Vince Fagnan

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ABOUT VINCE FAGNAN

I help executives understand complex environments, make tough decisions, and implement strategies to drive change and achieve sustainable results.Vince has over 35 years of dedicated military service and executive leadership experience in the Canadian Army, NATO, the Department of National Defence, and the private sector, with extensive programme, project, and operational successes. He is a management consultant with a wide range of proficiencies ranging from leadership development to formulation and implementation of strategy in various key sectors, including Government, Defence ( & Security), Aerospace, Technology, Manufacturing, and Cybersecurity. He thrives in highly technical environments and has extensive program, project, and operational experiences in multiple areas, including defence procurement, armoured vehicles and systems, survivability, training and simulation, command and control, sustainment, cyber resilience, proposals, and commercialization of innovative technologies.Vince served in challenging command and staff positions as an armour officer with Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) before transitioning to the private sector in 2011. He has deployed on several domestic operations and abroad to Cyprus, Bosnia, and Afghanistan with the United Nations and NATO. He has served as an instructor at the Armour School and Commander of Reconnaissance and Headquarters Squadrons at the Regiment. He has had three separate postings to Director Land Requirements (DLR) in National Defence Headquarters, where he and his staff acted as project directors and represented users on many land equipment, research and development, and NATO programs. His private sector successes include providing executive professional development and coaching leaders from the board room to frontline operations, international business development, and several senior advisor roles on the Defence Policy Strong Secure Engaged (SSE) Cyber Mission Assurance Program and the Materiel Sustainment/Sustainment Initiative (Sustainment Business Case Analysis).Vince is a graduate of the Telfer Executive Master of Business Administration program at the University of Ottawa. He also holds a Master of Arts in Military Studies from Cranfield University, United Kingdom, and a Bachelor of Engineering from the Royal Military College of Canada. He is also a graduate of the Joint Command and Staff Course at the Mubarak Al-Abdullah Joint Command and Staff College in Kuwait. He is a certified Managing Successful Programmes MSP® Practitioner.