James Williamson
“ THERE ’ S SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY TO DO GOOD FOR BOTH THE ORGANIZATION AND PEOPLE OUT THERE ”
— James Williamson , Director of Information Systems and Technology , St . John Ambulance Canada
Adult learners like the idea of gamification , and having races is one of the functions we can do with it , which really engages people .”
The future for SJA sees the charity bring its work to new and exciting areas . “ We ’ re expanding to law enforcement , military and aboriginal first aid programs ,” explains Williamson . “ The goal is not only to be the biggest , but to be the best and to turn that revenue back into community service . We ’ re also trying to refocus on engaging youth to become lifelong first
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James Williamson
EXECUTIVE PROFILE
James brings 25 years of experience in government , political and private sector IT : House of Commons / Federal NDP ( 12yrs ), The Bradford Group ( 5yrs ), Disus Software / Atos Canada ( 5yrs ) and Bell Canada ( 3yrs ). James brings a passion for people and end users and sees IT as a customer service role as the foundation to enable departments to meet their needs and focus on core competencies . James has managed many successful software development projects ranging from a $ 3mn voter outreach system , a successful cloud transformation project as well as development and integrations for several $ 30 + million ERP projects for US & Canadian multinationals .
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