Geopolitical Impacts of Cybersecurity on the Private Sector

The Internet enables almost anyone with a cell phone to connect to any computer, anywhere and copy, edit, or delete any digital asset. It has also opened the door to a world full of unauthorized users, who, through error or, more commonly, malice, seek to get at those digital assets. In addition to criminals, sometimes …

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Hunt has begun for 2021 Canadian CIO of the Year

By: Steve Proctor via ITWorld Canada It has been a year of pivots and unprecedented digital acceleration that has put the spotlight squarely on CIOs choreographing new projects and new work-from-home arrangements. While the late nights and marathon video calls to ensure the security of staff and systems have not yet been forgotten, CIOs are …

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CIO Association of Canada Welcomes New Montreal Chapter President: Sylvain Perras, Executive Director (CIO) Information Technology of Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain

The CIO Association of Canada (CIOCAN) is proud to announce Sylvain Perras as the President of the recently formed Montreal Chapter. Mr. Perras is Executive Director (CIO) – Information technology, of  Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain and was one of the founding board members for the Montreal Chapter.  Mr. Perras takes over from Stéphane Lamoureux, …

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Welcome, Tim Yurchak

Tim Yurchak is the Director Of Information Technology at Peace Hills Trust. Check out Tim’s LinkedIn.

Welcome, Jason Pullar

Jason Pullar is the Director of Information Technology at Sundial Cannabi. IT Executive with over 15 years of experience in providing leadership and direction to technical infrastructure teams as well as planning for IT operations relating to servers, cloud computing, networking, facilities and storage services, and deployment management. Check out Jason’s LinkedIn.

Welcome, Amélie Lecompte

Amélie Lecompte is the VP & Deputy CIO at the Canada Mortgage & Housing Corporation (CMHC) Société canadienne d’hypothèques et de logement(SCHL). Check out Amélie’s LinkedIn.

Welcome, Sonny Sarai

Sonny Sarai is the Senior Manager, Information Security and Technical Infrastructure at Save-On-Foods. No doubt. Information Security is a challenging discipline. Constantly defending identities, networks, cloud, and endpoints from adversaries who will not quit until they have a foothold in the network. The cyber attackers are raising their game and we are constantly upping our …

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Welcome, Caleb Zimmerman

Caleb Zimmerman is the Vice President of Information and Business Technology at Jones Healthcare Group. • Demonstrate leadership with direct and indirect people management and take charge attitude • Display strategic mindset by acting as a thought leader while keeping a holistic view • Exercise project management fundamentals when leading and participating in various scale …

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CIOCAN Women in Technology

The Toronto Chapter of the CIO Association of Canada was pleased to host an encore Women in Technology discussion on March 24th, 2021. Five panelists participated and covered the following topics, awareness of barriers for women in the workspace, the value of different perspectives, practical communication skills, and actions men and women can take to …

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Welcome, Michael Whitt

Michael Whitt is the Partner at Bennett Jones LLP. Check out Michael’s LinkedIn.

Welcome, Adeniyi Adebayo

Adeniyi Adebayo is the Chief Technology Officer at Bennett Jones LLP. Check out Adeniyi’s LinkedIn.

Welcome, Leroy Wissing

Leroy Wissing is the Director of IT at Lixar. Check out Leroy’s Linkedin.