Geoff Pearson • MBA • PMP • ITIL

Connecting Strategy & Technology

Professional Summary

Strategic IT leader with 20+ years’ experience driving technology modernization

Brings experience across financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, mining, military, consulting, and enterprise sectors. Recognized for technical depth, strong business acumen and high standards in team building and growth, process optimization, customer experience, and financial performance.

Competencies & Skills

Currently advancing skills in Azure AI, cybersecurity & governance

• IT Leadership • Strategic Planning • Change Leadership • Board & Executive Communication • IT Infrastructure • ERP-Business Application Support • Virtual Desktop Infrastructure • Cloud (Multi-Cloud) • Project Management • Service Management • Vendor Management • Risk & Compliance • Cybersecurity • Information Management • Data & Analytics • Artificial Intelligence • Team Building • Coaching & Mentorship • Stakeholder Collaboration

professional experience

Cloud Technology Manager | Odlum Brown | Financial Services | Canada (Nov 2024 - Present)

Led strategic cloud initiatives and solution architecture with a security-first approach, reporting to CIO.
Instigated and program managed IT modernization projects, reducing annual infrastructure costs by 25%.
Produced executive-level materials and maintained IT Risk Register, reducing risk exposure by 40%.
Designed Azure & Citrix Cloud infrastructure, ensuring alignment with objectives and defined success criteria.
Collaborated on evaluation and testing of AI solutions and emerging technologies to support innovation.

Director, Information Technology | Sunrise Farms | Food Manufacturing | Canada (Sep 2023 - Mar 2025)

Directed IT infrastructure and cloud transformation; managed $3M budget with a team of 15+.
Led ERP evaluations and deployed ITIL and AI tools, maintaining a 4/5 monthly customer satisfaction rating.
Optimized operational equipment management, driving a 50% improvement in customer delivery.
Transitioned into a consulting role to support leadership handover.

Senior Director, Desktop Services | Provincial Health, PHSA | Healthcare | Canada (Sep 2022 - Mar 2024)

Managed desktop, VDI, and app services for 60,000+ users, leading a portfolio of three teams totaling 25+ staff.
Developed service strategies and implemented Agile/OKRs for talent growth, accountability and team visibility.
Design authority for Azure VDI migration, securing buy-in through presentations to business and tech groups.

Executive Director, IT Operations | Amina Bank | Crypto Banking | Switzerland (Feb 2019 - Mar 2022)

Presented and delivered on strategic infrastructure and disaster recovery plans to executives and board.
Led IT teams, and managed operations to secure the world’s first fully regulated crypto bank.
Managed multi-million budgets; saved 800K CHF a year through strategic insourcing, and cloud transformation.

Previous Roles

Financial Services | Mining | Consulting (2005-2019)

Director/Manager roles at Leonteq, UBS, Glencore, Accenture
Principal Consultant roles at Credit Suisse, Citrix.

education & certifications

MBA, University of Cumbria, UK (2024)
PMI-PMP (2024), PMI-ACP (2019)
Azure Solution Architect Expert (2021)
Microsoft Enterprise Administrator Expert (2021)
ITIL Foundation (2018)
Additional Microsoft & Citrix certifications

Technical Tools & Platforms

Entra ID, Active Directory, Okta, ADManager+, ADFS
MS Azure, Citrix Cloud, VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix
Commvault, Veeam, Cohesity, Wasabi, Azure Backups
Fortinet, NetScaler, Moveworks AI, MS Copilot, Azure AI
Atlassian (Jira), MS 365, Syspro ERP, SQL, Terraform
ADAudit+, Azure Monitor, MS Defender, SolarWinds