GUIDING, EMPOWERING AND SECURING BUSINESSES ALONG THEIR TECHNOLOGY JOURNEY

Southport Aerospace Centre Inc., participated in the ourCIO Business Technology Assessment this year and found the process and final report to be informative. The organizers ensured a strong alignment between our organization and our Business Technology Advisor, Glen Cottick. Our interactions with Glen and the team at ourCIO were positive, and we greatly valued the insights and expertise they provided. The well-coordinated assessment had a significant impact, allowing us to evaluate recent digital improvements and identify paths for further progress.

At ITC, our main focus is on the physical and mechanical aspects of products – we don’t have much familiarity with IT or cybersecurity – so we jumped at the opportunity to work with ourCIO and their expert advisors. ourCIO paired us up with a former CIO that had extensive knowledge and experience in fields similar to ours. He was able to familiarize himself with our operations and the related issues very quickly. Staff who were interviewed by the advisor commented that his questions were both thoughtful and applicable to their respective roles, showing a genuine concern for the health of the business. The recommendations included in the final report were easy to understand, straightforward, and aligned well with our business direction. We would recommend this program to any business that is trying to improve their IT security, optimize their operations, or need advice from experts that have seen it all. Our experience was very positive, and we hope more of these programs are made available as we believe they are beneficial to our business community.”

Our company engaged ourCIO to perform a business technology assessment to look at our current IT capabilities and to plan what we need for the future. Kent Smith did a thorough job interviewing key stakeholders, reviewing systems and liaising with service providers. He delivered a thorough report on our capabilities and provided an actionable roadmap we can use to improve going forward, which will set us up for future success. We subsequently engaged Kent to assist with a couple of additional projects and received the same high quality service. Having access to a highly skilled and knowledgeable IT executive on an as needed basis has been extremely valuable for our company and I recommend other companies engage ourCIO for their IT strategy needs.

A huge thank you to ourCIO for their leadership navigating endless IT details in the early stages of a new business start-up. Paul Beaudry partnered with our company and provided independent advice and guidance around risk management strategies that fit for our industry. Paul is knowledgeable, professional, insightful and reassuring. He has been an incredible resource at every step!

The Manitoba Chamber of Commerce worked with Kent for a Technology Assessment and it was absolutely wonderful. Kent was great to work with; he took the time to explain everything very well and made it a very smooth process. The recommendations that came out of the assessment were fantastic and we will certainly be implementing many, if not all, in the future. 10/10 highly recommend working with ourCIO!

I had the pleasure to work with Paul Beaudry. Paul’s methodology, processes and knowledge helped me navigate through a very dynamic and fast pace environment enabling me to archive the results previously discussed.

We had ourCIO come to us at a time when we really needed their expertise. Their professionalism and customer service are top notch! It's such a pleasure working with Kent Smith. His knowledge, attention to detail and all around response time has been nothing but extraordinary. I would highly recommend ourCIO to any organization.