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Rick McCharles
Unified Communications Practice Principle
For more than 25 years, Mr. McCharles has been providing professional consulting services to Canadian Enterprises, Government Organizations and Service Providers.
Prior to founding RIC Services in 1998, Mr. McCharles was a Network Consultant with Digital Equipment Corporation. While at Digital, Rick was responsible for every aspect of the design and implementation of large data network projects across multiple industry verticals including Manufacturing, Retail, Government, Education and Healthcare.
For the past eight years, Rick has been focused almost exclusively in helping his clients with their, Voice Over IP (VoIP), IP Telephony and Unified Communications initiatives. Rick has earned a reputation as an IP Communications expert and was the Chief Architect in the design and launch of IP-One at Telus, Canada's first Hosted IP Telephony Service.
A few of Rick's other clients have included Dofasco, Inco, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations, Ontario Ministry of Health, The City of Edmonton, Compaq, Electro Sonic, Hewlett Packard, and many others.
Rick has a high-honours diploma in Electronic Engineering. In 1996, Rick obtained Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert (CCIE) status, the industry's most respected network certification. Additional certifications include Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL).
Mr. McCharles is the President of RIC Services, serves on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Telecommunications Consultant Association (CTCA) and is a member of the Association of Independent Consultants (AIC). In addition, Rick McCharles has the Government of Canada's, Secret security clearance.
Rick is the principle author of the IP Communications Technology Blog.
Contact Rick:
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CTCA National
Spring Conference 2008 hosted by IT360 Conference & Expo
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APRIL
7-9, 2008 METRO
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
IT360° Conference & Expo:
Presents CTCA Spring Conference 2008
November 12, 2007
(Toronto) Canada…Canada’s leading information technology event, IT360 Conference
& Expo, and the Canadian Telecommunications Consultants Association (CTCA)
are pleased to announce that the CTCA Spring Conference 2008 will be hosted by
IT360 (www.it360.ca) in Toronto, April 7-9, 2008 at the Metro Toronto
Convention Centre.
The CTCA is
“The merging of
Information Technology and Telecom is now a reality, and the CTCA is looking
forward to the collaborative opportunities of working with IT360,” stated
Jeanne Eddington, president of the Canadian Telecommunications Consultants
Association.
“We are excited to be
hosting CTCA’s National Spring Conference 2008 at IT360° Conference & Expo.
This demonstrates the ‘real world’ convergence of voice and data being a
reality. IT360° will be the meeting place of Telecommunication experts and
Information Technology (IT) specialists,” said Bruce Cole, President of Plum Communications
Inc. and producer of IT360° Conference & Expo.
Attendees registered for
the CTCA Conference have complete access to all of IT360’s sessions, and vice
versa, providing attendees a more thorough experience. Allan Bly, the CTCA
conference chair, is currently establishing sessions that will range in topics
and case studies including unified communications, wireless, project &
practice management and rural broadband.
About: CANADIAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANTS ASSOCATION (CTCA)
The Canadian Telecommunications Consultants Association (CTCA) is
the premier Canadian association for independent telecommunications
consultants, supported by vendors of telecommunications services and products.
The CTCA stands for competent, capable, knowledgeable, experienced and ethical
telecommunications consulting, while providing opportunities for networking
& collaboration, education, and information dissemination and exchange. www.ctca.ca
About: IT360° CONFERENCE AND EXPO
IT360° Conference and Expo is an IT360 Inc. (www.it360.ca) event managed by Plum Communications working in partnership with ITWorld Canada addresses the critical issues facing the industry while providing realistic strategies to enable the implementation of the best and most cost efficient solutions. Plum Communications Inc. is a leading Canadian organizer of community-based IT events “Cultivating Innovation in Technology” since 1984 focusing on what companies are doing and how IT professionals are implementing new systems. www.it360.ca
For further information:
Stephanie Cole, IT360°, Event Publicist, (905) 695-0123 x211, steph@plumcom.ca, www.it360.ca
Ron Kawchuk, CTCA, Director, (905) 279-6417, ronkaw@gmail.com, www.ctca.ca Plum Communications Inc.
1054 Centre Street, Suite 122, Thornhill, Ontario, Canada L4J 8E5
T: (905) 695-0123 @ F: (905) 886-9579 @ www.it360.ca
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