Back to the office, Building back better

The Toronto Chapter of the CIO Association was pleased to collaborate with Ram Srinivasan, Managing Director at JLL Consulting for our most recent event: Round table – Back to office, Building back better. The session covered key data, research and antidotes on how to transition the workforce. It also covered what is the new norm …

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Welcome, Victoria Yanku

Victoria Yanku is the Sr. IT Program Manager at CIBC. With over 20 years of experience performing, delivering and managing IT projects, programs, portfolios and budgets, I have always had my finger on the pulse of all things related to IT Departments operations, IT PMOs and IT projects Portfolios. Victoria on LinkedIn

Virtual Executive Presence and Personal Branding

The CIO Association of Canada was pleased to collaborate with Debra Christmas Senior Executive Partner at Gartner to offer our most recent event. This session covered the value of creating a personal brand and how key leaders perceive them. It also covered how to manage your personal brand like the valuable asset it is. We would …

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Welcome, Sorin Egher

Sorin Egher is IT Manager at Dexterra. Innovative, results-oriented management professional with over 10 years of visible achievements providing leading edge technological solutions. Extensive qualifications in all aspects of systems administration, management and maintenance, network/server operations and hardware/software solutions. Exceptional skills in implementation of terms and systems to provide business solutions which increase operational efficiencies. …

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Welcome, Amer Khan

Amer M. Khan is the CISO at The Salvation Army. His experience includes: • 10+ years supervisory and Project Management experience. • Strong knowledge of risks and processes relating to InfoSec Technology assets, processes and organizations obtained during 15 years of related industry/technology experience. • Extensive audit and risk management experience gained from working in …

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Welcome, Arman Kamran

Arman Kamran is the CTO at Prima Recon Machine Intelligence. Executive Leader, Server and Polymath with extended expertise and background in leading teams in combining Technology, Business and Process in optimization of Customer Centric Delivery Pipelines in a variety of Industries. A creative leader known for building high-performing global teams delivering exceptional results. My teams …

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Welcome, Kevin Schieck

Kevin Schieck is the Information Technology Manager at Crawford Packaging. A family man, volunteer firefighter and deeply committed to both and my community. I love and excel at taking on new challenges and in addition to my community and family involvement have always loved and had a passion for IT. I am a driven individual …

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Welcome, Alex Muriuki

Alex Muriuki is IT Manager at TaylorMade Golf. Broad expertise in managing IT teams within North America Strategic yet practical thinker. Goal driven team leader who encourages discussion and input from all participants to ensure trust and cohesion amongst teams. Broad expertise and thought leader in running critical technology infrastructure that requires high availability settings …

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Northern Ireland, A hidden gem for technology, innovation and talent

The Toronto Chapter of the CIO Association was pleased to collaborate with Michael Barton a Regional Director (Canada) from Invest Northern Ireland for our most recent event: Northern Ireland, A hidden gem for technology, innovation and talent. The session on Dec. 9th, featured three companies from Northern Ireland who talked about the following: Anaeko – focusing …

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Welcome, Elsa Painter

Elsa Painter is the AVP of Corporate Services IT at Equitable Life of Canada. Her career focuses around IT services. LinkedIn

Welcome, Elena Kroupa

Elena Kroupa is the Director of Information Systems and Technology Solutions at United Way Greater Toronto. A result oriented driven Senior Business professional with extensive experience across multiple industries, including marketing and advertising, financial services, insurance and pharmaceutical. Experienced in building winning teams in campaign management, business analysis, and quality assurance. Expertise in building, optimizing …

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Welcome, Christian Menkens

Christian Menkens is the CTO at Intact Financial Corporation. Christian is a dynamic and outcomes-oriented Senior Technology Executive across Enterprise Digital Transformation, Mobile, Web, IoT, Data & Analytics, Machine Learning(ML)/Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cloud, SOA, Microservices, APIs, Telecommunications and general, traditional core IT Infrastructure & Systems. He has over 15 years of highly successful Technology Leadership, …

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