Scott is the Chief Technology Officer at Compass Digital Labs. He oversees the technology strategy for the company and leads a team of world class designers, product managers, engineers and data scientists. His mission is to create amazing experiences for the consumers through Digital. Over the last few years at Compass Digital Labs, he has …
Jeff joined Avanade Canada in the fall of 2014 as the General Manager of Avanade Canada. Avanade is a 19 year old joint venture owned by Accenture and Microsoft that operates in 22 different countries globally . Jeff’s mandate includes developing and executing Avanade Canada’s business strategy as well as achieving its annual financial and …
Francis Castonguay is currently the Director General, Partnerships and Risk Mitigation CSE’s IT Security Program. Upon establishment of the Canadian Centre of Cyber Security, Francis will maintain in his existing role and responsibilities as Director General, Engagement and Risk Mitigation . The Engagement and Risk Mitigation directorate will be responsible for providing IT Security advice, …
With over 20 years of broad experience in technology strategy and implementation, Tony has held a number of senior management positions at TELUS in various areas of the business. Currently, Tony works closely with mobility network implementation, network operations and technical client support to deliver leadership and visionary thinking. A fierce advocate of next-generation network deployment …
Andrew McCormack is the Chief Information Officer at Payments Canada. He is responsible for Canada’s core payment systems as well as Payments Canada’s technology strategy and emergent technology agenda. Andrew brings more than ten years business experience with a focus on enterprise software design and development. With a comprehensive perspective of the evolving payments ecosystem, …
Lydia Lee, is a Partner at KPMG Canada and National Lead for Digital Health. She has over twenty years of experience in healthcare administration and consulting focused on health system design, large-scale business transformation and jurisdictional digital health leadership. She leads KPMG’s Digital Health Practice focusing on digital health strategy, clinical systems and infrastructure renewal, …
Irving Tyler is a Research Vice President with Gartner’s CIO Research team focusing on strategy and innovation. Mr. Tyler’s work is directed towards enabling CIOs and other executives understand and navigate the complex challenges of business design, strategy development and innovation management to advance business value. His work examines business concepts and tools such as …
Marcel van Hulle is a Senior Vice President with the Info-Tech Research Group, a Toronto based research and advisory firm. In this role, Mr. van Hulle is responsible for Info-Tech’s sales and business development with customers and business partners. Over the past 10 years, Marcel has delivered consistently substantial double digit growth to Info-Tech and …
Dr. Ann Cavoukian is recognized as one of the world’s leading privacy experts. Dr. Cavoukian served an unprecedented three terms as the Information & Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, Canada. There she created Privacy by Design, a framework that seeks to proactively embed privacy into the design specifications of information technologies, networked infrastructure and business practices, …
Zaynah is a 15-year-old machine learning and virtual & augmented reality developer from Toronto, Ontario. She began her journey developing neural networks as well as virtual reality experiences at 13 and is now the founder of Vital XR, an augmented reality platform to educate students about human body systems and organs. Throughout her journey, companies …
Poppy Crum works to bridge the gap between technology and insightful, effective human interaction. As a multi-dimensional advocate of empathetic technology, she builds technologies that best leverage human physiology to enhance our experiences and how we interact with the world. Poppy serves as the Chief Scientist at Dolby Laboratories and as an Adjunct Professor at …
Kevin Peesker is President of Microsoft Canada responsible for leading a world class team who delivers transformative outcomes for Canadians. Through Microsoft’s partner ecosystem, citizenship efforts and employee engagement programs, Kevin’s objective is to empower every person and organization across Canada to achieve more. A proven transformational leader with more than 28 years of experience …