Simon Abou-antoun

Highly experienced and certified IT professional with over 20 years in computer science, including systems, applications, data management, and product development. Proven success in project management, security, compliance, and infrastructure across diverse industries. Strong leadership, communication, and analytical skills, adept at bridging technical and business needs.

IBM/LGS – Consultant/Project Manager                                                                                    Montreal, Jun2022 – Current

• Led a team of 7 security consultants in the successful delivery of multiple cybersecurity projects
• Directed the ForgeRock upgrade, a $3M security and development initiative for Alberta Health, enhancing identity and access management and improving overall security posture 
• Oversaw a $1.2M CMMC (NIST SP 800-171) certification project for Bombardier, leading the assessment and remediation efforts to ensure compliance with cybersecurity standards.
• Provided expert guidance to LGS on Quebec Loi 25 compliance, ensuring adherence to data privacy regulations and mitigating potential legal risks
• Contributed to multi-million-dollar tender response for Revenu Quebec
• Collaborated on a Artificial Intelligence (AI) Readiness and CV Management project. Technologies included: Microsoft Autogen and Autogen Studio. LM Studio and Ollama. Vector DB. Visual Studio code, copilot, Python. Chainlit and Streamlit.

MindLeap Health – Ketamine One Consultant/Project Manager                                                Vancouver, Dec2019 -May2022                                                                                                                                                              

• Led a team of developers working on building a mobile application for IOS and Android as well as web-based Specialist and Admin Panel a 1M$ project 
• Designed and managed a secure AWS infrastructure, applying security by design by leveraging services like WAF, KMS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail to ensure high availability, scalability, and robust security for a mobile application and web-based platform, achieving compliance with healthcare standards (HIPAA, GDPR, PIPEDA)."

CDW – Project Manager                                                                                                            Vancouver, Sep2019 – May2020                                                                                                                                                              

• Program Managed a portfolio of IT projects for diverse clients (networking, Exchange, VMware, storage, security).
• Provided project leadership and ensured on-time, on-budget delivery.
• Collaborated with architecture, finance, and operational teams

D3 Security – Senior Project Manager & Business Analyst                                                      Vancouver, Jan2018 – Aug2019

• Led the implementation and customization of D3 security application across a portfolio of projects valued over $3M for clients such as Amazon, Scotiabank, UKAD, Fiat Chrysler, and Disney, enhancing their security incident and event management (SIEM) capabilities and SOAR. 
• Mentored a team of junior technical project managers. 

Sudden Technologies – Technical Services Manager/Project Manager                                       Burnaby, Sep 2016 -Sep 2017

• Led the service department and managed a team of 7 professionals, providing managed services and technical support to various enterprises.
• Improved revenue collection by 65% 
• Managed diverse portfolio of IT projects for various industries
• Collaborated with the sales executives on SOW creation and agreements preparation.

TLD - Division of London Drugs – Consultant                                                                           Richmond, Aug2014- Aug2016

• Provided service management to over 15 companies.

Netroot IT Solutions – Consultant                                                                                             Vancouver, Feb 2014- Aug 2014

• Helped SMEs integrate IT solutions and improve performance

Hunter Dickinson Services - Senior Advisor / Project Manager                                                 Vancouver, Jul 2007 – Jan 2014

• Managed the IT support team for 13 mining companies at once by providing a high level of Managed Services.
• Improved the infrastructure uptime by 75% and improved the security standard. 
• Implemented newer technologies and processes to improve response time by 65%.

DATAWAVE — Systems Administrator                                                                                     Richmond, Feb2004 – Jun2007

• Oversaw systems administration for a card processing provider.

• Master’s in business administration | IE University, Madrid, Spain                                                                                     2012
  • ISC2, Building AI Strategy Certificate – In Progress
    • Certified Scrum Master - CSM                                                                                                                                              2025
    • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate                                                                                                                           2023
    • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner                                                                                                                                        2023
    • Certificate in Information Security - CISSP                                                                                                                          2022
    • PMP Certification #3198016                                                                                                                                                 2021
    • VCP (VMware Certified Professional) | VMware                                                                                                                 2015
    • VTSP (VMware Technical Sales Professional)                                                                                                                     2014
    • ITIL Foundation V3 Certification | ITIL                                                                                                                                2010
    • MCSE (Microsoft Computer Systems Engineer) | Microsoft                                                                                                2000
    • Bachelor’s in engineering, Electronic & Electrical | Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon