Top Executive Survey Results

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Many thanks to Tony Olvet and Rob Burbach, of IDC, who led a group of members through the information gathered in the recent Top Executive Survey that showed shifts in the concerns of CEOs and IT leaders, and provided data that reveals just how far behind Canadian firms are with respect to digital adoption.  If you …

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Welcome New Member Yasemin

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Yasemin Sezer is the Head – Technology & Operations for L & T Infotech.  She has been there for 7 years. Her areas of specialization include: Business Process Alignment/Support, IT Architecture, IT Competencies/Culture, IT Infrastructure, Planning & Program/Project Management, Professional, Scientific and Technical services, Service Management, Solution Delivery/Support, Strategy and Innovation.

Another New Chapter Member – Philip Tapley

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Philip is the CIO & CMO for Westland Insurance.   He has been with Westland for over 18 years. His areas of specialization include: Business Intelligence, Business Process Alignment/Support, Financial Business Performance Management, IT Competencies/Culture, IT Infrastructure, Planning & Program/Project Management, Service Management, and Strategy and Innovation.

A new Edmonton Chapter Member – Curtis Schnieder

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Curtis is the Manager, Business Solutions for Strathcona County.  He has been with Strathcona for over 20 Years. His areas of specialization include: Business Alignment/Relationship Management, IT Architecture, Planning & Program/Project Management, Solution Delivery/Support, and Strategy and Innovation.  Please welcome Curtis.

Welcome Adrian to the Vancouver Chapter

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Adrian Vermerris  Manager, Corporate IT Adrian has been with Long View Systems for over 2 years.  His areas of specialization include: IT Architecture, IT Competencies/Culture, IT Infrastructure, Planning & Program/Project Management, Professional, Scientific and Technical services, Service Management and Solution Delivery/Support.

Ingenious Award Winners: Collect, Match and Deliver – Technology facilitates charity

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This is the final story in the series of blogs about the 2016 Ingenious Award Winners: Not-for-Profit Sector Winner: Furniture Bank Since 1998, Furniture Bank has been distributing donated furniture to families and individuals in need across the Greater Toronto Area. Women and children fleeing from abuse represent one-third of Furniture Bank’s clients, while refugees represent …

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TOR Innovation to Efficiency

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Executive Summary by volunteers Anastasia Tzirtziganis and Mitchell R. Fong Shlomo Bibas, VP Global Operation & Chief Information Officer, hosted Toronto Chapter members and colleagues at the Apotex facility in Etobicoke. With 25% of the prescribed pharmaceutical marketplace, Apotex fills 88 million prescriptions per year in Canada. On top of that, 75% of their production …

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Ingenious Award Winners: IT Facilitates Health Care Delivery

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This is the fifth in a series of 6 blogs about the 2016 Ingenious Award Winners: Small/Medium Public Sector Winner: First Nations Integrated Health Solution In 2007 InterRAI became the provincial standard for Albertans seeking placement in a provincial supportive living or long-term care facility. Delays with some aspects of implementation of this standard meant …

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Ingenious Award Winners: Unlocking the Power of Marketing Automation

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This is the fourth in a series of 6 blogs about the 2016 Ingenious Award Winners: Small/Medium Private/ICT Sector Winner: Thirdshelf Started by three co-founders in mid-2015, Thirdshelf is a loyalty marketing solution made for small, independent retailers. Its customer tracking capabilities, paired with artificial intelligences (AI) automates many aspects of customer relationship building. “It’s …

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CAL The Best of Gartner 2016, Nov 17, 2016

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In our technology leadership roles, we are all challenged with monitoring emerging technologies, ensuring reliability and relevance for the information resources we maintain and use, setting strategic direction, and pursuing priorities that will bring value to our organizations – all while ensuring that the information assets of our organizations and their customers are kept safe …

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Best of Gartner – Access to Slide Deck

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For a limited time, CIO Association members have access to the slide deck from the Best of Gartner events that have been held across the country for the past few weeks.  Those who attended the event may be interested in considering the information more carefully than could happen during the presentation.  For those who were …

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Ingenious Award Winners: Technology plus Agriculture = Smart Farming

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This is the third in a series of 6 blogs about the 2016 Ingenious Award Winners: Small/Medium Private, Non-ICT Sector Winner: NatureFresh™ Farms What started in 1999 as a greenhouse design business, NatureFresh has become the largest independently operated greenhouse grower in Canada, with large supermarket customers such as Kroger in the U.S. and The Great …

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