Steve Goris

Experience

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  Cognition+

  Apr 1994 - Mar 2021

  • A member of the Executive Team reporting to the CEO, responsible for ensuring that the innovation strategy is aligned with the overall business objectives.• Responsible for the management and the delivery of the Product Portfolio (i.e. The Product Roadmap, Research and Development). The responsibilities included the curation of the product vision, planning, delivery and overall management of the innovation activities.• Provide leadership and motivation to the overall Team.• Provide the opportunity for the team to utilize and leverage enterprise, leading-edge technologies to deliver business capabilities to the Client Community.• Provide the solution vision and act as a product manager as well as a senior technical resource.• Consult regularly with the executive committee and other senior management teams to discuss, evaluate and plan corporate-wide strategies and organizational initiatives. Show less • A member of the Executive Team reporting to the CEO, responsible for ensuring that the solution strategy is aligned with the overall business objectives.• Orchestrated the development and delivery of a solution vision/roadmap to help ensure the continued success within the Canadian Mutual Insurance marketplace. The overall solution vision/roadmap provided the opportunity for significant growth and led to the adoption of the Insurance Business Solution (IBS) by approximately seventy percent (70%) of the Ontario Mutual Insurance industry.• Responsible for the management and the delivery of the Product Portfolio (i.e. The Product Roadmap, Research and Development, Quality Assurance). The responsibilities included the creation of the product vision, planning, delivery and overall management of the softwaredevelopment resources, processes and results.• Provide leadership and motivation to the overall Team.• Provide the opportunity for the team to utilize and leverage enterprise, leading-edge technologies to deliver business capabilities to the Client Community.• Provide the solution vision and act as a product manager as well as a senior technical resource.• Consult regularly with the executive committee and other senior management teams to discuss, evaluate and plan corporate-wide strategies and organizational initiatives. Show less • Responsible for the design, development and implementation of anenterprise insurance back office solution, the product strategy and the technical architecture.• Supervise and delegate responsibilities/tasks to the appropriate team members.• Ensure that productivity goals are established and measured.• Provide the solution vision and act as a product/project manager as well as a senior architect.• Develop and implement product marketing strategies.• Provide guidance, advice and training to the Development Team.• Responsible for gathering user requirements.• Analyzed user requirements in order to create a viable set of software specifications from conceptthrough to implementation.• Played an important role throughout the implementation of the enterprise insurance back officesolution including analysis, architecture, testing, debugging and user training.• Involved in a number of critical areas within the organization including strategy, marketing andsales as well as product architecture, design and coding. Show less

  • Vice President - Innovation

    Jan 2017 - Mar 2021

  • Vice President - Research and Development (R&D)

    Sept 2003 - Dec 2016

  • Technical Lead / Management

    Jan 1998 - Aug 2003

  • Founding Employee / Software Developer / Architect

    Apr 1994 - Dec 1997
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  BizXcel - Analytics & Software Development

  May 2021 - now

  Vice President - Analytics & Software Development

  • A member of the executive team (reporting to the “founders”) with overall accountability for the organization’s software development activities and the delivery of market-leading solutions.• Responsible for the management and the delivery of the Product Portfolio (i.e. The Product Roadmap, Research and Development).• Provide leadership to multi-disciplined teams with respect to the design and delivery of solutions (including products and/or services) from ideation through to production.• Provide executive-level guidance to help ensure that the technology strategy and investments are aligned with the overall business goals/objectives.• Accountable for the Sales & Marketing initiatives (sales/marketing plan, customer acquisition, customer retention). Show less