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The IT Professionals Group Inc. |
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About Us The IT Professionals Group is a full-service Information
technology consultancy for small and mid-sized businesses and
professionals. Every engagement
is different, but one principal remains constant: the pursuit of maximum
benefit to the client at minimum risk, for the lowest end-to-end cost. Howard Katz is President of The IT Professionals Group. Trained as a Professional Engineer,
Howard is strategically oriented systems professional. He brings strengths in a broad range
of application areas and technologies.
Howard has both strategic vision - and the ability to implement the
vision. Some areas of focus
include: ·
QuickBooks
implementation and integration with legacy systems (Howard is a Certified
QuickBooks ProAdvisor) ·
Microsoft
infrastructure development, deployment and support (Howard is a Microsoft
Certified Systems Engineer) ·
Application
development using VB, MS Access, SQL Server, Java technologies and Lotus
Notes/Domino (Howard is a Principal CLP in Domino Development) ·
Email implementation
and integration using MS Exchange/Outlook, Office 365, Gmail and Lotus
Notes/Domino ·
VOIP solutions based
on Asterisk/FreePBX. Howard has worked in
a variety of industries, and has developed expertise in a wide range of
application areas, including: ·
Accounting Systems ·
Retail / Point-of-Sale ·
Activity-Based Costing ·
Customer Relationship Management ·
Project Management ·
Systems Integration ·
Business Intelligence From 1984 until
2000, Howard focused on the needs of larger organizations, completing many
engagements in diverse areas such as Lotus Domino development, Activity Based
Costing, MS Access / Visual Basic development, and Project Management for
both infrastructure deployments and application development projects. A partial list of companies he has
worked for includes: •
Bell Sympatico /
Bell Nexxia •
Canadian Institute
of Chartered Accountants •
CCH Canadian Ltd. •
Ontario Hydro Energy
Services Group •
Ontario Teachers
Pension Plan Board •
PacifiCorp •
Toyota Motor Credit
Corporation Starting in 2001,
Howard refocused his practice on providing a complete range of I.T. services
to small and mid-size businesses and professionals. A partial list of his clients over the
past 16 years includes: •
ABECK Accounting Tax
& Computer Services Inc. •
Belgian Canadian
Chamber of Commerce •
Canadian Council for
Aboriginal Business •
Citizen Catering •
Diamond-Schmitt
Architects Inc. •
Engineered
Assemblies Inc. •
Fogal Inc. •
Hitek Computer
Systems •
IATSE Local 58 •
Ideal Printing
Company •
JE Accounting
Services •
Le Sélect
Bistro •
Legacy Accounting
Services •
Lucas Oil Products
(Canada) Co. •
M. E. McCartney
Engineering Limited •
Madzac Sales •
McCowan
Manufacturing •
Monterey Park Inc. •
Neamtan & Associates
CPA Professional Corporation •
Nick’s CARSTAR
Collision •
Ontario Government
Management Board Secretariat •
Orenstein Capital
Corporation •
Peloso-Alexander
Interiors •
Praxy Cladding
Corporation •
Progress Place •
Prospect Media Inc. •
Ron Pollock
Importers •
Sansar Contracting •
South Park
Design-Build •
StrataFly Inc. •
Sunrise Printing •
The Stop Community
Food Centre •
Toronto Machine
& Tool Company • Turtleback Investments Inc. Joe Veiga is a Senior
Associate at ITPG. Joe brings
with him over 25 years of experience in systems consulting, infrastructure
deployment, Point-of-Sale systems and electronics repair. |