Robbie Alexander

Manager, Finance & Information Technology @Mara

Halifax, NS, CA

Managed IT operations for a company moving from the R&D stage into commercial production,including cloud services, cybersecurity monitoring, and relationships with external IT providers.• Set up and administered the company’s OpenAI/ChatGPT environment and introduced guidelines forsafe and effective use.• Led the transition from Sage X3 and Sage Intacct to Xero, completing the migration in under threemonths and running parallel accounting during the changeover to ensure accuracy.• Rolled out a new inventory management system for three entities and supported supply chain activitiesdirectly during the early stages.• Introduced an automated supplier invoice tool using AI, reducing manual workload by roughly onefull-time equivalent.• Maintained Azure services used across the business, including Power Platform, Dataverse, Azure SQL,and Azure Functions.• Managed updates to the company’s websites and supported a mix of finance and IT projects as needsarose.

Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada)

Chartered Professional Accountant Designation, Accounting

Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary's University

Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), Accounting and Computing & Information Systems