HOOPP 1960
Year founded
Finance / Investments Industry
700 + Number of Employees
vital at HOOPP to support the delivery of a world-class pension plan . “ If you are not in the technology business in the 21st century , what business are you in ?” asks Murray . “ Technology plays a very critical role , particularly in keeping our investment teams competitive in an increasingly challenging market .” One of the most important changes that has taken place is HOOPP ’ s cloud migration program . However , unlike others who in the last 12 months have done so as a result of COVID-19 , Murray says that the organisation had already planted the seed for cloud in 2016 , planned its execution over the next few years , and then implemented it in 2019 . Subsequently , by the time the pandemic struck Canada , HOOPP had already moved “ out of the data center business .” In total , over 1,000 virtual machines comprising over 250 apps , 350 terabytes of data , and 19 racks of data centre computing , storage , and appliances were migrated .
Other IT investments included Microsoft Teams and the Office 365 stack ( rolled out across 2018 and 2019 ), which were developed with the intention of creating a “ work from anywhere ” program — a very
EXECUTIVE BIO
RAIF MURRAY
TITLE : VP CORPORATE SOLUTIONS GROUP
COMPANY : HOOPP
Raif Murray is the VP of
Corporate Solutions at the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan , where he leads the organisation ’ s Digital Transformation and Operational Teams within the IT & Facilities Services Division ( IT & FS ). Raif has 25 years ’ experience in IT and has led many teams across multiple industries . Prior to joining HOOPP , he was Principal Consultant with ObjectSharp and , prior to that , was VP of Delivery at Navantis . Raif is a veteran of transformational programs and has a reputation for improving efficiency and quality within organisations . His work at HOOPP has included moving the IT & FS division to an Agile and clientcentric model .