Guy Esselen
North Vancouver,BC
Summary
Experienced in managing all aspects of business development. Designs and develops security solutions to complex applications problems, and system administration issues. Successfully established and executed a marketing strategy to expand market share and increase sales.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Chief Technology Officer, Founder
GESS Security & Sound Ltd.
05.2016 - Current
- Develop technical aspects of the company’s strategy to ensure alignment with its business goals
- Discover and implement new technologies that yield competitive advantages
- Help the team use technology profitably
- Supervise system infrastructure to ensure functionality and efficiency
- Build quality assurance and data protection processes
- Monitor KPIs and IT budgets to assess technological performance
- Inform necessary improvements and adjustments to technology
- Communicate technology strategy to partners
- Conduct in-depth technical analysis and research
- Communicate and translate complex technical matters to non-technical staff
- Build appropriate environments to foster talents, innovation and delivery of effective development strategies
- Develop plans to address technological challenges
- Provide consultation for security system design and solutions
- Engineer and system design for access control, surveillance, intrusion systems, locking hardware, networking, structured wiring, nurse call systems, site wide panic and lock down solutions
- Provide full integration of system components including electronic and mechanical
- Coach and support field technician to execute installation
- Provide training for system overview and layout to technicians and clients
- Assist clients with technical support post installations
- Liaison between client and technical support on complex issues and resolutions
- Educate consultants on system layout design and build a system based on the manufacture’s limitations
- Provide coaching to technicians on client relations and company vision
Electronics Instrumentation Senior Technologist
Vancouver Coastal Health
07.2007 - 12.2016
- Design, install, modify and repair hospital security systems including access control, patient wondering and security cameras systems
- Involve with design and project costs of hospital equipment and system upgrades and integration
- Proficient with electronics test equipments such as multi meters, current clamps, analog and digital oscilloscopes, function generators, CCTV setup monitors, load cells and multitude of self built test, calibration circuits and soldering
- Setup, maintain and repair paging and sound distribution systems, patient wondering systems, and nurse call systems, door controllers, and building automation systems
- Repair, analysis and service of various instrumentation/HVAC equipment including software automation management system
- Excellent trouble-shooting skills
- Perform report on fault analysis
- Provide hands-on training to junior technicians
- Program computerized equipment in various programming languages and using specific configuration software
- Respond to emergency call-ins after hours, weekends and holidays to main hospital site and residential facilities
Education
Bachelor of Science - Electronics Engineering Technology
DeVry University
Vancouver, BC10.2011
Diploma of Science
DeVry University
Calgary, AB01.1999
Diploma of Business Management
Pretoria University
Toronto, ON01.1994
Skills
- Proposal Development
- Technology Integration
- IT Management and Delivery
- Corporate Strategy Development
- System Design and Implementation
- System Architecture
- Operations Management
- Data Analysis
- Contract Management
Timeline
Chief Technology Officer, Founder
GESS Security & Sound Ltd.
05.2016 - Current
Electronics Instrumentation Senior Technologist
Vancouver Coastal Health
07.2007 - 12.2016
Bachelor of Science - Electronics Engineering Technology
DeVry University
Diploma of Science
DeVry University
Diploma of Business Management
Pretoria University
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