SystemLabs.ca
We take software projects from idea to launch.
Delivery leadership that connects teams and opens opportunities.
SystemLabs is a Vancouver-based delivery firm. We define what to build, run the team in two-week sprints, and keep scope, schedule, and budget under control, for clients in Canada and Mexico.
What we do
Senior delivery leadership, with the hands-on experience to get a product built and released.
Project and product delivery
We lead your project end to end: goals, MVP, roadmap, budget, and the sprints that get it built and released.
Marketplaces and web platforms
Multi-vendor marketplaces and business platforms built on proven open-source foundations such as Mercur and Medusa, adapted to your market.
Agile leadership for your teams
Scrum Master, Agile coaching, and SAFe expertise for teams that already exist but need structure, focus, and predictable delivery.
Training
Hands-on SAFe DevOps and Agile workshops for business and technical groups, in English or Spanish, in person or remote.
Now delivering
A marketplace for business communities in Mexico
In association with Perfiles MKT, SystemLabs is leading a B2B and B2C online marketplace that connects local businesses with buyers and with each other.
The MVP is defined, a Scrum team in the State of Mexico is working in two-week sprints, and the technical team that will customize the platform is coming together.
- Our role
- Project management and product ownership
- Partner
- Perfiles MKT
- Platform
- Mercur, open source
- Team
- Scrum team in the State of Mexico
- Cadence
- Two-week sprints with a demo at each close
Where our experience comes from
Before founding SystemLabs, Guillermo led delivery and release work for these organizations. The same practices now run every SystemLabs project.
BOSA Properties
2024 to 2026Stood up two Scrum teams building corporate data applications, with AI-assisted reporting and a Monday.com to Jira sync.
TransLink
2024Delivered two hands-on SAFe DevOps training sessions for development, operations, and business teams.
Lululemon
2021 to 2023Led delivery for a customer-facing app that depended on other teams’ release schedules. Earlier, upgraded the international e-commerce site and cut 15% from its budget.
UBC Banff Research Station
2020 to 2021Set up a new Scrum team for a digital transformation initiative, with a shared definition of done and simple delivery metrics.
WorkSafeBC
2018 to 2021Coached seven Scrum and Kanban teams across cloud, data, and IT services, and ran PI planning for the program.
PNI Digital Media
2020Delivered two SAFe DevOps training sessions for mixed IT and business groups.
HSBC
2018Led the virtualization of 200+ production and non-production environments across North America, Asia, and South America.
Boeing
2017 to 2018Coached two SAFe teams, one building software and one running infrastructure, to plan as a single program.
Vancity
2014 to 2017Project and release management for the replacement of the credit union’s core banking system.
Coast Capital
2011 to 2013Delivered the launch of a new core banking system, including the environment strategy and release practice behind it.
SITA
2008 to 2011Helped the organization adopt Scrum and built the configuration management practices for CMMI compliance.
BC Housing
2007 to 2008Defined and implemented environment and release management for corporate applications.
Best Buy
2002 to 2007Release manager for the Bestbuy.ca implementation, coordinating teams in Canada, the US, the Philippines, and India.
IBM
1995 to 2001Managed biweekly releases of five vendor support applications with teams in Mexico City and Dallas.
Led by Guillermo Garcia
Founder of SystemLabs. Scrum Master, Agile Coach, and Project Manager with more than 20 years delivering enterprise technology for organizations such as WorkSafeBC, Lululemon, Boeing, HSBC, Vancity, and Coast Capital.
SPC, RTE, PMP, CSP, PMI-ACP
See Guillermo’s full profile at ggarcia.caTell us what you want to build.
Send a few lines about your project and we will get back to you. We work in English and Spanish.