Welcome back, Alvin Chok

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Alvin Chok is the Chief Information Office at City of New Westminster. His career focuses around IT Architecture, IT Competencies/Culture, IT Infrastructure, Service Management, Solution Delivery/Support, Strategy and Innovation and Supplier Relationship Management.

Welcome, Kentia Dazulma

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Kentia Dazulma is the Director Data Analytics and Information Management at Transport Canada. Autonomous professionally which allows to accomplish division’s objectives in a proactive manner. Has a strong sense of organization and planning; Communicates efficiently verbally and in writing, in both French and English Ability to work in a team which allows to build and …

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Yasemin Sezer | Head – Technology and Operations | LTI Canada

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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 …

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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.

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.