Vincent Fortier
Manager, Field Engineering, Public Sector Canada @Databricks
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WORK HISTORY
Manager, Field Engineering, Public Sector Canada @Databricks
Montreal, QC, CA
Canada\'s public sector is under pressure to adopt AI — but the stakes are different here. Citizen data, compliance requirements, and public accountability mean \"move fast and break things\" isn\'t an option.I lead the Field Engineering team responsible for making Databricks work in that environment — across federal, provincial, healthcare, and education accounts- Built and scaled a specialist SA team across AI/ML, Data Engineering, and Governance — directly supporting the fastest-growing segment of Databricks Canada- Architecting and winning complex AI & Data platform deals in partnership with account executives across public sector verticals- Guiding CIOs, Chief Data Officers, and technical teams through responsible GenAI adoption — from proof-of-concept to production deployment- Championing AI literacy and data culture inside organizations where AI fluency is still an emerging skill*Key platform: Databricks Data Intelligence Platform | GenAI | LLMs | Delta Lake | Unity Catalog | MLflow | Apache Spark*
EDUCATION
Champlain Regional College in Lennoxville
DEC, CIS 420-01 Computer Information Systems
École De Technologie Supérieure
BAC Génie des technologies de l'information, Computer Science
McGill University - Desautels Faculty of Management
miniMBA - Executive Development Course Cycle 1
SKILLS
ABOUT VINCENT FORTIER
Most leaders I talk to have the same problem: they\'ve approved an AI strategy, funded a pilot, and are now quietly wondering why it never made it to production.I\'ve spent 20+ years on the technical side of that gap.Right now I lead Field Engineering for Databricks\' Public Sector business in Canada — which means my team is in the room when a ministry needs to trust an LLM with citizen data, when a hospital needs real-time analytics without compromising PHI, or when a university is trying to build an AI research platform that actually scales.But here\'s what makes me different from most people who talk about AI for a living:I am building it myself.I built my own AI assistant — gave it its own email address, its own computer, its own name (Johnny Five). Not as a demo. As a daily operating system. It manages my tasks, drafts content, runs my CRM, and organizes my life. I\'m documenting the entire build publicly because I believe the only honest way to advise on AI is to live it.What I\'ve achieved:Field Leader of the Year, FY24 — Databricks (Canada-wide)3x President Club (FY22, FY23, FY24) at Databricks — top 5% globally\"Most New Logos\" — built enterprise accounts from zero in greenfield marketsLaunched Databricks User Groups in Montreal, Québec City, and HalifaxminiMBA, McGill Desautels (2026)If you\'re a public sector leader trying to cut through the AI noise and build something that actually works — let\'s talk. — DM me on LinkedIn, ping me on v•••••••@gmail.com or follow along as I build in public-🤖 This about section was drafted with the help of an AI (Johnny Five) that has written more LinkedIn summaries than any human should ever have to. It does not experience writer\'s block, existential dread, or the urge to describe itself as \"a seasoned thought leader passionate about synergies.
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