Digitizing Your Business: Buzzword or Reality? CIOCAL Round-table March 22, 2017

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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 …

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How Bruce Croxon would startup Lavalife today

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This article originally appeared on the  ITWorld Canada website on Thursday, April 13, 2017. Bruce Croxson was a keynote speaker at the CIO Peer Forum 2017, in Edmonton April 26-27.    by Brian Jackson  @brianjjackson  If Bruce Croxon could go back to 1988 and his startup days at Lavalife again, with the power of hindsight, …

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Welcome Kalev Ruberg!

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Kalev Ruberg is a CIO at Teck for 11 years. His areas of specialization include: Business Intelligence, Business Process Alignment/Support, IT Architecture, IT Competencies/Culture, IT Infrastructure, Solution Delivery/Support, Strategy and Innovation

Welcome Madeleyne Vivanco!

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Madeleyne Vivanco is a CIO and VP of IT Technology at Numeris for almost 2 years. Her areas of specialization include: Business Alignment/Relationship Management, Business Process Alignment/Support, IT Architecture, IT Competencies/Culture, Planning & Program/Project Management, Service Management, Solution Delivery/Support, Strategy and Innovation.  

What was it like to be the CIO of Tesla? A conversation with Jay Vijayan

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By: Brian Clendenin, Contributing Writer for IT World Canada Tesla Inc. … One of the fastest growing and most disruptive companies in the world today. I wonder what it must be like to have experienced being an IT leader in that rapid pace environment.  Well, it turns out that Jay Vijayan, CIO of Tesla prior to founding …

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It’s Time To Get Your Cloud Game On!

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  By: Jarrod Levitan, Chief Cloud Officer, Trinimbus It’s Time To Get Your Cloud Game On!  Amazon Web Services (AWS) has just launched their Region (multiple data centers) in Montreal. If you’re in the IT world, unless you’ve been living under rock, you would know that Amazon is the biggest and leading global provider of …

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Welcome Brent Perkins!

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Brent Perkins is a IT Director at MaRS Discovery District. His areas of specialization include: Business Alignment/Relationship Management, Business Intelligence, Business Process Alignment/Support, IT Competencies/Culture.

Welcome Michael Eubanks!

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Michael Eubanks is a Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer at LCBO for almost 3 years. His areas of specialization include: Business Alignment/Relationship Management, Business Intelligence, Business Process Alignment/Support, Financial Business Performance Management, IT Architecture, IT Competencies/Culture, IT Infrastructure, Planning & Program/Project Management, Professional, Scientific and Technical services, Service Management, Solution Delivery/Support, Strategy and …

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Welcome Jason Blanchette!

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Jason is the Director, IT Services at Palliser Furniture Upholstery Ltd. He has been with them for 10 years and in his current role for the past 5 years.   He is passionate about moving IT to a competitive advantage for organizations. Jason’s experiences include the Financial, Gaming, and Manufacturing industries during his 20 year …

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Welcome Arlene McDonald!

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Arlene McDonald is a VP Corporate Technology Solutions at PointClickCare for almost 2 years. Her areas of specialization include: Solution Delivery/Support.  

DX Agents: The Collected Blog Series

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Below is the content of a blog series published on the CIOCAN website.  The first entry is the original announcement of the DX Agents undertaking.  The next pieces, written by Dawood Kahn, use examples like Tesla, Blockchain, and Netflix to illustrate the digital transformation journey.  Read this document, and you will begin to appreciate the importance …

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Welcome Cosmin Ciurea!

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Cosmin Ciurea is a VP Software Development at MediResource for Less than a year| IT Director at MediResource for 4 years. His areas of specialization includes: Planning & Program/Project Management, Professional, Scientific and Technical services, Service Management, Solution Delivery/Support, Strategy and Innovation, Supplier Relationship Management.