Samuel Parenteau

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 – Present

Founder & 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 – 2024

Technical 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 – 2023

Application 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 – 2021

File & 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 – 2014

Microsoft 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).