Digital consulting: Leverage operational technology

Technology is essential for addressing operational challenges, and IT/OT convergence has become critical to fully harness its potential. By connecting systems and breaking down information silos, you can strategically utilize data and make more informed decisions. There are many benefits, including enhanced performance, improved energy efficiency, accelerated decarbonization, better management of labour shortages and reduced risk through greater operational agility.

Digital consulting: Leverage operational technology

  1. YOUR CHALLENGES

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      Optimizing your operations through effective, scalable digital integration

      Implementing advanced digital solutions requires a strategic vision and structured approach to transform data and technology into sustainable enablers for operational efficiency, decarbonization and resilience.

      Your digital integration challenges may include:

      • Measuring and demonstrating tangible results (ROI) to justify digital investments
      • Integrating new technologies into existing systems without compromising operational stability
      • Managing and protecting critical data with growing cybersecurity threats
      • Scaling digital technologies to balance efficiency and business objectives
      • Bridging the digital skills gap while meeting the expectations of new generations

      Our experts work with you to develop a digital strategy tailored to your operational, financial and environmental priorities, with a focus on change management.

  2. ROLE OF THE DIGITAL CONSULTANT

    Connecting the right technologies with the right resources at the right time

    Digital consultants play a pivotal role in your projects, helping you define and prioritize technological needs based on your business objectives. As a strategic partner, they identify the technology enablers to boost your operational efficiency, maximize return on investment (ROI) and align selected solutions with your sustainability and long-term performance challenges.

    More concretely, your BBA digital consultant will helps you:

    • Develop a customized master plan: analyze where you are and where you want to be, identify technology gaps and develop a digital roadmap aligned with your business objectives, sustainability targets and market demands.
    • Orchestrate a global vision: leverage our multidisciplinary expertise to design integrated, scalable solutions adapted to industrial environments, ensuring alignment between technology and organizational needs.
    • Guide your technology choices: recommend high value-added enabling solutions focused on operational resilience and long-term sustainability, ensuring phased, strategic integration of technologies.
    • Add value to your data: harness the power of data to strengthen decision-making with advanced tools, anticipate risks and uncover opportunities for cost savings and continuous improvement.
    • Guarantee measurable ROI: establish a clear framework to assess the effectiveness of implemented technologies by tracking precise indicators to maximize operational and financial benefits.
  3. Data becomes truly valuable when it's translated into context-rich insight that empowers people to act. Our digital consultants play a vital role as interpreters and enablers, bridging technology with human understanding. They help our clients turn raw data into strategic intelligence that fuels innovation, drives sustainable outcomes and informs decision-making across every level of the organization.
    Mark Yep, P.Eng., MBA, Director, Digital Consulting
  4. OUR EXPERTISE

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      We create value at every stage of your digital projects

      Strategic assessment: get a clear picture of your operations and objectives

      At BBA, our strategic consultants help you set clear priorities and unlock the full potential of your operations. Drawing on their field expertise and deep technological knowledge, they analyze your infrastructure, processes, data and capabilities to identify the most promising growth levers. Together, we chart a precise strategic course to achieve your operational, financial and environmental, social and governance (ESG) objectives.

      Roadmap: plan your projects for short- and long-term benefits

      For decarbonization or energy efficiency initiatives, value chain optimization or any other strategic project, BBA supports you from strategy to solution. We design a custom roadmap to ensure your projects deliver value at every stage. This means you maximize your investment by achieving quick wins while remaining focused on long-term benefits. Our experts are also key allies in building solid business cases, backed by rigorous analyses that demonstrate the value of your projects and their alignment with your operational evolution.

      Integrated digital solutions: lay solid foundations to harness your data

      To fully harness your data, you need a standardized technological infrastructure that is designed to support interoperability and has been tested in demanding industrial environments. Our expertise guarantees a reliable foundation, where each tool is carefully selected and adapted for optimal data collection and use. The result is informed decision-making and continuous operational improvement.

      At every stage of the life cycle, we maximize the value of your data:

      • Internet of Things (IoT) system design
      • Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and human-machine interface (HMI) design
      • Operational modelling
      • Process automation
      • Solution design and optimization
      • Operational data management infrastructure
      • Project management

      Project implementation: ensure fast, effective and secure digital deployment

      Our experts oversee the deployment of your technologies down to the smallest detail, identifying and mitigating risks at the design stage. Through rigorous change management, targeted training and thorough testing, we ensure your solutions work flawlessly from day one, minimizing disruption and ensuring optimal business continuity. With BBA, you gain peace of mind and accelerated rollout of high-performance solutions that deliver lasting value at every stage.

      Continuous optimization and monitoring: maximize your results and opportunities

      Our support extends well beyond deployment. We continue uncovering optimization opportunities to maximize your results and ensure sustainability. With our post-commissioning support, your systems evolve continuously, delivering maximum value on each investment and ever-improved performance.

  5. GO-TO-CONTACT

    Meet our digital experts

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      Souheil Sabbagh, P.Eng., MBA

      Vice-President, Digital Expertise

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      Souheil Sabbagh, P.Eng., MBA

      Vice-President, Digital Expertise

      souheil.sabbagh@bbaconsultants.com

      With over 15 years of experience, Souheil helps clients digitalize and ensure the cybersecurity of energy infrastructure, strengthening power system reliability and industrial facility performance.

      Key expertise

      • Industrial infrastructure digitalization
      • Industrial cybersecurity and regulatory compliance
      • Asset optimization for power systems and renewables
      • Digital strategies for complex environments
      • Member of the OIQ, UN

      Major achievements: Led large-scale digitalization and cybersecurity projects for power systems and energy infrastructure, integrating advanced, reliable and secure solutions.

      Approach and added value: Souheil blends technical expertise with a human-centred approach and efficient processes focused on risk management, ensuring complex digital projects are successful and boosting energy infrastructure performance.

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      Mark Yep, P.Eng., MBA

      Director, Digital Consultant

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      Mark Yep, P.Eng., MBA

      Director, Digital Consultant

      mark.yep@bbaconsultants.com

      With over 20 years of experience, Mark Yep drives innovative and sustainable transformation across diverse industries, leveraging digital consulting expertise and deep knowledge in digital, technology and data to enhance performance and resilience.

      Key expertise and certifications

      • Digital strategy and transformation
      • Innovation and artificial intelligence
      • Operating models and cybersecurity
      • Professional Engineer (P.Eng.), MBA in strategic management

      Major achievements: Led complex Canadian and international projects, helping organizations maximize value from digital, technology and data investments. Delivered results by shaping shared visions, designing actionable roadmaps, driving transformative change and achieving tangible business benefits.

      Approach and added value: Mark transforms digital challenges into strategic opportunities. His approach integrates people, process, technology, data, governance and user experience, driving growth, mitigating risks, fostering trust and enhancing sustainability.

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