InfoAdvisors is an Information Technology Consulting firm based in Toronto, Ontario. Karen López, I.S.P. is InfoAdvisors' principal consultant. Rob Drysdale, P.Eng is our Senior Program Manager.
Ms. López has years experience consulting to organizations initiating large, multi-project information systems programs.
Mr. Drysdale has 4 years of consulting experience and 15 of engineering and management experience.
InfoAdvisors has worked in the following industries:
- Retail
- The Forzani Group (SportMart, SportChek, Coast Mountan Sports, National Sports)
- Shop.org
- LL Bean
- The Association of Retail Technology Standards (National Retail Federation)
- Boscov's Department Stores
- 360Commerce
- Canadian Tire,
- Hollywood Video, Game Crazy
- Financial Services
- OLDE Discount Corporation/H&R Block Financial Services
- Federal Governments
- Health Care
- Utilities
- Consumers Gas/Enbridge
- Centra Gas
- Union Gas
- Double G Gas
- RB Somerville
- Municipal Governments
- Transportation
- Defense Departments
- US Air Force
- US Army
- US Navy
- US Marine Corp
- SDIO
Pro Bono Projects
CIPS: An association database design project
Participates in CIPS projects to accredit information technology-related programs in Canadian universities, colleges, and private institutions.
Supports a DB2 database on behalf of ICDL Canada.
Professional Designation
Ms. López's professional designation, Information Systems Professional (ISP) is a certification program of the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS).
This designation includes a Code of Ethics.
Industry Service
Karen has extensive governance experience on not for profit associations.
- Serves as a Member of the AITP Legislative Committee
- Served as National Director of Professional Standards of CIPS
- Served as the 2002 CIPS Women in IT Media Spokesperson.
- Served as President IRM Association of Canada (IRMAC)
- Served as a Director-at-Large of CIPS Ontario.
- Served as the Member-at-Large Coordinator for the Data Management Association, International (DAMA)
- She is the moderator of the ERwin Users Group, the Data Modelling Group, the CA Repository User Group, the Embarcadero ER/Studio Group, the Embarcadero DBArtisan Group, the Visible Advantage User Group, the Visible Analyst User Group, and the CASEwise Corporate Modeler Group.
- Served on a consultative workshop representing CIPS and the IT Profession for the Prime Minister's Advisory Council on Science and Technology.
Publications
Contributor to A Roundtable on Project Management: A SHAPE Forum Dialogue by James Bullock (Editor), Gerald M. Weinberg (Editor), Marie Benesh (Editor), Paperback (May 2001) Dorset House; ISBN: 093263348X
1999 Proceedings of the DAMA Australia Conference, "Data Modelling Contentious Issues".