Recognizing the importance of the internet to Canada’s prosperity – economic and social – I would like to be part of the process that “takes a leadership role in shaping Canada’s Internet”.
My passion for Canada’s Internet started before the Internet became popular. In 1991, as President and COO of Vision 2000, I led a consortium of 33 large firms in the ICT industry that developed a business plan for Advanced Personal Communications – anytime, anyplace, any device. While the organization was stillborn, the foresight and planning was prescient.
Having sold my management consulting business, I am now looking for new challenges and the sense of accomplishment that follows. As a management consultant for 3 decades, both as a practitioner and an executive running the practice, I have acquired a broad range of experience and expertise in all aspects of technology, its management and its adoption. I would like to continue to put that experience and expertise to good use. It is the next phase of my career.
Specifically, I want to continue putting my governance experience, along with my financial and investment management experience, and my passion for the Internet to good use.
I enjoy working with other executives, providing oversight, assessing and guiding strategy along with decision making. I also enjoy working with bright likeminded people to a common goal, through critical collaboration. Critical collaboration – the intersection of critical thinking and collaboration – provides a very valuable forum for learning as well as improving the status quo.
CIRA is an organization which will attract people with significant expertise and depth. Working with a world class organization is a significant lure.