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Steve has 34 years of information technology experience – 14 years as a CIO at L Brands & Lowe’s, and 23 years of retail technology experience. As an industry veteran, he is uniquely positioned to address a wide variety of challenges facing the retail industry. CIO Peer Forum 2019, Day 1: Track speaker Title: Enabling digital …
Cam Telford is the Director of IT, College of Physicians & Surgeons of British Columbia . His career focuses around Financial Business Performance Mgmt, IT Competencies/Culture, Planning & Program/Project Mgmt, Service Management, Solution Delivery/Support, Strategy and Innovation and Supplier Relationship Mgmt.
Christina Crabtree is the Chief Information Officer, at City of Maple Ridge. Her career focuses around Business Alignment/Relationship Mgmt, Business Intelligence, Business Process Alignment/Support, IT Architecture, IT Competencies/Culture, IT Infrastructure, Service Management, Solution Delivery/Support, Strategy and Innovation.
Sylvia Apostolidis is President & Chief Consultant at The Jasmar Group, a full-service Diversity + Inclusion consultancy. The Jasmar Group brings human-centred, science-based solutions to create faster, more sustainable progress towards diverse and inclusive workplaces. Sylvia is a respected expert on diversity, inclusion and women’s leadership. Her experience includes ten years as a senior consultant …
Sangram is a part of Robotics process automation Center of Excellence, defining and executing robotics projects and strategy CIO Peer Forum 2019, Day 2: Track speaker Title: AI – Implementation Cases and Experiences Presentations of real life experiences implementing AI by CIO Association member and guest companies will be presented, including pitfalls and best practices. This …
Arlene McDonald is proven team builder, executive sponsor and advocate for her team and for her business partners. In her current role Arlene oversees the Corporate Technology services team, Business Intelligence, Risk Management (including Security and Business Continuity Management) and Facilities Management. She possesses a very strong ability to think about technology from a business …
ICTC – Information and Communications Technology Council A not-for-profit sector council, the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC), strives to create a strong, prepared and highly educated Canadian ICT industry and workforce. The ICTC forges partnerships that will help develop the quantity and quality of ICT professionals needed to maintain and improve Canada’s position as a …
Chris Tornato is the IT Operations Manager, at Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation. His career focuses around IT Architecture, IT Competencies/Culture, IT Infrastructure, Scientific and Technical services, Service Management, Solution Delivery/Support, Strategy and Innovation and Supplier Relationship Mgmt.
Yasemin Sezer has been with LTI Canada and its predecessor organizations Citigroup, Unisen and AGF for over 18 years and currently heads technology delivery organization. Yasemin has taken her organization through API led digital transformation in the last 2 years modernizing its platforms and technology, driving significant improvements in time to market, quality and client …
Christine Day is a performance-driven technology and business leader known for disruption in the Financial Services Industry. An entrepreneur by nature, an innovator, and a visionary, Christine has defined Questrade’s technology posture for 11 years, steering it from a small start-up to one of Canada’s top online financial services firms. As the CIO at Questrade Financial …
Jonathan Ward, is the founder and CEO of Ward Technology Talent (WTT). WTT is a boutique service provider specializing in helping companies grow, launch new projects, write and rewrite applications and digitize their environments. WTT provides leading edge technology resources on a consultative and full-time basis. As an entrepreneur from the age of 5, Jonathan …
Debra Christmas is a seasoned leader in the high tech field with over 35 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, contributing to $500M …