Perry Group
Roger Bell
Roger is a Technology Consultant specializing in municipal technology management
Time in Municipal Government: 19.5 years
Municipal Experience: Infrastructure, Database Administration, Enterprise Storage, Enterprise Architecture, Leadership & Management
Specialties: Enterprise Architecture, People & Culture, Strategy, Vendor and Contract Management
Skills: Negotiation, Stakeholder Engagement, Empathy
Recent Projects: CRM, Transit Architecture and System Review
Fave Recent Project: End-to-end contract review and renegotiation with a transit software vendor
Hobbies: Ford Mustang enthusiast - I have 5 of them and do all mechanical restoration work, Sailing - certified yacht captain
Fun Fact: Successfully recovered from a fractured C5 vertebrae - twice!
Time with Perry Group: Since 2025
Professional IT Experience: 25 years, including a public administration background with 12 years of direct service in Municipal, Provincial, Health care, Higher Education, Military and Defense
Specialties: Cybersecurity, Enterprise Architecture, Information Management, Federation and leveraging emerging technologies to create organizational value
Skills: Data Analytics, Agentic AI, Security Risk & Compliance Management, Agile, Cloud, IT Asset Management, Data‑Centric Security
Recent Projects: IT Strategy Development
Hobbies: Watching movies, Cricket, and exploring emerging information technologies
Fun Fact: What began as a simple idea inspired by a free return flight turned into five incredible years living in Europe.
Time in Municipal Government: 7+ years
Municipal Experience: City of Vancouver, City of North Bay, Halton Region
Specialties: Municipal service modernization, customer/citizen experience strategy, service design, licensing and permitting transformation, executive advisory
Skills: Customer-centric strategy development, service blueprinting and journey mapping, operational process redesign, executive stakeholder alignment, translating customer insight into technology decisions, change enablement, value-based consultative advisory
Recent Projects: City of Vancouver Licensing & Permitting Modernization, City of North Bay, Halton Region.
Hobbies: Travel planning (especially F1 race weekends), flag football strategy and coaching, personal investing, discovering great pizza
Fun Fact: I'm a lifelong sports enthusiast. I follow almost every sport.