John Lowson
Managing technology for organizational success
John is a successful IT leader with extensive experience dealing with the full range of challenges, including developing and implementing plans for enterprise applications replacement, moving infrastructure and operations to the cloud, developing data management and analysis strategies, and establishing cybersecurity programs. IT problems are solved by successful collaboration between organization leaders, the internal IT team, and the right IT vendors and John excels at orchestrating the right team to get the job done right.
Client Services
- Interim Leadership of IT and Cybersecurity
- IT planning, strategy and assessment
- Design, management and oversight of IT projects and programs
- Assistance with mergers, acquisitions and other significant organizational changes, and the role of IT within those changes
- Procurement of IT-related services, products and software
Selected Achievements
- Developed and led the IT function at a TSX-60 company through nine years of rapid growth, delivering value to the business, maintaining reliable IT services, developing the IT team while remaining secure and compliant.
- Designed and co-sponsored a transformation in customer service, finance, operations and HR based on SAP to standardize and simplify work across a 3000-employee organization operating in fifteen jurisdictions in the US and Canada.
- Built a comprehensive cybersecurity function from scratch for a critical infrastructure utility operating in the US and Canada.
- Defined and oversaw numerous IT procurement initiatives covering infrastructure, cloud services, IT operations, applications, and data, to improve functionality for the business while managing costs.
Qualifications
- University of Cambridge, UK – B.A. in Physics and Theoretical Physics
- Enrolled in Board of Directors training at Canada’s Institute of Corporate Directors covering oversight of Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence and Social Issues