Personal Profile
Real experience in the corporate technology world
- Worked with Silicon Valley software development companies, financial institutions, federal and provincial government departments, and Crown corporations
- Created first website for a Canadian embassy (Washington, DC), noted as a "Canadian Internet First" in The Canadian Internet Handbook
- Pioneered successful use of streaming media and interactive webcasting in Canadian political campaigns
- Early market leader in deploying visual web editing software and open-source CMS with commercial clients
Communications expertise beyond the Web
- Former policy advisor to the federal Minister of Transport, responsible for cabinet briefings
- Served as a communications strategist at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, handling domestic communications planning
- Worked with a Washington Beltway lobbying firm, crafting analyses of international trade policy for North Asian corporations and governments
Certified technology skills
- Holder of CompTIA Project+ IT Project Management and A+ Computer Technician certifications; Instructor in A+ Certification Prep Courses
- Certified on application servers (BEA WebLogic, IBM WebSphere) and CMS (Documentum); extensive experience with commercial CMS platforms such as MOSS and Vignette, and open-source offerings, especially Joomla!
- RCMP and CSE certifications in IT and Internet security
Proven public communicator
- Conference speaker on content management technology and approaches
- Published on international trade policy in The Japan Times and the CIB&T Analyst, Georgetown University
- Guest lecturer on Canadian politics at the Cato Institute, Washington, DC
- Two-time finalist in the Canadian university national debate championships and finalist in public speaking at the World University Debate Championships
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