Johanne Duhaime is the Vice President – Information and Communication Technologies at Hydro-Quebec. Johanne Duhaime was appointed Vice President – Information and Communications Technologies at Hydro-Québec in September 2016. In this role, she is responsible for the activities related to information and telecommunication systems. In January 2016, Ms. Duhaime was appointed Director – ICT Governance, and her responsibilities …
Beatriz Copelli is the Regional CIO – Americas & Sub Saharan African Region at Imperial Tobacco Canada (a British American Tobacco company). Proven experience in leading large-scale cross-functional technology operations for British American Tobacco (BAT Group; US$ 38 bi revenues; 180 countries). Leadership in a regulated global multi-cultural environment for key regions and strategic markets, …
Evanta – CIO Executive Summit The CIO Executive Summit is a private conference built by CIOs, for CIOs. The one day event held in both Toronto and Vancouver is by invitation only and is steered by a Governing Body of distinguished IT leaders from Fortune 1000 companies and other leading organizations in our region. The CIO Association …
This article is written by Claire Dobbin and Mitchell Fong There’s no question about it – Blockchain is here, it’s maturing, and it has the ability to disrupt every industry. CIOCAN partnered with TransformationWorx to host an event that went beyond introductory topics to tackle the “so what” of Blockchain implementation – what’s hype vs. …
Tonight, at a gala in downtown Toronto, the winners of the 2018 ITAC Ingenious Awards were announced and celebrated. More than 50 nominations were submitted across 6 categories. A panel of 18 members of the CIO Association of Canada were tasked with narrowing it down to 3 finalists in each category. The awards program was …
MISSISSAUGA, ON (August 22, 2018) – The Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC) is pleased to announce the jury-selected finalists for the 2018 ITAC Ingenious Awards and the CanadianCIO of the Year Award. The awards programs were created as a way to recognize Canadian talent and initiatives designed to improve performance, introduce new services, solve programs and grow businesses. The ITAC Ingenious …
NEWS RELEASE January 31, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa. January 31, 2018 – Today the Information and Communications Technology Council’s (ICTC) released a pivotal report in partnership with Microsoft Canada. The report entitled “The Talent Dividend – Shifting Gears in a Changing Economy” (version francais) expands on ICTC’s National Digital Talent Strategy and traces a new era …
By: Jarrod Levitan, Chief Cloud Officer, Trinimbus It’s Time To Get Your Cloud Game On! Amazon Web Services (AWS) has just launched their Region (multiple data centers) in Montreal. If you’re in the IT world, unless you’ve been living under rock, you would know that Amazon is the biggest and leading global provider of …
Below is the content of a blog series published on the CIOCAN website. The first entry is the original announcement of the DX Agents undertaking. The next pieces, written by Dawood Kahn, use examples like Tesla, Blockchain, and Netflix to illustrate the digital transformation journey. Read this document, and you will begin to appreciate the importance …
New consortium including SAP, AWS, and Deloitte targets digital transformation acceleration in Canada Alliance of 11 organizations kicks off DXagents program; aims to help Canadian businesses become more globally competitive by embracing digital technology TORONTO, 23 February, 2017 Today marks the launch of DXagents, a first-of-its-kind national digital transformation accelerator comprised of business leaders …