Enterprise Architecture Openhouse 2007

Sandy McBride is a Chartwell partner and Chief Operating Officer. He is responsible for Practice Area Development within the firm, with a particular focus on IT Portfolio Management. Mr. McBride brings to bear 25+ years of experience managing, designing, planning and implementing information technology for our clients. SandyÕs practice area expertise has been gained on a large number of diverse IT planning, architecture and implementation assignments. He has recently been responsible for managing the planning, architecture and overall program coordination aspects of a major business change initiatives for the new City of TorontoÕs Works Best Practices Program, a $185M multi-year program which is completely re-designing the organization, practices and technologies for the City of TorontoÕs Water and Wastewater operations. He has played similar lead roles in the IT planning and architecture of major integrated retail systems solutions and I.T. organizational re-structuring for two major Canadian retailers, and for the Region of YorkÕs Water and Wastewater services. His area of expertise, refined on these assignments, has been in implementing effective planning and architecture methods and organizations that deliver results.

Debbie is currently the Assistant Deputy Minister of Transition, for the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. She brings to her position some twenty-five years of experience as both a management consultant and as an in-house senior organizational development, restructuring and change management specialist, leading innovative transformation initiatives in both the health care and corporate sectors. Debbie joined the Ministry from Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital, where as Senior Vice President, Organizational Development and Strategic Projects. Prior to joining Mount Sinai, Debbie held a number of positions at Ernst & Young and then Capgemini Ernst & Young, two international professional services firms. She was called upon to handle a broad range of responsibilities, including Chief People Officer, at Capgemini Ernst & Young locations across Canada and in Mexico. She has a Masters degree in Health Administration from the University of Ottawa, a Bachelor of Science degree in Neurobiology and Comparative Physiology from McGill University and has completed studies in Human Resources Management.

Scott Christilaw has recently moved to the Health Services Cluster as the Manager, Information Architecture and Data Standards, Information Management and Architecture Branch. The IADS section develops project and enterprise level information and business architectures within Ministry of Health and Long Term Care and Ministry of Health Promotion. The section is responsible for ensuring the use and conformance of these architectures by other ministry and cluster projects. The section has recently extended its role to include leadership of information management within the HSC.

Scott was formerly employed with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources where he served in a variety of information management capacities since joining the OPS in November 1982. His most recent position was Business Services Manager for the Water Resources Information Program (WRIP), part of the Land & Resources Cluster Business Solution Services. In this position, he played a critical role in coordinating and facilitating water information management across provincial ministries and associated agencies to support provincial priorities such as source water protection.

Dean has accumulated a wealth of knowledge over the last 20+ years as an IT professional. He has successfully developed and implemented projects ranging from distributed client server applications to centralized corporate systems. He currently leads and/or guides project teams in the development of business architecture. He has been involved in the development of enterprise architecture methodologies since the EA program's inception in 1998. He ensures that the creation of contextual and conceptual models comply with the Government of Ontario Enterprise Architecture Process & Methods Handbook.

MaryAnn is a Business Architect in the Corporate Architecture Branch responsible for promoting the strategic use of Business Architecture to enable outcome alignment within and across Programs, Ministries and Jurisdictions. She is currently developing methodologies, tools and metamodels for Business Architecture to achieve consistency and traceability of architectural models. In previous roles in the OPS she led the development of OPS wide metadata standards and strategies, supported the development of pan-Canadian standards for integrated service delivery, and developed a Collaboration Architecture in support of multi-jurisdictional service delivery implementations.

David has been with the OPS for almost 30 years, performing various roles from Land Use Planner with the Ministry of Natural Resources to Economist with the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. He has been associated with defining the methods, tools and role for business architecture since 1999. David is currently the Senior Business Architect for the Land and Resources Cluster.

A forester by training, Steven has been involved in I & IT for over 25 years. He has spent 6 years as a Systems Analyst with the forest industry, and 15 years as an academic teaching and consulting on Geographic Information Systems. For the past 7 years he has been with the Land and Resources Cluster Ð first as the ÒInformation Skills ManagerÓ and now as the ÒManager, Enterprise I&IT PlanningÓ.

Joe Fernandes is the Enterprise Application Architect, Corporate Architecture Branch, Office of the Corporate Chief Technology Officer, Ministry of Government Services. Joe provides architectural guidance/directions/recommendations for implementing effective enterprise application architectures, and related policies, procedures and technologies for the I&IT environments within the OPS. He has been an IT professional for over 20 years and his work experience covers the full range of IT domains including architecture, application development, network/infrastructure design and project management. For the past few years, Joe is a strong proponent of Enterprise Architecture and has been instrumental in promoting the merit and value of enterprise reusable services/components.

Scott McGregor is an I&IT Architect, with the Economics and Transportation I&IT Cluster (ETC), Ontario Public Service with 20 years working experience in I&IT industry, including 17 years working within the Government of Ontario, mainly in the areas of project management, business and I&IT planning, enterprise architecture (business and I&IT) planning and development and applied (project level) business analysis and design.

Daniel Hui is a Technical Coordinator at the Road User Safety Branch, Ministry of Transportation / Economics and Transportation I&IT Cluster (ETC). He has over 20 years of application development experience with various companies including Nortel and IBM. Daniel has worked on Object Oriented modeling since 1994.

Allan Chong is a Systems Programmer Analyst in the Road User Safety Applications Solutions Branch, Ministry of Transportation, where he has spent the last 6 years working on Java Enterprise technologies, n-tier applications and ETL. He graduated with a degree in Computer Engineering and Management at McMaster University.

Gary is a strategist for performance management solutions with SAS. He is an internationally recognized expert, speaker and author in advanced cost management and performance improvement systems. Gary received a BS degree with honors in Industrial Engineering/Operations Research from Cornell University in 1971. He received his MBA from Northwestern UniversityÕs Kellogg School of Management in 1974. He is the author of several books related to Performance Management.

Bill Powell is the Manager Business and Information Architecture in the Corporate Architecture Branch in the Office of the Corporate Chief Technology Officer at Ministry of Government Services, and manages the Architecture section comprising of Business/Information Architects. Bill has been a information and information technology (I&IT) professional for over 30 years. Joining MBS in 6 1/2 years ago as Project Manager for Integrated Information project. Prior to joining the OPS, he held various Information Management positions at Petro Canada Inc. and Royal Insurance. Bill has B. Sc. in Mathematics from McMaster.

As Senior Technical Manager, Ian was responsible for the Information Technology component for the OnSIS project. He joined the OnSIS team during the Logical Design phase and was a key participant to the architectural aspects of the project. Over the past 15 years, Ian has lead many large IT projects in a variety of industries in public and private sectors.

Doug Croker has over 30 years experience as an information and information technology professional in public and private organizations, including stints in the Ministry of Housing and the Ministry of the Attorney General. In 2000, Doug joined the Corporate Architecture Branch (CAB) as Project Manager of the Standardized Application Environment (SAE) project. Currently, he is Manager, Application, Technology, and Security Architecture in CAB, Office of the Corporate Chief Technology Officer (OCCTO).

Glen is focused on Security Strategies, Architectures and Policies supporting e-business and e-government initiatives. He has over 32 years of in-depth experience in IT consulting, systems management and technical positions. He has lead many security strategy, governance, architecture, policy and infrastructure implementation engagements, where he has helped clients establish effective strategies, policies and architectures in support of both business and technical requirements. His experience and knowledge has taken him around the world to assist organizations with information security issues. He is an ISO 27001 Lead Auditor and a certified ITIL practitioner.

Joe Fernandes is the Enterprise Application Architect, Corporate Architecture Branch, Office of the Corporate Chief Technology Officer, Ministry of Government Services. Joe provides architectural guidance/directions/recommendations for implementing effective enterprise application architectures, and related policies, procedures and technologies for the I&IT environments within the OPS. He has been an IT professional for over 20 years and his work experience covers the full range of IT domains including architecture, application development, network/infrastructure design and project management. For the past few years, Joe is a strong proponent of Enterprise Architecture and has been instrumental in promoting the merit and value of enterprise reusable services/components.

Dominic specializes in project management and application systems development. He has 15 years of project management experience; and has successfully managed a variety of multi-million-dollar, multi-year application development projects. His experience covers both the private sector (consulting organizations) and public sector (Ontario Hydro and OPS). In the past 3 years, Dominic has been in charge of a suite of projects in OPS for the development of systems for managing the registration and certificates of vital life events such as birth, marriage and death (The systems are collectively known as VISION). The Online Birth Certificate with Service Guarantee, enabled by VISION, received a Diamond Award at the 2006 Showcase Ontario.

Dale Hunter is the Methodology Specialist in Corporate Architecture Branch, Office of the Chief Corporate Technology Officer. Dale is a graduate of McGill University and has been a member of a number of professional associations. Prior to joining MGS in 2002 he held a variety of business and I&IT positions with the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and with the Human Services Cluster.

Chris Georgiou is an Enterprise Architect with the Corporate Architecture Branch, Office of the Chief Corporate Technology Officer. Chris is a graduate of Ryerson and Devry Universities. Prior to joining MGS in 2005, he held a variety of business and I &IT positions within the private sector.

Robert Weisman spent 28 years in defence as a Combat Arms Officer and strategic planner in the realm of Command and Control / Crisis Response Systems, specializing in the realm of knowledge-based systems. For the past nine years he has been CGI as an Executive Management Consultant and the EA Practice Leader. He has extensive national and international experience at the strategic and operational levels mainly in federal and state government. Recently Robert authored the Canadian Government Data Stewardship Methodology and he is a Team Leader in the Open Group Architecture Forum leading the development of the Architecture Planning and Transformation Modules in the new Open EA Development Method.

Colin analyses, defines, develops, recommends, implements effective IT security architectures, and related policies, procedures and technologies for computing environments within the provincial government. He ensures the provision of timely and authoritative advice and support to cluster architects and Ontario Public Service client ministries in the identification, assessment and resolution of architecture issues. Colin has over 14 years experience working with IT and served in the OPS for the past five years with the Corporate Architecture Branch of OCCTO within MGS and held the chair of the government Security Architecture Domain Working Group. HeÕs certified as an Information Technology Security Auditor.

Mano joined the Ministry of Government Services Corporate Security Branch in 2002. As an acting coordinator for the security design team, Mano is responsible for reviewing IT solutions, assessing security risks and providing advice to various projects on security standards compliance. Mano has been working in the IT security field for the past 10 years. He ensures the provision of timely and authoritative advice and support to cluster security and OPS client ministries in securing their information systems are secure.

Doug Croker has over 30 years experience as an information and information technology professional in public and private organizations, including stints in the Ministry of Housing and the Ministry of the Attorney General. In 2000, Doug joined the Corporate Architecture Branch (CAB) as Project Manager of the Standardized Application Environment (SAE) project. Currently, he is Manager, Application, Technology, and Security Architecture in CAB, Office of the Corporate Chief Technology Officer (OCCTO).

Focused on Business Technology Optimization, Steve helps customers across Canada to achieve positive business outcomes. Steve has 20 years IT experience and over 10 years experience with IT Service Management. He has provided architecture, consulting and management assistance to hundreds of organizations to improve their return on IT investments and the quality of their services, by incorporating coordinated Service Management disciplines. Steve graduated from the University of Guelph and is an ITIL Certified Service Manager.

Peter Churchard has 25 years of experience in IT, both in the private and public sectors. He joined the OPS in 1990 and has worked for the Ministry of Environment and for MBS/MGS at OCCSD and, most recently, OCCTO. For the last six years he has worked in the Corporate Architecture Branch as a Security/Technology Architect. Prior to joining the OPS, he worked in the telecommunications industry for the General Electric Company, Plessey, and Amdahl.

Mike Anderson is the Head of I&IT Controllership Branch at the Ministry of Government Services. This includes responsibility for providing advice to Treasury Board/Management Board of Cabinet related to government I&IT investments as well as I&IT performance measurement and reporting. Mike has 24 years experience with OPS in corporate, operational and project management positions. Mike is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA).

Fred is President and Founder of Solutions in Context. He has been a Certified Management Consultant (CMC) since 1995. He is very experienced in identifying and articulating end-to-end business requirements and solution architecture through Contextual, Conceptual, Logical and Physical modeling. Began with automating program management and workflow for grants and contribution management and tracking Citizenship Certificate Registration for Secretary of State in the early 80Õs, and now has over 28 years of managing IT service delivery projects. He specializes in end-to-end management, design, and QA for evolving integrated service delivery solutions.

Michelle Chibba is Manager, Policy with the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for Ontario (IPC). Prior to joining the IPC, Ms. Chibba managed several strategic policy projects for the provincial government (OPS). One of her major accomplishments with the OPS was as Quality Manager for the Health Economic Development Unit where she was instrumental in implementing a quality management system that was successfully registered to ISO 9001 standards. Ms. Chibba received her masterÕs degree from Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.) with a focus on ethics and international business.

John Wunderlich is a Senior Policy and Information Technology Advisor for the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. Mr. WunderlichÕs role with the Office of the IPC involves serving as a research, information, and advisory resource to the Commissioner and her staff on a wide range of technology and privacy policy issues. Prior to joining the IPC, John worked in the private sector in a variety of technology and management roles. John is also a Certified Information System Auditor (CISA) and has designed and completed privacy audits and assessments in a number of companies. John has spoken about privacy to private and public sector audiences in the U.S. and Canada on privacy and information management. He has written about privacy or been interviewed on the subject by both newspapers and industry journals. John is a graduate of the University of Manitoba, with a B.A. in History. He pursued graduate studies at the University of Ottawa in History, and has an MBA from the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University in Montreal.

Norm is certified at the ITIL Service Management Masters level and has 30+ years of I&IT experience in various positions with Bell Canada, CIBC and for the past 6 years the Ontario Government. His current role as Lead, Enterprise ITSM Program, reporting to the Office of the Corporate Chief Technology Officer (OCCTO), requires him to set direction and develop standards and policies at the enterprise level for ITSM and to assess and provide guidance to operational groups on adoption and implementation initiatives. His main clients are the 7 I*IT ÔClustersÕ supporting the program needs of the various (20+) ministries and the Service Delivery organization.

Rick is certified at the ITIL Service Management Masters level and works as a subject matter expert in the Enterprise ITSM Program. He has 30+ years of experience in I&IT product and service management. He previously held leadership positions in OCCSD Service Management and Customer Relations. Currently he leads ITSM stakeholder management, communications and training initiatives, industry vendor relations, knowledge repository management and participates in project quality assurance and strategic planning. Recently Rick conducted a series of OPS ITIL Masters training courses and established the ÔGreen TeamÕ of Certified ITIL Service Managers (ITIL Masters) community of practice. He is also the OPS prime for the corporate itSMF membership.