Blair Toblan
Vice President - Infrastructure and Operations at Cgi @CGI
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WORK HISTORY
Vice President - Infrastructure and Operations at Cgi @CGI
I continue to work with some of Canada\'s top Finance and Financial Technology companies to improve operational process, increase systems integrity and advance Critical Incident Management capabilities. Continuing to lead my team of 4 directors and ~50 skilled technology and business professionals supporting the one of CGI\'s most critical Financial Technology clients. Sharing thought leadership with CGI clients on Operational Excellence, Incident Management, and systems improvement opportunities. Delivering the highest levels of availability and performance in an environment that moves several billion dollars a day in transactional volume. Supporting the client’s strategic initiatives by aligning CGI’s teams to support them effectively. Managing costs, assuring service levels, and ensuring client satisfaction with CGI’s services in this environment. Coordinating with the client’s executive team to prioritize activities and ensure alignment of CGI’s efforts with the client’s business objectives. Coordinating with various teams and business units within CGI to ensure efficient service delivery to the client. Providing expert business consulting guidance to the client on architecture and technology direction, based on their current infrastructure, their developing needs, market best practices, and CGI industry research.
EDUCATION
Athabasca University
Graduate Diploma in Management, Business
Athabasca University
Master of Business Administration, Business
SKILLS
ABOUT BLAIR TOBLAN
Visionary Technology Leadership – Technology Transformation – M&A Integrations New Product & Service Development, Rollout, & Management – Information Security Practice GrowthExcellence Sphere: Having earned a stellar reputation for producing innovative business-optimizing technology solutions, I showcase exceptional abilities in cybersecurity, technology roadmap planning, IT, data governance, and digital transformation. Furthermore, I possess advanced acumen in technology strategy, enterprise infrastructure design and implementation, as well as cloud architecture design. I am adept at assessing the overall enterprise architecture, sufficiency, and appropriateness of IT security hardware and software. Being commercially astute, I ensure the cost-effective rollout of products and services. I save costs via business process reengineering, strategic contract negotiations, tech upgrades, and IT operational excellence. Recognized as a start-to-success project leader, I ensured judicious use of in-house and contracted staff to accomplish business objectives.Digital Transformation & Modernization: What will interest you more is my ability to lead complex, large-scale, enterprise-level cloud architecture design and implementation based on Microsoft Modern Workspace Technologies. For a leading provider of outsourced internet infrastructure and managed services, I led the integration of virtualization and cloud technologies with business goals. Here, I also modernized legacy systems and applications, including deploying mobility modernization strategies. As a c-level collaborator and influencer, I engaged senior leadership from all divisions to effectively deploy data controls. I designed and implemented data governance models for the enterprise, including auditor engagements, data classification, privacy policy and controls, and backup/retention planning. Moreover, I supported several hundred users through automation, task prioritization, and specialized professional services, including technology migrations and M&A integrations across mission-critical facilities.IT Risk Management: To minimize risk in an era of rising cybersecurity threats, I created a Cybersecurity Incident Response Team (CIRT) to handle any reported incidents. I established incident handling processes and internal ticketing and administrative systems. For an IT and business solutions provider, I led network rollout to strengthen security. I instituted IT security and storage best practices, as well as initiatives that significantly reduced corporate risk.
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