Edmonton Chapter

Join us in Edmonton

In Edmonton you’ll find a diverse group of CIO’s and IT leaders. We have members from public and private organizations, small to large and from various industries. We all share a common goal and theme of learning from each other as we navigate the fast paced and exciting world of technology leadership.

Roland Woo
Edmonton Chapter President

“Being a member of the association has helped boost my confidence when dealing with business stakeholders. It’s been great sharing my challenges and opportunities with other IT leaders and receiving positive feedback about how to move forward.”

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CIOCAN Members on Innovation

David Booth, former CIO for the City of Edmonton (Alberta’s second-largest city, Canada’s fifth-largest) describes how Edmonton has reinvented itself with forward-thinking policies and technologies that support seamless collaboration. David ...

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Hani Mansi

Hani is with the National CISO Division – Edmonton. He is the Director, Cybersecurity for the ATCO Group. He has been there for almost 6 years. Hani’s portfolio includes implementing ...

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CIOCAN is 20 Years Young

      by Catherine Boivie Founder and Honorary Life Member, ​CIO Association of Canada   In 1996 Catherine Boivie moved from Toronto to Vancouver to take up the position ...

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Brock Kahanyshyn

Brock has been with the Edmonton Police Service for 4 years. His areas of specialization include: Business Process Alignment/Support, IT Competencies/Culture, Planning & Program/Project Management, Professional,Scientific and Technical Services, Service ...

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Big Data, IoT, the Law and What You Need To Know. Kelly Friedman, CIO Peer Forum 2017

By: Jalen Chin, Guest Contributor, CIO Peer Forum 2017 Volunteer With the rise of technology and the ease at which data can be collected, there comes many opportunities to analyze information ...

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The Risks Behind the Rewards: What DX Means for Cyber Security, Julie Cullivan, CIO PEER FORUM 2017

By Jalen Chin, Guest Contritbutor As the world becomes increasingly technology oriented, information continues to become digitized. However, with the increased use of technology, such as mobile devices, there will ...

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“There is no better time to be a CIO, than today.” Ian Cox at CIO Peer Forum 2017

By: Li-Ling Chang, Guest Contributor and CIO Peer Forum 2017 volunteer The annual CIO Peer Forum in Edmonton had a strong attendance and captivating speakers offering much anticipated talks on creating ...

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“Nothing is impossible.” Jay Vijayan at CIO Peer Forum 2017

  By Alex Piasta, Guest Contriubutor At the 2017 CIOCAN conference held in Edmonton, Alberta, Jay Vijayan formerly of Tesla Motors explained his innovative professional experiences. By developing breakthrough technology ...

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City of Edmonton: OneCity Workplace – Peer Forum 2017 Presentation

The recent CIO Peer Forum 2017 was a terrific success. We would like to thank the presenters for granting permission for us to share the slide decks of their presentations with CIO ...

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CIO Peer Forum in the news

By 2020 there has to be bottomline business results to the investments made going digital. That was the assessment of Nim Nadarajah, CIO Critical Matrix, at the conclusion of one ...

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How Bruce Croxon would startup Lavalife today

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.  ...

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

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 ...

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Imperatives for Cybersecurity Success in the Digital Age

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 ...

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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 ...

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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, ...

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