Technology Operations

Our Vision

We make doing the right thing easier by focusing on :

  • Lean Governance
  • Self-service Enterprise workflows & tooling 
  • Automation, AI & Everything "as Code"
  • IT Alignment with 3 lines of defense
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Project Highlights

February 2024:

  • Migrated four active projects from Jenkins and Bitbucket to Azure DevOps, simplifying the tech stack, reducing tech debt and licensing costs, and enabling faster delivery.
  •  Migrated a large Jira project with over 200 users and 200k issues to our Enterprise Jira and Confluence Cloud instance, saving $85k/year on duplicate licenses.

January 2024

  • Completed a trial of GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps (GHAzDO) and created a decision makers guide for a financially sound and security-focused purchase decision.

2023

  • onducted a successful GitHub Copilot "Pilot" that received positive feedback, demonstrating the power of Generative AI in improving developer productivity and quality.
  •  Held the "Increasing Development Velocity" event in September, showcasing the partnership between Canadian Tire and Microsoft and highlighting accomplishments and future plans.

Meet Our Leadership

Get to know the people who inspire us!

Linda Siksna

SVP, Technology Operations & Platforms

 

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Keran McGuire

VP, Enterprise Infrastructure Services

 

Richard Linton

VP, Cloud

 

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Stephen McDonnell

VP, Head Architect & IT Products

 

Latest News

  • The next Developer Velocity event is happening on April 9th and Registration is now open and it is being delivered from Calgary ,embodying our core values such as Inclusion, stronger together.
  • The Jenkins and Bitbucket migration started in January, and as of February, 25% of the Active Jenkins Projects have already been migrated to Azure DevOps.