Professional Experience
ONEPOINT Inc.
April 2009 to present
Caisse de Dépôts et de Placements du Québec (CDPQ)
September 2023 to present
AI Architect/Trainer
Responsibilities
Develop and implement a strategy for adopting and integrating generative AI
Design and deliver training on generative AI
Create practical workshops on the art of prompting
Develop specific training on the use of GitHub Copilot
Write internal documentation on the use of generative AI
Create and maintain a prompt library
Conduct ongoing technological monitoring on AI advancements
Design and implement proof of concepts
Cross-team collaboration for AI integration
Participate in policy development for responsible AI use
Implement metrics to evaluate the impact of AI adoption
Tools
GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot, Azure OpenAI GPT-4, Anthropic Claude, DALL-E, SharePoint Online
Ivanhoé Cambridge
February 2021 to September 2023
Microsoft 365 Architect/Trainer
Responsibilities
Expand the integration of Microsoft 365 tools
Create training materials
Implement an IT-specific section for new employee onboarding
Support users in their daily use of Microsoft 365 tools
Develop office solutions based on Microsoft SharePoint, Power Automate, and PowerShell
Participate in a pilot project for the evaluation and integration of Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365
Achievements
Continuous training of corporate users
Development of SharePoint/Power Automate solutions
Pilot project for evaluation and integration of Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365
Tools
Microsoft 365, SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Planner, Microsoft ToDo, Microsoft Forms, Microsoft OneNote, Microsoft Booking, Office.com, Microsoft Power Automate
Ivanhoé Cambridge
February 2020 to February 2021
Microsoft 365 Electronic Document Management Architect/Analyst
Responsibilities
Migration of document management platforms to Microsoft 365 cloud infrastructure
Implementation of best practices in document classification
Evaluation of implementing additional tools from the Microsoft 365 suite
Achievements
Document migration to Microsoft 365
Continuous training of corporate users
Tools
Microsoft 365, SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Planner, Microsoft Forms, Microsoft OneNote, Microsoft Booking, Office.com, Microsoft ToDo
Établissement Français du Sang
November 2019 to January 2020
Cloud Solution Integrator
Responsibilities
Migration of SharePoint server infrastructure from an OpenStack-based private cloud solution to Microsoft Azure
Achievements
Inventory and documentation of existing SharePoint infrastructure
Design of migration steps
Automation of migration via PowerShell scripts
Execution of migration and validation of post-migration system integrity
Tools
Azure Portal, Azure VM, Azure Networking, Active Directory, Azure PowerShell, OpenStack
Internal IT
May 2019 to February 2020
Integrator / Architect
Responsibilities
Management of IT infrastructure for Onepoint's Canadian agency
Migration of infrastructure services to the cloud
User training on new Office 365 features
Technology watch on new platform features
Achievements
Cloud migration
Office 365 training
Implementation of HR SharePoint site and integration into Microsoft Teams
Tools
Office 365, Azure Portal, Azure VM, Azure Web Jobs, AWS Portal, Amazon EC2, AWS Batch, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, VMware ESXi, PowerShell
BNP Paribas
April 2017 to May 2019
Delivery Coordinator
Responsibilities
Coordination of infrastructure-related activities for multiple projects
Recommendation of solutions integrating business requirements
Implementation and certification of the Swift CSP (Customer Security Program) project
Coordination of infrastructure requirements for the Corporate Platform division
Projects
Swift CSP Project
Direction of infrastructure solution architecture
Project schedule planning
Management of stakeholder tasks
Cross-team communication management
Supervision of deployment and testing
Payment Applications Isolation Program
Design of infrastructure architecture for migration projects
Planning of delivery schedules
Supervision of deployments and tests
Review of technical projects to improve security and isolation
Tools
Swift Alliance Access, Swift Application Gateway, Swift Web Platform, CheckPoint Firewall, DNS, RedHat Enterprise Linux 7.5, Windows 2016 and 2012 R2, Oracle 12.2, PowerShell, CyberArk, Citrix, ArcSight, ITIL
BNP Paribas
April 2015 to May 2017
Project Manager and Integrator
Responsibilities
Planning and monitoring activities on 3 major projects
Management of a security audit remediation project
Participation in a PeopleSoft HCM migration project
Coordination of a project to add features to PeopleSoft HCM
Projects
Reverse Proxy Project
Participation in technical design
Project schedule planning
Task management and cross-team communications
Supervision of production deployments
PeopleSoft Project (Oracle to MS SQL)
Management of the development team
Review of environment infrastructure
Development of PowerShell scripts
Management of post-implementation support activities
PeopleSoft Project (HCM 9.0 to 9.2)
Management of the development team
Review of environment infrastructure
Development of a new PowerShell Framework
Planning of SSO implementation
Tools
F5 BigIP APM, DNS, Windows 2008 R2 and 2012 R2, SQL Server 2008 R2 and 2014, PeopleSoft HCM 9.0 and 9.2, PeopleTools 8.53 and 8.55, Unix AIX, Oracle 11g, PowerShell, Clarity, ITIL
Internal IT
April 2011 to April 2015
Solution Integrator
Responsibilities
Technical evaluation of candidates
Representation of the IT department in pre-sales activities
Technical point of contact for clients
Evaluation of client requests
Development of training policies
Participation in R&D initiatives
Supervision of consultant teams at Canadian clients
Achievments
Production of activity monitoring and performance reports
Management of a nearshoring center
Drafting of responses to calls for tenders
Development of a training management plan
Regionalization of commercial offers
Implementation of a virtual development environment management project
Tools
VMware ESXi 4.0 / 5.0, Windows 2008 R2, Microsoft Active Directory, DNS, PowerShell 2.0, Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2010, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, Microsoft Project Server 2010
BonjourQuebec.com
10 months
Integrator and Agile Coach
Project: Replacement of the reservation platform
Responsibilities
Technology advisor on infrastructure
Main contact for Microsoft product implementation
Collaboration on defining interfaces between systems
Alignment of agility principles with project objectives
Agile / Scrum coach for development teams
Assistance to business analysts
Tools
VMware ESXi 5.0, Windows 2008 R2, Microsoft Active Directory, DNS, PowerShell 2.0
Methodology:
Agile / Scrum
PSP Investments
14 months
Solution Integrator
Project: RDMS (Release & Deployment Management System)
Responsibilities
Analysis of client needs
Definition of a target architecture
Solution implementation design
Liaison between different teams involved
Technical SME (Subject Matter Expert) across teams
Achievements
Implementation of VMWare ESX 4.0 infrastructure with VMWare LabManager 4
Management of about 900 virtual machines
Support for 16 critical development projects simultaneously
Tools
VMware ESX 4.0, VMware vCenter, VMware LabManager 4, Windows 2003 R2, Windows 2008, Windows 2008 R2, Team Foundation Server 2010, Microsoft Active Directory, DNS, PowerShell 2.0, HP Blade Systems, Storage SAN IBM (DS 4700, DS 5100, DS 8700)
Methodology:
Agile / Scrum
PSP Investments
12 months
Solution Integrator
Project: ESB Evolution (Enterprise Service Bus)
Responsibilities
Liaison between IT teams and the development team
Participation in software and infrastructure design sessions
Application of standard development rules and methods
Support to developers for managing their work environment
Tools
BizTalk Server 2006 R2, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005, Team Foundation Server 2008, CruiseControl .NET
Methodology:
Agile / Scrum
Mojave/Microsoft Commerce Server 2009
12 months
Senior Business Analyst/User Experience Specialist
Responsibilities
Collection and analysis of needs
Writing functional analysis documents
Program management for two developer teams
User experience team leader
Achievements
Creation of wireframes and storyboards for user interfaces
Writing of a Human Interface Guidelines document
Cactus Commerce
December 2004 to December 2008
Corbis
10 months
Senior Business/Technical Analyst in E-commerce
Project: Alchemy Project
Responsibilities
Management of the team responsible for the E-Commerce section
Collection and analysis of requirements for the e-commerce part
Estimation of efforts required for the design phase
Participation in the Concept Validation Process (CVP)
Microsoft Corporation
3 months
Senior Business/Technical Analyst
Responsibilities
Technical support to BizTalk sales teams
Involvement in the BizTalk Marketing group
Henry Schein
4 months
Senior Business/Technical Analyst
Project: One Web Project
Responsibilities
Technical team leader for the planning phase
Management of communication with the client
Writing of the solution requirements specification
Participation in creating functional and detailed specifications
Hanes Brand -- Sara Lee
2 months
Senior Business Analyst
Responsibilities
Assistance to the project team in the planning phase of the e-commerce platform replacement project
Travelex
4 months
Senior Software Analyst
Responsibilities
Analysis, design, and implementation of a proof of concept to demonstrate the usefulness of Microsoft BizTalk
Microsoft Canada
2 months
Senior Technical Analyst
Responsibilities
Writing the technical part of the vision document for a proof of concept of Microsoft CSF integration
Corning
8 months
Senior Business/Technical Analyst
Responsibilities
In-depth analysis and architecture guidance for the internal development team
Management of inter-team communication
Management of the project's testing and deployment phase
Coordination between the new ERP system implementation team in divisions and integration teams at headquarters
Jean Coutu
3 months
Technical Analyst
Responsibilities
Implementation of a high-availability system for the EAI EDI solution and application integration
Kruger inc
January 2001 to December 2004
Technical Analyst
Responsibilities
Analysis, architecture, and deployment of an EAI solution with Microsoft BizTalk 2004
3-Soft
June 1998 to December 2000
Technical Support Consultant
Clients
Kruger inc (8 months)
Sobeys (4 months)
Lévesque Beaubien Geoffrion (18 months)
3-Soft
January 1996 to September 1998
Web Administrator