Daryl Alford

Current

Membership Committee at BNI Connexus, Coquitlam BC
Small Business Resource Consultant at GoSmallBiz.com

Past

Consultant, BlackBerry Enterprise Server at BES Consulting
Charter Member at Chip Chat Toastmasters
Leader, Helpdesk Operations at PMC-Sierra, Inc.

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Education

Capilano University

Recommended

22 people have recommended Daryl

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

My Company

Daryl Alford’s Summary

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Providing business plans to companies large and small in BC, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, and the United States

Daryl Alford’s Specialties:

Group Plans for Big Business,
Small Business Plans,
Home Based Business Plans.

Daryl Alford’s Experience

Membership Committee

BNI Connexus, Coquitlam BC

(Management Consulting industry)

September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

- Seek candidates for membership
- Interview candidates
- Check references
- Provide overall evaluation to Chapter Executives
- Expand the number of categories represented in our chapter
Small Business Resource Consultant

GoSmallBiz.com

(Management Consulting industry)

December 2007 — Present (2 years )

GoSmallBiz.com Mission Statement
"To help entrepreneurs run and grow their businesses, by providing access to a comprehensive body of knowledge and tools targeted specifically at the micro business"
- Fran Tarkenton, CEO and Founder

GoSmallBiz provides access to consultants to help resolve issues business owners face each day, allowing them to focus on what they do best, running their business.

Leverage the knowledge of the diverse business specialists that have seven plus years running local, national and international businesses.

Let someone else take on the learning curve, while you apply the insight gained.

It all starts with a free, one-year business directory listing.

Contact me and I'd be glad to go over the various business plans available.

Alford.GSB@gmail.com
Consultant, BlackBerry Enterprise Server

BES Consulting

(Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2007 — April 2009 (2 years 1 month)

Administration, configuration, installation, deployment, troubleshooting.
Charter Member

Chip Chat Toastmasters

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

April 2005 — March 2007 (2 years )

Served in many positions, including Vice President / Public Relations, Sergeant-At-Arms, Assistant Sergeant-At-Arms, Chair, Table Topics Master, Grammarian, Timekeeper, etc.

Employees = members in the club.

Established at PMC-Sierra, Burnaby.

Strong interest shown by local employees, providing for an enthusiastic and energetic club.

A great learning environment, with strong support from our Toastmasters Executive team.
Leader, Helpdesk Operations

PMC-Sierra, Inc.

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; PMCS; Semiconductors industry)

December 1993 — March 2007 (13 years 4 months)

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada - Manage fulltime, co-op and contractor personnel in providing our local and international sites with in-depth pc hardware and software support; initial response to networking, Unix and NT-server requests; technical support of audio and video conferencing, internal and web-based; technical support for the BlackBerry Enterprise Server and related handheld devices.

7+ years experience in BES Administration

Multisite, international, mixed-Exchange (5.5, 2003) multi-server environment, with MS SQL connectionBES 4.x, BES3.6.

Support of RIM models 8800, 8700, 8100, 7200, 7100, 6200, etc.

Extensive service provider support
- Rogers, Telus, Bell, Cingular / AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Orange, Vodaphone, DT, SingTel, etc.

- EDGE, GPRS, GSM, EVDO, 1X, CDMA, TDMA

Daryl Alford’s Education

Capilano University

Diploma , Accelerated Computer Systems Management Program, ACSM , 1993 — 1993

A two-year program condensed into ten months.

An intense, focused curriculum designed to give real world experience and knowledge in high technology.

Every four weeks there was a mid-term or a final exam, which provided practical experience in long-term high-pressure situations.

Additional Information

Daryl Alford’s Websites:

My Company

Daryl Alford’s Interests:

Toastmasters, www.toastmasters.org, BlackBerry, www.blackberry.com, Wireless Enterprise Symposium, www.attendwes.com, Peace Summit Technologies, www.smartsettle.com,

Daryl Alford’s Groups:

LinkedIn Canada, finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/LinkedinCanada,
LinkedInBloggers, finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/LinkedinBloggers,
MyLinkedinPowerForum finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/MyLinkedinPowerForum,
Coquitlam Strata Council, 9+ years, Director, Treasurer, Vice-President, President,
CTCCA, Coquitlam Town Centre Community Association, Director, 2+ years,
United Way, PMC Organization Team for 2 years,