CIOCAL Event Summary – Breakfast with Bob Schulz

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"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 …

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Imperatives for Cybersecurity Success  Edmonton Chapter High-Profile Event

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CIOCAN members and senior IT executives who are able to be in Edmonton on Tuesday, February 28 will want to be at that Westin Edmonton Hotel to hear John Davis, retired U.S. Army Major General and VP and Chief Security Officer of Palo Alto Networks explain the paradigm shift required for cybersecurity success:  from threat detection to …

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IDC Canada 2017 Predictions – Toronto Chapter Event, Jan 26, 2017

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The Toronto Chapter of the CIO Association of Canada was pleased to host the annual “IT Predictions” event with staff from IDC presenting their interpretations and projections for trends and influences that will affect IT over the next year and beyond.  CIO Association members can access the slide deck by clicking on the screen icon …

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Welcome Alexey Rikhva

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Alexey Rikhva is the CIO Information Technology at Proctor & Gamble.  He has been with them for 3 ½ years. His areas of specialization include: Business Alignment/Relationship Management, Business Intelligence, Business Process Alignment/Support, IT Architecture, IT Competencies/Culture, IT Infrastructure, Planning & Program/Project Management, Service Management, Strategy and Innovation, Supplier Relationship Management.

New Chapter Member Ken Kawall

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Ken Kawall has been the Chief Information and Innovation Officer for almost 3 years at the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board in Toronto. He specializes in; Business Alignment/Relationship Management, IT Competencies/Culture, Planning & Program/Project Management, Service Management, Strategy and Innovation.  Please welcome Ken.

Welcome Owen Santilly

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Owen is the CIO for  C.S.T. Consultants Inc. for the past year. his areas of specialization include:  business Alignment/Relationship Management, Business Intelligence, Business Process Alignment/Support, IT Architecture, IT Competencies/Culture, IT Infrastructure, Planning & Program/Project Management, Solution Delivery/Support, Strategy and Innovation, Supplier Relationship Management.

New Vancouver Chapter Member Alvin Chok

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Alvin is the CIO for the City of New Westminster.  He has worked there for over 12 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 …

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Welcome Corinne Pitre-Hayes

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Corinne has recently joined the Vancouver Chapter.  She has been the CIO for  Kwantien Polytechnic University for 5 months. She specializes in Service Management, Solution Delivery/Support, Strategy and Innovation.

Welcome New Member Pedro Melo

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Pedro is the  Executive Vice President, Information Technology at Pollard Banknote and he has been with them for less than a year. His areas of specialization include: Business Alignment/Relationship Management, Business Intelligence, Business Process Alignment/Support, IT Architecture, IT Competencies/Culture, IT Infrastructure, Planning & Program/Project Management, Professional,Scientific and Technical services, Service Management, Solution Delivery/Support and Supplier …

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Welcome New Member Doug Howell

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Doug Howell has been with The Little Potato Company Ltd. for almost a year as their Information Technology Manager. His areas of specialization include: IT Architecture, IT Infrastructure, Planning & Program/Project Management, Strategy and Innovation and Supplier Relationship Management.

Welcome New Member Paul Mann

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Paul is the Director, Integrated Technical Services  and he has been with Samuel, Son & Co. Ltd. for over 18 years. His areas of specialization include: IT Architecture, IT Competencies/Culture, IT Infrastructure, Service Management and Supplier Relationship Management.

Welcome New Member Yasemin

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Yasemin Sezer is the Head – Technology & Operations for L & T Infotech.  She has been there for 7 years. Her areas of specialization include: Business Process Alignment/Support, IT Architecture, IT Competencies/Culture, IT Infrastructure, Planning & Program/Project Management, Professional, Scientific and Technical services, Service Management, Solution Delivery/Support, Strategy and Innovation.