Innovapost announced today that Tony Malaty has been promoted to the company’s executive team as Vice President for Consulting Services, reporting to Brendan Timmins, CEO of Innovapost. Tony will be responsible for growing our strategic capabilities across Business and Technology Consulting and Change and Human Performance Management serving Purolator, Canada Post and its clients in Public Services Sector.

Since joining Innovapost in August 2008, Tony has played a key role with our clients in the Public Sector. He has led program components focused on shaping IT strategy, transforming IT governance, strategy execution planning and defining a collaboration solution strategy. He led relationship building efforts as a member of the Growth & Strategy team across a number of clients including HRSDC, Correctional Service of Canada, DND and RCMP. Working closely with key Executives and Directors, he coordinated our work in assessing the public sector market opportunity, developing growth strategies and account management approaches. He also led Technology Consulting where he launched the CIO Advisory Services offerings in 2009.

Prior to joining Innovapost, Tony was based in the UK for over 17 years specializing in global financial markets and leading initiatives in strategic planning, large-scale business and IT transformational change, moving to innovative shared services models and planning for new transaction services and data management ventures with multi-year investments of up to $500million. He also led the turnaround of several distressed business transformation projects with budgets ranging from $10M to $150M. As Partner/Managing Director at Top Right Quadrant, BearingPoint, Capco and Accenture, he was a trusted advisor to senior executives, board members and institutional investors across Europe, North America and the Middle East.

“Tony Malaty is an experienced executive in the public sector and global financial markets with a proven track record in strategic planning, business and IT transformational change and shaping new venture opportunities,” said Brendan Timmins, Chief Executive Officer of Innovapost. “We are very pleased to have him join our executive team”.

Tony started his career at SHL Systemhouse in Toronto. He is a graduate of the University of Ottawa, with a B.Sc.in Information Management and Systems and a B.Sc. in Biochemistry.

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EDUCATION

• Bachelor of Science in Information Management and Systems and Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, University of Ottawa

BUSINESS BACKGROUND

Prior to joining Innovapost, Tony was based in the UK for over 17 years specializing in global financial markets with a proven track record in strategic planning, large-scale business and IT transformational change, moving to innovative shared services models and creating new transaction services and data management ventures with multi-year investments of up to $500million. He also led the turnaround of several distressed projects with budgets ranging from $10M to $150M. As Partner/Managing Director at Top Right Quadrant, BearingPoint, Capco and Accenture, he was a trusted advisor to senior executives, board members and institutional investors across Europe, North America and the Middle East.

INNOVAPOST INVOLVEMENT

Since joining Innovapost in August 2008, Tony has led client relationship development and the delivery of CIO Advisory Services at major Public Sector clients. As Vice President of Consulting Services, Tony is responsible for growing our strategic capabilities in Business and Technology Consulting and Change and Human Performance Management serving Purolator, Canada Post and its Public Sector clients. Tony also leads the company’s Consulting practice, which includes Business Consulting, Change & Human Performance, Technology Consulting and Incubator service offerings.

• Event gets underway on the steps of Center Block, 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 4
• Over 20 Members of Parliament and Senators will be participating
• 6 Wish Families from the Eastern Ontario Chapter of Make-A-Wish® will also participate

Dr. Kirsty Duncan, Member of Parliament for the riding of Etobicoke North, organized the event to help raise awareness for the Innovapost ‘Share the Power of a Wish Walk/Run’ to be held on May 8, 2010 at Ottawa City Hall.

For more information on the Innovapost ‘Share the Power of a Wish Walk/Run’ and to register, please visit the website: http://wishpower.innovapost.com.

Make-A-Wish® Eastern Ontario and Innovapost, a leading provider of IT solutions and services, are inviting families, walkers and runners to register for the third annual, Innovapost ‘Share the Power of a Wish’ Walk/Run. The event promises a day of fun for families, recreational and competitive runners. Proceeds will go to granting wishes to create hope and happiness for children with life-threatening medical conditions.

Participants can choose to walk or run a 1km, 5km or 10km route along Ottawa’s Queen Elizabeth Drive. Ottawa City Hall will be the site of activities for children and families, including a children’s activity village, picnic lunch and musical guests: The RCMP Pipes & Drums of the National Capital Region (NCR); The Chixie Dicks; and Lovecircus.

“As a Member of Parliament, I strongly believe it is important to give back to the communities we work and live in,” said Dr. Kirsty Duncan, Member of Parliament for the riding of Etobicoke North, and this year’s Event Steward. “Many of us are guests in this great city. Here is an excellent opportunity for us to make a difference in the life of a local child facing a life-threatening medical condition.”

“We have set some ambitious goals for ourselves this year,” said Mike Wlotzki, Executive Director of Make-A-Wish® Eastern Ontario. “Our goal is to have 1000 walkers and runners join us on May 8 at City Hall. Together with our sponsors, we want to grant the heart-felt wishes of ten children. Our Wish Tracker shows that we have already reached nine wishes. With less than a week to go, we are all excited to see how far we can take this.”

The Innovapost ‘Share the Power of a Wish’ Walk Run is the largest fundraising event for Make-A-Wish® Eastern Ontario. This is the third year that Innovapost has been the corporate organizer and title sponsor. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Make-A-Wish® foundation, and 27 years since the first wish was granted in Vancouver, marking the beginning of Make-A-Wish® Canada.

“I am very proud of what our Organizing Committee and volunteers have planned for this year,” said David Allum, Senior Vice President of Innovapost. “On May 8, all the hard work will pay off with a thousand or more people making children their priority for the day. Magic is going to happen.”

The public is encouraged to register before race day by visiting the online registration web page: www.events.runningroom.com/site/?raceId=5123.

Information about the Walk/Run, sponsors, entertainment and frequently asked questions are available on the event website: wishpower.innovapost.com. Event updates are also available through Twitter by following: @SPW_WalkRun2010.

• Wish family and participant interviews can be arranged by Dennis Elliott (613-867-3611).
• Innovapost organizer and runner interviews can be arranged by Graeme Innes (613-293-3722).
• Interviews with the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, ‘Share the Power of a Wish’ Event Steward, can be arranged by contacting her Ottawa Office (613-995-4702).

View the Social Media Release version of this press release.

About Make-A-Wish® Eastern Ontario

Make-A-Wish® Canada is part of the largest not-for-profit wish granting organization in the world, serving 30 countries with international affiliates on five continents. Since inception in 1980, Make-A-Wish® has helped make over 200,000 wishes come true for children around the world.

Make-A-Wish Eastern Ontario got started with a little girl’s wish for a trip to Walt Disney World® Resort in 1997. Maureen MacArthur organized a group of volunteers to form a board and the new chapter was officially incorporated and granted charitable status on 1 January 1999.

Our chapter includes a staff of three and covers a territory that includes Belleville, Kingston, Brockville, Cornwall, Hawkesbury, Ottawa and everything in between. Our area includes the counties of Addington; Carleton; Dundas; Frontenac; Glengarry; Grenville; Hastings; Lanark; Leeds; Lennox; Prescott; Renfrew; Russell; and Stormont. For more information visit Make-A-Wish® Eastern Ontario’s website at http://www.makeawish.ca/frontend/245.

Innovapost is a leading provider of IT solutions and services, with a specialization in SAP, e-business and mobility solution development. Our services include business and technical consulting, application development, application management, infrastructure service management and change & human performance consulting. Innovapost was founded in 2002 and has offices in Ottawa, Mississauga and Toronto.

Since 2002 Innovapost has raised over $1.7 million for various charities throughout Ottawa, Mississauga and Toronto where our 800 employees live and work.

Contacts:
Dennis Elliott, Make-A-Wish® Eastern Ontario
Manager, Communications, 613-867-3611 dennis.elliott@makeawish.ca

The Ottawa Office of Dr. Kirsty Duncan, MP for the riding of Etobicoke North, 613-995-4702
duncak@parl.gc.ca

• Improved employee communication and engagement
• Accelerated project management and development processes
• Improved access to information and organizational knowledge
• Enhanced collaboration and stakeholder interaction
• Management of major change initiatives
• Up-to-date perspectives on future developments

Brian Beehler, Canada Post’s Director of Social Media, will present a case study on transforming Canada Post’s Intranet, Intrapost, with social media technology from Innovapost. Mr. Beehler will discuss how Innovapost’s Web 2.0-powered, employee directory, OneDegree™, enabled over 70,000 Canada Post employees to connect, communicate and leverage their collective knowledge across this geographically distributed organization.

The ‘Public Sector Social Media: New Rules of Engagement’ conference will take place on Monday May 03 – Tuesday May 04 at The Crowne Plaza Ottawa. Mr. Beehler’s presentation will take place on Monday May 03 at 4:15 p.m. in Plenary Session 6. More conference details are available at http://www.conferenceboard.ca/conf/10-0093/default.aspx.

• Download Innovapost’s Customer Experience Case Study: Connecting and Engaging Employees at Canada Post with OneDegree™

For more information on how Innovapost can assist your organization with social media technology, please contact:
Tony Malaty,
Senior Advisor and Head of Technology Consulting
613-314-5167
tony.malaty@innovapost.com