Ronald Blahnik

I have had a wonderful career and along the way have grown and shared my learnings with others.
I particularly like this forum and see it as an opportunity to continue to share with a wider virtual audience.

I still have my consulting practice and seek more interaction. I have a 6k LinkedIn network that I communicate privately with on requested topics or challenges my connections face. It often turns into a two way learning experience. I do this in private at their request.

It appears Guide is more focused sharing of questions and answers that tend to offer options. I usually can look at a concern or problem from multiple angles. This may have been part of me success over the years.
I have served many teams within the companies I Read more

I have had a wonderful career and along the way have grown and shared my learnings with others.
I particularly like this forum and see it as an opportunity to continue to share with a wider virtual audience.

I still have my consulting practice and seek more interaction. I have a 6k LinkedIn network that I communicate privately with on requested topics or challenges my connections face. It often turns into a two way learning experience. I do this in private at their request.

It appears Guide is more focused sharing of questions and answers that tend to offer options. I usually can look at a concern or problem from multiple angles. This may have been part of me success over the years.
I have served many teams within the companies I have work for. Applications, Infrastructure, Operations, Strategy, Portfolio Planning up through a CIO role at an international group of companies under the HBC banner.

I have collaborated on publications and served on several companies expert consultant services teams. These are typically one hour calls that I do receive compensation for providing my thoughts on specific topics.

IT Management Consulting Services - Allow me to help diagnose your pain points, make sound recommendations, coach your staff and put your team on the road to more efficient service delivery.

Specialties:
- IT Organization Transformation
- Running IT as a Business
- Strategic Planning – Enterprise Portfolio Management
- Strategic Sourcing – Sourcing and Vendor Management
- Systems Architecture Design and Infrastructure Development – Technology Roadmap
- Program Management Office
- Applications Development and Delivery – ERP, Best of Breed and In-House Development
- Data Management Systems for Business Intelligence
- Technology, Vendor, and Solution Management
- Operations Management – ITIL/ITSM
- Business Continuity – Disaster Recovery - BIA


More information upon request.

The one hour phone consultations on the topics of your choice is consistent with other expert consultation services.

I can also perform on a day rate for extended service requests. For service requests less than eight weeks my day rate is 3,000. For service requests greater than eight weeks, my day rate drops to 2,400. For service requests greater than one year, my day rate drops to 1,800.

While the bulk of my clients have been in the Retail sector, I have also executed assessments for non-Retail clients. In addition, I have and do perform expert consulting services for a number of firms that bill me out by the hour for confidential client counseltations.

While the bulk of my clients have been in the Retail sector, I have also executed assessments for non-Retail clients. In addition, I have and do perform expert consulting services for a number of firms that bill me out by the hour for confidential client counseltations.