Vancouver Chapter

Join us in Vancouver

The Vancouver Chapter is the vibrant founding chapter of the CIO Association of Canada. Our community of senior IT professionals is a hub of trusted peers, education, and career development. Connect with us at our in-person professional development events, online, and/or at our informal monthly gatherings (“Beers with Peers”). You will be welcomed by friendly faces who understand your unique challenges. You will not regret it.

Dianne Lapierre
Past Chapter President

The CIO Association of Canada has made a huge impact on my success as a CIO, through networking, information sharing and thought leadership. The role of CIO can be a lonely one in organizations – our peers are really our customers and it’s tough to ask for support from them when challenges arise. The contacts I have made in my 6 years of association and involvement with CIOCAN and the local Vancouver Chapter have been invaluable in my career and my personal growth.

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Welcome, Michael LeBlanc

Michael LeBlanc is the Director of Information Technology at St. John’s School. An IT management professional with over 15 years of industry experience, managing functional teams, service delivery and projects for ...

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VAN Discover Design Thinking

The Vancouver Chapter of the CIO Association was pleased to collaborate with Deloitte Digital to offer our most recent event focusing on Human centred design. Sarah West, Laura Read and ...

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Welcome, Amy Chiang

Amy Chiang is the Assistant Technology Manager at Fraser Valley Real Estate Board. Experienced Committee Member with a demonstrated history of working in the real estate industry. Skilled in Management, ...

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Welcome, David Pedersen

David Pedersen is the IT Manager at Fraser Valley Real Estate board. Experienced Information Technology Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the real estate industry. Skilled in IT ...

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IDC: Future of work

The Vancouver Chapter of the CIO Association was pleased to collaborate with IDC to offer our most recent event.  As part of a National Series for the CIO Association of Canada, ...

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Welcome, Brian Farrell

Brian Farrell is the Director of Technology & Innovation at York House School. Internationally experienced technology, learning development, and operations leader with a demonstrated history of growing learning with technology, ...

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Welcome back, Alvin Chok

Alvin Chok is the Chief Information Office at City of New Westminster. His career focuses around IT Architecture, IT Competencies/Culture, IT Infrastructure, Service Management, Solution Delivery/Support, Strategy and Innovation and ...

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Welcome, Paul Plischke

Paul Plischke is the Executive Vice President & Acting CIO at Westland Insurance. Paul Plischke leads the information technology department at Westland Insurance. With over 20 years of IT leadership ...

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Welcome, Neal Oliver

Neal Oliver is the AVP, IT Service Management at Raymond James Ltd. Goal oriented strategist and experienced manager of infrastructure operations support and program and project teams. Neal thrives in ...

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Welcome, Stephen Pedersen

Stephen Pedersen is the Director of Information Security at Coast Capital Savings. Stephen is an information security leader with over 15 years of experience building and driving security strategy, architecture, ...

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Welcome back, Sandeep Sidhu

Sandeep Sidhu is the Director of IT Client Services at SFU. Her career focuses around IT Competencies/Culture, Planning & Program/Project Mgmt, Service Management, Solution Delivery/Support, Strategy and Innovation and Supplier ...

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Welcome, Ian Prinsloo

Ian Prinsloo is the Director of Treasury Technology at Central Credit Union. A senior business and technology leader with a MBA, an entrepreneurial vision and extensive local and international leadership ...

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Welcome, Jerry Jim

Jerry Jim is the VP of Information Technology at Central 1 Credit Union. IT leader with over 25 years of industry background in infrastructure, operations, transformation or IT leadership roles. ...

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Welcome, Alon Goldberg

Alon Goldberg is the CTO at Wirefire Secure Network Solutions, Next Generation Firewall Exper. Alon is CTO of Wirefire Secure Network Solutions. A hacker at heart, he is a seasoned ...

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Kurt Pregler | Chief Information Officer | TransLink

Kurt is the CIO for Metro Vancouver’s regional transportation authority which provides integrated transit services across 23 communities, moving more than 500,000 people per day. As TransLink’s Chief Information Officer, ...

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