2019 ITAC Ingenious Awards and CanadianCIO of the Year Finalists Announced

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MISSISSAUGA, ON (August 22, 2019) – The Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC) is pleased to announce the jury-selected finalists for the 2019 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 through the use …

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Welcome, Michael Alguire

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Michael Alguire is the Director Cybersecurity Governance at ATCO Group. He is an IT Security professional with over 18 years of progressive experience in Audit, Security Architecture, and Information Security Governance. Specialties: Information Security Governance and Compliance, IT Security Policy development, Threat and Risk Assessments, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Building integrated IT (Information …

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Welcome, Janarthanan Sampathkumar

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Janarthanan Sampathkumar is the Director – Technical Services at Ledcor Group. A result oriented IT Professional with 20 years of experience in service delivery, program management, administration and support of information systems. Ability to lead and motivate support and project teams effectively to ensure higher degree of customer satisfaction. Process oriented and people friendly approach. …

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Welcome, Conrad Harmon

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Conrad Harmon is the Manager, Infrastructure & Operations at Clark Builders. His career focuses around IT Competencies/Culture, Planning & Program/Project Mgmt, Professional,Scientific and Technical services, Service Management, Solution Delivery/Support, Strategy and Innovation.

Welcome, Gale Dallyn

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Gale Dallyn is the Director of Technology at ATS Traffic. His career focuses around Business Process Alignment/Support, Financial Business Performance Mgmt and IT Architect.

Welcome, Sharlene McLean

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Sharlene McLean is the Director of Cybersecurity at Encana Corporation. His career focuses around Business Alignment/Relationship Mgmt, Planning & Program/Project Mgmt, Service Management, Solution Delivery/Support, Strategy and Innovation.

Welcome, Collin Moody

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Collin Moody is the CIO & VP at Alberta Motor Association. His career focuses around, IT Infrastructure, Planning & Program/Project Mgmt, Service Management, Solution Delivery/Support, Strategy and Innovation and Supplier Relationship Mgmt.

Shaun Guthrie | Edmonton Chapter President | CIO Association Canada

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Shaun Guthrie is a passionate and experienced technology executive with a proven record of delivering business-driven technology solutions gained through hands-on and leadership roles in professional services, engineering, automotive, and retail industries.  He is currently the President and Principal Consultant at Avantium a strategic consulting organization and President of the Edmonton Chapter of the CIO …

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Digital Lean Strategies

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By Dean Doige This is part 1 in a series of blogs on Lean Principles and their alignment with Digital Transformation. I was given the opportunity to speak at the CAMSS Alberta conference recently held in Calgary. When contemplating what topic to speak on, I thought the interrelated concepts of digital and Lean IT would …

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CIOCAN Members on Women in Technology

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David Booth wishes he could explain why fields like engineering and I.T. haven’t drawn the women in the way that we think they ought to. Women are intelligent, capable and ambitious. A McKinsey survey report states that 79 percent of entry-level women and 83 percent of middle-management women desire to move to the next level …

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CIOCAN Members on Innovation

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David Booth, former CIO for the City of Edmonton (Alberta’s second-largest city, Canada’s fifth-largest) describes how Edmonton has reinvented itself with forward-thinking policies and technologies that support seamless collaboration. David led the team through many changes over the last few years including a vision that articulates how voice, video, and data come together encouraging collaboration …

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Hani Mansi

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Hani is with the National CISO Division – Edmonton. He is the Director, Cybersecurity for the ATCO Group. He has been there for almost 6 years. Hani’s portfolio includes implementing and maintaining Risk Management programs that include but are not limited to governance, policy, strategy, compliance, enterprise security architecture, cybersecurity incident response, business continuity and …

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