
Meet
the Team
Jamie Thain
Brad Clark
Bill McSephney
Vicky Weth
Gordon Skinner
Dr. Jon Morris
Ray Burkholder |
Sbi
is Bermuda's premier IT consulting group, acting as a trusted advisor to Bermuda’s largest companies.
Sbi is a Microsoft Gold Partner, a Cisco Premier Partner, a Citrix Gold Partner, VMWare VIP Partner, IBM Business Partner, HP Partner One, Juniper, Teneros, and Equallogic partner, providing best-of-breed technology solutions to customers in Bermuda, Canada and the United Kingdom. Sbi provides Project Management, Application Development, IT infrastructure, Help Desk services, Security, Networking, IP telephony and Managed Services. Sbi was awarded best computer service and support by Bermudian Business, with the most highly qualified and skilled consultants in Bermuda. Please contact us at 278-6000, or email info@sbi.bm.
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| Jamie
Thain, CEO, Principal Technologist |
Jamie
Thain is the founder and main visionary for Sbi. Under his leadership,
Sbi has grown in both the degree and scope of technical solutions
that it can currently offer its clients. Jamie's technical expertise
is central to the development of the new ASP (Application Service
Provider) that is currently being designed and built to aid e-Business
expansion in Bermuda. As Sbi moves in new technological and business
directions, Jamie's IT expert knowledge and judgment will be central
to the success of these ventures. |
| IT
Experience and Accomplishments |
- 18 years
in various IT positions in development, service and management
- Founder of
Sbi
- Has performed
and consulted at high IT management levels
- Member of
the ANSI Standards Committee for database software development
- Technical
partner in the development of Ignition ASP in Bermuda
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Industry
Sector Experience |
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- Insurance/Re-insurance
- Technology
- Telecommunications
- Banking
- Energy
- Policing
- High Security
Government Services
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Brad
Clark, President, Senior Technologist |
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Brad
Clark's approach to network computing consists of a philosophy that
is centred on developing and applying orderly and repeatable methodologies.
Applying these consistent standards and methodologies ensures that
the work taken on is completed in the most effective and efficient
manner irrespective of the Sbi technologists that are involved.
As part of the leadership team, Brad has chosen Sbi staff not only
on the basis their technical skills, but just as importantly, on
the basis of their ability to be a part of a "team" to
effectively solve client problems and develop the best solutions.
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IT
Experience and Accomplishments |
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- 25 years
of technical and management experience
- Responsible
for client relationships, technology training and staff supervision
- Managed and
designed Local Area Networks for local and international customers
- Technical
Service Manager
- Provided
technical and software support for a customer support centre responsible
for 1400 users on a Banyan VINES LAN
- Designed
and presented group courses, individual instruction, and on-the-job
training programs
- Secret Security
Clearance, upgradeable to Top Secret if required
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Industry
Sector Experience |
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- Financial
- Government
- Industrial
- Military
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Bill
McSephney, Senior Technologist |
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Bill
McSephney is the "go to guy" for implementation of most
of the unique or innovative-type solutions undertaken by Sbi. His
knowledge and experience in electronics is unsurpassed and augments
his IS technical ability in troubleshooting client problems in hardware
and software conflicts. Bill acts as a primary resource for other
Sbi technologists vis-à-vis his thorough knowledge of the history
of computer and communication network technology and the details of
their advancements over the past 20 years. Bill is the consummate
team player; an approach that ultimately results in the maximum benefit
to the client. |
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IT
Experience and Accomplishments |
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- 18 years
in technical service and design of systems
- Senior technical
lead resource for computing and network systems in Sbi
- Aided the
design of the first ASP in Bermuda
- Built the
first ASP (private) in Bermuda
- Designed,
installed, and consulted for Metro Toronto Police Intelligence
Services computer network
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Industry
Sector Experience |
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- Banking
- Police Services
- Finances
- Telecommunications
- Document
Management
- Insurance/Reinsurance
- Government
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Vicky
Weth, Senior Technologist |
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Vicky's
post-graduate training in engineering brings a unique dimension to
the Sbi team of IT professionals. Her understanding of the associated
sciences underlying computing and network communications architecture
allows Sbi to provide more in-depth analysis and solution options
to Sbi clients. With this knowledge, Sbi can work more closely with
the vendor engineers to develop solutions tailored to more precise
meet your long-range needs. Vicky has the knowledge, ability and experience
to plan and lead projects from the drawing board to a successful conclusion. |
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IT
Experience and Accomplishments |
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- 12 years
of IT and project management experience.
- Designed
technical architecture to integrate and support a PeopleSoft global
system implementation
- Created solutions
to stabilize and develop a useable and maintainable system
- Designed
and built tools to deliver real-time information to users
- Planned and
implemented numerous OS change and upgrade initiatives for global
infrastructure
- Led a development
team in design of a secure desktop environment integrating a variety
of leading-edge software products and custom software
- Led a technical
team in the design of the communications architecture for a high-volume,
high availability data entry syste
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Industry
Sector Experience |
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- Banking
- Government
- Finance
- Technology
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Gordon
Skinner, Network Technologist |
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Gordon
is another of Sbi's world travelers that has re-located in Bermuda.
After a time working in France, he has moved to our more temperate
climate. Gordon has extensive experience in with Windows OSs, and
general network maintenance. He is enthusiastic to take on the problems
and opportunities that are presented by Sbi's clients. Gordon is well
equipped and intends to continue the on going training, usual for
our staff. This training will allow Gordon to expand his level of
expertise and experience to offer clients premier service. |
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IT
Experience and Accomplishments |
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- 5 Years of
IT Experience
- Designed
and installed Windows 2000 network, including Active Directory
and remote installation. Configured user and server policy sets
and permissions in addition to setting up the proper parameters
for data storage and backup. Installed a mail system using Exchange
and configured network security with CheckPoint Firewall-1
- Installed
Metaframe to enable remote access to a server hosting a Lotus
Notes legal database. Configured remote access parameters for
this database so that potential security risks due to Internet
accessibility did not compromise the internal network.
- Considerable
experience in Enterprise sized conversions / upgrade (3,000+ seats)
of Network OS and system-wide application installation. This includes
European multinational corporations with numerous language issues.
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Industry
Sector Experience |
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- Legal
- Industrial
- Insurance
- High Tech
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Dr.
Jon Morris, Senior VoIP Network Specialist |
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Dr Jon Morris
joins Sbi with almost 10 years of networking and IT experience. His
previous roles include being an IT trainer, postgraduate researcher
for British Telecom, Systems Engineer for Cisco Systems and most recently
IP Telephony Applications Consultant for Omnetica Ltd. (Formerly Siemens
Network Systems in the UK).
In the last 5 years, Jon has focused his specialisation
on IP Telephony. During this time he has worked on over 50
voice related projects involving CallManager, Unity voicemail, IP
Call Centres, Voice recording and Toll-bypass.
As well as having a PhD in Networking Protocols
and an MCSE, Jon holds the highest designation in the IT industry
having achieved the level of CCIE in Voice. Jon combines his academic
ability with applied networking experience and has worked with clients
from a wide variety of industry sectors including:
- Insurance
- Finance
- Retail
- Pharmaceutical
- Real
Estate
- Health
- Utilities
- Local
Government
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Ray
Burkholder |
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Ray has 20 years
of experience in many sectors of the high technology industry throughout
North America and the Carribean. For each project in which he is involved,
he uses a collaborative approach to develop and install elegant, useful,
and easy to maintain solutions.
Technology is only one aspect of a complete solution in which Ray
is involved. At the beginning phases, good design and analytical skills are required. During implementation,
good organizational and resource planning help keep installation plans
on track. At the time of integration, good troubleshooting techniques
ensure issues are resolved quickly. When going-live, an attention
to detail makes sure everything is in place and working properly. Documentation
and training complete the handoff to the customer.
Ray is looking for challenging projects where he can use his excellent
talents to help companies stay ahead of their competition. |
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Technologies: |
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- C/C++/Perl
Software Development
- eCommerce
- Embedded
Development
- IP
Telephone Solutions
- Network
Monitoring & Management
- Real
Time Systems
- Router/Switch/Firewall/VPN
infrastructure
- SQL
Database Design and Reporting
- Systems
Analysis
- Voice
over IP
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Platforms |
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Industrial
Sectors |
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- Banking
- Distribution
- Financial
services
- Insurance
- Manufacturing
- Optics
Processing
- Pharamaceutical
- Telecommunications
- Wireless
ISP
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