Welcome Lyonel Kawa!

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Lyonel Kawa is a Chief Information Officer at BURNCO Ltd for 1 year. His areas of specialization includes: 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.  

Welcome Jess Moss!

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Jess Moss Director is an IT Services at H&R Block Canada for almost 3 years.  His areas of Specialization include: Business Alignment/Relationship Management, Business Intelligence, Business Process Alignment/Support, IT Competencies/Culture.  

Welcome Gordon Coulman!

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Gordon Coulman is a  Director Information Technology at City of St. Albert for almost 4 years. His areas of specialization include: Business Alignment/Relationship Management, IT Architecture, IT Competencies/ Culture, Planning & Program/Project Management Strategy and Innovation.

Welcome Mark Bryant

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Mark Bryant is the Chief Information Officer at PCL Constructors for over 4 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.

New Chapter President for CIOCAL

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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 …

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Imperatives for Cybersecurity Success in the Digital Age

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THANK YOU!!! The evening of February 28th, the Edmonton Chapter was pleased to host John Davis, retired U.S. Army Major General and VP and Chief Security Officer of Palo Alto Networks. Nearly 50 participants had the opportunity to hear CSO Davis’s information security journey, spanning the high-stakes worlds of the US military environment to private …

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Managing Innovation in the Digital Economy: It’s not just technology

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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 …

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Managing Innovation – Presentation by Geoffrey Cann

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.

Edmonton Event: Cybersecurity Imperatives – Feb 28/17

The Edmonton Chapter high-profile event held on February 28, 2017, featured a presentation by John Davis, retired U.S. Army Major General, current VP and Federal CSO for Palo Alto Networks.  The slide deck from his presentation is available to CIO Association members.  Click on the presentation icon below to download the resource.  

Announcing DX Agents

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New consortium including SAP, AWS, and Deloitte targets digital transformation acceleration in Canada Alliance of 11 organizations kicks off DXagents program; aims to help Canadian businesses become more globally competitive by embracing digital technology   TORONTO, 23 February, 2017 Today marks the launch of DXagents, a first-of-its-kind national digital transformation accelerator comprised of business leaders …

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Digital Business Transformation Event

David Oh, CIO, VP Innovation & Technology Services at AGLC and David Booth, Chief Information Officer at City of Edmonton, led a stimulating round table conversation on digital business transformation, machine learning and AI. Attendees shared their perspectives on the challenges and opportunities available from the disruption of traditional business contexts. Digital leaders who are …

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ATB Financial: The Rise of the Chief Evangelist

We are delighted to have Dave Mowat, President and CEO of ATB Financial speaking at the upcoming CIO Peer Forum in Edmonton April 26-27, 2017.  Dave is re-imagining ATB Financial to drive innovation and digital transformation.  As such, a new style of leadership and roles are being created to meet that vision.  A key leader …

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