Julio da Silva...

CTO COO Executive C-Level Leadership Business Transformation SaaS Cloud Mentor Start-Ups 416-***-**** addwew@r.postjobfree.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliodasilva www.juliodasilva.com 1 P a g e

Demonstrated Achievements

Business Development Competitive Strategies Leadership Development Contract Negotiation

Vendor Management Agile Methodologies Analytical Reasoning Business Intelligence

Business Management Cloud Computing Software as a Service (SaaS)

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Coaching Data Analysis Amazon Web Services

Microsoft Azure Mobile Application Development Relationship Management Notable contributions

CUSTOMER GROWTH: Implemented and enriched customer acquisition methods increasing customer base by 20% within six months.

PROFIT GAINS: Executed technological and process-driven IT environments producing a 300% increase in time- to-market strategies while reducing customer costs allowing for higher ROI. GLOBAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Managed and implemented systems and corporate redundancies along with appropriate monitoring across three continents, advancing the company to a rating of four 9s. COST REDUCTION: Renegotiated and maintained strict contracts resulting in >80% cost reduction with GSM carriers and an overall 45% cost reduction with supplier contracts increasing net profit margins. Professional Experience

Consultant, Stoney Creek, ON. Providing leadership to organizations wanting to modernize their business processes through unique and innovative solutions. EXECUTIVE C-LEVEL CONSULTANT, 2004-Present

Marshaling change and innovation: Proven versatility to span industries, bringing a fresh perspective, new innovative solutions and keen business intuition to increase growth opportunities while influencing the business direction and defining drive value in the market space.

Working with start-up organizations to build the entire business platform from business plans to technology options to bring to market their products.

Rebranding bringing organizations into a modernized era increasing market visibility and generating new revenue with higher profit margins.

Re-engineering operations to lower costs, increasing production leading to higher capacities in work turnaround providing higher ROI.

Within the Healthcare Industry working with FHTs, FHOs and Disability Management Organizations to provide cyber safe solutions and use technology to enhance patient access.

Work with Technology groups to move on-premise to cloud solutions or create hybrid solutions utilizing secure network topologies and solutions.

Implement unique 30-60-90-day initiatives to build business continuity and sustainability. locatenowGPS™ Corporation, Stoney Creek, ON. A provider of high availability web-based GPS Management Tracking Solutions used by transportation, law enforcement, utility, taxi and Telematics businesses around the world.

CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER FOUNDER, 2014 – 2018

Launched the business to focus on Corporate and personal travel and safety creating the locatenowGPS™ Platform. The locatenowGPS™ solution is device agnostic allowing larger customers to incorporate both personal and asset tracking in one solution.

Julio da Silva...

CTO COO Executive C-Level Leadership Business Transformation SaaS Cloud Mentor Start-Ups 416-***-**** addwew@r.postjobfree.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliodasilva www.juliodasilva.com 2 P a g e

Developed a cloud-based tracking application integrating systems with large risk management and security companies.

Collaborated with developers in Sweden, Denmark and India creating the locatenowGPS™ tracking platform for use by people and vehicles meeting the Lone Worker Law requirements.

Pioneered smartphone tracking software with developers in Sweden, Denmark, Czech Republic, and India launching in eight weeks with a $1.2M budget enhancing the Lone Worker application.

First company to work with Protectas Europe and G4 Security Worldwide, linking into their systems for enhanced security reaction times to global crisis situations.

Successfully executed exit strategy with highly profitable results. 4tell™ Solutions, LP, Toronto, ON, Leading provider of platform technology solutions that optimize the financial, energy and environmental performance of the Built Environment. VICE PRESIDENT OF TECHNOLOGY, 2014 – 2018

Brought on board to work closely with the President and Board in understanding the operational and legal reporting requirements for in-field assessments in order to translate those requirements into a supporting state- of-the-art technical infrastructure.

Increased Up-time: Spearheaded migration of the on-premise environment to Azure Cloud increasing up-time from 98% to four 9’s.

Enhanced Infrastructure: Refocused the company’s development infrastructure bringing the iPlan technology platform to an enterprise-ready and capable system by moving to FedRAMP moderate “in- process” designation.

Business Transformation: Transitioned the company to Agile and Kanban methodologies transforming business logic to be customer focused versus a “build it and they will come” ideology.

Forward Thinking: Re-engineered SaaS software platform in 18 months bringing in new technology advances producing increased development output by reducing process time from six months down to two weeks.

WorldScout Corporation, Vaughan, ON, A company focused on the Automatic Vehicle Location, Personal Location and Asset Management industry under the omniscout™ brand utilizing both Global Positioning Satellite and GSM wireless technologies.

CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, 2004 – 2014

Hired to support the development of hardware- and software-based systems utilized in the consumer and fleet markets across multiple continents with a broad-based communications infrastructure.

Collaborated with China and Taiwan developers to partner with Systech developing hardware to be built in vehicles and personal tracking devices establishing the company’s main revenue-generating devices.

Renegotiated contracts with principal technology cellular data vendors reducing data cost by 80% and widening customer base with more affordable rates.

Directed contract negotiations to sell data along with devices pioneering new technology that tracked vehicles and people that were to be used by law enforcement. Production Data Corporation, Thornhill, ON, Direct Marketing and Database Management Company utilizing the latest technologies to enhance the objectives of Fortune 500 companies, including Technology Companies, Financial Industries, and Not-For-Profit Societies. Julio da Silva...

CTO COO Executive C-Level Leadership Business Transformation SaaS Cloud Mentor Start-Ups 416-***-**** addwew@r.postjobfree.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliodasilva www.juliodasilva.com 3 P a g e

CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER VICE PRESIDENT OPERATIONS, 1996 – 2008 Co-founded the company to lead the industry with innovative technology to the business of direct marketing and database management, providing complete North American marketing plans for companies like IBM with a new approach to customer retention in the automotive industry.

Developed direct B2B and B2C marketing software using unique algorithms reducing market plan duplication rates to less than 0.5% often manually verified at less than 0.05%. Neatt Corporation, Thornhill, ON, Web-enabled, Interactive Kiosk Network with touch-screen technology to be placed at key points such as points-of-purchase and cosmetic counters within select stores across Ontario. CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, 2001 – 2002 Directed the acquisition of Kiosk systems and related technology partners to provide the latest in touch-screen media technologies.

Negotiated new contracts with due diligence as part of the negotiating team for hardware, software and maintenance services creating software that could be updated remotely. Education

PhD in Computer Sciences, 1992, Monash University, South Africa

MBA, 1998, University of Phoenix

Licenses & Certifications – LinkedIn Courses

Learning Minitab Azure DevOps First Look Microsoft Azure Stack First Look

Agile Development Practices Microsoft Azure: Security Concepts Launching Your Product

Six Sigma Foundations Sales: Closing Strategies Lean Six Sigma Foundations

Lean Technology Strategy: Running Agile at Scale Blockchain Basics

Lean Technology Strategy: Starting Your Business Transformation

Coaching & Developing Employees

Professional Affiliations

Board of Directors – Focus One Consulting

Board of Directors – locatenowGPS™ Corporation

Board of Directors – Wentworth Condominium Corporation 66 Career Summary

Innovative Technology Driven Executive who catalyzes organizational and technology transformation delivering solutions through visionary thinking and strong business acumen. Extensive experience working within small to medium-sized businesses, including multiple Fortune 100 and 500 companies. Adept at identifying business needs, incorporated change management, and driving sustainable technology solutions. Invaluable mindset of Co-Founder and Entrepreneur brings about an extraordinary understanding of the uniqueness of building new business from old processes. Proficient management experience partnered with the ability to inspire colleagues to think outside the box and past traditional methods with proven success in training and working with all teams across the organization.

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