by Catherine Boivie Founder and Honorary Life Member, CIO Association of Canada In 1996 Catherine Boivie moved from Toronto to Vancouver to take up the position of Director of IT at BCAA. In her first few weeks there, she found herself calling CIOs she knew in Toronto to exchange information and …
Brock has been with the Edmonton Police Service for 4 years. His areas of specialization include: Business Process Alignment/Support, IT Competencies/Culture, Planning & Program/Project Management, Professional,Scientific and Technical Services, Service Management, Solution Delivery/Support, Strategy and Innovation. Please welcome Brock to the Edmonton Chapter.
By: Jalen Chin, Guest Contributor, CIO Peer Forum 2017 Volunteer With the rise of technology and the ease at which data can be collected, there comes many opportunities to analyze information through Big Data. However, with the prevalence of such data, there comes the risk of the security and privacy of individual’s collected data being infringed …
By Jalen Chin, Guest Contritbutor As the world becomes increasingly technology oriented, information continues to become digitized. However, with the increased use of technology, such as mobile devices, there will be more entry points at which confidential data can be compromised. Julie Cullivan proposes that we need to find a way to balance the risks …
By: Li-Ling Chang, Guest Contributor and CIO Peer Forum 2017 volunteer The annual CIO Peer Forum in Edmonton had a strong attendance and captivating speakers offering much anticipated talks on creating and leading digital businesses. The 2-day conference kicked off with keynote speaker Ian Cox, Research Director with Gartner’s CIO research team. Gartner is the world’s leading …
By Alex Piasta, Guest Contriubutor At the 2017 CIOCAN conference held in Edmonton, Alberta, Jay Vijayan formerly of Tesla Motors explained his innovative professional experiences. By developing breakthrough technology for one of the most innovative companies of the century, his positive impact has helped transform the entire automotive industry. His lessons learned during this …
The recent CIO Peer Forum 2017 was a terrific success. We would like to thank the presenters for granting permission for us to share the slide decks of their presentations with CIO Association Members. (Click on the screen icon to be taken to the presentation.) David booth spoke on identifying “Peer Forum 2017 Presentation”.
By 2020 there has to be bottomline business results to the investments made going digital. That was the assessment of Nim Nadarajah, CIO Critical Matrix, at the conclusion of one of the powerful sessions held as part of the CIO Peer Forum held in in Edmonton April 26-27. Built around the theme Creating Digital Leaders, …
This article originally appeared on the ITWorld Canada website on Thursday, April 13, 2017. Bruce Croxson was a keynote speaker at the CIO Peer Forum 2017, in Edmonton April 26-27. by Brian Jackson @brianjjackson If Bruce Croxon could go back to 1988 and his startup days at Lavalife again, with the power of hindsight, …
By: Brian Clendenin, Contributing Writer for IT World Canada Tesla Inc. … One of the fastest growing and most disruptive companies in the world today. I wonder what it must be like to have experienced being an IT leader in that rapid pace environment. Well, it turns out that Jay Vijayan, CIO of Tesla prior to founding …
THANK YOU!!! The evening of February 28th, the Edmonton Chapter was pleased to host John Davis, retired U.S. Army Major General and VP and Chief Security Officer of Palo Alto Networks. Nearly 50 participants had the opportunity to hear CSO Davis’s information security journey, spanning the high-stakes worlds of the US military environment to private …
The Edmonton Chapter high-profile event held on February 28, 2017, featured a presentation by John Davis, retired U.S. Army Major General, current VP and Federal CSO for Palo Alto Networks. The slide deck from his presentation is available to CIO Association members. Click on the presentation icon below to download the resource.