CTO at Fadow
Toronto, Canada Area
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- Chief Technology Officer at Fadow
- Instructor at UOIT
- Past
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- WebSphere Commerce Architect at IBM Canada
- Instructor at York University
- Instructor at Queen's University
- Consultant at 724 Solutions Inc
- Intranet Application Development Lead at Aliant
- Software Developer at Formal Systems Inc
- Education
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- University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
- IE (Instituto de Empresa)
- Queen's University
- University of New Brunswick
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Ross McKegney’s Summary
Ross McKegney brings ten years of progressive experience in the Enterprise Software domain to his role as Chief Technology Officer of Fadow. Fadow provides an innovative distribution channel for media content, supported by a scalable, secure, robust, and open technology platform. Ross is responsible for setting the vision for the technology platform underlying Fadow's innovative service, evangelising the platform to stakeholders, managing strategic alliances with our technology partners, and building and managing the R&D organization.
Prior to Fadow, Ross spent six years at IBM's R&D facility in Toronto, where he was part of a global team that delivered WebSphere Commerce, the industry leading B2B and B2C e-Commerce platform. He holds an MBA from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, and an MSc in Computer Science from Queen's University. The duality of degrees is witness to his passion for bridging business strategy and enabling technologies.
About Fadow:
Fadow entertains and informs airline passengers. Through its proprietary wi-fi network and kiosks at worldwide airports Fadow provides a fast download service of digital content. The content includes GPS Software and Maps, Travel Guides, News Updates, Documentaries, TV-Shows, Movies, Music, Games, etc. to be watched during waiting times at airports or during flights. Additionally Fadow kiosks' 46" High Definition LCD screens provide and advertising option to companies targeting frequent travelers.
Ross McKegney’s Specialties:
Multi-channel e-Commerce, Digital Media, Service Oriented Architecture, Software as a Service, Open Source Software, CRM, technology strategy, research & development methodologies, mergers & acquisitions processes and execution, venture capital, corporate venturing, open innovation & business models, mentoring/coaching.
Ross McKegney’s Experience
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Chief Technology Officer
Fadow
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Entertainment industry)
May 2008 — Present (1 year 8 months)
Responsible for setting the vision for the technology platform underlying Fadow's innovative service, evangelising the platform to stakeholders, managing strategic alliances with our technology partners, and building and managing the R&D organization.
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Instructor
UOIT
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)
September 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)
Recurring appointment to teach the third year fall-term course "e-Commerce Strategy" in the Faculty of Business & IT.
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WebSphere Commerce Architect
IBM Canada
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Computer Software industry)
June 2002 — May 2008 (6 years )
• Member of the core architecture team for the WebSphere Commerce product, a market-leading software platform for business-to-business and business-to-consumer electronic commerce.
• Technical leadership for teams of up to 40 developers/architects; projects include: SOA enablement, product management tooling, business process modeling/management, RFID inventory visibility, integrated multi-channel retail, IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) service provisioning and fulfillment, customer management, integration with CRM/ERP via BPEL.
• Client pre-/post-sales briefings and short-term consulting engagements
• 9 patents filed in the area of innovative business policies, access control, and business-driven development
• Technical chair of international conference for early-tenure IBM employees
• Sponsor of two research projects in the area of business driven development, and mentor for three ExtremeBlue projects (IBM's premier internship for top-notch MBA and technical students) -
Instructor
York University
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Education Management industry)
January 2007 — April 2007 (4 months)
Co-taught graduate reading course on Services Science, Management, and Engineering (SSME) in the Computer Science program.
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Instructor
Queen's University
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
January 2002 — April 2002 (4 months)
Instructor for the third year Software Engineering course in the engineering program.
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Consultant
724 Solutions Inc
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; SVN; Computer Software industry)
January 2001 — November 2001 (11 months)
Technical due diligence for mergers & acquisitions in the mobile commerce space.
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Intranet Application Development Lead
Aliant
(Public Company; AIT-T; Telecommunications industry)
May 1998 — April 1999 (1 year )
Managed team of four developers responsible for analysis, design, implementation, and maintenance of change management and other Intranet/GroupWare applications.
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Software Developer
Formal Systems Inc
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 1996 — August 1997 (1 year )
Developed a program in Perl to transform the domain model of the firm's flagship automated Y2K remediation software from REFINE to C++, then ported the resulting solution from SUN Solaris to MVS.
Ross McKegney’s Education
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University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
MBA , 2006 — 2007
Focus on global management through coursework, study term abroad at the Instituto de Empresa (Madrid, Spain) and intensive study course in China (Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing).
Represented the school at business competitions including the 2007 Canadian MBA Cup (Edmonton, Canada), as skipper of the Rotman b-boat entry to the Bocconi Mediterranean Cup sailing regatta and conference (Portofino, Italy), and at the 2007 Rotman CSR case competition (Toronto, Canada).- Activities and Societies:
- Business Design club, Sailing club
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IE (Instituto de Empresa)
MBA , 2006 — 2006
Exchange student at IE for the elective portion of my Rotman MBA. Courses in technology strategy, law in the digital economy, emerging technologies entrepreneurship, HR strategy, CRM, and retail supply chain
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Queen's University
M.Sc. , Computer Science , 1999 — 2000
Thesis in the area of design patterns for real-time systems. Funded by National Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) PGS A.
- Activities and Societies:
- ACM school representative, coordinator for weekly graduate student seminar series
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University of New Brunswick
BA/BCS , 1994 — 1999
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