Welcome, Leona LaChance

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Leona LaChance is the Chief Information Officer at Mount Royal University. With more than 20 years of experience in the IT field, Leona has demonstrated her ability to lead and develop strong teams and drive revenue through the development of information technology strategies that are clearly aligned with business goals and objectives. Her strong technical …

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Welcome, Paul Leszczynski

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Paul Leszczynski is the Head of Business Systems at Farmers Edge. Paul strives every day to deepen his knowledge and understanding in the areas of Business, Accounting, Finance, and Information Technology. He is driven to chase his goals and work towards career and personal success.

Saqib E. Awan | Partner | Lightspeed Venture Partners

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Saqib E. Awan is a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners where he works with startups in all areas of enterprise tech from SaaS, Analytics & Big Data, Cloud & Infrastructure to Security. Saqib also manages Lightspeed’s CIO Innovation Advisory Network, a platform for forward-thinking IT leaders to collaborate with and advise Silicon Valley VCs and …

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Welcome, Chris Hummel

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Chris Hummel is the Chief Information Officer at BlackBerry. Award winning executive and business leader with 20+ years of leadership experience in the IT and telecommunications industries that spans IT service delivery, project management, network integration & new business development across international locations. Brings proven successes designing and implementing cost-effective enterprise and wireless solutions with …

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Welcome, Paul Plischke

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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 experience, Paul has built a reputation as a change agent for digital transformations and IT departmental transformations. He is passionate about achieving business value through …

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Welcome, Yves Boucher

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Yves Boucher is the Executive Director of IT Service Management at Transport Canada. His career focuses around  IT Infrastructure and Service Management.

Welcome, Len Hendricks

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Len Hendricks is the CITO at Celero Solutions Inc. – Passionate people developer and team leader – Business leadership in large and small organizations – Extensive product strategy and development experience – Cultural change agent driving digital transformation – Enterprise digital leadership and strategy execution – Experienced in vendor relations and contract negotiation

Welcome, Neal Oliver

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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 ever changing dynamic environments and is quickly able to adapt and respond to immediate challenges. Strong negotiation, management, team building skills and practical business sense …

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Welcome, Stephen Pedersen

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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, compliance, and incident response for organizations with complex distributed / cloud environments. Effective cross-functional and C-level engagement skills. Demonstrated capability translating complex security concepts and …

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Welcome back, Sandeep Sidhu

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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 Relationship Mgmt.

Welcome, Ian Prinsloo

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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 experience. Strong business acumen, with the ability to drive efficiencies and manage demand. Effective communicator, both oral and written. Understanding of current information technology concepts …

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Welcome, Jerry Jim

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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.  Results driven leadership coupled with strong financial acumen.  Comprehensive knowledge of all aspects of IT.  Entrepreneurial background which acts as catalyst to …

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