Grant Fitz
About Grant Fitz
Grant Fitz is a Lab Manager at Frontline Innovation R&D LABs with extensive experience in IT and software development roles across various organizations.
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Grant Fitz currently holds the position of Lab Manager at Frontline Innovation R&D LABs, part of CIBC. He has been in this role since 2017 and operates out of the office located at 21 Melinda Street, Toronto, Ontario.
Professional Experience at CIBC
Grant Fitz works at CIBC’s Frontline Innovation R&D LABs as a Lab Manager, where he commenced in 2017. He is responsible for managing the Talent Acquisition pool, which involves onboarding and recruiting R&D and Software Developers. Additionally, he acts as a technical Agile Product Owner during R&D Discovery sprints. Prior to this, Grant worked at CIBC in various roles, including Senior I/T Specialist from 1995 to 1997 and Application Consultant from 2010 to 2016.
Previous Positions
Before his current tenure at CIBC, Grant Fitz held numerous positions across different companies. These include Senior IT Analyst at Bell Canada from 2003 to 2008, Senior I/T Specialist roles at IBM Global Services and IBM Canada Limited from 2000 to 2002, and Voice Application Specialist at Minacs from 1997 to 2000. He also worked as an IVR Application Specialist at Phonettix from 1991 to 1993 and Promotora Kranon from 1993 to 1994.
Role at Canadian Wind Rider Inc
Grant Fitz had a significant tenure at Canadian Wind Rider Inc, where he held multiple roles such as International Import Manager, Senior IT Analyst, Owner, and Business Owner from 2002 to 2016. This extensive period underlines his diverse capabilities in both technical and managerial domains.
Education and Skills
Grant Fitz pursued his higher education at the University of Toronto, where he studied Computer Science, Statistics, and Psychology, achieving a B.Sc. Additionally, his skill set includes providing Agile software development support using Jira/Confluence, tuning SSML custom responses in AWS Polly, and migrating Jira data between instances.