CIO Association of Canada Vancouver Chapter’s 20 year anniversary

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The changing world of CIOs – CIO Association of Canada Vancouver Chapter’s 20 year anniversary Peer Forum in Vancouver on April 10-11 Reflections from Catherine Aczel Boivie Oh, how far we have come in twenty years as CIOs! At that time IT was relegated to back office and business considered it an operational necessity. In …

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Negotiating Successful IT Deals

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Matthew Peters, National Innovation Leader and Partner at McCarthy Tétrault LLP sets the stage for his presentation at the CIO Peer Forum in April 2018.  Here are some of his thoughts on managing and negotiating successful IT deals: When entering a new business relationship, there is a tendency to pull out a contract that has …

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Why Every Address Will Soon be ‘Smart’

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Jessie Adcock, Chief Technology Officer, City of Vancouver  will be a panelist at the upcoming CIO Peer Forum in Vancouver on Why Every Address Will Soon be ‘Smart’– How loT & Digital Engagement Change Everything Overview of Vancouver: Vancouver is a large global destination city with millions of people coming and going daily between its …

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Tech to tackle teen suicide epidemic, TED Talk by 14 year-old, Tanmay Bakshi

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Tanmay Bakshi, began coding at the age of five and is among the youngest cognitive and cloud computing developers, building applications engineered to augment human capabilities via Deep Learning. Now 14, his passion for learning and sharing about numerous topics such as Cognitive & AI, Tanmay is transforming the way technology is used to overcome …

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In the new digital world, it’s time to write a new charter for IT

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Peter Moore is a speaker at the 2018 CIO Peer Forum. Finding the right balance between operational excellence and business innovation The CiO.com 2017 State of the CIO survey found that 72% of respondents said they were struggling to strike the right balance between operational excellence and business innovation. 87% of respondents also said that …

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Breaking Through the Digital Deadlock

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Bill Keyworth, IDC Vice President Research speaker at the CIO Peer Forum on the topic of  the Breaking Through the Digitical Deadlock In recent years, enterprise leaders have sought to disrupt their markets and competitors through digital transformation (DX) enabled by cloud, mobile, social, and big data/analytics and accelerated by new digital technologies (Internet of Things, robotics, 3D …

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David Reid

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David is the Chief Information Officer for LAWPRO and he has been with them for 21 years. His areas of specialization are finance and insurance. Please welcome David to the CIO Association.

Shahram Dezfuli

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Shahram has been with The Royal Conservatory of Music for almost 19 years. He is their IT Director.

Dr. Kyle Wilson

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Kyle has been with the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health for almost 2 years as the Director – Information Systems and Chief Privacy Office. His areas if specialization include: Business Intelligence, IT Infrastructure, Planning and Program/Project Mgmt, Professional,Scientific and Technical services, Strategy and Innovation and Supplier Relationship Management.

Leading Innovation by Combining Waterfall and Agile Approaches

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This blog post was submitted by Dr. Blaize Horner Reich, ICD.D | RBC Professor of Technology and Innovation | Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University | Academic Fellow | International Council of Management Consulting Institutes.  Blaize will be a speaker at the CIO Peer Forum in April, 2018 on the topic Combining Agile and Waterfall Approaches to …

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Are You Properly Testing Your Cyber Security Systems?

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Nathan Sherlock is VP Managed Services Client Advocacy for Herjavec Group who will be moderating a track at the April CIO Peer Forum in Vancouver. He has worked within the Managed Services field for over 10 years and is passionate about SIEM and security monitoring. Nathan holds various certifications including CISSP, CEH, GCIH, GSLC, and …

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