| Ian Vardy |
Creative Technology Executive with over 26 years in Information Technology. A consistent track record of improving profitability and technology for companies. An innovative leader, skilled in strategic planning, technology analysis, business development, infrastructure, service design, and strategy. Partners with leadership teams and collaborates effectively across organizations. Adept at budgeting, communications, and building focused teams. Accomplished Visual Artist, Short Filmmaker, Writer, and Producer.
Areas of Expertise
| Strategic Research / Planning / Budgeting | Innovation and Creativity |
| Technology Analysis, Competitive Analysis Enterprise-Scale Software as a Service | Risk Management Growth Planning and Execution |
| Profitability / Efficiency Improvement User Experience / Emotionally Rich Design | Technology Scale / Operations / Security Mindfulness |
Business Experience
Radient360 2012 – 2022
Radient360 is a low-code software as a service platform that serves cloud-based, real-time analytic and workflow asset management applications to oil and gas asset management stakeholders.
Chief Technology Officer (2019-2022)
Oversaw and led the technical vision, growth, and strategy; led design and innovation of a low code software as a service platform; responsible for technology spending and budget; applied a creativity-based philosophy to product innovation and strategy; managed and mentored a diverse and talented team which led product architecture, software development, and technical operation; responsible for ensuring client functionality was delivered with the right technology and experiences; promoted a design culture and methodology focused on user experience and value.
Key Accomplishments:
- Invented and designed, proprietary asset integrity and management, low-code software as a service platform, and features, that grew from zero to > 1 million in annual revenue over CTO, VP, and Directorships.
- Partnered with CEO to create new technology/sales processes that resulted in ROI improvements by 30%.
- Partnered with lead architect and finance to implement and managed an efficient spending and multi-funding (SR&ED, IRAP, Etc) strategy within the technical department that resulted in >3 million in savings on salary and expenses spending over 8 years.
- Grew and lead 4 technical departments from staffing of 3 to 17 over 9 years. Grew total staff to 28.
- Partnered with development and lead architecture to lead and design a complete overhaul of the user experience interface of a low-code environment.
- Partnered with the Director of Operations, to manage and conduct company-wide security audit and implement security policy and process for SOC2 and ISO 27001 compliance.
- Installed and mentored the Director of Operations to implement company-wide operations, efficiency, and security processes and protocols resulting in efficiency gains of 25%.
- Installed and mentored the Director of Research and Development to implement company-wide results-focused software innovation and production processes using Agile and GIST resulting in 20% improvements in investment in research and design.
Vice President of Technology (2018 – 2019)
Oversaw and led the technical vision, growth, and strategy; led design and innovation of a low code software as a service platform; responsible for technology spending and budget; applied a creativity-based philosophy to product innovation and strategy; managed and mentored a diverse and talented team which led product architecture, software development, and technical operation; responsible for ensuring client functionality was delivered with the right technology and experiences; promoted a design culture and methodology focused on user experience and value.
Key Accomplishments:
- Partnered with technical teams to lead and design the architecture and infrastructure of a low-coded Software as a Service platform that was one million-user-capable scale.
- Partnered with CEO and 3rd party marketing firm, on new rebranding, marketing assets, new website, logo, colors, brand strategy, social media, and advertising campaigns over 1 quarter.
- Managed spending and budget of technical operations and development teams of > 1.5 million dollars.
- Installed, and led the management team to implement an incident response system that resulted in 0-day down, 99.98% up, and 5-minute to < 1 hour response time.
Director, Products, Innovation, and Design (2012 – 2017)
Directed a creative, collaborative environment to produce dozens of applications; managed staff, budget, and scope of several major projects annually; designed, invented, and co-invented low-code software as a service platform and features; oversaw design philosophy and vision.
Key Accomplishments:
- Led and partnered with the product team and executive team to invent, design, and deploy over 90 variations of 13 individual risk management Software as a Service Applications, for the oil and gas industry, which resulted in >1 Million ARR.
- Partnered with CTO, and lead architect to design and implement secure scalable architecture for low-code software as a service platform.
- Implemented a company-wide “intention design” system to streamline user-centric design decisions in rapid application development cutting application development time by 40%.
- Partnered with lead architect, to design and develop offshore to onshore syncing and service capabilities for the harsh offshore environment of the Atlantic oil and gas industry resulting in always connected real-time syncing.
Freelance, SinJawns Photography, SinbySinJawns Productions 2008-Present
Two entrepreneur entities owned and operated by Ian Vardy from 2008 to the present;
Producer, Director, Writer, Photographer
Produced, Co-Produced, Wrote, and Directed two small budget short films; Multi-Award-winning filmmaker; Accomplished Rock and Roll Photographer with published work as an album cover.
- Recipient of 15 film festival awards in Writing, Producing and Directing short films including multiple best film, best writer, and best director.
- Created and executed The Uncanny Valley’s marketing strategy that led to over 60 non-internet film festival showings worldwide.
- Recipient of Picture-Start Telefilm and Newfoundland and Labrador Filmmakers Co-op Award, short script funding
- Directed 70-person team over multiple month film schedule, partnered with co-producer to manage 80k short film shoot.
- Cover Photography of Canadian National Distributed Rock and Roll Album, Derm Kean and An Incredible Woman – Incredible.
- Assistant Production and Stage Management of 3 musical theatre productions at provincial arts and culture for a gross profit of $144,000.
ZedIT Solutions 2008 – 2012
Vision33, formally ZedIT solutions, is a consulting firm that provides consulting services for the Manufacturing, Distribution, Financial Services, Government, and Healthcare industries.
Senior Consultant, Project Manager, and Business Analyst
- Responsible for software design, business analysis, relationship management, and project management duties of large contracts in health care, satellite and government industries.
- Partnered with Killick Health Psychiatrists to design an early prototype of Mental Health Diagnosis and Waiting List Optimization software as a service application.
- Health Care: Led project management, business analysis, and design of several Electronic Medical Record modules in a $50 million General Electric and Xwave partner health care initiative to introduce EMR Software as a Service product to the Province of Ontario.
- Project Managed successful implementation of major accounts receivable module upgrades responsible for 40% of revenue for Stratos Global. Managed up to 25 resources and timelines to exceed expectations of Credit and Collections, Accounts Receivable, and Billing Department managers.
Additional Experience
- Business Analyst, Programmer Analyst, Triton Data
- Programmer, Bristol Marketing
- Freelance, Web Designer, Programmer.
- Programmer, MARCAL Educational Management Services
Education And Professional Development
- Certificate of Advanced Curriculum and Completion: Business Analyst, McMaster University
- Certificate of Completion: Microsoft Official .Net Curriculum, Microsoft
- Management Information Systems Computer Studies Diploma, College of the North Atlantic