Welcome New Member Pedro Melo

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Pedro is the  Executive Vice President, Information Technology at Pollard Banknote and he has been with them for less than a year. His areas of specialization include: Business Alignment/Relationship Management, Business Intelligence, Business Process Alignment/Support, IT Architecture, IT Competencies/Culture, IT Infrastructure, Planning & Program/Project Management, Professional,Scientific and Technical services, Service Management, Solution Delivery/Support and Supplier …

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Welcome New Member Doug Howell

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Doug Howell has been with The Little Potato Company Ltd. for almost a year as their Information Technology Manager. His areas of specialization include: IT Architecture, IT Infrastructure, Planning & Program/Project Management, Strategy and Innovation and Supplier Relationship Management.

Welcome New Member Paul Mann

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Paul is the Director, Integrated Technical Services  and he has been with Samuel, Son & Co. Ltd. for over 18 years. His areas of specialization include: IT Architecture, IT Competencies/Culture, IT Infrastructure, Service Management and Supplier Relationship Management.

Welcome New Member Yasemin

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Yasemin Sezer is the Head – Technology & Operations for L & T Infotech.  She has been there for 7 years. Her areas of specialization include: Business Process Alignment/Support, IT Architecture, IT Competencies/Culture, IT Infrastructure, Planning & Program/Project Management, Professional, Scientific and Technical services, Service Management, Solution Delivery/Support, Strategy and Innovation.

Another New Chapter Member – Philip Tapley

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Philip is the CIO & CMO for Westland Insurance.   He has been with Westland for over 18 years. His areas of specialization include: Business Intelligence, Business Process Alignment/Support, Financial Business Performance Management, IT Competencies/Culture, IT Infrastructure, Planning & Program/Project Management, Service Management, and Strategy and Innovation.

A new Edmonton Chapter Member – Curtis Schnieder

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Curtis is the Manager, Business Solutions for Strathcona County.  He has been with Strathcona for over 20 Years. His areas of specialization include: Business Alignment/Relationship Management, IT Architecture, Planning & Program/Project Management, Solution Delivery/Support, and Strategy and Innovation.  Please welcome Curtis.

Welcome Adrian to the Vancouver Chapter

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Adrian Vermerris  Manager, Corporate IT Adrian has been with Long View Systems for over 2 years.  His areas of specialization include: IT Architecture, IT Competencies/Culture, IT Infrastructure, Planning & Program/Project Management, Professional, Scientific and Technical services, Service Management and Solution Delivery/Support.

TOR Innovation to Efficiency

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Executive Summary by volunteers Anastasia Tzirtziganis and Mitchell R. Fong Shlomo Bibas, VP Global Operation & Chief Information Officer, hosted Toronto Chapter members and colleagues at the Apotex facility in Etobicoke. With 25% of the prescribed pharmaceutical marketplace, Apotex fills 88 million prescriptions per year in Canada. On top of that, 75% of their production …

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CAL The Best of Gartner 2016, Nov 17, 2016

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In our technology leadership roles, we are all challenged with monitoring emerging technologies, ensuring reliability and relevance for the information resources we maintain and use, setting strategic direction, and pursuing priorities that will bring value to our organizations – all while ensuring that the information assets of our organizations and their customers are kept safe …

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EDM – Cloud Contract Negotiations Presentation

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Jeff Wyton, Executive Partner with Gartner, spoke to Edmonton chapter members over lunch on November 16, 2016.  The slide deck and notes from that presentation are available to members.  You must be logged in to access the presentation.  Click on the screen icon below to download the pdf version of the file.    

CIOCAN Participation in Top Executive Survey – We’re getting close!

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  Over the past couple of weeks, CIO Association members have been invited to complete IDC’s Top Executive Survey. Thanks are extended to all of you who have responded to the invitation.  Congratulations is due to Manitoba and Edmonton Chapters, both of which have exceeded their quota of participants! The survey will close soon.  We do need …

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Welcome Joe

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Joe Wong, Vice President IT, has been with Coastal Capital Savings, for almost a year.  His areas of specialization include: Business Alignment/Relationship Mgmt, Business Intelligence, Business Process Alignment/Support, IT Architecture, IT Competencies/Culture, IT Infrastructure, Service Management, Strategy and Innovation.