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20 Dundonald Street
Hamilton Bermuda HM 12
Phone: 441.278.6000
Fax: 441.292.3619
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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.



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
  Industry Sector Experience
 
  • Insurance/Re-insurance
  • Technology
  • Telecommunications
  • Banking
  • Energy
  • Policing
  • High Security Government Services
Brad Clark, President, Senior Technologist
 

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.

  IT Experience and Accomplishments
 
  • 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
  Industry Sector Experience 
 
  • Financial
  • Government
  • Industrial
  • Military
Bill McSephney, Senior Technologist
  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.
  IT Experience and Accomplishments
 
  • 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
  Industry Sector Experience
 
  • Banking
  • Police Services
  • Finances
  • Telecommunications
  • Document Management
  • Insurance/Reinsurance
  • Government
Vicky Weth, Senior Technologist
  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.
  IT Experience and Accomplishments
 
  • 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
  Industry Sector Experience
 
  • Banking
  • Government
  • Finance
  • Technology
Gordon Skinner, Network Technologist
  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.
  IT Experience and Accomplishments
 
  • 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.
  Industry Sector Experience
 
  • Legal
  • Industrial
  • Insurance
  • High Tech
Dr. Jon Morris, Senior VoIP Network Specialist
  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
Ray Burkholder
  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.
  Technologies:
 
  • 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
  Platforms
 
  • Cisco
  • Linux
  • Microsoft
  Industrial Sectors
 
  • Banking
  • Distribution
  • Financial services
  • Insurance
  • Manufacturing
  • Optics Processing
  • Pharamaceutical
  • Telecommunications
  • Wireless ISP