Wayne Hong is a seasoned leader with 20 years of experience in the areas of strategic consulting, solution design and architecture, delivery execution, and operations management, with expertise in the fields of wealth management, banking, capital markets, insurance, and the public sector. In his previous role as Vice President, Wealth Management Solutions for CGI, Wayne …
Genevieve Groat is currently the Chief Relationship Officer of Fundserv, the indispensable hub for the Canadian Investment Funds Industry. Genevieve recently moved to Toronto from Alberta, where she held various IT positions at Alberta Pensions Services over 13 years, including leading their award-winning, five-year, multi-system business transformation project. She has a proven ability to assemble …
Dr Gurbir Perhar completed his PhD in Computational Ecology from the University of Toronto in 2012. His experience ranges from academia, to the algorithmic world of sports gambling, and now data science in the tech space. His current portfolio is the development and productization of data algorithms and services, driving value and strategy in a …
Peter Tierney is the Director of Trading Systems Engineering at Questrade Financial group. Over the past 10 years with Questrade, Peter has held a variety of senior leadership roles in Quality Assurance, Production Support and Engineering. Peter has the unique ability to deeply learn the inner-workings of the highly complex capital markets business in conjunction …
Bill Keyworth is Vice President of Research with a focus on IT Operational Excellence and IT’s new business-oriented performance metrics essential for Digital transformation. Organizations are quickly moving away from traditional IT governance and best practices previously critical in tracking efficiency of IT infrastructure, applications and assets. In response, Bill creates research focus on the …
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 …
For almost three decades IT World Canada (ITWC) has been building solid relationships with Canada’s IT professionals by delivering timely, incisive information that helps them succeed in their jobs. Today, more than 105,000 IT executives and professionals – representing 70 per cent of the buying power in Canada – turn to ITWC for the information …
Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) is the world’s leading research and advisory company. We help business leaders across all major functions in every industry and enterprise size with the objective insights they need to make the right decisions. Our comprehensive suite of services delivers strategic advice and proven best practices to help clients succeed in their …
All organizations are facing a number of rapidly evolving external forces (e.g., political, economic, competitive, technological, social, etc.). Some of these could threaten the very existence of the traditional business models. Winning organizations remain ahead of these forces and evolve by transforming their businesses. We at KPMG believe the role of the CIO and their …
Scott is the Chief Technology Officer at Compass Digital Labs. He oversees the technology strategy for the company and leads a team of world class designers, product managers, engineers and data scientists. His mission is to create amazing experiences for the consumers through Digital. Over the last few years at Compass Digital Labs, he has …
TELUS is one of Canada’s largest telecommunications companies, with $14.1 billion of annual revenue and 13.3 million subscriber connections, including 9.2 million wireless subscribers, 1.8 million high-speed Internet subscribers, 1.3 million residential network access lines and 1.1 million TELUS TV customers. TELUS provides a wide range of communications products and services, including wireless, data, Internet …
Jeff joined Avanade Canada in the fall of 2014 as the General Manager of Avanade Canada. Avanade is a 19 year old joint venture owned by Accenture and Microsoft that operates in 22 different countries globally . Jeff’s mandate includes developing and executing Avanade Canada’s business strategy as well as achieving its annual financial and …