Ted Rogers School of IT Management –

Capstone Project (Fall 2009)

Planned Impact & the ―G6‖ Team

 Our Goals
• Assess how your competitors; substitutes; the power
of your customers and suppliers; and, the threat of
new entrants will affect your business position. (Porter
competitive model applied)
• Fresh review of competitive strategies, market and
financial performance—relative to your competitors.
• Help you discover how you can greater leverage your
strengths & create new strategies that fully incorporate
IT.
• Provide you with approachable models to identify
opportunities to use IT more effectively.
• Develop a viable implementation plan that is useable
while incorporating best practices.
 Impact: What’s In IT for You!
• Heavy Research
o In-depth competitive analysis leveraging student access rights
to over 50 research databases
• Solid Analysis
o Apply strategic business models (learned in class) to help you
gain or sustain competitive business advantages
• Comprehensive Audit
o ICT profiled & recommendations for increased alignment with
competitive strategy
Who we are:

G6 THE TEAM
Who We Are:
Andrew
Larosa
• Tech enthusiast
• Risk mitigator
• Seasoned project manager
• Product management expert
• Business process analysis &
design guru
Experience
• Environment Canada
• Royal Bank of Canada, Business
Financial Services
• Business Achievements
o ―High-end‖ commercial client market –
all-up review of processes, roles, and
products to sustain competitive
advantage within realizing various
business opportunities.
o Optimized work capacity model to
100% by creating line of sight within
client services roles
o Developed a current client
demographic profile; resulting in a
new client definition going forward.
Who We Are: Experience
• TELUS Corp, Koodo Mobile
Azizeddine <current role>
Boubertakh • Owner/operator: Queen City Dry
• Sales specialist Cleaners <current role>
•
•
Business owner
Business manager • Martial Arts Achievements:
• Martial arts coach o Numerous awards
• Business communications pro
o Black belt in Taekwondo & Hapkido
o Captain of Korean Martial Arts
Demonstration Team
Who We Are:
Jaime
Sorgente
• Conference organizer
• Seasoned client manager
• Business development guru
• Product management all-star
• Sales & marketing
professional
Experience
• Quartet Service Inc.
• Microsoft Canada Co.
• Ryerson Entrepreneur Institute
<current role>
• Connect IT Conference Co-chair
<current role>
• Sales & marketing
Achievements:
o connectitconference.com
o ryerson.ca/rei/
 Experience
Who We Are: • hotornot.com
Josh Davey • chickadvisor.com
•
•
DemoCamp presenter
Seasoned Web developer
• shesconnected.com
• Open source guru & leader • redflagdeals.com
• Early tech adopter and
evangelist • CMS solution developed;
• Entrepreneur and Freelancer marketed & sold in high school
• PHP Achievements
o madeam.com
o github.com/joshdavey
Who We Are: Experience
Malcolm • Labatt Breweries
• Ontario Lottery & Gaming
Bastien • Blast Radius <current role>
• Volunteer
• Social media guru • Sustainability Camp 2008 & Third
• Member of Toronto tech Tuesday Toronto Volunteer fun
community
• Tech enthusiast & open- • 2007 ACE Canada Summer
source activist
• Amateur developer, blogger, Project Manager Bursary Winner
podcaster
• Blogging Achievements
o OpenMode
o TorontoDev
Why Work with Us