Frederic Harmignies
About Frederic Harmignies
Frederic Harmignies serves as the Director of Unix/Middleware at Intact, where he enhances security practices and optimizes enterprise performance. He has extensive experience in various technical roles, including leadership positions at ServiceNow, Nexsan, Element AI, and the Royal Bank of Canada.
Current Role at Intact Financial Corporation
Frederic Harmignies serves as the Director of Unix/Middleware at Intact Financial Corporation since 2021. In this role, he plays a key part in establishing policies and controls over shared resources, focusing on enhancing security practices and ensuring efficient execution. He leads two teams that specialize in Unix/Linux and Middleware technologies, concentrating on architecting and managing enterprise-scale environments. His responsibilities include collaborating with managers, research teams, systems engineers, and developers to drive improvements in enterprise environment requirements and performance optimization.
Previous Experience at ServiceNow
Frederic Harmignies worked at ServiceNow as the Deep Learning Infrastructure Expert Team Lead for five months in 2021, based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In this position, he was responsible for overseeing deep learning infrastructure initiatives, contributing to the company's technological advancements in this area.
Career at Nexsan
Frederic Harmignies held multiple roles at Nexsan from 2008 to 2017. He began as a Senior Systems Administrator from 2008 to 2012, where he developed a deep understanding of user workloads and promoted best practices within the company. He then progressed to Technical Product Manager for NST Hardware from 2011 to 2014, and later served as Technical Product Manager/System Performance Manager from 2014 to 2015. His final role at Nexsan was as System Performance Team Manager from 2015 to 2017, where he tracked overall KPIs and statistics on performance to ensure the enterprise environment met business needs.
Experience at Element AI
Frederic Harmignies worked at Element AI from 2017 to 2021, initially as a High Performance Computer Administrator for one year, before becoming the High Performance Computer Administrators Team Lead for three years. In these roles, he managed high-performance computing environments, contributing to the organization's capabilities in artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Background in Financial Services
Frederic Harmignies began his career in the financial services sector as a Computer Analyst at the Royal Bank of Canada in 2001 for seven months. He later worked at Emergis, a TELUS Company, as a Senior Systems Administrator/Technical Leader from 2001 to 2008, where he gained extensive experience in systems administration and technical leadership.