Organizations with a comprehensive mobility strategy are better positioned to gain competitive advantage and drive growth. Armed with the right technology, you can capitalize on the opportunity mobility presents while mitigating security risks. A 2015 study from the Cyber Defense Group, found that 60% or so of companies surveyed had experienced an increase in mobile …
Most executives, including CIOs, have an aversion to the concept of “organizational politics”–– as if it’s a dirty word: “She’s so political…he got ahead due to politics…decisions around here are all political…I’m not going to play the politics game!” We act like the word stems from the Greek derivatives “poly” (many) and “tics” (blood-sucking parasites)! …
When I joined Canadian Tire Corporation (CTC) in 2012 as Chief Technology Officer, the top priority was to address the tech infrastructure and to help turn CTC into a world-class digital organization. Our 93-year old company had conflicting and obsolete technology systems across our banners and we needed to catch up fast. Applying “best practices” …
PLENARY SESSION: CAREER SHIFTS SHOWCASE Fariba Anderson, CEO, AcuteNet Inc. Dean Doige, President, LightHorse Innovation Corporation, a division of Clark Builders Humza Teherany, Chief Innovation Officer, Compass Group Canada Limited For some, the move from CIO to CEO or another C-suite position represents a step-up in leadership and a complete change of paradigm. Typically …
The Vancouver Chapter of CIOCAN will host the kick-off event of the ‘BC Aware’ campaign on Monday, January 25. Currently there are more than 100 people registered for the event that will be held at the new Telus Garden. The The BC AWARE Campaign, led by ISACA, and sponsored by Cisco and Telus, aims to unify …
At last week’s Consumer Electronics Show’s Mobile App Showdown event, iHeartLocal, an app that’s about building relationships with the small businesses that “we frequent and refer to our friends and family”, won big!! It won at all three levels of the competition: *Selected by the judging panel as one of ten finalists from the many …
Greetings from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas where there are over 3,500 exhibitors and over 170,000 attendees! The show is big — it brings in $210M to Las Vegas’ economy. The first event for the media was “CES unveiled”. About 150 of the 3,500 exhibitors had a special show for the media for …
Catherine Boivie sends greetings from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas where there are over 3500 exhibitors and over 170,000 attendees!! One of the top 10 finalists for the CES Mobile Apps Showdown is from Canada . is an App designed by Canadian Entrepreneurs Stephen Ibaraki and Dave O’Leary to help small businesses succeed …
The result of an 8-month consultation among industry and academic experts (in which CIOCAN was represented), the recommendations in the Big Data and the Intelligence Economy report are intended to inform business leaders, academics, and policy-makers how to prepare organizations for the opportunities and challenges that big data adoption will bring. One of the most …
At the recent Ingenious Awards Gala Dinner, Eugene Roman, CTO at Canadian Tire Corporation was named ITAC CanadianCIO of the Year for the private sector. He has since agreed to be a keynote speaker at the CIO Association national conference that will be held at Toronto’s Allstream Centre April 20-21, 2016. Other announcements at the …
Edmonton chapter members responded to new President Shaun Guthrie’s invitation to gather on December 2nd to celebrate the holidays and share some Christmas Cheer at Sorrentino’s Bistro Bar. It was a great opportunity to get to know one another and strengthen the network of senior IT executives in Edmonton.
On behalf of the National Board of the CIO Association of Canada, Gary Davenport announced this week that Humza Teherany, Chief Innovation Officer at Compass Group, has been appointed as the new National Vice-President for the Association. Davenport stated that “having worked with Humza at a previous company, I know him very well and he …