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HarySolutions
Contact information
+1 (416) 879 56 10
Professional Experience

Hary Periya

15+ years of enterprise IT leadership across complex, multi-stakeholder public-sector environments. Currently governing a $50M+ technology portfolio as Director of IT Projects & Fractional Chief AI Officer.

Experienced managing both significant operating and capital budgets, steering strategic vendor negotiations, and advising Council-level stakeholders on digital transformation, technology risk, and investment planning.

Beyond the credentials, I lead at a human level. As VP of Education at Toastmasters Oakville, I coach senior executives in communication and executive presence.

As a keynote speaker at CIO and IT Scaling conferences in Toronto/ Ottawa, I translate complex technology into strategic narrative. I believe technology must be inclusive to be meaningful. Oakville and Burlington resident, deeply invested in the community I serve.

AI Technologies I’ve Delivered On:

  • Amazon Nova
  • Andi
  • Anthropic
  • Azure AI
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude/ Claude Code
  • Cohere
  • Copilot
  • Deep Infra
  • DeepSeek
  • ElevenLabs
  • Gemini
  • Google DeepMind
  • Grok
  • Jasper
  • Komo
  • Make
  • Manus AI
  • Meta AI
  • Mistral AI
  • Modal Mosaic
  • n8n
  • NotebookLM
  • OctoAI
  • OpenAI
  • Perplexity
  • Poe
  • Replit
  • Zapier
Professional Experience
2022 - Present
Director of IT Projects
AAFC Government of Canada Initiatives & Standardbred Canada (Permanent)
2025 - Present
Fractional Chief AI Officer
Aurisys (Contract)
2017 - 2024
VP, AI & Transformation
Aurisys (Contract)
2017 - 2021
Director of IT
Bridgestone / Alserkal (Permanent)
2015 - 2017
Associate IT Consultant
Aurisys (Permanent)
2008 - 2015
Team Lead
ADIC (Permanent)

Community Leadership & Thought Leadership

Keynote Speaker

AI adoption, IT Scaling, IT governance, CIO Conferences, IT Scaling Combinators and digital transformation in the public and municipal sector.

VP of Education, Toastmasters Oakville

Coaching senior executives in public speaking, presentation skills, and executive communication. Helping leaders find their voice in an era of rapid change.

AI Integration Seminars

Regular workshops helping executives adopt AI tools confidently in daily life.

Not sure where
to start? That's exactly
what I'm for.

Lets start with one honest conversation. No pitch deck. No agenda. Just clarity on where you are, what’s in the way, and what the smartest next move looks like.

Not sure where
to start? That's exactly
what I'm for.

Lets start with one honest conversation. No pitch deck. No agenda. Just clarity on where you are, what’s in the way, and what the smartest next move looks like.