Information Technology

A former Fortune 500 (top 50) Chief Information Officer (CIO) for GPC International, Omnicom Group – https://www.omnicomgroup.com. Mr. Heighington has been an international stakeholder in information technology for the past 25 years.  In addition to being a certified project manager and IT architect Rob has a highly successful track record in executive leadership building enterprise-wide distributed and highly secure data warehousing systems. Rob studied computer technology at Centennial College in Toronto working his way up from programmer to becoming the youngest Fortune 500 Chief Information Officer in Y2000.

Please feel free to ask me about any of these initaitves. Rob Heighington – rob@creativespark.ca See also COMMUNITY

	The Absent Minded Professor ‘A natural leader, when it comes to complex technology Rob is like the Absent Minded Professor. Our very own IT guru. Thankyou for building our online library and database.’ Leonard Barkin, Senior Partner Deloitte & Touche See his white papers on leadership; HEMP and How to Survive Ai ‘
Fujitsu Canada Risk Management for remote clients in the energy sector, healthcare, and manufacturing. Project management from cost evaluation, through testing and release managment to deployment. Conflict resolution for clients, Fujitsu consultants and technical experts
	ATCO Hired to integrate financial and HR technologies from eleven disparate (entirely different) ATCO companies. Worked hand in hand with each company’s SMEs (subject matter experts) and ATCO management
Bell Canada Associate Director – Bell Technology in the West. With offices in Calgary and Vancouver Mr. Heighington lead a team of 15 project managers and 15 business analysts. He worked hand in hand with other Bell Directors (including in Ontario) and his fellow leadership team (other Associate Directors). Our biggest challenge was team moral followed closely by prioritising over 100 projects. Given his success when the Western offices were disbanded Rob was offered a senior role in Calgary
	Government of Alberta Hired by the Alberta government Ministry of Advanced Education to facilitate a province-wide database to report on application and enrolment of post graduate studies. Role required ongoing liaison with all Alberta Colleges and Universities. As the project was delivered on time and under budget the team received the Premier’s Silver award of merit
GPC International As Global Chief Information Officer (CIO) responsible for integrating technologies between parent (Omnicom) and acquired companies. Liaison with all regions including Canada, the U.S and European Union offices. Management of all senior IT Managers. Providing IT expertise to senior leaders in government and private sector including Presidents, Prime Ministers, Diplomats and Managing Partners
	AECL Development and deployment of enterprise-wide forensic supply chain tracking and automated purchase order system (e.g. tracking reactor materials from mine to manufacturer to reactor). Given ‘Secret’ level clearance by CSIS. Also, emergency preparedness training for work near Chalk River reactor required