Peter Smith
About Peter Smith
Peter Smith is a Senior Information Technology Architect at TELUS in Burnaby, with over 15 years of experience in IT operational management and strategic business planning.
Current Position at TELUS
Peter Smith is currently employed as a Senior Information Technology Architect at TELUS in Burnaby. In this role, he is responsible for all network and data centre infrastructure design and legacy systems integration as part of the Business Transformation team.
Previous Employment in IT Infrastructure and Design
Before his current role, Peter Smith worked as an IT Infrastructure and Design Consultant at TELUS Enterprise Solutions on a contractual basis from 2012 to 2014. He was based in Kingsway Burnaby during this tenure.
Past Roles in Information Technology
Peter Smith held the position of Director of Technology Infrastructure at McMillan LLP from 2007 to 2012 in Vancouver. Prior to that, he worked as an IT Infrastructure Manager at Halifax Bank of Scotland in Cheshire, United Kingdom, from 2006 to 2007. He also served as the IT Operations Manager at Stanley Leisure Online Gaming in Liverpool from 2004 to 2006.
Early Career in Technology
Peter Smith began his career as a Technical Helpdesk Incident Manager at IKON Office Solutions in Manchester Airport PLC, United Kingdom, a role he held from 1992 to 1998. He then worked as a Global Network Infrastructure Team Lead at RED2 PLC (an IBM Service Partner) for six years, from 1998 to 2004.
Educational Background
Peter Smith studied Electronic Engineering at Bolton Technical College in the UK, earning an Associate's degree between 1986 and 1992. He furthered his education at the IT Learning Centre, where he achieved certifications including MCSE, MCSA, and MCP while studying Microsoft Enterprise Design and Disciplines from 2000 to 2010. In 2020, he completed a course in Google Cloud Core Infrastructure on COURSERA, achieving an 87% pass over an 11-month period.
Specialized IT Skills and Experience
Peter Smith specializes in a wide range of IT disciplines including IT Operational Management, Enterprise Team Leadership, Strategic Business Planning, Project Management, Enterprise IT Technical Architecture, and Data Center Management. His expertise extends to Disaster Recovery Architecture, Change Management, Global Vendor Management, RFQ and RFP business protocol management, Capital Expenditure Planning, Risk Management, Capacity Planning, Conflict Management, Team Building, Structured Methodologies, ITILv2&v3, VBLOCK Technologies, FLEXPOD Technologies, IBM OPENSTACK, and VCLOUD.