The Calgary Airport Authority: Preparing for the technology needs of the 21st century (October 2017) The Calgary Airport Authority (YYC) has recently opened a large International terminal and a new runway to service it’s rapidly-growing international markets. Calgary is becoming increasingly recognized as a centre for global businesses and international travel. Making the transition to …
Bruce is an Associate member with the National CISO Division – Calgary. He is the Manager,Infrastructure/Operations/Security for BURNCO Rock Products and he has been there for almost 2 years. His areas of specialization include: IT Architecture, IT Competencies/Culture, IT Infrastructure, Planning & Program/Project Management, Service Management, Solution Delivery/Support, Strategy/Innovation and Supplier Relationship Management.
An Update on CASL Enforcement, Mandatory Breach Notification, and the EU’s GDPR. CIOCAL Session September 21, 2017 Martin Kratz, QC, FCIPS and Partner with Bennett Jones, shared his recent experiences and insights on three aspects of privacy regulations and legislation: 1. Recent court and CRTC decisions associated with Canada’s Anti-Spam legislation (CASL). He provided several …
by Catherine Boivie Founder and Honorary Life Member, CIO Association of Canada In 1996 Catherine Boivie moved from Toronto to Vancouver to take up the position of Director of IT at BCAA. In her first few weeks there, she found herself calling CIOs she knew in Toronto to exchange information and …
Mike Maxwell has been with the Calgary Airport Authority for almost 2 years. Mike is responsible for the successful provision of systems and technology at the Calgary International Airport.
On April 5, the Calgary chapter event was hosted by IBM Canada in their new District Ventures and IBM Innovation Space, a collaborative initiative with District Ventures. We had an opportunity to meet and learn directly from Dino Trevisani, President of IBM Canada, both why and how IBM is investing in innovation. We experienced one …
At our Calgary Chapter gathering on March 22, we had an opportunity to explore how our members were approaching their own innovation initiatives. The discussion was vigorous as we explored how the Dobbin Monitor Deloitte model (introduced by Geoffrey Cann on February 16) could be used by our own members to assess where they might exploit …
The Calgary Chapter Board of the CIO Association of Canada has elected John Vince, Director, Enterprise Architecture & Enablement, for Shaw Communications as its new President, effective immediately. Regarding his appointment, Vince says “I am thrilled and honored to lead our Chapter in a time where business and technology are converging and technology leaders are …
We have all been well aware of UBER’s impact on the taxi industry here in Calgary, and how the taxi sector was ill-prepared to deal with the changes brought about by digital technologies (smart phones, google maps, PayPal, cloud computing). They are catching up but not before losing market share and significant company and license …
The Calgary Chapter event held on February 16, 2017, featured a presentation by Geoffrey Cann, of Monitor Deloitte. The slide deck from his presentation is available to CIO Association members. Click on the presentation icon below to download the resource.
John is the Director of Information Technology at the Calgary Catholic School District and he was worked there for over 19 years. His areas of specializatin include: Business Alignment/relationship Management and IT Competencies/Culture.
"How do you even begin to develop appropriate, plausible scenarios for the impacts, opportunities and implications of emerging digital technologies on you and your organization? This is a challenging issue facing many of our members. Where do I start? What's a helpful and practical way to think about these things? And, then, … what do …