This is a personal professional statement that makes me sound impressive
At Avanade, leadership and innovation are at the core of my role as Group Manager of User Experience Design. Over the past two and a half years, my focus has been on delivering exceptional workplace experiences, leveraging cutting-edge Microsoft technologies like Viva and Azure Open AI. With a passion for user advocacy, I've led a diverse, multi-national team to create solutions that resonate across IT, HR, Marketing, and Data portfolios.
The commitment to modern workplace solutions and the ability to turn complex user data into actionable insights have been instrumental in my role. Our team's dedication to design ops and solution delivery has enhanced stakeholder collaboration and driven the successful outcomes that define our work. Working alongside a talented group, we continue to champion innovation and deliver advanced business solutions that shape the future of work.
Feb 2022 - Present
Toronto, Chicago, Seattle
Delivering exceptional workplace experiences for a global workforce.
Leading an distributed multi-national design team. Design Ops.
User advocacy and solution delivery across multiple portfolios including IT, HR, Marketing, and Data.
Champion of modern workplace solutions on the leading edge of Microsoft innovation including Viva and Azure Open AI.
Skills: Strategic Planning · Cross-functional Team Leadership · Product Management · Project Management · Storytelling · User-centered Design · Leadership · Operations Management
May 2019 - Sept 2020
Toronto, Remote
Shopify Carbon Outlook
Shopify Re-Unive
Shopify Global Economic Impact Report
Skills: Cross-functional Team Leadership · Project Management · Storytelling · Leadership · Operations Management
November 2017 - May 2019
Toronto
Skills: Project Management · Leadership
March 2011 - November 2017
Toronto
Senior developer, architect and associate director of technical operations for one of three business units at Myplanet.Senior developer, architect and associate director of technical operations for one of three business units at Myplanet.
Skills: Strategic Planning · Cross-functional Team Leadership · Project Management · Leadership · Operations Management
November 2020 - June 2023
Chipper - Executive Producer - Toronto 48 Hour Film project finalist.
Everything that Rises - Production Design, Story boards
W.I.P The Musical - Writer / Producer. Art director. Script supervisor
Personal Best: Sports Horror Musical POC - Writer / Producer / Actor. Storyboard artist.
Skills: Strategic Planning · Cross-functional Team Leadership · Illustration · Project Management · Storytelling · Leadership · Operations Management
2004 - Present
Incorporated in 2020, and operating as a sole proprietorship since 2004.
Be Circle hasn't been very active since the early 2010s, but I've kept it alive on paper because I am always ready, willing, and able to take on new and exiciting projects.
1993 - 1997
Peterborough, Ontario
Undergraduate thesis: "Computers are boring: people's interest misplaced"
The thesis was that technology and computers are not interesting on their own. It is network effects that they enable that will drive cultural change.
Nailed it, if I do say so myself.
Activities and societies: Trent Radio, Cult of Regoczei, tu.g