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Meet The Team
CEO - Stephen MacDonald
Stephen has been involved in the education space since the early 90's. His first exposure to the education market was through his involvement with a publicly traded Post Graduate IT Training Institute in Canada and the USA. As VP Marketing, Stephen was instrumental in positioning this post graduate program as the standard in North America and created a number of strategic partnerships with employers who sought the programs graduates. Stephen has also recognized the role of the web in higher education and has acted in a consultative role for a number of large organizations who utilized the web to deliver content in ways never done before. Prior to his direct involvement within the education and software areas, Stephen's career began in Toronto where he held a senior brand management role with one of the worlds preeminent consumer packaged goods companies.
As CEO of Azorus, Sephen's responsibilities include working to set the strategic direction for the corporation and managing the business development and marketing efforts to ensure that the Azorus suite of products is always relevant to the company's clients and more importantly, to their clients (students).
Contact: smacdonald@azorus.com
CTO - Phil Miles
Phil brings over twelve years experience in full life cycle software development, technical team leadership, and project management experience to Azorus. Starting his career as a software developer, and gradually moving to delivery and management level responsibilities, he has developed key leadership and management skills, and is a former VP of Solutions Delivery for a Canadian based software development and consulting firm.
As CTO, Phil is responsible for developing IT related plans, policies and objectives to promote growth within the organization. He leads the planning, development and implementation of IT systems and related technology-based product offerings, and provides input and advice on the evaluation, selection, implementation of information systems, ensuring appropriate investment in strategic and operational systems. Along with these tasks, he communicates strategic IT plans, policies and technology trends to management and professional staff.
Contact: pmiles@azorus.com
Director of Customer Care - Cheryl Bell
Prior to her current position, Cheryl worked at a telecom and cable company as the IT Manager. During her seven-year tenure, this company experienced tremendous growth. EastLink was the first Cable Company in the country to deliver Local Telephone service over their own proprietary fiber-optic network. Cheryl was instrumental in building the IT team as well as spearheading the overall development of the network/computer infrastructure as the company embarked on their aggressive growth plans.
As the Director of Customer Care at Azorus Inc. Cheryl manages multiple software development projects and is also responsible for the management of the company's hosting network infrastructure. Cheryl directs the design and implementation of internal network hardware and software infrastructure for the company and is also responsible for the company's client support center.
Contact: cbell@azorus.com
