I’m formally  the Sr. Director of Technology and Operations for BioWare ULC., makers of fine gaming software like Baldur’s Gate, Jade Empire, and Knights of the Old Republic.  Mass Effect 3 is gonna be fantastic…. I was forced to buy an XBox.  Dragon Ageis a great franchise as well.

Before that I was the Director of IT Operations for ATB Financial, Alberta‘s largest financial institution.

I was the Director of Information Systems for Intuit Canada, makers of Quicken, Quickbooks, Quicktax, and Will Expert.

I used to be the Infrastructure Manager for Enbridge Pipelines.  I was responsible for the people that ran the company’s computer infrastructure including a North-America-wide web of Sun and HP Unix servers that controlled over 5000 km of pipeline.

I also taught a course on TCP/IP networking at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology

 Before that I was the Computer Services Coordinator for the Canadian Red Cross. 

In a life previous to that I was a Clinical Engineer with Edmonton‘s Capital Health Authority where I did engineering-related stuff to medical equipment and managed the odd Lantastic LAN and Linux box (kernel 0.90 I’m proud to say)

Previous to that I was a Research Associate for the Department of Neurosciences at the University of Alberta where we worked on equipment that assisted stroke patients and paraplegics to walk.

I have a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University ofAlberta (1984), an MBA in Information Technology from Athabasca University (2004), and am ITIL-Foundation certified.

I’m a member of the Alberta Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Geophysicists Association (APEGGA), and the International Game Developers Association (IGDA).   I sit on the Board of Directors  of St. Pauls Foundation, a charitable society which supports housing projects for underprivileged individuals.

In my spare time I wrench on Volkswagens, topple down hills on a mountain bike , listen to jazz fusion, read books on psychology and technology, match wits with my daughters, pat my dog on the head, take long moonlight walks on the beach…. whoops… wrong ad.

I dabble in photography with a Canon 350D and post some of my work on Flickr. 

Like most Web 2.0 dudes I’m on Facebook  and  LinkedIn, and on Twitter as @Vince_Waldon.

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Vince