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Charles Duffett |
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Mr. Duffett is a skilled and seasoned executive with 25 years experience in private and public sectors. Presently, he is the VP and CIO advisor for the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance. Mr. Duffett’s most recent position was as head of Information Technology at Abbott Point of Care (APOC) which is a division of Abbott Laboratories. Within Mr. Duffett’s tenure at APOC, APOC was pursued by General Electric as an acquisition target. As CIO of GE Medical Point of Care Division during this activity, Mr. Duffett was responsible for business transformation and the integration of the business unit’s IT systems. Previously, Mr. Duffett rose through the ranks at Alcatel within the target population of high achievers to the level of Vice President of the xDSL business unit. The main focus of xDSL BU was viable technological evolution video delivery over IP and 3G networks. Mr. Duffett joined Newbridge Networks as the Assistant Vice President of R&D (prior to its acquisition by Alcatel) after leaving Nortel Networks, Passport Division. At Nortel, Mr. Duffett was the Director of R&D for the Passport product group. Prior to Nortel, Mr. Duffett worked for the Canadian Federal Government in Information Technology. During this phase of his career, he was recognized for his leadership at the department of Justice when he was given both the Gold Medal for Leadership in Technology and Justice departmental merit award. He has a successful record negotiating and then linking the IT/IM function to business strategy and transformation with multiple partners. Mr. Duffett enjoys working with local business, education institutions and local government offices. Recognizing his interest and expertise in business transformation at the executive level is something Mr. Duffett continues to pursue with the local community towards building good business and technology for Canada. Mr. Duffett is consulting in IT/IM strategic management for CATA members. Contact information CDuffett[at]cata.ca |
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