Background
Archie is Head of Information Technology at Grant Thornton (Cayman) LLP. He leads the IT team, which manages the IT landscape and aligns the department with the business vision. In his previous roles, he mitigated service delivery issues by orchestrating a complete transformation of the IT infrastructure, mission-critical systems, governance standards, team composition, and IT culture.
Experience
Archie has strong infrastructure skills with over 20 years of experience managing large IT projects, including overseeing network infrastructure installations, streamlining operations, vendor management, budget management and aligning IT with business needs. He has mitigated the risk of data losses and significantly reduced recovery time by transitioning critical services to the Cloud and strategic outsourcing partners. Archie has cut recovery times from weeks to six hours by implementing Data Centre colocation and cloud storage services.
Industry experience
Archie has worked in various business sectors throughout his career in the Cayman Islands and across North America, ranging from e-Discovery, Infrastructure Management, Project Management and Enterprise Backup and Recovery.
Professional qualifications and memberships
- Information System Audit and Control Association (ISACA)
- Cloud Security Alliance (CSA)
- Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
- MSc in Information Systems Management with Distinction, University of Liverpool, UK
