TECHNOLOGY, DATA, AND MANAGEMENT CONSULTING / Mar 2016 – present
Business and technology consulting with a particular focus on data, analytics, and machine learning. Recent engagements: Hockey Canada; Inter Pipeline; LeaderSharp. Prior sectors: construction; biotech; publishing. Also: Co-founder, and primary software/data developer of widely-used hockey statistics website PuckIQ.com; and Technology, Data, and Analytics Practice Lead for BalancePoint Partners (during 2017), a boutique management consulting firm.
VICE PRESIDENT, CANADA • MICROSEISMIC, INC. / 2012 – 2016
Operational, financial, and strategic management of the Canadian subsidiary of MicroSeismic, Inc, an energy services technology company. Responsible for Canadian P&L, and direct management of all staff including sales, analysis, and operations teams.
PRESIDENT, COO, CTO • TAGLE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INC. / 2010 – 2012
Responsible for product development, product management, business and technology strategy, business development, sales and marketing, and personnel and financial management for Tagle Information Technology, a 10-person startup building document management interface software.
MULTIPLE EXECUTIVE ROLES • IHS, INC. / 2000 – 2010
VICE PRESIDENT, GLOBAL PRODUCT PORTFOLIO; AND SITE LEADER, CANADA / 2008 – 2010
Managed strategic product investment, development, and commercial launch process for all new IHS products globally; lead implementation team for global products modules of ERP; and operational management of the IHS Calgary office. IHS (now IHS Markit, Nasdaq:INFO) is one of the world’s leading energy information and strategy firms.
VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER / 2007 – 2008
Full responsibility for P&L, staff, strategy and operations of the IHS Canada business unit (representing ~$75M annual revenue, $40M EBITDA, 250 employees). IHS Canada was (and arguably still is) the leading provider of software, data, and consulting services to the Canadian energy industry. VICE PRESIDENT, STRATEGIC BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT / 2006 – 2007 Responsible for strategic planning and implementation of corporate strategic initiatives, product management, inbound strategic marketing and outbound marketing communications, corporate communications, acquisitions, and partnerships for IHS Canada. Member of the global Strategic Marketing team for IHS, with shared responsibility for strategic planning and product management for IHS Energy globally, at the time a $500M division with over 1,000 employees.
DIRECTOR, BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND STRATEGY / 2002 – 2006
Member of the senior executive team. Responsible for operational, technical and strategic planning for the Canadian Business Unit of IHS Energy. Direct management of web technology and marketing teams. DIRECTOR, TECHNOLOGY / 2000 – 2002 Responsible for architecture and project management for the company’s information technology, software and web development. Member of the senior team, responsible for the technical and strategic direction for the company, including operational integration of AccuMap, QC Data PDS, and IHS Canada.
CHIEF SCIENTIST AND SENIOR SOFTWARE ARCHITECT • QC DATA INC. / 1998 – 2000
Provided technical and strategic direction for the company. Principal architect, project manager, and chief programmer for the second generation “international version” of QC Data’s flagship software product.
SENIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER AND TEAM LEAD • ACCUMAP ENERDATA CORP. / 1991 to 1998
Analysis, architecture, design, project management, development, testing and support for AccuMap, a large commercial GIS for oil and gas exploration. As a senior staff member and partner, played a key role in every aspect of the company: technical, business, strategic, and operational. The company went from a startup in 1990 to the number one player in its market by 1995.
VICE PRESIDENT, PRODUCTS; PROJECT LEAD AND DESIGNER • SCOTIA HIGH END COMPUTING, LTD. / 1989 to 1991
(Halifax, NS) Led development team commercializing my MSc thesis. (Company was founded by my thesis supervisor, Kevin Moriarty, then Chair of the Computing Science Division at Dalhousie University)
VARIOUS TECHNICAL ROLES / 1981 to 1988
(Edmonton, AB and Victoria, BC) Various part- and full-time technical roles: design and development of Computer Based Training authoring tools; development of a competitive chess program; R&D of test tools for a parallel supercomputer company; and development of real-time data acquisition and analysis software.
OTHER INFORMATION
Coach indoor and outdoor Jr boys soccer with Calgary Rangers Soccer Club (since 2017). Previous and current professional affiliations include CSEG; SPE; ACM; IEEE; CIPS. Previously volunteered at the Calgary Interfaith Food Bank as Chair of the IT Committee. Ongoing professional (leadership and technical) development, including MIT Sloan School of Business, The Banff Centre, Coursera, and Udacity.
EDUCATION
- MBA, Athabasca University
- MSc in Computing Science, Dalhousie University
- BSc (Honors) in Computing Science, University of Alberta
- IBM Professional Certificate in Data Science (in progress)