Business Chief USA September 2019

“THERE’S SO MUCH
OPPORTUNITY TO DO
GOOD FOR BOTH THE
ORGANIZATION AND
PEOPLE OUT THERE”
—
James Williamson,
Director of Information
Systems and Technology,
St. John Ambulance
Canada
Adult learners like the idea of gamification,
and having races is one of the
functions we can do with it, which really
engages people.”
The future for SJA sees the charity
bring its work to new and exciting
areas. “We’re expanding to law
enforcement, military and aboriginal
first aid programs,” explains Williamson.
“The goal is not only to be the biggest,
but to be the best and to turn that
revenue back into community service.
We’re also trying to refocus on
engaging youth to become lifelong first
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James Williamson
EXECUTIVE PROFILE
James brings 25 years of experience in government,
political and private sector IT: House of Commons/
Federal NDP (12yrs), The Bradford Group (5yrs), Disus
Software/Atos Canada (5yrs) and Bell Canada (3yrs).
James brings a passion for people and end users and
sees IT as a customer service role as the foundation
to enable departments to meet their needs and focus
on core competencies. James has managed many
successful software development projects ranging from
a $3mn voter outreach system, a successful cloud
transformation project as well as development and
integrations for several $30+ million ERP projects
for US & Canadian multinationals.
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