David Adolph

Director at CIO International Limited

Location: Toronto, Canada Area
Industry: Information Technology and Services

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David Adolph's Overview

Current

Director at CIO International Limited
Lawyer at David Adolph Legal Services
Founder at Effectiveone Consulting

Past

Consultant - IT commercial and contractual matters at NT Services
Contractor - Outsourcing procurement and contract management at ICI plc
Solicitor at Canadian Pacific Railway

Researcher at Abt Associates

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Education

York University - Osgoode Hall Law School
York University - Schulich School of Business
York University

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“Dedicated to guiding Chief Executives, Executive Teams and Chief Information Officers in exploiting Information Technology and achieving business advantage through superior data quality management.” More information at www.ciointernational.com.

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A senior consultant and legal counsel with in-depth expertise with Canadian and international information technology transactions and outsourcing, complemented by broad corporate and commercial expertise. Over 20 years experience working collaboratively with cross-functional teams to successfully complete and manage IT transactions, with particular experience over the past 8 years assisting with complex outsourcing relationships.

Lawyer qualified in Canada

Director

CIO International Limited

October 2011 – Present (1 year 9 months) Toronto, Canada Area

Lawyer

David Adolph Legal Services

Self-Employed; Myself Only; Legal Services industry

2008 – Present (5 years)

Sole practitioner and consultant specializing in IT and outsourcing.

Founder

Effectiveone Consulting

January 2007 – Present (6 years 6 months)

Consulting services in relation to commercial and contractual aspects of IT and outsourcing.

Consultant - IT commercial and contractual matters

NT Services

October 2006 – December 2007 (1 year 3 months)

NT Services is a Calgary-based unit of an international specialty financial services company headquartered in the Isle of Man.

Developed and drafted a major outsourcing agreement, negotiated a UK data centre agreement, and renegotiated a major software license.

Contractor - Outsourcing procurement and contract management

ICI plc

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; ICI; Chemicals industry

2002 – 2007 (5 years)

(Until its businesses were sold in 2007, ICI was a large UK-based conglomerate with operations in 39 countries.)

Assisted the Global CIO Office and the US-based Procurement and Logistics group achieve their global IT outsourcing objectives, serving as a member of core negotiation teams and service management teams, and as a contract manager. Contributions encompassed the entire outsourcing life-cycle from Requests for Proposals (RFPs), to contract negotiations and drafting, management of the relationship, through to termination and exit.

Solicitor

Canadian Pacific Railway

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; CP; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry

1983 – 2001 (18 years)

Legal counsel to CPR (and before that, to Canadian Pacific Limited and its subsidiaries).

* Senior counsel role for IT and intellectual property matters. Legal and commercial advisor to management on IT and intellectual property matters.
* Procurement - Negotiated and drafted contracts covering the acquisition of major capital property, equipment and real property, plus
services, marketing and distribution.
* Competition law - Advised on mergers, joint ventures, trade practices and competition law compliance. Two terms as Chair, Regulatory Policy Committee, Competition Section, Canadian Bar Association.
* Corporate, commercial, securities, mergers & acquisition