Steve Johnston Email Address

Vice President, Global Solutions Delivery

Sierra Wireless is expanding the wireless world with a comprehensive offering of hardware, software, and connected services for mobile lifestyles and M2M communications. Our customers rely on us for innovative, reliable, high-performing solutions and early access to new wireless technologies.

IT & Systems leader with 20+ years of experience in global, public, and private organizations; planning, developing, and implementing innovative information technology solutions to support and drive corporate business priorities. Transparent and approachable leader who motivates and supports his team by mentoring and leading by example to help achieve our common goals. • Pragmatic, executive change agent with the ability to communicate effectively with C-suite stakeholders, Board members and IT personnel to translate complex business requirements into delivered technical business solutions • Experience developing and implementing an enterprise data analytics/systems/applications roadmap that provides a cost-effective, high-impact, strategic, innovative and stable application footprint for the organization • Proven success in fast-paced, manufacturing, high-tech, and recurring revenue environments during all cycles of business change, including high-growth, economic downturns and periods of acquisition, divestiture, and integration • Global, multi-cultural team management experience composed of employees, co-ops, contractors and consultants both local and offshore, including external managed service providers • Skilled negotiator and vendor management professional for on-premise, SaaS and cloud applications Completed multi-year, sponsored, executive VP / CIO development program. Completed Executive MBA program, CISM certification, CIO leadership development program, and various IT/S enterprise systems/applications, and data analytics leadership programs. Progressive career development leading a team of financial, business and IT/S professionals to manage and prioritize data analytics, systems and application development and initiatives Example IT/S projects: Implemented, upgraded and enhanced core ERP system (JD Edwards), supported transition to Office 365 suite, including the migration from on-premise SharePoint and MS Project to online, CRM implementation and then led transition from Oracle CRM to Salesforce, expense management solution implementation (SAP Concur), enterprise HRIS solution RFP, Power BI and Qlik Sense BI tool implementations and data warehouse redesign, Call Center implementation (Five9), factory data center build-out, manufacturing data system overhaul, new Customer Service solution transition from custom-built RMA solution, and most recently the implementation of a new FP&A planning and forecasting platform (Anaplan).