Experience

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  Retired

  • Retired

    • Oct 2014 - Present
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  CGA-Canada (Certified General Accountants Assoc...

  • VP Information Technology

    • Oct 2002 - Sep 2014

    Provided national IT leadership to CGA Associations across Canada. Forged national IT initiatives including the delivery of CGA courses online, the formation of national online services and a joint data centre to serve the IT needs of some CGA Associations. As part of the senior management team, ...

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  CGA Online Services Corporation

  • Canada wide

  • President and Board member

    • Jun 2002 - Mar 2007
    • Canada wide

    Worked with CGA Associations across Canada to form this service corporation to develop and manage all Web and online services for CGA members and students worldwide using a national Internet portal and enterprise content management system.

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  CGA Shared Services Facility Corp

  • Corporate secretary and Board member

    • Jul 2001 - Mar 2007

    Worked with many of the CGA Associations across Canada to form a national data center to manage the Oracle-based association administrative systems. John negotiated and organized the legal agreements, share offerings, and built the IT infrastructure. The CGA SSF is organized in the form of an App...

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  JW Yu & Associates Ltd.

  • Vancouver, BC

  • President

    • Dec 1984 - Oct 2002
    • Vancouver, BC

    J.W. Yu & Associates Ltd. is a computer consulting firm that focuses in management and technical consulting on the acquisition, development, installation, and management of information systems. J.W. Yu & Associates Ltd. provides a broad range of computing services to businesses in British...

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  Dow-Jones Irwin, John Wiley & Sons, Irwin

  • Author

    • Jan 1987 - Dec 1991

    Co-authored ten IT books with two award winning titles, four books translated into Portuguese, Italian, and French.

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  Simon Fraser University Computing Centre

  • Burnaby, BC

  • Various management positions, ending as Assistant Director

    • Oct 1972 - Dec 1984
    • Burnaby, BC

    Started as a consultant providing computing services to researchers and professors, moved through management ranks as senior consultant, systems development manager, applications manager, and assistant director. As assistant director, responsible for systems development, computer consulting, equi...