Project Management
Project Experiences:
Kian Shahidi brings over 20 years of proven IT Project Management experience, leading complex, high-impact initiatives across a diverse range of industries including government, law enforcement, aviation, higher education, public transportation, entertainment, and finance. His portfolio spans large-scale infrastructure builds, cloud migrations, cybersecurity implementations, ERP/CRM system rollouts, and mission-critical modernization efforts.
Viewing his work as deeply personal, and exhastive, all have one common thread. Kian is passionate about serving the public, and strategically guiding modernization. In every role, Kian has consistently delivered projects on time and under budget while managing expectations, developing high performing cross-functional teams, navigating regulatory requirements, and aligning technical strategy with business goals.
Beyond execution, he has served as a strategic advisor, mentor, and organizational change agent, driving enterprise resiliency, digital transformation, and operational efficiency. The depth and breadth of his experience make Kian an exceptionally qualified and versatile leader; capable of scaling IT programs and delivering measurable impact in any environment.
Cyber Resiliency Policy Development – TransLink
Role: Program Lead, Cyber Resiliency & Third-Party Risk
Scope: Forensic review of 500 vendor contracts through a cyber-risk lens; surfaced hidden obligations and control gaps.
Impact: Partnered with the C-suite to codify a new Cyber Resiliency Policy and operating model, tightening vendor controls and materially reducing contractual risk exposure.
Regional CAD/RMS Modernization – E-Comm 9-1-1 (Law Enforcement Data)
Role: Program Director, CAD/RMS Modernization
Scope: Multi-agency upgrade and integration of regional CAD/RMS platforms; process redesign, data interoperability, and change management.
Impact: Reduced officer report-writing time and increased patrol availability; improved data quality and cross-jurisdiction information sharing; delivered to plan.
Nationwide Police Information Portal 2.0 – RCMP / E-Comm 9-1-1 (Law Enforcement Data)
Role: Migration Lead, PIP 2.0
Scope: Federally mandated migration of 25 years of archival records; privacy, chain-of-custody, and access-control hardening.
Impact: Executed a zero-loss data migration with standardized national access policies and faster query performance for frontline users.
Unified Communications Modernization – CentralSquare (Fire Data Management)
Role: Program Manager, VoIP/Network Modernization
Scope: VoIP upgrade, call-flow redesign, and internet/edge hardening; uplift of security posture and service reliability.
Impact: Enhanced customer experience and uptime; strengthened security; contributed to ~75% YoY sales growth and a measurable reputation lift.
Physical Access Control Systems (PACS) Implementation - Viscount Systems
Role: Implementation Project Manager (DHS & USCIS Confidential clearance)
Scope: Deployment of a new PACS across 57 federal facilities; led integrations at 43 sites, managing five concurrent implementations. Met FedRAMP, FIPS, HSPD-12 Compliance.
Impact: Standardized access and audit readiness nationwide; reduced deployment variance and rework; met federal milestones across a complex, multi-stakeholder environment.
Aviation Mobile Device (EFB) Program - CHC Helicopters
Role: Program Lead, Mobile Flight Operations
Scope: Secured FAA approval for iPad-based Electronic Flight Bag; deployed MDM-AIMS and 1st-gen iPads across 500 helicopters; redesigned pilot workflows.
Impact: Improved flight planning and in-air decision support; measurable gains in fuel efficiency and on-time performance; reduced pilot error risk.
Production IT & UC Build – Mammoth Film Studios
Role: Technical Producer / Delivery Lead
Scope: Rapid stand-up of secure IT/AV for Night at the Museum 3 pre/post: 130 workstations/phones, conference AV, AD/DNS/file services, storage.
Impact: Delivered a high-availability environment in 6 weeks with zero production downtime and seamless editorial workflows.
Shipboard IS & Data Center Build - Carnival Freedom
Role: Delivery Lead (end-to-end lifecycle)
Scope: Onboard buildout: 650 workstations, 200 POS, 300 servers; coordinated logistics under dry-dock and sail-date constraints.
Impact: Met critical sail date; stabilized operations and guest-facing transactions; instituted post-mortem improvements for future vessels.
Global Data Center Expansion – Bodog Entertainment
Role: Program Director, Global Infrastructure
Scope: Designed/delivered four geographically distributed 20,000-sq-ft data centers; APC InRow + hot-aisle containment, 3×200-ton chillers, dedicated substation, seismic design, secure fiber plant; built onsite ops.
Impact: Achieved a resilient, scalable, and secure global footprint; improved latency and availability for a worldwide user base; delivered on time and on budget.
Enterprise Network Migration – Alberta Treasury Board (IBM ➜ ISM)
Role: Transition Manager (Federal clearance)
Scope: Migration of 60+ branches / 1,400 staff; coordinated onsite engineers and remote NOC; standardized services and tooling.
Impact: Completed with minimal downtime; strengthened SLAs and supportability; recognized for leadership, technical rigor, and delivery discipline.
Campus Unified Communications Upgrade – University of British Columbia
Role: Project Manager, Cisco Unified Communications
Scope: Led Cisco UC Suite implementation serving ~22,000 staff; RFP win under TechRadius MSP for ThinkTel; accelerated kickoff and execution.
Impact: Delivered ahead of schedule, unlocking a $10K incentive; improved campus security communications and collaboration at scale.
Functional Coffee Alternative - Roosta Superfoods
Scope: Built a clean‑label formulation and supply chain; established quality and compliance processes with third‑party testing; created brand identity, DTC website, e‑commerce stack, and social presence; stood up analytics and fulfillment operations end‑to‑end.
Impact: Launched a new CPG entrant in an untested category and generated sales traction from a near‑zero data baseline; validated demand and repeat purchase behavior; delivered a scalable playbook across product, compliance, marketing, and operations on a lean budget.
Website: https://roostasuperfoods.com
Marine Data Science - Geo'Teryx Research Lab
Scope: Ideated and prototyped a geospatial analytics platform to protect marine ecosystems; fused satellite imagery (optical & SAR), AIS/transponder and radar tracks, shoreline sensors/IoT, and computer vision to visualize maritime activity and waste signatures; built alerts, dashboards, and regulator-ready evidence packages.
Impact: Enabled detection of suspected illegal dumping and high-risk routing behavior; reduced monitoring blind spots and time-to-escalation; provided a scalable model for port authorities, insurers, and environmental NGOs to target enforcement and quantify footprint reduction..
Sound Recognition & R-T Language Prototype – Advanced Research Liaison Officer @ British Columbia Intitute of Technology
Scope: Developed an early real‑time language recognition prototype leveraging innovative sound‑tagging techniques; built upon pioneering work in sound recognition/tagging influenced by Dr. George Tzanetakis (UVic) and applied research from Google; designed tagging schema, signal‑processing pipeline, and real‑time inference loop.
Impact: Demonstrated feasibility of real‑time auditory pattern recognition; laid groundwork for voice‑based interfaces and ML‑driven acoustic analysis; produced proof‑of‑concept artifacts that informed subsequent applied research and demos.
Air-Cast (NewsFeed Mirroring) - META Test Engineering Group
Scope: Conceived a shared‑screen “Air‑Cast” concept to mirror Facebook News Feed to TVs; collaborated with an internal Facebook engineering team to shape UX, pairing/protocol flows, and prototype architecture from concept to functional beta.
Impact: Accelerated 0→1 prototyping and helped launch an internal beta within ~6 months; validated shared‑viewing engagement patterns and informed early product direction for social screen‑casting.