Sumaya Bhatti brings municipal management consulting expertise across strategy development, service reviews, research and analysis, and stakeholder engagement.
A skilled researcher, analyst, and facilitator, she has built a strong track record contributing to diverse municipal engagements and plays an active internal leadership role as lead of Perry Group’s ERP Working Group, having contributed directly to the development of several of the firm’s core ERP accelerators.
Sumaya also brings experience in AI advisory, having contributed to the development of an AI Framework, Guidelines and Policy for the Eastern Ontario IT Collaborative.
Time with Perry Group: Since 2025
Municipal Experience: City of Vaughan, County of Wellington, Municipality of Chatham-Kent, Town of Cochrane
Specialities: Research, data collection and analysis, stakeholder engagement
Skills: Facilitation, Details focused, organized
Recent Projects: Value-for-Money audit of directly operated child care centres
Hobbies: Watching movies and TV shows (currently obsessed with Severance), anything arts related, yoga, travelling
Fun Fact: I love road trips – so much so that I drove all the way from Ontario to Victoria, BC!
Time with Perry Group: Since 2025
Time in Municipal Government: 24 years with City of Mississauga
Municipal Experience: IT Portfolio Manager Community Services, IT Portfolio Manager Transportation and Works, Senior IT Manager Digital Services
Specialities: IT Strategy, Digital Transformation, Innovation
Skills: Meeting Facilitation, SCOR session facilitation, People Management, Change Management
Recent Projects: Cambridge Asset Management RFP, Niagara Falls Cartegraph Review, Caledon IT Strategy Development, Ajax IT and Digital Strategy
Hobbies: Coaching hockey, Playing hockey, Golf, Hiking
Fun Fact: Born on a Friday the 13th!
Time with Perry Group: Summer 2025
Time in Municipal Government: 30 Years in transit and municipal sector as a Technical Leader, Project Manager, 11 years as Chief Information Officer and 5 years as Chief Transformation Officer
Municipal Experience: IT Modernization and leadership, Municipal Organization Transformation
Specialities: IT Strategy, Service Excellence, Transformation, IT Modernization, IT Leadership, Project Delivery, Organizational Transformation
Skills: Engaging and influencing stakeholders at all levels for success, Leadership, Aligning business and technology for optimal value
Recent Projects: Richmond Hill - Organizational Transformation and Service Excellence, IT Modernization, Kawartha Lakes - IT Modernization, Windsor - ERP Procurement
Hobbies: Hiking, Pickleball
Fun Fact: My 🚗 car collection (addiction) is growing …