William Turgeon

William has been in the computer industry since 1970, first working on industrial process controllers as a Certified Electronics Technologist. He worked with early 'personal computers' (pre-IBM) like the Osborne; TRS-80's and Kaypro's, and trained in networking with WANG PC’s in the early 1980’s, and Novell in 1985. Since then, William has been involved in the IT industry as a Professional Consultant, Senior Systems Engineer and Technical Architect. He holds a BSc. in Computer Engineering and also holds a large number of trade certifications including: Microsoft - MCP; MCP+I; MCSE; MCSE+I; MCDST; MCDBA; MCTS & MCITP Novell - CNA; CNE; ECNE & MCNE CompTIA - A+; Network+; iNet+; Server+; Project+ & Security+. He is ITIL certified and is also a SFIA Accredited Consultant. Finally, he holds the Registered Professional designations, I.S.P. and ITCP, issued by the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS). He currently contracts as ComputerWise Consulting Inc.

Articles by William Turgeon

The IT skills shortage — fact or myth?

For years we've been reading about the "impending skills shortage" in IT, but is it merely a perceived shortage caused by over-inflated expectations and exacerbated by low salaries?

Information Technology – trade or profession?

A subject that has generated some lively discussions recently is the perception of IT as a whole. Is IT merely a trade or is...

IT professional careers: is being a generalist a dead end option?

Recently, I have been involved in several discussions with IT pros who were seeking employment and a common theme appeared to come up in...

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