After 14 years with QSR International, it’s time to move on and explore something new. It’s been an honour and privilege to work with, lead and learn from so many capable people over the past 14 years. There have been many great times and some difficult changes navigated; including forming new teams, creating new products, and introducing new development methodologies. I’ve made many great friendships along the way which I will always appreciate. I particularly enjoyed working with my teams, direct reports and peers in the executive team over the years. It was a special privilege to have worked closely with the original founders Tom Richards and Lyn Richards, as well as long term serving CEO John Owen.

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My time at QSR International took me to many countries around the world; United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Sweden, Netherlands, Bulgaria, Qatar, India, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, and Vietnam. The travelling was hectic at times, but it has broadened my understanding of the world and given me a greater appreciation of different cultures and what connects us as humanity. Particular travel highlights included attending Apple WWDC conference in San Francisco, attending Microsoft Build conference in Seattle, presenting at Universities around the world, and conducting a live-demo in Japan with Japanese data (and no I don’t know Japanese, but did have a translator). I am proud of what my teams have accomplished over the years. Firstly, adoption of new technology, from building NVivo for Windows 7 using.NET 1.1 when it was a relatively new language, to building NVivo for Mac 10 using Objective-C when few of us had any knowledge of it. Secondly, innovation of new data analysis methods, from new analytical approaches to identify patterns within data to incorporating machine learning to handle larger volumes of data. Thirdly, early introduction of new infrastructure, moving from physical servers to virtual servers to the cloud.

Lastly, hack days were an important event to surface ideas and demonstrated the breadth of talent within the company. It was great to see the company receive recognition along the way with numerous industry awards, including Governor of Victoria Export Award for ICT and the Dell Small Business Excellence Award for innovative use of information technology in better serving customers. The Dell Award was particularly fulfilling as we got to meet Michael Dell in person and spend 2 days with Dell executives overseas. I would also like to thank the many technology partners that I have worked with that ensured our success, including AWS, Dell, Lexalytics, Microsoft, Monash University, and Readify to name a few. Building integrations with other software vendors such as SurveyMonkey and Qualtrics were both challenging and rewarding. QSR International had fantastic company celebrations for important milestones, from flying the whole company to Sydney to climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge, to flying the whole company to King Island on DC3s for the day. I recall fondly presenting at a Board meeting and having the Board of Directors serve champagne to celebrate my 10 years of service.

I appreciate the opportunity afforded to me to study at Harvard Business School. Ultimately, looking back you remember the people whom you interacted with and what you accomplished together.

We did great things. Something new. What that is? I will let you know soon. Note: This blog post also appears on.

Solarte started the season impressively, hitting seven homers and posting and an.848 OPS in the first month of the season, back when it seemed as though the Blue Jays’ 2018 campaign held some modest promise. Moreover, Solarte immediately became a fan favourite, injecting demonstrable joy to the proceedings with his celebratory dances and broad, welcoming smile. As much as he is beloved by the fans, his teammates seem to hold him in high regard as well. On the field, Solarte checks a lot of boxes as well. He’s a switch-hitter, and this season, he’s hit lefties better than righties, which runs counter to his previous career splits. Solarte also has positional versatility, playing every infield position thus far this season. In a year where injuries have wreaked havoc on the lineup, manager John Gibbons has been able to slot Solarte wherever he needs him in the lineup and around the infield.

All that, for an $8-million salary, which is perfectly reasonable for what Solarte is likely to produce this season. But and there’s always a big “but” With the playoff contenders in the American League running away from the rest of the pack, and with Josh Donaldson’s ongoing and multiple lingering injury concerns, the Blue Jays need to take a hard look at just about every player on the roster and consider what they might be able to get back for them through the forthcoming trade season. Solarte’s upside, as stated above, is that he can be a contributor to a contending team that needs a bat off the bench who can play every day if necessary. And it is plausible that the Blue Jays may be able to extract something of reasonable value for such an immediate commodity. Moreover, Solarte has options of $5.5 million in 2019 and $8 million in 2020, which could begin to push his compensation into a realm where they might not get as much value from him if he is a one- or two-win player. Teams need to fill up their rosters with big-leaguers, even in transitional years, but would Solarte be essential to the Blue Jays in the coming years?

Solarte has unquestionably been a delightful player to embrace, but we’ve also had the opportunity to observe some of the limitations in his game. On the defensive side, Solarte’s willingness to take the field wherever he’s asked has a certain value to it.

The flip side is that he rarely looks at home at any position that he plays. He looks mostly like a competent fill-in, which is not necessarily enough to make him anything close to an untouchable commodity. If Solarte looks most comfortable anywhere on the diamond, it’s at third base, and as we look ahead to the coming seasons, there’s every hope that the hot corner will be patrolled by someone with some added upside.

(Moreover, given the non-season Donaldson has had to date, would it surprise anyone to see him accept a qualifying offer and back in a Blue Jays uniform next season to re-establish his free-agent value?). At the plate, Solarte’s season-long numbers still look quite good, and his home run totals have kept him lingering around the top 20 in the American League in that category. Moreover, he seems to have a knack for producing big hits in close games, with 12 of his 16 homers coming when the game’s margin was within a run. On the other hand, Solarte has produced a.701 OPS in 283 plate appearances since April 21, and his monthly OPS has gone down in each successive period. The Blue Jays have also indicated this week that they wish to make room for more playing time at the big-league level for Lourdes Gurriel Jr., which could potentially create a logjam for playing time around the infield. If Solarte were to be moved, it would be one way to clear up that situation.

This isn’t to insist that the Blue Jays must trade Solarte, or should be in a hurry to offload him on whoever might come calling. Many fans would be perfectly happy to see him stick around and lend his flexibility and his blithe demeanour with what will likely be a much younger and evolving team in the coming years. Subscribe to Sportsnet.ca newsletters.

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