Instructor Profiles

What makes an instructor effective and enjoyable?

 

Is it knowledge and certifications, attention to detail, real world experience? Is it their personality or their ability to explain difficult concepts in an easy to grasp format? Which is most important to you?

 

The instructor needs to be able to teach you the skills you need to bring back to the office. CTE Solutions’ trainers are career I.T. professionals, who are both expert presenters and have real world experience.

 

Many people rate the instructor as the most important criteria in choosing a training venue. You want to make sure that the person delivering the course is qualified and effective at conveying the information. 

 

Read the profiles of some of our instructors below:

 

Paul LaSalle

 

Paul LaSalle is a senior Network Architect with over 22 years experience. He is also a trainer with a career spanning 37 years. During this time he has been involved in many areas of LAN implementation and design. He has served as a Project Lead for Network operating systems migration planning, and implementations.
 
His areas of expertise lie in ITIL, Network Design, Network Security, Implementation, Systems and Operation Management. Paul has significant experience with Active Directory, SCCM, MOM, SharePoint Technologies, Firewalls, Enterprise Virus protection and Windows Project Management solutions.
 
Paul has written customized courses for major crown projects, and many federal government departments. He has contributed to “Migrating from NT 4.0 to Windows 2000 for Dummies”, and is co-author of “The TCP/IP Bible”.
 
Certifications: ITIL Expert, MCT, MCSE 2003/2000/NT4.0/NT3.5, MCSA 2003/2000, MCDST, MCITP: Enterprise Desktop Support Technician, and Server 2008, MCTS: WSS 3.0, MOSS 2007, and SCCM 2007, Security+, and CTT+.

 

Gerry Tessier

 

Gerry's diverse experience as a Technical Trainer, College Professor, and IT Consultant is reflected in his course evaluations. Training in technology since 1994, his wealth of knowledge of Microsoft Technologies, UNIX/Linux, and Hardware comes out in every course delivery.  He has extensive experience with Software and System Deployments and specializes in Active Directory and Network Infrastructure design, Messaging Systems, and providing Automation solutions using Microsoft Powershell. Gerry is able to deliver courses in French and English.
 
Certifications: Windows 2008 MCITP: Server Administrator, Exchange 2007 MCITP: Enterprise Messaging Administrator, MCTS,  MCSE 2003/2000/NT, MCSA, MCP+I, MCT, CTT, Security+, Network+, A+, ITIL Foundations, ITIL RCV, ITIL OSA

            
Christian Malbeuf 

 

Christian has been working in the technology field for over 15 years and has a wealth of information to share in the classroom.  From UNIX administration to .NET programming and SQL Server management, Christian has a far-reaching curriculum. Christian is able to deliver courses in French and English.

 

Christian teaches .NET framework programming 1.x – 3.x (C# and Visual Basic), UNIX administration and shell scripting, Novell SUSE Linux Administration as well as SQL Server Administration.

 

Certifications:  MCT, MCTS: SQL Server 2008, MCSD, MCSE, CLP 10, CNI, CTT+

 

Lionel Shaul 

 

 Lionel Shaul has worked in IT since before it was even called IT.  Beginning with fortran programming on mainframes in the mid-seventies, to assembler language programming on a Motorola 6800 chip in the eighties, to networking in the nineties until present.  Lionel has been a CNI since 1995 and a MCT since 1997.  He is also Sniffer certified and developed courseware for Network General and been a subject matter expert (SME) in secure protocols.  For the last 17 years Lionel has also worked as an IT consultant on a broad range of technologies often specializing in desktop automation and software deployment.  Before that, Lionel worked as a professional engineer (HVAC) for 10 years.

 

Jared Thibodeau

 

Jared Thibodeau is a bilingual, cross-certified instructor with hands-on implementation experience and over 17 years of IT and teaching experience.  His recent achievements include: National implementation of SCOM 2007 for the Canadian Space Agency, implementation of Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2008 for DND, implementation of SharePoint 2010 for the Cornwall Hospital and for the National Art Gallery of Canada.

           

From instruction to courseware customization and courseware development, Jared has the skills in and out of the classroom to ensure success.  Jared teaches and is certified in Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, SharePoint, SCCM, SCOM, Virtualization, and many others.

 

Certifications:  MCITP: Server 2008 Enterprise Administrator, MCSE: NT 4.0, Server 2003 and Server 2008 , MCT, CCNA, ICND, CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+

 

 
Patrick Malcolm

 

Patrick Malcolm, President, NetRunner Inc., has over 22 years direct development, implementation, and management information security experience in the areas of Audit Management, Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity, Incident Investigation, Digital Forensics, Litigation Support, Physical Security, Regulatory Compliance, Troubleshooting/Diagnostics, Instrumentation and Standard Operating Policies/Procedures.

 

Throughout his career Mr. Malcolm has managed, architected and implemented comprehensive information assurance programs and managed internal, external, and contracted/outsourced information technology audits to ensure various regulatory compliance for state and local government entities and Fortune 200 companies and is a frequent speaker at conferences and symposia.

 

Dr. Fima Erlikhman

 

Fima is an expert Programmer, specializing in C, C++, and Java Programming. He is well known in the Ottawa area for his excellent classroom abilities. He has developed and delivered programming courses across Canada and the United States for over 10 years. Fima headed the programming department for Learnix Limited and taught a variety of programming courses, including certified Sun Courses, to beginners as well as architects in various North American locations. 

 

Certifications: Certified Java Programmer, Sun Certified Instructor