Communications Director

Running Cloud Like a Business: Why CIO Leadership Is the Missing Link in Cloud Financial Control

Posted on behalf of CIO Association of Canada’s sponsor, Invero. Cloud spend continues to surprise even the most mature organizations. Despite investments in tooling, dashboards, and optimization initiatives, many CIOs still find themselves pulled into reactive conversations – explaining unexpected invoices after the fact rather than confidently forecasting, governing, and aligning spend with business priorities. …

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Member Spotlight – Celebrating Women in Technology

Member Spotlight – Celebrating Women in Technology At CIOCAN, we are committed to fostering a more inclusive and diverse technology landscape. This International Women’s Day, we proudly celebrate the women in our community whose leadership, innovation, and impact continue to move the industry forward. Rachel Porteous How long have you been a member of CIOCAN, …

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Building a threat-aware IAM strategy: What CIOs and CISOs should prioritise next

Posted on behalf of CIO Association of Canada’s sponsor, ManageEngine. Jay, Head of growth, IAM and SIEM, ManageEngine Identities have always been the threads that stitch enterprise IT together, but their nature has changed dramatically. Twenty years ago, an identity meant a username and password sitting in a corporate directory. Access was tied to a …

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Winner of the 2025 Dr. Catherine Aczel Boivie and CIO Association of Canada Award – Annika Thayananthan

CIOCAN is pleased to announce Annika Thayananthan, Business Technology Management student at TMU, has been honored with the prestigious 2025 Dr. Catherine Aczel Boivie and CIO Association of Canada Award by CIOCAN. Annika graciously accepted the award, responding with the following… Congratulations, Annika, on this well-deserved achievement! Your future in the tech industry is undoubtedly …

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CIO Award Winners: What does it take?

CIO Award Winners: What does it take? In a world where negative stories about IT project failures seem to dominate the top headlines, it is great to be able to celebrate CIO successes. As one of the tools to help benchmark their organization’s progress and to provide some public recognition of their teams’ triumphs, progressive …

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Welcome, Jude Abbey

Jude is the Manager Health Infrastructure Projects at Government of Nova Scotia. Check out Jude’s LinkedIn.

Welcome, Dr. Marry Gunaratnam

Marry is the Senior Vice President – IT at Northern Credit Union. Check out Marry’s LinkedIn here.

Welcome, Milad Sakiani

Milad is the Vice President Information Technology Operations at Nicola Wealth. Check out Milad’s LinkedIn here.

Welcome, Wallace Brown

Wallace is the Senior Manager, Technical Service Operations & Security at Eminence Organic Skin Care. Check out Wallace’s LinkedIn here.

Welcome, Paul Huddleston

Paul is the Senior Vice President, IT; Data Privacy Office at Gateway Services Inc.. Check out Paul’s LinkedIn here.

Welcome, Wilson Hau

Wilson is the Head of IT, Operational Technology, & Security at Burgundy Diamond Mines. Check out Wilson’s LinkedIn here.

Welcome, Sean Barry

Sean is the Senior IT Director at Liftow Limited. Check out Sean’s LinkedIn here.