Western Management Consultants (WMC)
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British Columbia Team

 

Damian Frith

 

Areas of Expertise

  • Strategic Advisory

  • Operations & Performance Improvement

  • Information Technology

  • Resilience & Recovery Services


 
 

Damian is a versatile executive and management consultant with a 20-year track record of managing and advising organizations dealing with significant challenges – major transformation programs, unpredictable business performance, Information Technology challenges, contract and client relationship issues, misaligned business strategies, and weak operational disciplines.

He is an innovative and vastly experienced professional known for developing and implementing custom business solutions in high profile international corporations. He consistently provides valued services and impressive results on time and within budget. Damian liaises with client executives, team members, and vendors throughout complex transitional and pivotal transformation initiatives spanning many service industries and business sectors.

Damian has achieved a Bachelor of Computing from the University of Ballarat (Australia), a Master's in Business Administration from Queens University (Canada) and a Master’s of Law (Business) at York University (Canada). He has been a certified Project Management Professional since 2004 and a Certified Management Consultant certification since 2019. Additional education includes various professional development programs, including International Business relations through the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai, China. He was appointed to the Board of Directors for the Canadian, Australian & New Zealand Business Association (CANZBA) in 2018 and the Terminal City Club in 2020 and has been Project Advisor and Mentor for Queens University Smith School of Business since 2017.

Strategic Advisory

Damian's experiences across North American and Australasia markets, in private and public sector organizations, have exposed him to a host of business models, management practices, and governance structures across a range of industries. When combined with his practical experiences gained from diverse senior management roles across core business competencies in operations, information technology, finance, business development, and strategic planning, provides a compelling value proposition to clients. His advice and recommendations are formed from insights, applied experience, and proven results.

Operations & Performance Improvements

Leveraging his industry experience and expertise and combining his Management Consulting, Project/Program Management and academic knowledge, Damian is an ideal resource to evaluate existing business and operational strategies.  His expertise allows him to assess working processes and practices and align the benefits of service improvement initiatives, technology innovations and process and resource enhancements to support them best.

Information Technology

As a Project Executive with IBM, Damian championed over 20 years of innovative business and Information Technology transformational projects worldwide.  During this time, he led several multi-million-dollar projects and transformational programs across various industries and spanning numerous countries worldwide. He completed this by partnering with executives, directors, union leaders, staff, and vendors to deliver best practices with results that met the most challenging timelines and budgets. 

Resilience & Recovery Services

Damian has advised on and driven pivotal programs to guide organizations through significant business improvement initiatives. He leads teams across widely-diverse business and ethnic cultures and skillsets in initiatives including Business modelling, workforce and asset management, business continuity and risk management and IT Strategy and Planning. Whether remotely or in person, he succeeds in building valued relationships, providing new client services, creating business solutions, and tactfully managing change, to help you achieve your required business objectives.

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