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CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER and Executive Vice President, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Paradigm Quest Inc. is a leading, innovative Business Process Outsourcing company in the Canadian mortgage industry.

CIO and IT Transformation Executive, with more than 25 years’ experience, leading highly successful transformation technology initiatives, managing mergers and acquisitions and securing business confidence within Financial Services, including the Mortgage Lending space. Grounded the Vision and leadership for advancing all aspects of organizational Technology and Digital Strategy; established and drove an approach for digital transformation that ensured a service quality to clients that exceeded the alternatives available in the market. Delivered strong P&L performance during recessionary pressures. Verifiable record of developing operational efficiencies and sustained cost-savings opportunities. Devised the framework for Agile Delivery. Developed strategic initiatives to direct the re-engineering of IT and its components, assessing its performance and taking into action rapid deployment capabilities to optimize its function, resulting in a customer focused approach towards delivery of IT services and solutions. Demonstrated strengths in setting organization and IT strategy, track record of bringing clarity and direction to strategic business decisions. Proven leadership abilities, self-motivated and results-driven with demonstrated capacity to build, train and mentor highly productive and motivated cross-functional teams within a matrix environment. Successfully executed multi-million-dollar initiatives and product launches, controlled budgets, policies, and cross-functional operations, from both a domestic and international perspective. A distinguished career architecting, planning and implementation of enterprise IT systems and infrastructure in support of business operations to improve cost effectiveness, service quality, and business development. Experienced in the definition, design, and delivery of professional services engagements, highly focused, committed and results orientated. Specialties: Strategic Planning and Execution Entrepreneurial Leadership Large Scale Change Management Executive Development Business Process Reengineering Information Security & Technology Stewardship Innovation and Organizational Transformation Infrastructure Design and Development Strategic Analysis and Internal Consulting Revenue Enhancement Stake-holder Engagement/Management Large Project/Initiative Leadership Investment and Contract Negotiations Human Resource Affairs and Teaming