Technology Mentor

A grouping of startup CTOs who get together to host panels, discussion groups with the simple goal of helping others avoid mistakes we made. Just good people helping others

Co-organizer

MCTS: .Net Framework 2.0: Web Applications

Diplomas

Development of inventory management system in perl.

Programmer Analyst (Stage)

Design and develop (some) of the many moving parts that are critical to daily operations.

Major achievements so far:

Designed a highly flexible data engine that generated complex T-SQL and delivered data in the most optimal way possible.

Redesigned some of the services into a multi-thread multi-server model to support scale out over amazon AWS. Reduced processing time for 7k+ reports and emails down to a few hours.

Reduced report development time to 3 days per complex report and unified it's development through a custom common in house API.

Designed SQL server deployment strategy to improve IO and overall response times.

Built entire mobile app using JavaScript, html5 and WCF. This mobile app is compatible with all smart phones going back 4 years.

Lead Architect

Enterprise Rapid Application Development platform. A CRM like system that could be used to build third party applications.

Founder Nuvo:Enterprise

Delivered strategic IT plans, target operating models, organizational design, and software selection recommendations to enterprise clients. Helped scale the firm's Strategic Architecture practice alongside the VP of Strategic Architecture.

	•	Led IT strategy, organizational architecture, and target-operating-model engagements for enterprise clients across financial services, retail, and industrial sectors.
	•	Applied design-thinking methods to map current-state processes and design future-state operating models with executive sponsors.
	•	Co-developed the firm's Strategic Architecture and organizational design practice as it scaled.

Principal Consultant Strategic Architecture

Director of Software Development & Architecture at Léger — Canada's largest independent market research and analytics firm.

	•	Designed product, deployment, QA, and support processes aligned with sales and marketing strategy.
	•	Led multiple cloud and on-prem migration programs balancing cost, performance, and data residency.
	•	Designed and developed new marketing-research and survey products with both cost-savings impact and tech-led revenue opportunities.
	•	Stood up an innovation lab and shipped a new mobile SaaS product positioned against Yelp and FourSquare.
	•	Promoted senior engineers into scrum master and product owner roles as the team scaled.
	•	Interfaced directly with Fortune 500 enterprise and banking clients.

Director of Software Development and Architecture

Founded and ran an advisory and turnaround CTO practice for venture-backed founders, PE-backed acquirers, and post-PMF scale-ups across MarTech SaaS, FinTech, E-commerce, MedTech, HealthTech, and Supply Chain & Logistics. Across engagements, led or advised engineering organizations totaling 160 engineers across 12 teams, 7 countries, and 4 time zones.

Turnaround patterns I ran repeatedly:
	•	Rebuilt failing engineering orgs into shipping organizations — 5-minute local setup, DORA-grade deployment cadence, OKR-aligned roadmaps, competency-matrix-based promotion.
	•	Stabilized offshore-heavy delivery models with professional engineering process and senior leadership.
	•	Executed three full SOC 2 Type I/II programs end-to-end at both technical and leadership level.
	•	Executed HIPAA and Canadian provincial health certifications (DSQ in Quebec, Ontario, BC).
	•	Led a flagship cloud-exit for a SaaS client: multi-cloud (AWS + Azure) → on-prem with hybrid for AI workloads. Cut monthly cloud 

Fractional-CTO

Promoted from Director to Technology Strategist — trusted advisor to the CEO, COO, and CxOs across Léger.

	•	Defined the multi-year technology evolution roadmap for the enterprise.
	•	Advised on strategic use of data, digital transformation, process optimization, analytics, and integration of major client solutions.
	•	Researched application of Machine Learning and Blockchain within the market-research industry.
	•	Identified process waste and defined where technology could compound efficiency and revenue.

Technology Strategist (Advisor to the CEO and COO)

Hired to stand up product and technology functions for an IoT-enabled transit operator.

	•	Designed migration from aging on-prem architecture to a cloud-native architecture.
	•	Designed and launched a new edge-IoT product line from concept through contractor selection and execution.
	•	Built the product management practice — hired, ramped, and mentored the team.
	•	Stood up monitoring, on-call discipline, and uptime SLO ownership.
	•	Defined the 2–5 year technology roadmap and budget; reviewed and negotiated all vendor and contractor agreements.
	•	Interfaced with clients across the USA, Canada, Denmark, Norway, and Egypt.

Vice President Of Software Development

Chief Product And Technology Officer

Programmer analyst.
Designed and developped integrated E-commerce systems.
Designed and developed web traffic data mining and analysis tools.
Designed and developed online billing framework.

Programmer Analyst

Chief Technology Officer & Founder of Nuvo I.T — built Nuvo:Enterprise, a CRM-like rapid-application-development platform for third-party SaaS apps, and My:Enterprise, an enterprise social-networking platform.

	•	Led business development, business strategy, sales, and marketing end-to-end.
	•	Grew the business to $2M ARR with a small, lean team.
	•	Owned product strategy and engineering direction across both products.
	•	Released both products on a self-funded basis.

Chief Technology Officer and Founder

Chief Technology Officer — Quebec-based Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and DSQ-certified provider (name withheld for confidentiality). Operated 8,000+ physician office deployments at handover.

	•	Led the company through Quebec EMR and DSQ (Dossier Santé Québec) certification — the regulatory bar to operate in the Quebec healthcare market.
	•	Stood up a hybrid hosting model required by the legal and security regulations of the era.
	•	Designed the security protocol such that no employee could ever access patient data while preserving development and support velocity.
	•	Hired the engineering and front-line support teams from scratch — a small, senior team of 5.
	•	Designed and executed a phased platform re-architecture without downtime.

Chief Technology Officer

Own product, engineering, design, data, and platform technology for StrongMind, an AI-native K–12 education company serving 100,000+ concurrent students across public, charter, and private schools.


	•	Rebuilt engineering leadership; recruited top-tier performers.
	•	Reset engineering processes for an AI-native coding model and rebuilt product management around an AI-native operating system.
	•	Re-architected the platform to a modern, API-driven, deployable-SaaS model.
	•	Stood up a dedicated AI-Agent team building agents end-to-end.
	•	Cut hosting costs by 15% to date, with a 60% reduction trajectory over 12 months from re-architecture and more efficient compute and data operations.
	•	Spearheaded a new product strategy and packaging-and-customization model — Microsoft-style.
	•	Redesigned enterprise deployment processes.

Reporting line: CEO direct. Cross-functional partnership with COO, CFO, and CLO. Compliant across several US states.

CPTO in Ed-tech, HealthTech and SaaS

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