures to effectively manage, track and report on a project book consisting of approximately 20 concurrent projects valued at approximately $10MM in annual spend (P&L)).This was a great role as it allowed me to continue to build on my Leadership & People Management skills along with mastering both the art and science of Project Management. Show less



IBM Canada Ltd.

• Project Executive - Contract Repatriation

  • Oct 2008 - Dec 2009

  Working for the Sr. Project Executive of a Strategic Outsourcing account, lead a number of workstreams associated with the early termination of the Network component of a multi-disciplinary managed services contract.The scope of services being in-sourced by the client was valued at approximately $85MM annually and involved the re-badging of approximately eighty-five (85) employees from IBM back to the client.Broadly speaking the scope and workstream associated with this transition project broke down as follows:- HR- Financials- Assets- Contracts & Invoicing- Processes & ProceduresAnother thoroughly enjoyable experience that allowed me to tap into and leverage a completely separate set of skills that were non-technical in nature and allowed me to continue to exercise my Leadership and People Management skills. Show less

• Data Center Consolidation - Network Lead

  • Feb 2006 - Sep 2008

  Building on my Network Engineering and Network Architecture background, I was presented with an opportunity to lead the Network workstream of a Data Center Consolidation for a client going through a merger / acquisition within the Financial Services Sector.In this role I was accountable to lead a very talented group of people which consisted of IBM'ers, and specialists from both organization involved in the M&A. This project consisted of six (6) phases:Phase1: Kick-offPhase2: DiscoveryPhase3: AssessmentPhase4: Architecture DefinitionPhase5: Recommendations & Road-map RecommendationPhase6: Delivery and ExecutionAlthough filled with both technical and business challenges, having accountability for this $10MM (TCV) workstream was another fantastic opportunity. This role leveraged my existing skill sets and allowed me to start to develop my people management and leadership capabilities.The successful completion of this project/role resulted in numerous awards and recognition from both the client and within the IBM Company.This was a very memorable project largely as a result of the great people who I had the good fortune to work with and lead. Show less

• Network Architect - Strategic Outsourcing

  • Sep 2003 - Feb 2006

  Was a Network Architect within the Network Services Division of IBM Strategic Outsourcing. While in this role my primary focus was to develop and build Enterprise IP Solutions for my various customers. It was in this role where I really started to understand, learn and look at technology from a business perspective - cost structures, business casing, value proposition, financial positioning, client service and selling.While in this role I was very fortunate to receive a number of performance and recognition awards despite working within a highly competitive and performance based culture.This was another great role... learned a tonne and worked with an exceptional group of very talented individuals. Show less



TD

• Canada
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Network Engineer

  • Jan 1998 - Sep 2003

  Was accountable for designing and implementing a wide variety of network solutions at TD. Many of those solutions were either foundational in nature to our Enterprise IP Network (Data Centre, MAN, WAN, Security etc). During this time I also specialized in the design and build of specialized low-latency and high-availability networks to support the Wholesale Banking division of TD. During my tenure at TD I received numerous recognition awards and performance based incentives. I loved this job it was a lot of fun back in the day... met a lot of great people who just wanted to get stuff done. Show less