Director, Digital Communications and Relationships
Ottawa, Canada Area
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- President Elect, Causeurs Sussex Speakers at Toastmasters International
- Network Security Architect at Canadian Coast Guard
- Producer and co-host at Just One More Book
- Organizer at Podcasters Across Borders
- Producer and Host at Canadian Podcast Buffet
- President and Creative Director, Digital Marketing at Third Storey Productions
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- Security Architect at Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Government of Canada
- Security Consultant at Bell Security Solutions (formerly BCE Emergis Security Development)
- Network and Security Specialist at Calian
- Applications Engineer at TimeStep Corporation
- Technology Prime at iSTAR internet, inc.
- System Administrator at iSTAR internet, inc.
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Mark Blevis’s Summary
Mark Blevis’s Specialties:
social media, digital marketing, new media, web 2.0, content development, interviewing, hosting, recording, editing, mixing, producing, voice acting
Mark Blevis’s Experience
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President Elect, Causeurs Sussex Speakers
Toastmasters International
(Non-Profit; 10,001 or more employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
July 2007 — Present (1 year 4 months)
I joined Toastmasters in July 2007 and I am on track to complete my Competent Communicators manual by June 2007. In May 2007 I was elected to the role of President for 2008-2009, a term which begins in July 2008.
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Network Security Architect
Canadian Coast Guard
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)
September 2006 — Present (2 years 2 months)
Resonponsible for developing, planning and assisting in the implementation of a government standards-compliant IT security strategy for the Canadian Coast Guard. Key areas of focus include perimeter security, vulnerability assessment, intrusion prevention systems and governance.
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Producer and co-host
Just One More Book
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Media Production industry)
July 2006 — Present (2 years 4 months)
Co-producer and co-host of the Just One More Book!! podcast and blog (justonemorebook.com), helping to build a strong online community of parent and children's book creators, publishers, educators and librarians. The program features informal book reviews as well as regular interviews with authors, illustrators, publishers, publicists and literacy experts.
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Organizer
Podcasters Across Borders
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
January 2006 — Present (2 years 10 months)
Co-founder and co-organizer of the annual Podcasters Across Borders conference (podcastersacrossborders.com). The event attracts delegates from around the world who attend to learn and exchange ideas on social and new media technologies.
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Producer and Host
Canadian Podcast Buffet
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Media Production industry)
September 2005 — Present (3 years 2 months)
A podcast with the goal of supporting and promoting the Canadian podcast community (canadianpodcastbuffet.ca). Weekly audio programs feature news, events, media coverage, promotional clips, interviews, and production and listening tips.
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President and Creative Director, Digital Marketing
Third Storey Productions
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Media Production industry)
April 2005 — Present (3 years 7 months)
Digital marketing consulting and new-media production for traditional and Internet-based distribution including narrative, interview, documentary, conference coverage and promotional programs.
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Security Architect
Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Government of Canada
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)
September 2005 — August 2006 (1 year)
Resonponsible for developing, planning and assisting in the implementation of a government standards-compliant IT security strategy. Key areas of focus include perimeter security, vulnerability assessment, intrusion prevention systems and governance.
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Security Consultant
Bell Security Solutions (formerly BCE Emergis Security Development)
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)
May 2001 — September 2005 (4 years 5 months)
Participated in the development and deployment of the Government of Canada's Secure Channel. Key accomplishments included facilitating policy compliance and Certification and Accreditation activities of the PKI environment and related applications and functioning as coordinator of several Root Key Generation ceremonies.
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Network and Security Specialist
Calian
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)
July 1999 — March 2001 (1 year 9 months)
As a member of Calian’s e-Business division, I focused on the redesign of the Strategis application for the Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC) contract with Consejo Federal de Inversiones (CFI) based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. My responsibilities included installation, configuration, and maintenance of two Hewlett-Packard UNIX (HP/UX) servers: one application and web server; and, one firewall system. During this project, I coordinated a business continuity and disaster recovery effort of the HP systems following an electrical fire in the building that housed the equipment. I provided training on network and data security, performing security assessments, and security policy development. I also assisted Calian’s internal IT team with their security program and was instrumental in the creation of internal security policies.
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Applications Engineer
TimeStep Corporation
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)
February 1998 — July 1999 (1 year 6 months)
My roles included professional services, training, post sales support and sales engineering for TimeStep’s PERMIT/Enterprise, IPSec VPN solution. I planned, and participated in, installations and migrations for many customers including high profile technology companies and government agencies. I performed a significant amount of travel to customer sites in North and South America to design and implement secure networking solutions which incorporated TimeStep Gateways, desktop Clients, and Entrust’s Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). Other projects included testing the TimeStep solution with Novell’s IntraNetware 4.11 NetWare IP server and NetWare 5 native IP server, and participating in the development and delivery of a formal TimeStep training program for customers.
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Technology Prime
iSTAR internet, inc.
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)
May 1997 — February 1998 (10 months)
My primary accountability was for the support of iSTAR’s iNTRANETs managed VPN service, and the management of customer relationships for that service. I was responsible for maintaining and supporting routers, firewalls, encryption gateways, Domain Name Servers (DNS), mail servers and Web servers. I was required to be in direct, regular contact with a number of iSTAR’s key iNTRANETs customers, and participated in weekly service review meetings in which he advanced several customer relationships from critical to normal status. In addition to being the product support specialist of iNTRANETs, I supported dedicated connection customers with DNS, World Wide Web (WWW) services, Internet routing and connectivity problems with their ISDN and T1 connections. Additional accomplishments included managing a technology recall and upgrade project, and service as iSTAR’s domain name registrar.
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System Administrator
iSTAR internet, inc.
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)
September 1995 — April 1997 (1 year 8 months)
I supported and maintained a Local Area Network (LAN) of 120 computers, Macintosh and PC as well as several Novell servers, a Microsoft NT server and a MilkyWay Black Hole. My responsibilities included wiring, connectivity and documentation of the LAN and the administration of internal voice communications systems including phone systems, voice mail, cellular phones and pagers. I was assigned the task of purchasing computer and network equipment, as well as setting up and maintaining email accounts and electronic mailing lists. As a member of the Management Information Systems (MIS) team, I participated in the development of iSTAR's national MIS strategy.
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Mark Blevis’s Interests:
podcasting, audio production, social media, music, radio, children's books, information security
Mark Blevis’s Groups:
ISC2, Rogic Podcast Conglomerate, Ottawa Podcast and New Media Meetup Group, Podcast and Social Media
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TimeStep Alumni
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