About DAVY Communications

Practical, defensible results for complex, regulated organizations — since 2007.

Dr. Dubravka (Debbie) Davy & Kenneth C. Davy, B.A. (Hons.) Co-Founders & Senior Consultants

Complex work. Senior expertise. Practical results. DAVY Communications provides senior, hands-on consulting support to organizations in financial services, the public sector, legal and professional services, regulated industries and other complex environments. Since 2007, our work has spanned policies and governance, business continuity, knowledge management and procurement advisory services, with particular expertise in enterprise policy development, data governance, IT/IS and cybersecurity policies and procedures, procurement, and information-security audit readiness.

Senior people do the work
Complex work gets delivered
Built to stand up to scrutiny

We bring senior expertise to complex work and stay with it through to a practical, defensible and usable outcome.

Banking, Insurance & Financial Services · Public Sector Organizations & Agencies · Legal & Professional Services · Technology & Regulated Enterprise

Who We Are

Senior expertise. Direct access. Direct involvement.

DAVY Communications is the consulting practice of D.K. Consultants Inc., led by two senior consultants who work directly with every client. Since 2007, we have provided experienced, hands-on consulting support across financial services, the public sector, legal and professional services, technology and other regulated environments — bringing policy and governance, business continuity, knowledge management and procurement expertise to complex assignments.

Dr. Dubravka (Debbie) Davy

Dr. Dubravka (Debbie) Davy

Director & Co-Founder · Policies, Governance & Business Continuity Lead

Debbie is a senior policy and governance consultant with nearly three decades of experience developing, implementing and defending enterprise policies, procedures and governance frameworks for regulated financial institutions, law firms, technology companies, public-sector organizations and other complex enterprises. Her expertise spans information security and cybersecurity, data governance, privacy, business continuity, operational risk, regulatory compliance and audit readiness. Her experience includes institutional policy and regulatory-readiness work for U.S. digital trust banking initiatives, enterprise data governance and information-security programs in financial services, policy development and defence for professional-services organizations, and complex governance assignments in Canada and internationally. Debbie is particularly skilled at translating technical, regulatory and business requirements into practical, defensible documentation that organizations can approve, implement and use.

PhD, Technical Communication & Rhetoric, Texas Tech University · MSc, Technical Communication Management, Mercer University · Senior Member, IEEE

Kenneth C. Davy

Kenneth C. Davy, B.A. (Hons.)

President & Co-Founder · Procurement Advisory Lead

Ken is a senior procurement advisor with more than 25 years of experience supporting complex public- and private-sector procurement, business analysis and technical documentation. His work spans the full procurement lifecycle, including strategy, requirements development, RFx preparation, evaluation methodology, vendor assessment and selection, negotiations, procurement governance, and implementation support. He brings experience across financial services, technology, transportation, infrastructure, energy, telecommunications, healthcare and government, as well as extensive bidder-side experience developing and managing competitive RFP and RFI responses. Beyond his consulting work, Kenneth has contributed to institutional governance through the University of Toronto Governing Council and the Faculty of Arts & Science Search Committee.

Areas of Expertise

Four areas, delivered by senior consultants.

Policies & Governance

We develop, update and defend enterprise policies, procedures and governance frameworks that reflect how organizations actually operate and stand up to regulatory, audit, client and operational scrutiny.

Business Continuity

We help organizations prepare for disruption through business continuity policies and programs, business impact and risk assessments, continuity and recovery planning, incident and crisis response, tabletop exercises and supporting procedures.

Knowledge Management

We help organizations identify, capture, retain and share critical institutional knowledge — particularly where key-person dependency, change, retirement or operational complexity puts important knowledge at risk.

Procurement Advisory

We provide senior procurement support across the procurement lifecycle — from strategy, requirements and RFx development through evaluation methodology, vendor assessment and selection, negotiations, governance and implementation support.

Have a complex assignment you need help moving forward?

Whether you need policies or procedures developed, a business continuity program strengthened, critical knowledge captured, a procurement moved forward, or help responding to an information-security review, we can help.

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Land Acknowledgement

DAVY Communications operates from Brampton, Ontario, part of the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples. We acknowledge that this land continues to be home to diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities. We honour their enduring presence and stewardship, and we commit to working with respect, responsibility, and awareness on this land. We also affirm our commitment to providing a safe and inclusive space for LGBTQ+ communities and for all individuals who engage with our work.

Senior policy and governance expertise, since 2007.

DAVY Communications is the consulting practice of D.K. Consultants Inc., led by two senior consultants who work directly with every client. Since 2007, we have provided experienced, hands-on consulting support across financial services, the public sector, legal and professional services, technology and other regulated environments bringing policy and governance, business continuity, knowledge management and procurement expertise to complex assignments.

Kenneth Davy

President

Over 30 years of experience in the private and public sectors, specifically in the fields of procurement and knowledge management. This (coupled with significant leadership expertise in technical, scientific, and compliance projects, such as chemical vapour deposition, natural gas pipelines, and energy) means his unique background has provided Ken with the capability to quickly understand business needs, processes, and technologies.

Dr. Debbie Davy

Director

An expert in technical communication and rhetoric with over 30 years of experience providing strategic guidance and advisory services in IT/IS policy development, procurement, and knowledge management to the private and public sectors.


LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

DAVY Communications operates from Brampton, Ontario, part of the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples. We acknowledge that this land continues to be home to diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities. We honour their enduring presence and stewardship, and we commit to working with respect, responsibility, and awareness on this land. We also affirm our commitment to providing a safe and inclusive space for 2SLGBTQIA+ communities and for all individuals who engage with our work.

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