CIO Leadership Live: Canada
CIO Leadership Live: Canada is a weekly podcast hosted by Lee Rennick, editor of CIO Canada. Each episode features in-depth conversations with IT and business leaders. The discussions focus on leadership, innovation, and business strategy. It offers insights for CIOs and technology executives navigating digital transformation.
Episodes
Sun Life’s Laura Money on driving innovation with AI and championing women in tech.
Join Sun Life, EVP & Chief Information and Technology Innovation Officer, Laura Money as she explores building advocates in career development, championing women in tech, and advancing AI innovation. Discover her vision for a cutting-edge center of excellence designed to drive business productivity on CIO Leadership Live with Lee Rennick.
Lucy Ho, Founder & Executive Director, Hackergal
Join Lucy Ho, Founder & Executive Director, Hackergal and Lee Rennick as they talk about the programs inspiring Canadian girls to code, create and become tech leaders of tomorrow, and how you can be involved to support Hackergal. For more information visit www.hackergal.org
Episode 36: Giovanni Pizzoferrato, Chief Technology Officer at Kinaxis
Join Giovanni Pizzoferrato, Chief Technology Officer at Kinaxis, as he discusses leadership, the 2023 CIO Award winning Kinaxis project, and a people-centric approach to building technology. This episode is not to be missed.
Episode 35: Tina Mathas, CTO, General Bank of Canada
Happy International Women's Day. Join Lee Rennick and Tina Mathas, CTO, General Bank of Canada, as she discusses leadership, technology innovation and diversity in tech.
Episode 34: John Pinard, VP, IT Operations, Infrastructure and Cybersecurity, DUCA Financial Services Credit Union
John Pinard, VP, IT Operations, Infrastructure and Cybersecurity, DUCA Financial Services Credit Union, discusses leadership, building teams, working with the C-Suite and IT for business sake.
Episode 33: Parm Sandhu, CIO at Immigrant Services Society of BC
Parm Sandhu, CIO at Immigrant Services Society of BC (ISSofBC), discusses building and executing a digital strategy, working with vendors, evolving teams and skills sets, leadership and the possibilities for tech with genAI.
Episode 32: Lekan Olawoye, Founder, BPTN
Lekan Olawoye, Founder of the Black Professionals Technology Network & OBSIDI, shares information about the CIO Responsible Development roundtable and why diversity and inclusion in building technology and teams is critical to building better tech and business.
Episode 31: Rebecca Hazell, Interim Executive Director, Hackergal
Join Rebecca Hazell, Interim Executive Director at Hackergal, to learn about how Hackergal is empowering girls to learn about technology to build future tech leaders on CIO Leadership Live with Lee Rennick. This episode is not to be missed.
Episode 30: Renate Cunneen, Vice President, Global Corporate Technology, Canada Life
Join Renate Cunneen, Vice President Global Corporate Technology at Canada Life, as she discusses building diverse teams, supporting women in technology and leading the global technology team at Canada Life on CIO Leadership Live with host Lee Rennick.
Episode 29: Adam Ennamli, Chief Risk Officer, General Bank of Canada
Join Adam Ennamli, Chief Risk Officer, General Bank of Canada, as he talks about his role in managing business, technology and risk, building diverse teams, and learning and implementing genAI. This discussion is not to be missed.
Episode 28: Maryfran Johnson, host of CIO Leadership Live & CEO of Maryfran Johnson Media
Join Maryfran Johnson, host of CIO Leadership Live & CEO Maryfran Johnson Media, and Lee Rennick as they discuss the trends and technology highlights of 2023. Maryfran provides insights from interviews with CIOs from the CIO Leadership Live interview series and predictions on key tech themes for 2024.
Episode 27: Rita Lazar-Tippe, CDO, Cashco Financial
Join Rita Lazar-Tippe, CDO, Cashco Financial, as she discusses bringing value to roles, building your personal brand, volunteerism, and tech for good.
Episode 26: Manas Khanna, AVP and Global Technology Operations, Univeris
Join Manas Khanna, AVP & Global Technology Operations at Univeris, who discusses technology leadership, being a trilingual leader adding empathy to business and tech leadership, and building teams.
Episode 25: Ed McLaughlin, President & CTO, Mastercard
Join Ed McLaughlin, President & CTO, Mastercard who speaks about the digital first organization, leadership, building teams, and innovation.
Episode 24: Jassi Kaur, Head of IT and Security, Bulk Barn Foods Limited
Join Jassi Kaur, Head of IT and Security, Bulk Barn Foods Limited, as she discusses leadership, transforming companies, leading technology and security, and mentorship.
Episode 23: Sam Sebastian, Country Manager at Google Cloud Canada
Join Sam Sebastian, Country Manager at Google Cloud Canada, as he discusses continuous learning, cloud innovation and Gen AI and strategic partnerships.
Episode 22: John Comacchio, Senior Vice President and CIO, Teknion Corp., Part 2
Join John Comacchio, SVP & CIO at Teknion Corp. for the second part of this CIO Leadership Live interview, where he discusses pivoting during the pandemic, generative AI and the modern customer journey.
Episode 21, Part 1: John Comacchio, Senior Vice President and CIO, Teknion Corp.
Join John Comacchio, SVP & CIO at Teknion Corp., for the first part of our CIO Leadership Live interview where he discusses business leadership, CEO expectations and technology transformation.
Episode 20: Hassan El Bouhali, Head of Technology, MasterCard Foundation
Join Hassan El Bouhali, Head of Technology, MasterCard Foundation, who discusses the role of the CIO building value for organizations, and how AI and automation is transforming business.
Episode 20: Marcin Bogobowicz, EVP, Technology Services and Operations, Klick Health
Join Marcin Bogobowicz, EVP, Technology Services and Operations, Klick Health who discusses technology leadership, AI and the next wave of innovation, and building collaborative tech teams for the future of work.
Episode 19: Charles Lewis, Vice President, Information Technology, Canada Life
Charles Lewis, Vice President, Information Technology, Canada Life, discusses building technology to support positive outcomes for society, leading teams, and the hot topic of generative AI on CIO Leadership Live with Lee Rennick, Editor, CIO Canada.
Episode 18: Alvin Chau, CIO, Canada Computers & Electronics
Alvin Chau, CIO at Canada Computers & Electronics, discusses continuous learning, working across sectors, and technology innovation on CIO Leadership Live Canada with Lee Rennick, Editor, CIO.
Episode 17: Julie Levesque, Executive Vice President Technology, CIO, National Bank of Canada
Women in Technology - Julie Levesque, Executive Vice President Technology, CIO, National Bank of Canada discusses the CIO as a business leader and building a positive career roadmap.
Episode 16: Shaun Guthrie, Senior Vice President Technology & Ecommerce, Peavy Mart LLP
Join Shaun Guthrie, Senior Vice President Technology & Ecommerce, Peavy Mart, who discussed building leadership and teams, the CIO as a business leader, and the importance of networking and volunteer leadership.
Episode 15: Kin Lee-Yow, CIO, CAA Club Group of Companies
Join Kin Lee-Yow, CIO, CAA Club Group of Companies. Kin shares strategies on clear communication, the 5 building blocks to support teams; respect, learning, collaboration, innovations and commitment. Some outstanding conversation about technology leadership.
Episode 14: Jason Wight, CIO & SVP IT Innovation, Ontario Power Generation
Join Jason Wight, CIO & SVP IT Innovation, Ontario Power Generation who discusses building tools to support leadership innovation to support team development, and building blocks for digital transformation.
Episode 13: Humza Teherany, Chief Technology and Digital Officer, MLSE
Join Humza Teherany, CTO & CDO Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE) who discusses business leadership, innovation at MLSE, internal and external partnerships and the importance of networking and ensuring diversity in the sector.
Episode 12: Helen Knight, Helen Knight Non-Profit IT Consulting
Join Helen Knight of Helen Knight Non-Profit IT Consulting, as she speaks about building equity, advocating for technology access in education, and working to support technology innovation in the non-profit sector.
Episode 11: Rex Lee, CIO & CTO, Canadian Tire
Join Rex Lee, CIO & CTO Canadian Tire, who discusses this iconic Canadian brand, leadership and lessons learned pre and post pandemic, and leading with purpose.
Episode 10: Doria Manico-Daka, Head of IT, Professional Engineering Association
International Women’s Day 2023. Today and all year we #embraceequity. Learn from Doria Manico-Daka IT leader about her leadership journey and strategies for building equity in the workplace.
Episode 9: Lekan Olawoye, Founder and CEO, BPTN & Obsidi
Lekan Olawoye, Founder and CEO, BPTN & Obsidi, talks about the Obsidi platform and building community and networking for Black technology professionals. To learn more about how Obsidi is working with partners to hire incredible Black talent, there’s Obsidi Recruit: https://obsidi.com/obsidi-recruit/
To join Obsidi, the URL is https://obsidi.com/ or the direct login page is: https://app.obsidi.com
Episode 8: Andre Allen, VP Technology and CISO, MaRS Incubator
André Allen, Vice President Information Technology at MaRS Discovery District, Chief Privacy Officer & Chief Information Security Officer discusses building innovation and how inclusion is a major part of building teams and sustaining businesses.
Episode 7: Derek Cullen, CIO of Stikeman Elliott
Derek Cullen, CIO, Stikeman Elliott discusses the evolving role of the CIO as a leader and business partner. He also discusses supporting career development through networking and volunteering.
Episode 6: Corrine Sharp, Co founder & CMO of the WIT Network
Women in Technology - Corinne Sharp, Co founder &CMO the WIT Network, talks about building support and community for women in technology.
You can learn more at https://thewitnetwork.com/
Episode 5: Sara Fenwick, Vice President Business Technology, Ren's Pets
Women in IT - Sara Fenwick shares her journey as a tech leader in Canada to support diversity, equity and inclusion and her role as a woman in leadership.
Episode 4: Maryfran Johnson, Host of the CIO Leadership Live video podcast, CEO Maryfran Johnson Media
It's a wrap. Lee interviews Maryfran Johnson about 2022 trending themes in technology as discussed with CIOs on CIO Leadership Live.
Episode 3: Martin Bernier, CIO of University of Ottawa
Martin Bernier, CIO, University of Ottawa discussed continuous learning, building diverse and equitable teams, and allyship to support diversity in technology.
Episode 2: Technology Leadership in a pre and post pandemic world
Nick Marchand, Vice President, Digital & Technology Operations and Cyber Security, Cineplex discussed leadership in the post pandemic world.
Episode 1: The CIO and CISO - Leadership and collaboration conversation
George Al Koura, CISO Ruby, discusses his career and leadership journey, working with vendors, and building collaboration with teams.
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