Consultant, Director, and Solution Technical Officer

Daniel Brody

daniel@brody.ca

416-274-8484

www.brody.ca

Business leader

• Operations optimization

• I have been involved in improving business performance through technology for over 16 years.

• Business need constant improvements to stay competitive but cannot afford down time of high operating costs.

• Leaders need to remain calm in storm of activity. One of the highest stress points for a business is going live on a new system.

• Change Management and information management is key to business transitions

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Technology Innovator In all my roles in the various companies I have been a

technology leader. Many of technology directions companies have taken have been a result of the R&D that I have done. All work has been qualified under IRAP.

Area most recently working in:• ERP verticalization• Virtualization• Cloud computing• Business intelligence reporting• Clustering and redundancy• VoIP and voice to text• Hosted environments under SaaS model• Open source tools and applications• Oracle Database 11g and Middleware 11g• Zimbra Mail and collaboration• Google Apps

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Team and Project Leader

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Managing teams is about team work dealing with personal dynamics.

Getting opposing forces to agree on a direction and then convince them to take it!

I have managed projects from the small business to large multi national public companies and even the US Government.

Projects have been time sensitive and as short as 30 days to Corporate ERP replacements under SOX rules with budget of $10M and lasting over 3 years with 60 plus team members

Project Management

• Large Scale project management• Solutions detailed planning involving three (3) main phases of effort:

• Discovery Phase - this phase includes several key activities:• Touring operations – understanding business processes and creating needs

documentation used for solution selection and beyond.• Solutions Introductions to have company Process Owners and Leads

understand what solutions functionality and features are provided to assist in GAP identification.

• Conference Room Pilot (CRP) and GAP identification to identify Solution or Company GAPS that need to be resolved

• Construction Phase – during this phase selected solution will be configured to meet the business requirements identified in the Discovery phase. The configuration and constructed components will be tested and planned for implementation.

• Commissioning Phase – the Solution is now tailored to meet the needs of the business and ready to be deployed across the company. User acceptance, end-user training, data conversion and go-live activities occur during this phase.

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Project Success Criteria and Factors

  Critical Success FactorsThere are a number of critical success factors which can influence the outcome of the

project and need to be closely controlled by the project team. These include:• the ability of the Company Process Owners and Company general management to

reach consensus and agreement on key issues;• the ability of the project team to address the impacts of the new Solutions on the

organization;• a rapid turn-around of deliverables presented for review to parties outside the

project team;• the availability of an appropriate technological infrastructure to support the new

systems

Success CriteriaQuality The implemented solution must meet quality standards set by Client in order to minimize potential business

impact or disruption upon Go-live.

Time / Schedule The timeline and implementation schedule should be met in order to maintain momentum of the organization and confidence in the Solution.

Scope Scope of the solution should be controlled and managed across all team members and the organization. The solution must provide the correct balance of functionality to meet the critical business requirements and then phase in more advanced features after Release 1.

Cost The cost of the project must be managed and controlled and come within the defined budget.

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Recommendations (LinkedIn)“Having worked with Daniel over the past six years I know he is an extremely dedicated and focused businessman who keeps his eyes on how he can develop his company into a market leader. We have worked on a number of deals and initiatives together and I have found he is hard working and creative in how he views his business. He is a true professional and I have enjoyed working with him.” April 7, 2010

Aseem Telli , EGBU Account Manager , Oracle

“Dan and his team have a tool set that allows them to take on projects that would stop many other organizations in their tracks. No matter how big the challenge, they make it work. The technical team is expert in their field.” November 17, 2008

Top qualities: Expert , Good Value , Creative - John L. D'Avella hired Daniel as a IT Consultant in 2006

“Daniel is an experienced consultant who developed an industry specific full service software application in Steelman Software Solutions. Daniel has an excellent knowledge of his product and works diligently with his clients and each member of their team to understand their needs and make the required modifications to meet those needs on a timely basis.” December 12, 2007

Top qualities: Personable , Expert , High Integrity - Marla Goodwin - hired Daniel as a IT Consultant in 2004

“I highly recommend Daniel. He is one of the best individuals I have every worked with, who is extremely hard working and knows his industry very well.” September 14, 2007

Shane Davies , North American Partner Manager - Strategic ISVs , Oracle Corporation –

“It has been a pleasure working with Daniel to forge customer relationships on which to build Steelman sales. He is a true professional - dedicated, diligent and highly focused.” July 13, 2007

Gus Gillespie , President , Gillespie Consulting

“Dan has a sharp, analytical mind, which is most of the time engaged in finding a way to take any given project to the next level.” July 13, 2007

Sheldon Liberman sheldon@liberman.com , Portfolio Manager , Castlemoore

“Daniel is one of the most energetic and multi-talented individuals I have ever met. He is literally jumping with ideas and strategies. A very persuasive communicator and highly knowledgeable in both end-user and technical environments.” July 4, 2007

Peter Coy , President , Prodigm Inc. - worked indirectly for Daniel at Steelman Software Solutions Inc.

“"Over the course of many years Daniel has been a strong supporter of mine. From time we have had mutual businesses and family interests together. Daniel is a keen venture capitalist / entrepreneur. His depth of knowledge in many industries exceeds that of most of his contemporaries. A great family man, honest and hard working with high ethical standards, Daniel is the type of person to keep friends for a lifetime.” July 4, 2007

Avi Bitterman , Owner , Insite Computer Group Inc - was a consultant or contractor to Daniel at Steelman Software Solutions Inc.

“From my very first day at Radio Beacon (now Accellos) I had the pleasure of working under the direction of Daniel Brody. Daniel makes it a point of training you thoroughly, and when he felt you were ready, would prompt you out on your own with unselfish support & guidance as needed. Any time Daniel joined me at a client site, became an excellent learning experience for me, irrelevant of my then-level of competence; Daniel would size me up in a few minutes, and then simply raise the bar. Daniel amazes me with his vast breath of expertise in technology, logistics, warehousing, Project management; far too many skills for me to list here. I was very dismayed when Daniel left RB for new ventures, knowing I would miss his competence, confidence, and companionship very much. I would strongly recommend Daniel for any senior position in any venture he decides upon, and would welcome the opportunity to work again with him anytime.” November 25, 2008

Achim Berger , Senior Project Manager , Radio Beacon Inc. - reported to Daniel at RadioBeacon

“Daniel was an excellent manager and highly organized. His department was intrinsic to customer satisfaction at Radio Beacon. I would recommend him for any senior management position.” March 5, 2008

Stewart Hersey , Senior Content Manager , Radio Beacon - reported to Daniel at RadioBeacon

“When working with Daniel at Radio Beacon, I found him to be intelligent and resourceful. Daniel would always stick with a job until it was done. The other thing I remember about Daniel is that he would always keep the big picture in mind. We were a small company back then... and needed to think big if we were to make it big.” October 6, 2007

Carl Marin , Vice President , Radio Beacon Inc. - worked with Daniel at RadioBeacon

“Daniel is a consummate professional in every respect. it was always a pleasure to work with him.” August 5, 2007

Lawrence Young , President , Lawrence Young & Associates - was with another company when working with Daniel at RadioBeacon

“Daniel's experience in the logistics industry, and previous management experience more than prepared him to create and then lead our professional services team. He created the templates for the processes that made us a success. His initial hires went on to grow into senior positions in the company. He left us to lead our spin-off into the dot.com era. Daniel has both the integrity and ability to be a strong leader.” July 16, 2007

Dale Jeffries , President , Radio Beacon Inc. - managed Daniel at RadioBeacon

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In The News

Metal Center News Apr 2010

It World Canada Feb 22, 2005

Metal Center News Aug 2004

Globe and Mail MAR 10, 2004

Calgary Sun MAR 6, 2004ITBusiness.ca JAN 8,

2004AMM SEP 29, 2003

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