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2018 ITAC Ingenious Awards and CanadianCIO of the Year Finalists Announced

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MISSISSAUGA, ON (August 22, 2018) – The Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC) is pleased to announce the jury-selected finalists for the 2018 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. The ITAC Ingenious …

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Welcome Kevin Park

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Kevin is a colleague of CIOCAN member Mike Klein at BC Housing.   Senior Manager of IT Technical Services, Kevin is an accomplished Information Technology leader who leverages strong interpersonal skills, flexibility, and teamwork to achieve business objectives.

Welcome Edward Sweeney

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Ed is Manager, Application & GIS Services at the City of North Vancouver.  He joins the CIO Association as an Associate Member, with skills in Business Intelligence, Business Process Alignment/Support, and Strategy & Innovation.

Welcome Andry Layarda

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Andry is CIO and VP of Technology at 3AG Systems, where he specializes in Business Intelligence and  Financial Business Performance Management.

TechToronto.org and Venture Out partner to launch PrideTechTO

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 6, 2018 – TORONTO   TechToronto.org and Venture Out partner to launch PrideTechTO June 6, 2018 – TechToronto.org and Venture Out are partnering to improve the inclusivity and representation of the LGBTQ+ community in the Toronto technology ecosystem.  This partnership will kick-off  at the June 11 2018 TechTO event at RBC …

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Gartner’s ESCAPE model – 6 steps to change leadership

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By Brian Jackson, Editorial Director, IT World Canada VANCOUVER – If you’re leading a change management initiative at your organization, you might feel like you just need to escape – and that’s exactly what Gartner research vice-president Elise Olding advocates, but not in the way you’d expect. “If you want your organization to change, you and …

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A look at what technologies are NOT good at

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David Lyle, Pacific Data Integrators will be speaking at the CIO Peer Forum on Disruptive Next-Gen Analytics: What’s next?   Over the past decade, powerful Big Data storage and retrieval technologies have emerged that give us added power to harvest the information cornucopia surrounding us. But as our world becomes more complex, the variety of these tools …

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Brent Krezan

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Brent is the Director at Application Development, City of Vancouver. His areas of expertise include Business Process Alignment/Support and IT Competencies/Culture.

Hard Drive Destruction on-site at the CIO Peer Forum courtesy of ERA

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If you have old hard drives that are collecting dust in your basement or storage facilities (or let’s face it, under your desk or in the corner of your office), bring them with you to the CIO Peer Forum and have them destroyed on-site. April 10-11, 2018 8:30am – 4:30pm Westin Bayshore , 1601 Bayshore …

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CIO Association of Canada Vancouver Chapter’s 20 year anniversary

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The changing world of CIOs – CIO Association of Canada Vancouver Chapter’s 20 year anniversary Peer Forum in Vancouver on April 10-11 Reflections from Catherine Aczel Boivie Oh, how far we have come in twenty years as CIOs! At that time IT was relegated to back office and business considered it an operational necessity. In …

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