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Greetings from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas where there are over 3,500 exhibitors and over 170,000 attendees! The show is big — it brings in $210M to Las Vegas’ economy. The first event for the media was “CES unveiled”. About 150 of the 3,500 exhibitors had a special show for the media for …
Catherine Boivie sends greetings from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas where there are over 3500 exhibitors and over 170,000 attendees!! One of the top 10 finalists for the CES Mobile Apps Showdown is from Canada . is an App designed by Canadian Entrepreneurs Stephen Ibaraki and Dave O’Leary to help small businesses succeed …
As part of our continued effort to enhance engagement and improvement to our chapter, the following 2 members have been elected to be part of the Calgary CIOCAN Board. Greg Bratton – Director, Information Technology – SECURE Energy Services Thomas Schmidt – VP of Information Technology – PWT Both of these members have …
The result of an 8-month consultation among industry and academic experts (in which CIOCAN was represented), the recommendations in the Big Data and the Intelligence Economy report are intended to inform business leaders, academics, and policy-makers how to prepare organizations for the opportunities and challenges that big data adoption will bring. One of the most …
At the recent Ingenious Awards Gala Dinner, Eugene Roman, CTO at Canadian Tire Corporation was named ITAC CanadianCIO of the Year for the private sector. He has since agreed to be a keynote speaker at the CIO Association national conference that will be held at Toronto’s Allstream Centre April 20-21, 2016. Other announcements at the …
Edmonton chapter members responded to new President Shaun Guthrie’s invitation to gather on December 2nd to celebrate the holidays and share some Christmas Cheer at Sorrentino’s Bistro Bar. It was a great opportunity to get to know one another and strengthen the network of senior IT executives in Edmonton.
On behalf of the National Board of the CIO Association of Canada, Gary Davenport announced this week that Humza Teherany, Chief Innovation Officer at Compass Group, has been appointed as the new National Vice-President for the Association. Davenport stated that “having worked with Humza at a previous company, I know him very well and he …
At an awards ceremony which took place on Monday, November 16, two awards sponsored by CIO Association members were presented to students of the Ted Rogers School of Information Technology Management. Thanujan Sathasivam was the proud recipient of the Dave Codack Academic Achievement Award ($2000). This award is for a full-time student for demonstrating the …
Shaun Guthrie takes on Edmonton Chapter Presidency Cindy Cripps-Prawak moves into President role in Ottawa Chapter The Board of the CIO Association of Canada is pleased to announce that Shaun Guthrie, Director of Information Technology at Go Auto, has assumed the position of President of the Edmonton Chapter, and Cindy Cripps-Prawak, ED, Innovation, Architecture and …
At the Toronto Chapter event on October 20, Laura Williams facilitated a presentation and discussion on the value that Organizational Change Management practices can have on the success of project management. The slide deck from her presentation is provided as a reminder for event attendees and a resource for those who were unable to join us.
Members of the Vancouver Board gathered at the offices of Mountain Equipment Coop to plan the chapter’s program.
CIO Digest #10 September 23, 2015 The relationship between CIOs and the Board is an area of growing interest for our Association members. The topic has been addressed at the CIO Peer Forum and at some local chapter events. Toronto Chapter member Steve Delaney, CIO at MCAP, has a unique perspective that he shared in …