Toronto Chapter
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Toronto is home to some of the best and brightest in the profession. Membership offers a wide range of services and opportunities designed to help keep you at the top of your game and at the forefront of technological advancement.
Network with industry leaders, problem solve real world issues with your peers, learn from leading research firms, grow your personal network and brand.
Kyoko Kobayashi
Toronto Chapter President
“It’s an honour to be part of this amazing association of like-minded professionals. As a member of the CIO Association of Canada, I’ve been able to connect with IT Leaders across the country to share experiences and thought leadership.”
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2019 ITAC Ingenious Awards and CanadianCIO of the Year Finalists Announced
MISSISSAUGA, ON (August 22, 2019) – The Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC) is pleased to announce the jury-selected finalists for the 2019 ITAC Ingenious Awards and the CanadianCIO of the Year Award. The awards programs were ...
Welcome, Doug Schmidt
Doug Schmidt is the VP of Technology Solutions at Capital Blockchain. His career focuses around, Business Alignment/Relationship Mgmt, Business Process Alignment/Support, IT Architecture, Planning & Program/Project Mgmt and Solution Delivery/Support.
Welcome, Gini Wong
Gini Wong is the Director of Information Technology at InvestorCOM. Gini directs IT Programs with a focus on quality, strong leadership, mentorship, team building, customer care and delivering on the company’s ...
Welcome, Tariq Jamal
Tariq Jamal is the Chief Information Officer at Umbra. His career focuses around, Manufacturing (including Pharmaceuticals), Business Process Alignment and Support.
Welcome, Anju Virmani
Anju Virmani is the CIO at Cargojet Airways. An outstanding technology leader, she uses technology and people together to solve complex business problems within any industry. A combination of soft ...
Welcome, Brent Nyznyk
Brent Nyznyk is the Chief Technology Officer at Nobul. Brents hands-on approach makes him perfect to assist companies that have struggling engineering departments, or companies that need to rapidly grow ...
Welcome, Rick Defoe
Rick Defoe is the Chief Information Officer at Simcoe County District School Board. His career focuses around Business Intelligence and Business Process Alignment/Support.
Women in Technology: Insights from Lan Nguyen, Deputy CIO (Retired), City of Toronto
This post and video are part of a series exploring Leaders in Technology: Women in IT. As we look forward to the upcoming event hosted by our Toronto chapter, Women ...
Women in Technology: Insights from Arlene McDonald, VP Corporate Technology Solutions, PointClickCare
This post and video are part of a series exploring Leaders in Technology: Women in IT. As we look forward to the upcoming event hosted by our Toronto chapter, Women ...
Women in Technology: Insights from Yasemin Sezer, Head – Technology & Operations, LTI Canada
This post and video are part of a series exploring Leaders in Technology: Women in IT. As we look forward to the upcoming event hosted by our Toronto chapter, Women ...
Women in Technology: Insights from Rita Lazar-Tippe, Director of Analytics, Data Governance and Artificial Intelligence, Alberta Pensions Services Corporation (APS)
This post and video are part of a series exploring Leaders in Technology: Women in IT. As we look forward to the upcoming event hosted by our Toronto chapter, Women ...
Women in Technology: Insights from Christine Day, CIO, Questrade Financial Group
This post and video are part of a series exploring Leaders in Technology: Women in IT. As we look forward to the upcoming event hosted by our Toronto chapter, Women ...
AI Implementations, Use Cases & Experiences #CIOPeerForum
By: Kyoko Kobayashi This session started with presentations of real-life experiences implementing AI. The presenters talked about what they went through identifying, planning, implementing and maintaining their AI, automation and ...
Disrupting the Disrupters: Thriving in the Digital Age, Kevin Peesker at #CIOPeerForum
By: Yoko Onuma How many of you are currently working on Artificial Intelligence (AI) projects? If not now, are you going to be within 5 years? Did you know Canada ...
Poppy Crum: Optimizing Human Performance Through Technology #CIOPeerForum
By: Atamjeet Kaur Dr. Poppy Crum, Chief Scientist at Dolby Laboratories, left the audience awestruck in the opening keynote session on day 2 of CIOCAN conference held in Toronto, Ontario. ...