Greg Pichler, M.B.A.
Greg Pichler is the president and treasurer of Open Systems Group Limited. His passion is for excellence in the development of advanced solutions for customer contact.
Greg has more than eighteen years of 'hands on' experience, overseeing information technology projects. At IBM Canada located in Toronto , Ontario , Greg studied advances in Computer Aided Software Engineering technology and recommended key changes to IBM Canada's software development process to take advantage of structured, object-oriented design and development practices. Greg left IBM in 1992 to form Sentient Inc. a value added reseller of Association Management software. Greg was responsible for technical sales and helped advance the information technology infrastructure of a number of Canada 's largest professional associations, including the Canadian Association of Association Executives, Grocery Product Manufacturers Association and the Life Underwriters Association of Canada.
In 1996, Greg left Sentient Inc. to form Open Systems Group Limited to offer advanced B2B and B2C Internet applications, corporate portals and web services. Under the umbrella of OSG Ltd. Greg has worked on a number of high profile accounts. In 2001 Greg developed a sales reporting system for the Sun Media Corporation. In 2003 Greg developed a B2B client access application for Herz Financial, allowing downstream brokers of disability insurance products to access the company's claims information over the Internet. In 2005 Greg worked on an Intranet application for the London , England branch of the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMCS) that scans financial transactions for phonetic matches against a list of known terrorist organizations, allowing compliance officers to discover and investigate suspicious transactions. In 2005 Greg oversaw the development of a web portal, hosting Motorola Canada 's affinity program for the two-way radio division. The web portal, entitled Motorola Excellence, allows Motorola Canada to measure and report Dealer performance across a number of sales metrics. The portal also allows Motorola Canada to calculate and report rebates and the information of other Dealer programs and promotions to the Dealers the dealers of Motorola's two-way radio web portal affinity programs.
In 2008 Greg oversaw the development of the 3.x series of Utilicom, a software product that manages wireline telecommunication assets for tier 2/3 Managed Service Providers, for CommSolv. CommSolv is a software vendor, offering software products and solutions for the telecommunications industry to manage order entry, inventory control, provisioning of telecommunication equipment and assets, reporting and auditing.
Greg has the rare skill combination of strong business acumen coupled with extraordinary computer science fundamentals. Greg understands the intricate technical issues corporations face, surrounding delivering customer services online over the Internet.
Greg holds a Masters degree in Business Administration from the School of Business & Public Administration at George Washington University in Washington , D.C. , and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the College of Arts and Sciences at Lehigh University in Bethlehem , Pennsylvania . While at George Washington University , Greg did his concentration in Science, Technology and Innovation.
Barry Gane
Barry Gane is vice president, sales and marketing with Open Systems Group Ltd. His experience spans more than 25 years in information technology with firms such as IBM, Data General, Hewlett Packard, Price Waterhouse Coopers, software and consultancy firms.
Barry has worked in a broad range of IT field positions to provide technology solutions. He has extensive experience both in selling and then installing technology solutions and in delivering integration projects.
Throughout his career, Barry has provided expertise as a technology consultant or project manager for many international projects working across Canada , in the United States , Britain , The Netherlands, Russia and Australia In all, he has been a significant contributor to, or has delivered, more than two dozen major technology initiatives.
In the past decade, Barry has moved to work with various firms to help them to develop new product lines or new markets, leveraging both his project management, and sales & marketing background. For Platform Computing, he helped the firm to develop a successful strategy for penetrating the financial services market; for Stratix Consulting, he helped the firm to develop a base for its business in Montreal - a new market for the company; for CommSolv, he worked to develop the company's business in Canada by establishing sales channels and creating a funnel of new business opportunities.
Barry is fluent and accomplished in spoken and written English, and he has a working knowledge of spoken and written French, having been born in Montreal , Canada . He is an accomplished speaker and has presented at major conferences, in both French and English in Toronto , Montreal , Paris , London , and Tokyo Barry is a cum laude graduate of the University of Waterloo , with an Honours Cooperative Bachelor of Mathematics degree, majoring in Computer Science with a minor in Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University . |