Jeffrey Wallace, President
Jeffrey Wallace is a senior Project Manager and Consultant with more than 25 years experience in Business Management and Information Technology. His varied experience includes business leadership (CIO and CEO), financial and operations management, strategic business and IT planning, workshop facilitation, business transition and contract negotiation, PMO establishment and operation and direct project delivery. He has personally delivered projects (ranging from $50k to over $170mm), in a variety of public and private sector organizations. Jeffrey has worked for private and public sector organizations all over the world, including Canada and the United States, many European countries, Australia, New Zealand and Korea.
In addition to his practical project delivery and business management experience, Jeffrey is an accomplished public speaker having delivered keynote speeches in such varied venues as PMI conferences, the New Zealand police association, and the University of Calgary. Jeffrey holds a PMP certification from the Project Management Institute. Jeffrey has a grown family and still competes in Olympic Style (WTF) Tae Kwon Do martial arts.
Dave Peters, Director
Dave Peters has 25 years experience helping organizations to create and execute strategy, improve operational effectiveness, and manage the impacts of change. He has extensive experience in business effectiveness, business architecture, business process optimization, and planning and implementing complex change initiatives.
Dave is a key member of our leadership team who is responsible for our Value Management and Delivery Assurance disciplines. Through the Veris Value Management process he ensures that our consultants are focused on providing the “Right Thing” the “Right Way” so our clients realize the underlying value from every assignment.
Dave is a highly motivated individual with strong interpersonal communications skills, expert analytical capabilities, and is driven by the desire to deliver business value in an effective and disciplined manner.
Dave and his wife Shirley have two energetic daughters; he enjoys running, skiing and spending time outdoors with his family.
Darren Wood, Director
Darren is a leader with more than 15 years of progressively more complex roles and increasingly demanding accountabilities. He has worked in many different business and sectors over his career and bring a calm and thoughtful approach to business management and service delivery. His background includes business analysis and strategic consulting with varied industry and technical expertise. He brings experience and leadership along with his depth of knowledge in Business Management, Project Management, Business Analysis, and Organizational Transformation to Veris’ clients ensuring that only the highest quality service is provided. Darren has lead and mentored teams consisting of internal and external resources and has participated in over 40 successful Organizational Transformation and Information Technology projects over the duration of his career.
Through his role on the leadership team and as Veris Practice lead, Darren ensures that our people are reaching their maximum potential and that customers receive the utmost value for the services we provide. He ensures that consultants work together and are provided with time saving collateral while drawing on the collective knowledge of our past experiences. At Veris we approach every engagement as a firm not as individuals.
Darren works closely with clients to develop solution based approaches to the challenges that they face in order to ensure that the focus is on achieving its strategic goals and that benefits are measured and realized. Darren thrives on providing value, influencing business processes and driving positive change throughout the organization.
Darren has a large and dynamic family and is active in the Business Analyst community where he has previously held positions on the Board of Directors for the IIBA Calgary Chapter.
