Hassan el Bouhali

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Hassan is the CIO for the Woodbridge Group. He is new to the Woodbridge Group. His areas of specialization include: Digital Strategy, IT Strategy, Technology Investments Portfolio Management, IT Benefits Realization, Business Intelligence, Data Analytics, Organizational Structure Design, Benchmark/Measurement, Vendor Management, Contract Negotiations, Business Process Automation, Software Design, Real Time Systems Design, Infrastructure Management, Right …

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Laurie McBride

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Laurie joins us as an Associate member. She is the IT Portfolio Director at Life Labs and she has been with them for over 4 years. Her areas of specialization include: Business Alignment/Relationship Management, Business Process Alignment/Support, Financial Business Performance Management, and IT Competencies/Culture.

Mike Pedersen

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Mike is the CIO for at the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver. He has been with them for almost 25 years. His areas of specialization include: IT Competencies/Culture, Strategy and Innovation.

Debbie Lewis

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Debbie Lewis has been the CIO at the Royal Canadian Mint for 1 ½ years now. Her areas of specialization include: Business Process Alignment/Support, IT Competencies/Culture, Planning & Program/Project Management, Solution Delivery/Support, Strategy and Innovation.

Joachim Roeder

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Joachim is the CTO with Johnston Equipment. His areas of specialization include: Business Intelligence, Business Process Alignment/Support, IT Infrastructure, Planning & Program/Project Management, Strategy and Innovation.

Amandeep Singh

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Amandeep Singh is a Professor – Project & Program Management/Agile Transformation, at Sheridan College. He has been there almost a year His areas of specialization include: Business Alignment/Relationship Management, Business Process Alignment/Support, IT Competencies/Culture, Planning & Program/Project Management, Service Management, Solution Delivery/Support, Strategy and Innovation, Supplier Relationship Management.

Ranil Fernando

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Ranil is new to his position as Director of Operations & Information Systems at Corel Corporation. His areas of specialization include: Business Alignment/Relationship Management, Business Intelligence, Business Process Alignment/Support, Financial Business Performance Management, IT Competencies/Culture, Planning & Program/Project Management, Service Management, Solution Delivery/Support, Strategy and Innovation, Supplier Relationship Management.

Martin Bernier

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Martin Bernier is the CIO with Canadian Institutes of Health Research and he has been there for 2 1/2 years. His areas of specialization include: Business Alignment/Relationship Management, Financial Business Performance Management, IT Competencies/Culture, Planning & Program/Project Management, Service Management, Solution Delivery/Support, Strategy and Innovation.

Jeff Coolen

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Jeff Coolen joined us as an Associate Member. He is the Senior Manager of IT Business Applications, Overwaitea Food Group. He has been with Save On Foods for oOver 12 years. His areas of specialization include: Planning & Program/Project Management, Solution Delivery/Support, Strategy and Innovation.

What you Need to Know About Digital Communications and Privacy

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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 …

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What is Cyber Security Certification Worth?

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  There have been a lot of interesting reactions to the Equifax data breach. One of the most interesting for me is criticism of the Equifax CISO’s lack of technical or Cyber Security education. She does have Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in music composition as well as a resume that shows a work history at …

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Developing Cybersecurity Talent

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Two colleagues from two different organizations recently shared ‘tales of woe’ from their failed cyber security talent searches. We have all read articles in the last year or two that have been predicting a shortage of skilled cyber security talent.  Are we really beginning to experience that predicted shortage so soon? According to Indeed Spotlight: …

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