Twenty-five years in the federal public service, from programmer to IT director, across three departments. Outside of work I build: my own lab, run with AI agents and infrastructure-as-code — the same discipline, at personal scale.
IT Director, Enterprise Application Portfolio Management and Architecture
Government of Canada · Oct 2023 – Present
Leadership
Building and leading multidisciplinary IM/IT teams — from an 8-person architecture practice to a 220-person solutions portfolio — in regulated, security-sensitive environments.
Architecture & Portfolio
TOGAF-based architecture practice: application portfolio management, integration, and data architecture across large federal departments.
Project Delivery
Direction of IM/IT projects under central-agency oversight — scope, cost, risk, and benefits tracking.
Modernization
Modernization programs across the major transitions: mainframe-to-open-systems migration, cloud adoption, and application portfolio rationalization.
Security & Governance
Delivery in classified and sensitive environments — ITSG-33 risk management, privacy, and governance processes that hold up under audit.
Procurement & Vendors
Competitive procurement and vendor management for enterprise platforms and service contracts, within federal procurement rules.
Building with AI Agents
Daily work with Claude and the Model Context Protocol: AI agents that administer infrastructure, review code, and ship changes — under least-privilege access, audit trails, and human sign-off. I built the tooling they run on.
Running My Own Infrastructure
A private lab run like an enterprise: Proxmox virtualization, my own git forge with CI, Prometheus and Grafana monitoring, a CMDB as system of record, and hardened networking throughout.
Git-First Method
Everything versioned — sites, infrastructure, documentation. Changes happen in git, get reviewed, and deploy from git. This site included.
Defence
IT Director, Enterprise Application Portfolio Management and Architecture
Lead the enterprise application architecture practice and the application portfolio management program. Built the governance that gives the department a single, current view of its application portfolio and feeds it into planning.
Environment
Chief Enterprise Architect
Directed enterprise architecture, vendor management, data management, geospatial services, emerging technology, and the Cloud Centre of Excellence. Updated the department's Digital Modernization Roadmap and stood up an innovation team for emerging-technology adoption.
Employment & Social Programs
Director, Cloud Operations
Ran the teams implementing the department's cloud strategy: secure development environments meeting federal privacy and security standards, and its first SaaS delivery platforms for client-facing programs. Worked closely with central security and infrastructure agencies.
Employment & Social Programs
A/Executive Director, Business Solutions
Oversaw six divisions delivering ERP, citizen-facing services, and internal digital solutions. Introduced portfolio-based management for forecasting and planning.
Employment & Social Programs
IM/IT Director, Citizen Service Solutions and Partner Initiatives
Ran operational support and modernization for biometric and passport systems across 320+ sites. Delivered the department's COVID-19 secure remote access solution.
Employment & Social Programs
IM/IT Project Manager, Passport Processing Modernization Initiative
Planned and ran a major modernization of passport processing systems with partner departments — interdepartmental governance, costing models, risk assessments.
Employment & Social Programs
IM/IT Technical Advisor, IT Service Management (ITSM)
Wrote the department's ITSM Roadmap — vision, milestones, and implementation path — consulting internal experts and central service partners on SLAs and OLAs.
Employment & Social Programs
IM/IT Manager, Architecture, End-State Platforms and Security
Oversaw architecture, security, and platforms for the mainframe-to-open-systems migration, using TOGAF architecture models and ITSG-33 security risk management.
Employment & Social Programs
IM/IT Manager, Solution Alignment Office
Led 8 enterprise architects and business analysts defining TOGAF-based models, and chaired the governance working groups for service renewal across business, data, and application domains.
Employment & Social Programs
Solution Architect — Unisys Migration Project
Employment & Social Programs
Solution Architect — Solution Architecture Services
Employment & Social Programs
Manager, Business Architecture
Employment & Social Programs
Team Lead & Senior Analyst, Business Architecture / EI Strategic Review
Employment & Social Programs
Manager & Team Leader, Automated Claims Processing Project
Employment & Social Programs
Programmer/Analyst — ROE Web, ROE Management System, ROE Laser Print, ACP
Directed Secure Access Virtual Environment (SAVE)
Enabled remote work for over 30,000 departmental employees during the COVID-19 emergency, in collaboration with central security and infrastructure agencies.
Founding Chairperson, Managers' and Team Leaders Community
Established and led a professional community of practice for managers and team leaders across a large federal department.
Deputy Minister's Award of Excellence
Awarded for contributions to a major enterprise modernization initiative.
Co-founder, Stroked Ego
Co-founded a men's clothier in Ottawa — a parallel track in design, brand, and entrepreneurship.
Technical certifications
TOGAF Level I
The Open Group Architecture Framework — enterprise architecture methodology
Business Process Analysis
ITIL Version 3 Foundation
IT Infrastructure Library — service management framework
Government Strategic Reference Model (GSRM)
Formal education
Part-time study towards Bachelor of Science
Carleton University, Ottawa
Diploma, Solutions Developer
Institute for Computer Studies, Ottawa
Part-time study towards Biotechnology
University of Ottawa
Pre-science
CÉGEP Heritage, Hull
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