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Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. is a leading independent, full-service financial services firm, with operations in two principal segments of the securities industry: wealth management and capital markets.

IT leader respected for aligning business strategy and technology initiatives to increase revenues and improve operational efficiency. Proven blend of critical thinking, organizational, and communication skills. Able to assimilate corporate business needs, interrelationships of different departments, and dependencies of processes and business functions to bring information together, create process, and structure complex projects. Experience incorporating new business lines. Skilled at implementing technology strategy. PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS • Led an I.T. transformation focused on outstanding customer service and alignment to business goals • Negotiated and right-sized contracts and services to achieve a combined annual savings over $950K • Business Continuity Manager and Chairperson of the Business Continuity Steering Committee • Developed and implemented an I.T. strategy to align technology investments with business objectives • Designed and drove a successful technology integration strategy of two acquisitions • Managed the opening of four branch offices • Responsible for the delivery of multimillion-dollar and global projects • Managed the software implementation for a new program trading desk that increased revenue by $2M • Led he evaluation, purchase, and implementation of a trade order management system • Drove the implementation of a U.S. data warehouse and business intelligence system and strategy • Sit on the firm’s Massachusetts Information Privacy Act Committee • Prepared U.S. technology and business lines to comply with Internal Controls for Financial Reporting (Canadian equivalent of Sarbanes-Oxley)