The CIO Peer Forum 2022

The Road Ahead:

Seeing Beyond the Curves

Virtual Conference from April 26 to May 13th, 2022
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Keynote Speakers

Dr. Garrett Reisman
Keynote Speaker

Professor of Astronautical Engineering at University of Southern California

Speaking: April 26th

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David Wong
Keynote Speaker

Executive Vice-President, Finance, Technology, Supply Chain & CFO at BC Hydro

Speaking May 3rd

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Anders Indset
Keynote Speaker

Business Philosopher

Speaking May 13th

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Catherine Luelo

CIO of Canada
Government of Canada

Speaking: May 12th

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Cheryl Smith

Principal
Smith & Associates

Speaking: April 28th

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Danny Leong

Sergeant
Calgary Police Service

Speaking: April 29th

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Debra Christmas

Sr. Executive Partner
at Gartner Canada

Speaking: May 10th

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Dianne Lapierre

CIO
at Absolute Software

Speaking: May 4th

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Ella Hipolito

Senior Associate
Boyden

Speaking: May 4th

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Humza Teherany

Chief Technology & Digital Officer
Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment

Speaking: May 12th

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Jason Cassidy

Founder and CEO
Shinydocs

Speaking: April 28th

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Manfred Boudreaux-Dehmer

NATO Chief Information Officer
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Speaking: May 5th

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Martin Kyle

CISO
at Payments Canada

Speaking: May 6th

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Oliver Grüter-Andrew

President and CEO
at E-Comm 9-1-1 | Emergency Communications for British Columbia Incorporated

Speaking: April 27th

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Phil Hoetger

Inspector
at Calgary Police Service

Speaking: April 29th

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Robert Antonishen

Director of Cybersecurity and Compliance
at BC Hydro

Speaking: May 11th

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Dr. Garrett Reisman
Keynote Speaker

Professor of Astronautical Engineering
at University of Southern California

Dr. Reisman was selected by NASA as a mission specialist Astronaut in 1998. His first mission was aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour, in 2008, which dropped him off for a 95 day mission aboard the International Space Station after which he returned to Earth aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. His second mission was aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis, in 2010, and returned Dr. Reisman to the Space Station.

During these missions, Dr. Reisman performed 3 spacewalks, operated the Space Station Robot Arm and was a flight engineer aboard the Space Shuttle. After leaving NASA in 2011, Dr. Reisman joined SpaceX where he worked for Elon Musk and prepared SpaceX for human spaceflight as the Director of Space Operations. He was a lead consultant for the film AdAstra, and an active advisor for the Apple+ Show For All Mankind. Currently he is a Professor of Astronautical Engineering at USC and a Senior Advisor at SpaceX.

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Speaking April 26th:

Lessons Learned from the Recent Past and Near Future of Human Spaceflight.

Drawing upon his multiple Space Shuttle and Space Station missions as a NASA astronaut and his over seven years working for Elon Musk as an executive at SpaceX, Dr. Garrett Reisman will share his lessons learned regarding inspiration, determination, vision, and innovation. The freedom to fail is an essential requirement for breakthrough innovation, but how do you fail safely when your goal is to fly people in space? Astronaut Reisman has the distinction of being a key player in both the traditional NASA space program and the rapidly expanding commercial space flight industry. Using illuminating and humorous personal stories and an engaging multimedia presentation about both spaceflight past and future, Dr. Reisman will leave you with useful gems of wisdom while keeping you thoroughly entertained.

David Wong
Keynote Speaker

Executive Vice-President, Finance, Technology, Supply Chain & Chief Financial Officer at BC Hydro

David Wong is BC Hydro's Executive Vice-President, Finance, Technology, Supply Chain & Chief Financial Officer. Between 1995 and 2008, David held several roles at BC Hydro, including Chief Financial Officer at Powerex and Chief Accounting Officer at BC Hydro. As Chief Financial Officer, David is responsible for the financial oversight of BC Hydro. This includes financial reporting and policy, treasury, budgeting, forecasting, and internal audit. He's also accountable for our Technology and Supply Chain groups that provide IT services and solutions, company-wide procurement, materials management, and fleet services. These groups are valued business partners and provide critical support to the business.

Before returning to BC Hydro in 2018, David held senior financial roles at Teekay Corporation, including CFO of Teekay Offshore Partners Ltd. He's also served on the Board of Directors at Vancity Credit Union where he was the chair of the audit committee. David holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from SFU and is a Chartered Professional Accountant. David is also on the Board of Directors at BCAA.

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Speaking May 3

Wading through the pandemic towards a more inclusive future

Technology has made it so we’ve never been more connected, and yet, the pandemic, in many ways, has made it feel as though we’ve never been so far apart. As workplaces around the globe re-examine how they’re organized and consider news ways of working, inclusion has risen to the forefront of discussions. How do employers ensure that every employee can equally contribute to the best of their ability, no matter where they’re working? And how do organizations translate their equity, diversity and inclusion aspirations into objectives and measures that actually make a difference?

As British Columbia’s primary electricity provider, BC Hydro employs more than 6,500 field and office-based employees spread across diverse regions around the province. Recognized as one of B.C.’s top employers and Canada’s best diversity employers, BC Hydro recognizes that fostering an inclusive organizational culture and leveraging diverse, dynamic talent are imperatives in today’s business environment. But creating a more diverse and inclusive workplace doesn’t just happen – it takes action.

BC Hydro underwent a full review of diversity and inclusion initiatives in 2019 and created a roadmap that is guiding actions and to stay on track to building a more inclusive and diverse workforce. David Wong, Executive Vice President of Finance, Technology and Supply Chain and Chief Financial Officer, is a people leader, finance professional, and passionate when it comes to inclusion and diversity. David will share how the pandemic and technology has plunged BC Hydro’s workforce into a new way of working, the tangible actions they’re taking to build a more inclusive environment and how the power of inclusion supports business objectives and employee engagement alike.

Anders Indset
Keynote Speaker

Business Philosopher

Anders Indset is one of the world's leading business philosophers and a trusted sparring partner to international CEOs and political leaders. Dubbed "Rock'n'Roll Plato" by European media, he is currently one of the most sought-after intellectuals with his approach to practical philosophy.

Thinkers50, the premier ranking of global business thinkers, regarded as the “Oscars of Management Thinking" by many, has recognised Anders on the Radar as one of 30 Global Thinkers" most likely to shape the future of how organizations are managed and led”. For the 2019 Thinkers50 Gala his work on “The Quantum Economy” was a finalist for the Breakthrough Idea Award.

The native Norwegian, based out of Frankfurt, is a guest lecturer at leading international business schools, a founding partner of the Global Institute of Leadership and Technology and advisory board member of the Swiss-based deep tech pioneer Terra Quantum. He is known for his unconventional way of thinking, his provocative theses, and his rock star attitude.

His latest international book ‘The Quantum Economy - Saving the Mensch with Humanistic Capitalism’ entered the Spiegel-Bestseller list and was #1 in Manager Magazin and Handelsblatt for the most sold business books in the German-speaking region. The Quantum Economy has already been translated and sold to 11 countries around the world. His international bestseller ‘WILD KNOWLEDGE - Outthink the Revolution’ was released in Europe in 2017 and has been translated into further languages in 2018 and was also a Spiegel-Bestseller in 2019.

In September ‘The Infected Mind’ (Das infizierte Denken) was released in Germany and entered the Spiegel-Bestseller List in its first week. Philosophy@Work, a collection of philosophical concepts on how to cope with today’s technological fast-paced and complex society will be published Q3/2022.

Catherine Luelo
Speaker

CIO of Canada
Government of Canada

Catherine Luelo is a Deputy Minister at the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat and the Chief Information Officer of Canada. Prior to her appointment as CIO in July 2021, Catherine was the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Air Canada, where she was responsible for the Information Technology systems that support and enable Air Canada’s global business. In this role, she additionally led innovation in the artificial intelligence space while managing the security and reliability of Air Canada’s worldwide systems in an operational landscape that substantially shifted during the global pandemic.

From 2001-2017, Catherine held senior management and executive roles at major Canadian companies, including Enbridge Inc., WestJet Airlines Ltd., and TELUS Communications. Catherine holds an MBA from Athabasca University in Alberta and a BSc from the University of Alberta. From 2018-2021, she served on the Board of Directors for scale ai, the Montreal-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) supercluster that aspires to increase competitive advantage for Canada globally in AI . She has also served as a Board Member for Creative Destruction Labs, as well as serving as Chair for Health Canada’s Industry Advisory Roundtable on COVID-19 Testing, Screening, Tracing and Data Management. Catherine is a proud mother of two children and is a fierce advocate for mental health. In March 2020, she was appointed to the Board of Directors for the Center for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Foundation and participates regularly as a panelist and speaker on Mental Health in the workplace.

Cheryl Smith
Speaker

Principal
at Smith & Associates

Cheryl Smith has led the IT organizations at Fortune-ranked companies for 20 years. She was the global CIO at McKesson Corporation, KeySpan Energy (now National Grid), and WestJet Airlines, was the VP of Strategic Systems at Verizon, and a Principal at EY. On top of being a co-founder of the CIO Institute at UC Berkeley’s Hass School of Business, Cheryl has helped to create a leadership program at the Professional Development Academy (PDA) with General Colin Powell, has served on a number of Advisory Boards including IBM’s and Oracle’s, and most recently, co-authored a leading book on digital transformation: The Day Before Digital Transformation: Unlocking digital transformation for business leaders.

Speaking April 28th:

Disruption is Already at the Door

Cheryl Smith quite literally wrote the book on Digital Transformation and she joins Jason Cassidy to discuss how transformative digital leaders are rethinking data to drive increased revenue, tremendous cost savings and substantively improved ways of doing business. Your competitors are already leveraging data as a strategic advantage against your organization so how are you focusing on data as a key resource? How are you pulling high-value insights from your information instead of simply letting it dissipate like so much data exhaust. CEOS will learn: Why digital transformations fail. Why the clock is ticking for organizations looking to capitalize on the latest Digital Revolution. The difference between a long term strategy versus mitigating short term risk. What is possible when digital leaders put data at the centre of their strategy and seek out complete data understanding.

Danny Leong
Speaker

Sergeant
Calgary Police Service

Sergeant Danny Leong is 22-year member of the Calgary Police Service, who is currently working in the Service’s Cyber/Forensics Unit. Over the course of his career, he has had the opportunity to work in both operational and investigative capacities in several units across the Service. For the past three years, Danny has had the privilege of leading a Cybercrime Team that consists of seven dedicated Constables who investigate internet-related crimes impacting Calgarians. Primarily, Danny’s team investigates situations where technology is the “target”, such as unauthorized use of computers, ransomware, theft of data and dark-web-related offences. The Cybercrimes Team also supports Service investigations where technology and the internet are the instruments for criminals to facilitate traditional offences such as fraud, thefts or threats. When he isn’t pursuing his passion for cybercrime, Danny is an avid camper and dedicated coach to his daughters’ minor hockey team.

Debra Christmas
Speaker

Sr. Executive Partner
at Gartner Canada

Debra Christmas is a seasoned leader in the high-tech field with over 40 years of experience managing all aspects of information technology. Prior to joining Gartner Canada, Debra was Vice President of Hewlett-Packard Software Technical Sales leading a team of over 300 technical software sales professionals across North and South America. She has led IT organizations in both the public and private sectors driving change and transformation through engaged, diverse and high performance teams. In partnership with Peak Teams, she has facilitated leadership development workshops around the world.

She is the co-creator of PACE, an award winning presentation and communications course. Her role as an Executive Partner provides her the honour and privilege of working with senior leaders – both technology and business focused - on their strategy, execution of their initiatives, organizational challenges and their own professional development. She is a trained coach, leveraging the Co-Active Coaching Methodology, leveraging certifications in Tilt365 and The Leadership Circle (based on the book “Mastering Leadership”) as 360 executive level assessment. She is the co-author of Please Stay: How Women in Tech Survive and Thrive, founder of Stiletto Gladiators, a not for profit for consultancy on diversity and inclusion and leadership for women in technology and co-founder of Women in Tech Tribe.

Speaking on May 10:

Leadership Now: What They Didn't Teach You in Business School

Leaders today are dealing with unprecedented circumstances – societal unrest, racial tensions, climate change, sustainability issues and oh yes, a global pandemic. Leaders are expected to motivate and inspire their teams to great performance and business outcomes while working in an environment foreign to all of us. Leading today takes even more special skills than we thought and some of these skills need to be learned. It starts with you. Leaders need to evolve and grow, they need to assess their leadership style and its effectiveness in these times. The expectations are steep, the stakes are high and the margin for error is wide. This session will talk about the current challenges of navigating disruption, bias, racism, diversity, and how to lead with courage and empathy across a multi-generational workforce in new and unique working environments to deliver business outcomes with an accelerated dependency on information and technology.

Dianne Lapierre
Speaker

CIO
Absolute Software

Dianne Lapierre is Chief Information Officer at Absolute, responsible for driving IT solutions that enhance Absolute’s overall business strategy and transforming the Absolute employee experience through technology and techniques aligned with today’s digital workplace. Prior to joining Absolute, Dianne served as Chief Information Officer for leading investment bank and financial services firm, Raymond James Ltd. She has more than 25 years of experience and leadership within the information technology and security sector. Dianne is currently President of the CIO Association of Canada’s Vancouver chapter and serves on their national board. She is also the former Co-Chair for Vancouver Women in Technology (VanWIT). Dianne holds an MBA from Athabasca University.

Speaking May 4th:

Attention to Retention: A Case for Mentoring

Are you and your organization feeling the impacts of the ‘Great Attrition?’ The dire news is that if you aren’t already, there’s a high likelihood you will. With 40% of employees stating they are at least somewhat likely to leave their current job in the next 3-6 months, it’s time to turn your attention to retention. Join us as we explore how and why mentorship positively contributes to retention. Employers tend to overlook mentorship as a key driver for why individuals choose to stay. What does a good mentor/mentee relationship look like? Hear from both sides of this two-way street and how it fosters a sense of belonging in the workplace.

Ella Hipolito
Speaker

Senior Associate
Boyden

Ella Hipolito is a Senior Associate at Boyden specializing in equitable and innovative executive recruitment. Boyden is an executive search firm recruiting senior executive at Board, C-suite and senior management level. As a search consultant, she assesses the market for talent and is invested in the long-term success of the executive she recruits. With a background in a range of private-sector industries and an expertise in higher education, social impact, public and not-for-profit, she has conducted over 70 searches for leadership roles. A sought-after speaker on equity, diversity & inclusion (EDI), she represents Vancouver on the National DEI Committee and leads innovation around recruitment and retainment strategies.

Speaking May 4th:

Attention to Retention: A Case for Mentoring

Humza Teherany
Speaker

Chief Technology & Digital Officer
Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment

Humza is the Chief Technology and Digital Officer at Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment. Humza has over 20 years of experience in driving Technology and Business Strategy, while directly contributing to both top and bottom line results.

Humza's organization at MLSE is responsible for digital strategy, technology, IT, mobile apps, data science and innovation - including our esports team and initiatives, Raptors Uprising Gaming Club and Leafs Gaming League

Prior to MLSE, Humza was at Compass Group North America where he built a technology and digital strategy company called Compass Digital Labs where he was the CEO. Compass Digital Labs helped to drive billions of dollars of incremental revenue and market differentiation across retail and hospitality sectors across the United States and Canada.

Humza has also worked at Allstream, where he led Business Transformation and IT Enterprise Architecture. He has also held various technical and management roles at Bell Canada.

A frequent keynote speaker at various North American conferences focused on technology, innovation and driving business results, Humza has built strong technology and business partnerships with top organizations around the globe. This network allows him to innovate creatively and quickly, accelerating business objectives.

Humza has an undergraduate degree from York University and holds various professional training accreditations from both the Schulich School of Business and the Niagara Institute, he also serves as the President of the CIO Association of Canada.

Jason Cassidy
Speaker

Founder and CEO
at Shinydocs

Jason has been solving digital enterprise technology challenges for over 20 years as a new product developer and entrepreneur. His award-winning solutions are transforming the digital landscape from traditional ECM to modern Content Services. Jason currently sits on the Board of Directors for AIIM International and is the driving force behind Shinydocs’ success as OpenText’s 3 time Technology Partner of the Year and its best-selling 3rd party technology worldwide.

Speaking April 28th:

Disruption is Already at the Door

Manfred Boudreaux-Dehmer

Speaker

NATO Chief Information Officer
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

NATO’s inaugural Chief Information Officer (CIO) with principal responsibility to realize the Allies’ vision for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) as mandated by the North Atlantic Council under the delegated authority of the NATO Secretary General. Facilitating ICT coherence across the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s 41 civil and military bodies with 25,000 users. Performing the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) function as a single point of authority for all cybersecurity issues. IT executive with 25 years of leadership experience in large organizations within the computer (hardware, software), electronics, and Internet of Things (IoT) industries. Core expertise anchored in strategy and transformation, architecture, cybersecurity, governance, and mergers/acquisitions. Global Executive MBA from Duke University, North Carolina and Master of Science (MSc) in Business Management Research from University of Reading, UK. Pursuing a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) at the University of Reading by examining human-technology interactions within the context of IoT solutions. Multi-national work experience in Belgium, Canada, USA, Brazil, The Netherlands, and Germany.

Speaking May 5th:

Cyber resilience at NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is the most successful political and military Alliance in history. Its purpose is to guarantee the freedom and security of one billion people on the planet. The NATO Enterprise with 41 civil and military organizations and 25,000 users works with 30 member nations and an additional 40 partner countries and international organizations across the globe to fulfill its purpose. This session is about NATO’s activities to continually strengthen its cybersecurity posture in a hostile world. It outlines the importance of resilience, knowing one’s infrastructure, the “human defense”, and enhancing skills in defending IT systems under real-time attacks.

Martin Kyle
Speaker

CISO
at Payments Canada

Martin Kyle is the Chief Information Security Officer at Payments Canada, the operator of Canada’s national clearing and settlement infrastructure. With a deep background in technology development, implementation, and oversight; Martin is responsible for the organization’s corporate security program, including both cyber and physical security. Martin also serves on the Board of the CIO Association of Canada as the National President for the CISO Division. Prior to joining Payments Canada in 2017, he served as Director of Operational Risk and CISO at Central 1, the Group Clearer for Canadian Credit Unions. Martin holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Brigham Young University with additional graduate studies at Simon Fraser University. He is a Senior Member of the Association for Computing Machinery, a Certified Information Systems Security Professional, and Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional.

Speaking May 6:

Securing the supply chain for software capital projects

In modernizing digital infrastructure, there are also opportunities to modernize security. In this presentation, you will learn how recent changes to the national clearing and settlement systems within Canada were enhanced by techniques to secure the digital supply chain.

Oliver Grüter-Andrew
Speaker

President and CEO
at E-Comm 9-1-1 | Emergency Communications for British Columbia Incorporated

Oliver Grüter-Andrew is a business leader with 25 years' experience as a consultant and executive, with work history in Europe and North America. He has worked in a variety of industries including investment banking, utilities, consumer retail, post-secondary education, health care and public safety. His focus is on enabling transformational change and growth in an organization by motivating its people to adapt confidently to new business directions, collaboration models and operating structures.

Phil Hoetger
Speaker

Inspector
Calgary Police Service

Phil Hoetger joined the Calgary Police Service in 1999 and has worked in a wide variety of areas across the Service, including frontline patrol and Air Support. He has worked as a Patrol Sergeant, Mountain Bike Sergeant as well as Duty Staff Sergeant and Duty Inspector in the Real Time Operations Centre, overseeing 24/7 police operations in Calgary.

Phil is a nationally certified Critical Incident Commander and has extensive incident management experience for natural disasters, civil unrest and major investigations. Throughout his career he has undertaken extensive advanced police training and has served in senior multi-agency positions. Recently Phil was in charge of the Criminal Networks Section, overseeing Intelligence, undercover operations and confidential informant handling.

Phil is the Commander of the Technical Investigations Section, which includes Cyber Crimes, Digital Forensics, Economic Crimes, Money Laundering, Electronic Surveillance, Robbery and Arson.

Phil serves on a number of local and national police committees and boards and is currently Co-Chair of National Police Service CyberCrime Committee.

Robert Antonishen
Speaker

Director of Cybersecurity and Compliance
at BC Hydro

Rob Antonishen joined BC Hydro in 2021 as the Director of Cybersecurity and Compliance. He is responsible for BC Hydro’s cyber resilience across the enterprise including its critical infrastructure, as well as compliance with the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Standards to protect the Bulk Electric System. Having over 30 years of utility experience, Rob has held numerous leadership roles in engineering, security and reliability compliance with a specific focus on working to integrate cybersecurity functions across the Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) domains. Rob has a Bachelor of Applied Science in electrical engineering from Queen’s University and is a registered Professional Engineer in Ontario and British Columbia.

Jacqui Guichelaar
Speaker

Group Chief Information Officer and senior vice president at Cisco

Jacqui Guichelaar is the Group Chief Information Officer and senior vice president at Cisco. She is responsible for the company’s global technology infrastructure and application development and is passionate about driving the Digital Strategy for Cisco and its customers.

Throughout a career characterised by focused self-determination and a refusal to rest on laurels, Jacqui has gained extensive commercial, management and leadership experience in the Technology industry. Previously, she was the Group Chief Information Officer at Thomson Reuter’s where she built and led a Technology Transformation program in support of the companies Digital Strategy. She has also held roles in Lloyds Bank, Deutsche Bank, National Australia Bank, IBM and CSC gaining experience across industries such as Financial Services, Utilities, Telecommunications, Media and Retail.

Informed by 28 years of IT experience that has allowed her to witness developments in the sector from every angle and to spearhead the introduction of significant new technologies, Jacqui has a sustained track record of delivering large scale transformation programmes through a structured framework of plans and strict governance. She is passionate about developing talent and supporting individuals to realise their potential.

Jacqui was born in Uruguay, South America. She has worked in many countries around the world including Sydney, Frankfurt, London and New York, which plays into her passion for exploring new cultures and fostering diversity of thought. She is actively involved in many non-profit organizations and is currently a Board member of the Center for Anti-Violence Education (CAE). She was the Chair of 2012 Women on Wall Street Conference.

Jonathan Bowness
Speaker

Solutions Consultant, Enterprise Workflow at Ricoh Canada

As a Solution Consultant with a specialty in content management and workflow, Jonathan thrives on having unique business challenges to tackle each day. Jonathan uses his 10+ years’ experience to consult and design solutions alongside his clients to drive organizational efficiency, accuracy, accountability, and cost-savings.

Having worked with IT leaders from organizations of all sizes and industries to digitally transform their business, Jonathan’s unwavering commitment to his clients ensures the success of each project.

When he isn’t helping clients, Jonathan can be found on the links or in his backyard, spending time with his wife, their son and the dogs.

Brian Robison
Speaker

Senior Director, Product Marketing and Chief Evangelist at BlackBerry

Brian Robison is the Senior Director, Product Marketing and Chief Evangelist at BlackBerry, where he educates the world that preventing cybersecurity threats is actually possible and a much better approach than detecting and responding after the attack. Prior to joining Cylance, Robison spent five years helping secure corporate data on mobile devices—three years at Citrix as Director of Technical Marketing and two years driving enterprise product strategy at Good Technology. Before moving into the mobile security space, Robison’s career focused on endpoint security and risk and compliance. At McAfee, he led the effort to bring ePolicy Orchestrator into the modern age as well as managing the vulnerability management and policy compliance solutions. Prior to McAfee, Robison held many roles over his seven-year career at Tripwire, Inc.

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Jason Lang
Speaker

Senior Solutions Engineer at Shape Security (part of F5)

Jason Lang is a Senior Solutions Engineer for Shape Security (part of F5) in Canada. In his role, he has worked as a trusted advisor to numerous large Financial Institutions, Service Providers, large retailers and travel/hospitality organizations throughout Canada. Prior to joining Shape in 2019, Jason spent 10 years at Arbor Networks, and 8 years at Bell Canada.

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Gary Miller
Speaker

Vice President, Cybersecurity at CGI

Gary Miller is Vice President, Canada Cybersecurity for CGI, accountable for strategy, service innovation and evolution, and revenue growth. For more than 20 years Gary has been assisting governments and industry organizations around the world shape appropriate and practical cyber security strategies and programs to support their changing business. Gary has held senior executive positions within international businesses leading corporate security functions and cyber security business units.

His unique balance of strategy, business and cybersecurity domain expertise combined with his diverse situational experience allows him to work with senior leaders to plot the most effective way forward in today’s complex environment. Gary has successfully launched new cyber security products and businesses, consulted with governments on national cyber security strategy and policy, advised on transformative market opportunities, supported numerous mergers and acquisitions, and speaks often on strategic cyber security issues.

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Stan Sims
Speaker

Senior Vice-President and Chief Security Officer
at CGI

Stanley Sims joined CGI in January 2016 as Chief Security Officer. He is responsible for overseeing the company’s global enterprise security strategy and establishing global security policies, standards and practices across the full spectrum of security areas, including personnel, information, physical security, and cybersecurity. In addition, Mr. Sims is responsible for the company’s business continuity programs and supporting activities. Mr. Sims also is a member of CGI’s Executive Management Committee, which includes corporate and operations leaders who set enterprise-wide strategy, approve enterprise policies, and provide operations oversight, ensuring tight collaboration and alignment in executing CGI’s strategic goals and priorities across the company’s global footprint. Prior to joining CGI,

Mr. Sims served as Director of the Defense Security Service (DSS), the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) agency responsible for securing the DoD’s technological base and overseeing the protection of classified information residing within the DoD’s ecosystem of industry partners. In this role, he provided oversight of more than 10,000 industry partners’ security programs, providing products and services to more than 31 separate U.S. federal agencies in addition to the DoD. Mr. Sims was credited with transforming the DSS culture and operations, bringing together government and industry partners to operate as a national security team and improving the overall execution of the National Industrial Security Program.

Michael Hartmann
Speaker

Principal of The Directors College and Executive Director, EMBA in Digital Transformation at The Directors College, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University

Michael Hartmann is a jointly appointed Professor of Medicine and Management at McMaster University, Co-Director of the University’s Health Leadership Academy and Principal of The Directors College - Canada’s founding professional development program for board directors (2003-2019). He also serves as founding Executive Director of an EMBA program in Digital Transformation teaching courses on Corporate Innovation and Digital Entrepreneurship. Dr. Hartmann has held senior leadership roles with universities in the UK and Canada. He previously served as Deputy Dean and CXO, Manchester Business School (2007-2012), and Assistant Dean, Rotman School of Management (1998-2007) where he established a globally ranked executive education business (Top 20 Business Week and Top 50 Financial Times).

Dr. Hartmann has over 25 years experience as an educational consultant, facilitator and trainer to organizations around the world. A sample of his consulting assignments include work for Novartis (Switzerland), Ziraat Bank (Turkey), Thales Group (France), JCB (USA), Omantel (Oman), Al-Futtaim Group (Dubai), Manchester Airport Groups, British Sky Broadcasting, NBCUniversal (UK), Dentsu Aegis Network (Singapore, New York, London), BDO, SOCAN and OMERS (Canada). His current research interests focus on the topics of disruptive innovation and governance. He leads an annual course on innovation for board directors and is a member of Stanford's Digital Cities Consortium and the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) Technology, Governance and Innovation Panel. Dr. Hartmann holds graduate degrees from the University of Toronto and York University and a doctoral degree from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. He also holds professional accreditation with The Directors College (C.Dir.) and le Collège des administrateurs de sociétés (ASC). His work on corporate governance and executive and directors education has been published in academic journals as well as the professional press. He also hosts a regular governance and innovation webinar and podcast series called The Collaboratorium.

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Ryan Beckwith
Speaker

National Manager, Pre-Sales Engineering at Ricoh Canada

An accomplished executive with 15 years at Ricoh, Ryan consults with global clients to identify and remediate inefficient business processes. Ryan has led the Ricoh team from discovery and solution development through implementation for some of Ricoh’s largest business process automation (BPA) engagements.

Ryan also contributes to Ricoh’s own Digital Transformation Strategy and shares his expertise in expanding Ricoh’s BPA offering to continue delivering exceptional value across our clients’ organisations.

With his big heart & fun-loving nature, Ryan is a devoted husband and dad who loves hitting the slopes in Tremblant with his family & strapping on the blades at the rink.

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The CIO Peer Forum 2022

The Road Ahead:

Seeing Beyond the Curves

Virtual Conference from April 26 to May 13th, 2022#ciopeerforum

Keynote Speakers

Speakers

Catherine Luelo

Cheryl Smith

Danny Leong

Debra Christmas

Dianne Lapierre

Ella Hipolito

Humza Teherany

Jason Cassidy

Manfred Boudreaux-Dehmer

Martin Kyle

Oliver Grüter-Andrew

Phil Hoetger

Robert Antonishen

Even bigger than 2021!

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Lessons Learned from the Recent Past and Near Future of Human Spaceflight.

Wading through the pandemic towards a more inclusive future

Disruption is Already at the Door

Leadership Now: What They Didn't Teach You in Business School

Attention to Retention: A Case for Mentoring

Attention to Retention: A Case for Mentoring

Disruption is Already at the Door

Cyber resilience at NATO

Securing the supply chain for software capital projects

Virtual Conference from April 26 to May 13th, 2022
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