Experience
A career built on enterprise-scale engagements
Two decades of IT consulting and architecture work, spanning banking, government, energy, manufacturing and technology sectors.
Proxima-TI (independent practice)
2016 – PresentFounder & Principal Consultant
- Full-scope IT ownership for SMB clients across manufacturing and retail: architecture, planning, security posture, and hands-on delivery
- Cloud adoption (SaaS/PaaS/IaaS, Microsoft 365), backup/high-availability, and automation (scripting, GPO)
- End-to-end Lightspeed R-Series and Shopify eCommerce integration
Agropur
2023 – 2024Technical Coordinator & Team Lead
- Led a plant- and distribution-center-wide virtualization and network infrastructure upgrade
- Bridged leadership, field teams and vendors — accountable for timelines, quality standards and CAB approvals
- Technologies: Cisco Switch, Cisco WLC, Cisco AP, Nutanix VMware
Mouvement Desjardins
2021 – 2023Application Architecture Advisor — IT Foundations
- Advisor to solution architects and domain architects across Desjardins' IT foundations
- Direct contributor to the Data Protection and Identity & Access Management foundations
- Led an RFI/RFP for an AI/ML synthetic data generation solution
- Worked in Agile/SAFE, modeling with the Archimate 3 standard
Hitachi Vantara
2014 – 2021File & Content SME, Global Team Lead & Architect
- Traveling technical consultant implementing SAN, NAS and content solutions for major clients — financial institutions, cities, universities and state-owned companies
- Global Team Lead & Architect for an international team (US, UK, India, Japan), dedicated to Nomura, a global Japanese financial institution
- Subject-matter expert in NAS (HNAS), Big Data Content Platform (HCP) and Block Storage (SAN)
- Escalation point for major incidents; CAB change review
Itergy International / Microsoft Canada
2010 – 2014Microsoft Solutions Consultant, then Premier Field Engineer
- Built and deployed Microsoft solutions (Active Directory, Exchange, Lync) for medium and large enterprises, including Active Directory migration for Novelis and Exchange migration for Hydro-Québec
- Subcontracted to Microsoft Canada as a Premier Field Engineer, delivering top-tier Windows Server/Client and Active Directory expertise on-site across North America
- Certified for Microsoft Active Directory Health Check; certified WorkshopPlus instructor
- Engaged with a wide client base including major banks (BMO, TD, Scotiabank, National Bank, Desjardins), municipalities, energy companies (Hydro-Québec, TransAlta), government agencies, and large private enterprises (Suncor, Manulife, CN, Aviva)
Earlier career
Solutions Sherweb inc. — System & Backup Administrator (2008 – 2010)
Association franco-yukonnaise — IT Manager (2005 – 2008)
Camps Jeunesse Val-Estrie — Programming Intern (2004)
DEC in Business Programming, Collège de Sherbrooke (2002 – 2004).