Winston Sorfleet
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RCI Revision:
1.3 Date: 19/07/2006
6:14 PM |
Objective (fulfilled)
Experienced
computer, communications and information technology & security manager
seeks senior position in Information Services or Engineering / Technology
management. Ideal role will make full use of proven management skills, business
acumen, technical expertise, organizational capability and customer focus.
Background Summary
High achieving, dedicated and versatile manager and engineer with diversified background in
operations management, information services, telecoms product development,
product architecture, release management, signal processing, simulation, software
and hardware (silicon) development. Held senior
positions in information services and corporate security, engineering
operations, and financial accounting.
Highlights
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Experience supporting pre-sales and post-sales
activities
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Field presentations to customer technical staff
(champion / defend product solutions)
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I.T. planning, implementation, and integration
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Security architecture, policy, and implementation
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Software & hardware architecture, development, and
verification
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M.Eng (Electronics); 15 years industry experience and
focus
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Demonstrated entrepreneurial success.
Employment History
Director,
Information Management Technology, Products, and Services, Department of
National Defence (July 2006 – Present)
Overall strategic direction & corporate leadership
for the provision of enterprise-wide telecommunications and informatics
products & services to Department of National Defence & Canadian
Forces.
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Direction of non-tactical HF/VHF/UHF/microwave/satellite
communications systems engineering & services.
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Delivery and supply management of IM technologies,
products, and services throughout DND/CF.
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Senior management of ten sections (200 civilian and
military staff, 70 contractual resources)
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Responsible for $100M operations budget.
IT Analyst, Canada
Revenue Agency (January 2006 – July 2006)
Analysis of Identity Management current state &
needs within Canada Revenue Agency
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Identity Management white paper & business
requirements
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Employee System Access Privilege review
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Provisioning
systems current state analysis
Embedded Software
Engineer, Talijon Engineering, (contract
Oct 2005 – Jan 2006)
Embedded software development for health application.
Senior Technology Consultant, IDS Systems Consultants
Inc (contracts Feb 2005 – July 2005)
Delivery
of strategic business technology assessments and plans for IDS clients.
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I.T. security
audit and recommendations to address specific data security breach and general
security policy for medium-sized (200 users) accounting firm.
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I.T. plan
template for large, energy-sector corporation.
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Integration of
subsidiary I.T. infrastructure with head office infrastructure for large energy
sector corporation.
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I.T. audit
proposal (requirements and needs assessment) for political sector NGO.
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Sorbanes-Oxley
(SOX) narratives.
Manager, Security & Information Services, CoreSim
Inc (Jan 2004 – Jan 2005).
Responsible
for all IS Infrastructure, including strategic planning, capital &
operational budget, purchasing, deployment and operations management. Scaled infrastructure to support unexpected 3x
growth in users over 6 months. Severe
financial constraints demanded innovative use of commercially available and open
source software. Kept capital spending within the original budget.
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Acquired,
installed, and maintained telecommunications infrastructure (PSTN access, DSL,
PBX / Voicemail, internal wiring).
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Managed upgraded
mail, file, and print servers for Unix and Windows XP clients.
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Standardized
desktop platforms for engineering, sales, and support staff base.
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Determined
requirements, standardized and deployed, CAD and productivity tools
environment.
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Managed
outsourced IS suppliers.
Developed
and implemented CoreSim security plan & policy. Identified physical/data security
requirements, defined corporate procedures, developed staff training program,
introduced and policed the project implementation to meet corporate, PWGSC
Controlled Goods Program, and U.S. International Trade & Arms Regulations
(ITAR) requirements. Achieved Controlled
Goods Registration at the first attempt.
Director of Operations, CoreSim Inc (Jan 2002- Dec
2003).
Third
founding partner in CoreSim startup.
Responsible
for program management of all Engineering Projects. Delivered quality results in a timely
manner through the effective marshalling of resources. Provided technical and project management guidance
to engineering team.
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Supported
pre-sales activities, including technical presentations, project planning and
cost estimates.
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Produced project
plans, assigned staff and computing resources, managed project schedules and
developed risk mitigation plans.
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Managed customer relationships.
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Managed
relationships with “joint venture” partners and third party suppliers to
produce customer deliverables.
Responsible
for Silicon Chip Redesign Business (representing 90% of corporate income). Developed silicon redesign verification processes
and provided technical leadership of small team of specialist engineers. Achieved 100% “right the first time” success rate.
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Represented
CoreSim to obtain silicon chip redesign contracts for services.
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Defined silicon
chip redesign verification process and procedures.
Acting
Chief Financial Officer for 9 months.
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Prepared and
maintained operating budget.
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Managed CoreSim
finances (banking, accounts payable and receivable, cash flow, payroll).
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Managed
corporation's regulatory compliance (provincial and federal obligations).
Responsible
for IS Infrastructure.
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Managed CoreSim
infrastructure including facilities, telecommunications and IT.
Silicon Retargeting Team Leader / Acting Manager,
Nortel (2001)
Managed
a staff of eight in Silicon Retargeting team; planned and executed FPGA to ASIC
respin process.
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Cost reductions
for these silicon retargets estimated to exceed $18M. Personal contribution
included two retargets for combined cost reduction savings exceeding $2.6M in
2002.
Board
Simulation Specialist, Nortel (2000)
ASIC
and board-level (multiple ASIC/FPGA, microprocessor, etc.) digital simulation
(including firmware co-simulation) in support of optical hardware design
groups.
Spectrum Clock Synchronization Designer, Nortel
(1997-2000)
Software
/ firmware designer and phase-locked-loop behavior specialist responsible for
SONET clock synchronization PLL algorithm and implementation for Succession
Networks Spectrum peripheral module.
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Successfully
defended clock synchronization behavior to Bell Atlantic and Telcordia with
respect to standards interpretation and compliance.
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Trained designers
in various product groups on PLL behavior.
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Personally and
directly represented clock synchronization architecture, implementation
and evolution plan to SBC and Bell South
technical staff, resulting in their satisfaction with and turnaround
endorsement of Nortel solution over competitor's product offering.
Global / APC DRU Evolution Architect, Bell-Northern
Research (1997)
Defined
evolution plan and implemented steps necessary for merged product software
releases. Defined product with release management and product management
primes.
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Successfully
integrated three separate product offerings into one integrated product
supporting market variance, allowing reduced overhead in sales, product
configuration, and support.
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Supervised Year
2000 compliance program of DMS Global-100 product.
Product Baseline Configuration Prime, BNR (1996-1997)
Prime
responsibility for design and pilot for software configuration management
infrastructure, system and processes.
Primed the definition and tracking of Global-100 product delivery
components within Release Management team.
Product Architect, BNR (1994-1996)
Represented,
as member of product architecture team,
overall product goals of Generic Services Framework to internal development
groups and external product (Global and
GSF Facility Maintenance Architecture Team Leader, BNR (1994)
Analyzed
domain of DMS telecomm switch's facility (agent) maintenance; gathered requirements
and specifications, produced domain object model and recommendation for
interface design between call processing and facility maintenance subsystems.
ISDN Transport & Maintenance Designer, BNR (1991-1993)
Developed
features and maintained existing real-time software.
Education
Master of Engineering (Electronics),
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Areas of focus:
Digital & analog signal processing, analog systems design, CMOS / BiCMOS
VLSI, feedback control systems.
Bachelor of Computer Engineering (With Distinction),
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Areas of focus:
digital communications, VLSI.
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Various
management / leadership training courses.