Drew Green is an award winning Chief Executive Officer, entrepreneur and expert in managing fast-paced, high-growth companies. A visionary leader, Green has created one of the world’s fastest growing apparel brands. Since 2015, he has established significant strategic capital and global alliances that has led to over 500% growth, and enhanced profitability KPI’s. Previously recognized …
Richard Hill is the Director of Information Technology at Total Power Limited. Richard is a results-driven IT Leader, Strategist and Mentor with over 20 years’ experience in roles of progressive responsibility. His key skills include; IT strategy, leadership of cross-functional teams and multidisciplinary IT departments, budget management, ERP selection, implementation and enhancement and project management.
John Graham is the Director of Service Portfolio Management & Enterprise Architecture at Apotex. Extensive experience leading teams, collaborating with business partners to develop roadmaps and deliver strategic initiatives from inception to implementation. Unique ability to integrate across business functions and technology platforms.
Toronto – 2019 proved that sustainability is only going to grow in 2020. The CIO Association of Canada (CIOCAN) has partnered with CO2Neutral to help members reduce their carbon footprint and get recognized for their sustainability efforts. The CO2Neutral™ Program is an asset disposition service that allows organizations to trade in their End-of-First-Life™ technology in …
William Shanks is the Director of service support and governance at Apotex. Strategic and results-driven Leader with sixteen years of progressive global management experience leading high-performance teams in highly-regulated (pharmaceutical, financial), IT service environments. Penchant for challenging the status quo and in leading IT Transformation actvities that marry Business and IT capabilities through a Service …
The Toronto Chapter of the CIO Association was pleased to collaborate with Gartner Executive Programs to offer our most recent event. As part of a National Series for the CIO Association of Canada, The Best of Gartner 2019 brings key insights from the 2019 Gartner Symposium along with key insights collected from the Annual CIO Agenda …
Dave Whittle is the CIO at the University of Guelph. Dave is a results-oriented and forward thinking senior Information Technology leader with over 25 years of domestic and international experience across a variety of industry verticals in the design, delivery, operation of IT solutions and services that improve business efficiency and effectiveness. He has a …
Derek Cullen is the CIO at Stikeman Elliott LLP. Seasoned Technology Executive with a 25+ year list of achievements providing strategic direction and leadership of large departments and programs. A reputation built on the drive to challenge, articulate and manage current trends, issues, and hurdles while providing leadership and direction with a focus on true …
CanadianCIO of the Year finalists gathering for powerful discussion Three CIOCAN members will be part of the team of seven of the 2019 ITAC CanadianCIO of the Year award finalists who will share ideas in a free-ranging virtual town hall on November 14. Julie Leese, Darryl Vleeming, and Helen Wetherley Knight were all nominated by …
IDC Is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets. With more than 1,100 analysts worldwide, IDC offers global, regional, and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends in over 110 countries. IDC Canada is located in downtown Toronto and …
The Toronto chapter of the CIO Association of Canada recently provided a unique opportunity to about 20 members through their first sponsored advisory meeting of the season. The chance to interact with someone who has built a $2 Billion business doesn’t come along all that often! The evening provided a terrific learning opportunity, and Arista …
Grant Ferguson is the CIO at IKO Industries. His career focuses around Financial Business Performance Mgmt, IT Architecture, IT Competencies/Culture, IT Infrastructure, Planning & Program/Project Mgmt, Professional,Scientific and Technical services, Service Management, Solution Delivery/Support, Strategy and Innovation.