Professional Work Experience

Years Role
2020 – Present President and Co-Founder, Press-IR Inc
2017 – Present Executive Director, AGEWELL NIH SAM3
2017 – Present Adjunct Research Professor, Carleton University
2018 – Present Affiliated Researcher Bruyere Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
2017 – 2017 Researcher, Carleton University and Bruyere Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada
2020 Course Designer, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
2012 – Present Contract Instructor, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
2011 – 2016 Research Assistant, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
2011 – 2015 Teaching Assistant, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
2009 – 2011 Avaya

Global Leader, Healthcare Solutions

  • Responsible for solution architecture, product and services offers for the global Healthcare sector
  • Responsible for business strategy and leadership of global business development team
  • Responsible for application of communications technology to customer business challenges
  • Responsible for leading consultative selling and proposal creation and RFx responses
1991 – 2009 (Nortel)

1987 – 1991 (BNR)

 Nortel / Northern Telecom

Bell Northern Research / BNR

Global Leader, Healthcare Solutions various other roles

Summary of Experience

  • Successfully built and delivered organization strategy and product portfolio
    • Responsible for developing solution portfolio strategy, including service offerings
    • Portfolio includes SOA and HL7 based integration with clinical applications
  • Successfully managed R&D programs of up to $10M
    • Managed all projects and programs within budget and on schedule
  • Successfully managed small and large teams including direct and matrix staff
    • Matrix teams have spanned multi-site, multi-country, and multi-company
  • Broad business development and solution development including customer engagements
    • Business development and opportunity analysis
    • Corporate and customer strategy development
    • Customer engagement and relationship development and solution design
    • Strategic analysis, including scenario planning, economics, demographics, competitors
    • Multi-vertical expertise including Healthcare, Manufacturing, Education, Finance
  • Successfully defined and delivered large systems R&D projects
    • Projects taken from initial concepts through definition to delivery
    • Responsible for system architecture and product definition
  • Provided design leadership for system, electrical, mechanical, and software design

Teaching and Course Development

Course Development
SYSC 4405 Digital Signal Processing

Summer 2021 (new labs)
SYSC 2010 Programming Project

Winter 2021 (BrightSpace Pilot Course)
SYSC 2010 Programming Project

Summer 2020 (full course design)
Lecturer – Awards
2021  Contract Instructor Teaching Award – Carleton
Lecturer – Course Taught
SYSC 2010 Programming Project

Winter 2022 (x.xx/5)

Winter 2021 (x.xx/5)
BIOM 5101

SYSC 5307

 Biological Signals

Fall 2021 (x.xx/5)

Fall 2020 (4.67/5)

Fall 2019 (4.66/5)

Fall 2018 (4.54/5)

Fall 2017 (4.60/5)
SYSC 4405 Digital Signal Processing

Fall 2021 (x.xx/5)

Winter 2020 (no evaluations)

Winter 2019 (4.80/5)
SYSC 4507 Computer Systems Architecture

Winter 2020 (no evaluations)
BIOM 5100

SYSC 5302

 Biomedical Instrumentation

Winter 2018 (4.58/5)
ECOR 2606 Numerical Methods

Fall 2017 (4.42/5)

Summer 2017 (4.33/5)

Summer 2014 (4.68/5)

Summer 2013 (4.43/5)

Winter 2013 (4.24/5)

Fall 2012 (4.52/5)
ECOR 1606 Problem Solving and Computers

Summer 2017 (4.21/5)

Winter 2017 – two sections (4.37/5 & 4.45/5)

Fall 2016 – two sections (4.33/5 & 4.25/5)

Summer 2016 (4.35/5)

Winter 2016 – two sections (4.44/5 & 4.31/5)

Fall 2015 – two sections (4.33/5 & 4.00/5)

Winter 2015 – two sections (4.56/5 & 4.67/5)

Fall 2014 (4.61/5)

Winter 2014 (4.52/5)

Fall 2013 (4.34/5)
Teaching Assistant
ECOR 2606 Numerical Methods

S 2015
SYSC 3600 Systems and Simulation

W 2012
SYSC 4405 Digital Signal Processing

F 2011

Education

Year Program/Degree
2011-2016 PhD (DSP, Biomedical)

Title: An Integrated Approach for Episodic Cognition Assessment

Computer and Systems Engineering, Carleton University

Supervisors: Dr. R.A. Goubran , Dr. F. KnoefelAdvisor: Dr. Shawn Marshall
2009 Advisory Board: Healthcare Sales Executive program
2009 HIMSS: Healthcare global markets program (custom for Nortel)
2003
2002		 Fundamentals of Finance for the Technical Executive

Developing and Managing a Successful Technology & Product Strategy

Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1999 Business School Program for Technical Managers

Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina
1989-1991 Master’s of Engineering

Title: Parallel adaptive noise cancellation filter structures

Computer and Systems Engineering, Carleton University

Received BNR Post-Graduate, NSERC, and Carleton University scholarships
1983-1987 Bachelor of Engineering Science

Title: Microcomputer bioreactor controller

Electrical Engineering, Univerisity of Western Ontario

Awarded APEO Gold Medal and Harry Cross Silver Medal

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