Over 20 years of success in delivering practical technology solutions to organizations in Southwestern Ontario both as external consultant and as department head executive. Extensive experience in ICT service management, Internet strategy, digital media strategy, mobile application design, productivity consulting and management of high performance teams.

VP, Information Technology Services/Chief Information Officer @ :: Responsible for strategic planning and management of Information & Communication Technology needs for largest fitness club chain in Canada and fourth largest in world with more than 350 locations coast-to-coast, including GoodLife Fitness, Énergie Cardio, Fit4Less and ÉconoFitness Clubs, 14,000+ employees and over 1.2 million members :: Member of executive management team :: Guide a team of 45 high performing IT professionals :: Lead conversion of department to an Information Technology Service Management framework (MOF4.0/ITIL) :: Adopted Agile software development methodology for internal solutions team :: Assist Marketing department with social and digital media strategy :: Regular international speaker on impact of technology in fitness industry including: > canfitpro International Conference: Toronto 2010, 2011, 2014 > IHRSA International Convention: San Francisco 2011, Los Angeles 2012, Las Vegas 2013, San Diego 2014 > IHRSA European Congress, Milan, Italy 2011 > ANT+ Wireless Symposium, Kananaskis 2012 > NEHRSA / IHRSA Fall Conference, Hartford 2013 > GoodLife Health & Wellness Leadership Summit, Calgary 2015 > Motionsoft Tech Summit, Washington D.C. 2015 From May 2010 to Present (5 years 8 months) London, Canada AreaDirector of Digital Media @ :: Responsible for digital media properties of The London Free Press :: Served as aid in evolution of company from newspaper company to multi-platform media organization :: Introduced live-streaming and social media to organization with Free Press leading all 200+ Sun Media properties in these areas :: Worked with editorial team on use of digital and social media as means to collect and deliver news content :: Guided editorial digital media team in online coverage that culminated in winning prestigious National Newspaper Award in Breaking News category in 2010 :: Assisted sales team in pursuit of online revenues and in training of local advertisers on use of digital media, search engine marketing and social media advertising :: Member of Sun Media digital media strategy team - member of content commoditization sub-committee From June 2008 to May 2010 (2 years) Director of Information Systems @ :: Responsible for technology and information management needs of over 6,000 employees across 150 locations :: Started department with 3 staff and built to team of 15 internal staff and additional team of 10+ contractors From April 2003 to May 2008 (5 years 2 months) London, Canada Area

BA, Economics @ The University of Western Ontario From 1989 to 1993 Steve Groves is skilled in: IT Management, Social Media, IT Strategy, Digital Media, Presenter, Social Media Marketing, Digital Strategy, Digital Marketing, Online Marketing, IT Service Management, IT Governance, Online Journalism, Group Presentations, ITIL, ICT Governance