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Toronto CDO Community
Gain powerful new perspectives
Join fellow CDOs in the Toronto community to solve critical leadership challenges through the collective experiences and expertise of the network.
Invaluable network
Build a strong professional network where you live and work. Access the collective expertise of your true peers all in one place. Make new connections and catch up with old friends.
Peer collaboration
Gain new perspectives from peers who understand your most critical priorities and are facing the same challenges -- generate ideas, share real-life experiences and get forward-looking guidance and insights.
Actionable insights
Exchange best practices, validate strategies and walk away with practical insights that are immediately actionable.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CDOs today.
- Expanding digital business & accelerating value creation
- Influencing culture & collaboration with governance
- Orchestrating change & empowering real-time decisions
Toronto CDO Governing Body
A regional Governing Body leads the Toronto CDO community, shaping the topics and agendas for your local programs and ensuring that all content is driven by CDOs, for CDOs.
Co-Chairs
Allie Harris
Scotiabank
Vice President and Chief Data Officer, Global Banking and Markets
Donna Rudnicki
RBC Capital Markets
Global Head of Data Management/Chief Data Officer
John Walsh
Canada Department of National Defence
Chief Data Officer, Director General Data, Analytics, Strategy & Innovation
Eugene Wen
Manulife
Vice President, Group Advanced Analytics
Members
Mike Branch
Geotab
Vice President, Data & Analytics
Duke Butler
Royal Bank of Canada
Head, DevOps Adoption
Victor Dudemaine
OpTrust
AVP, Enterprise Data Management
Joe Greenwood
Mastercard
Vice President, Data Strategy - North America
Issa Guindo
Great-West Life Assurance
Assistant Vice-President, Data and Analytics
Eduart Haruni
Air Canada
Manager Solution Architecture – Data Management & Analytics Center of Expertise
Richard Hines
Air Canada
Head of Data & Artificial Intelligence
George Iskenderian
Bell Canada
Director, Network Big Data Centre of Excellence
Margaret Ma
Scotiabank
VP Data and Transaction
Patrick McCleary
TD Bank Group
AVP, Analytics
Andrew Miller
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions
Chief Data Officer
Jane Moran
LoyaltyOne
SVP, Data and Technology
Anand Persaud
LifeWorks
Senior Director, Enterprise Data Analytics and Reporting
Adele Pugliese
BentallGreenOak
Vice President, Data Governance
Ramesh Rajasingham
Baxter
Senior Manager, Business Intelligence
Cal Rosen
Home Trust
Vice President, Data & Analytics
Martha Schrader
Northbridge Financial Corporation
Vice President Business Intelligence & Analytics
Peter Serenita
Scotiabank
Chief Data Officer
Shafique Shamji
The Ottawa Hospital
Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Della Shea
Symcor
Vice President, Data Governance & Chief Privacy Officer
Medhanie Tekeste
Apotex
Chief Information Officer
Liben Terrefe
Genworth Financial Inc
Manager, Data Products
Sheeraz Ullah
HSBC Canada
Chief Data Officer, Global Banking and Markets
Osgood Vogler
Celestica
Global Director, Enterprise Architecture
Glenn Waine
TransUnion
Head of Data Science and Consulting, CDO
Eric Whaley
Wolseley Canada
Chief Information Officer
Anil Wijesooriya
Infrastructure Ontario
Vice President Analytics & Data Governance
“In the past couple of months, Houston virtual CDO events have been a fantastic source of communication and networking with peers. Covid-19 has thrown us a lot of social challenges, but thanks to Evanta and their conscientious efforts, virtual boardrooms and roundtables are here to stay.”
DR. ASHWANI DEV, DIGITAL AND DATA SCIENCE OFFICER
HALLIBURTON
Upcoming Programs
IN-PERSON
April, 2022 | an evening
Toronto CDO Inner Circle
A gathering with peers to discuss timely topics over dinner in a private setting.
Learn More
PAST PROGRAMS
Toronto CDO Virtual Executive Summit - 12/16/2021
Toronto CDO Virtual Boardroom - 10/14/2021
Toronto CDO Virtual Town Hall - 09/28/2021
Toronto CDO Virtual Boardroom - 09/09/2021
Toronto CDO Virtual Boardroom - 07/29/2021
Toronto CDO Virtual Town Hall - 06/16/2021
Toronto CDO Virtual Boardroom - 06/08/2021
Toronto CDO Virtual Town Hall - 05/25/2021
Toronto CDO Virtual Boardroom - 05/13/2021
Toronto CDO Virtual Boardroom - 04/06/2021
MORE
Content from your CDO peers
BLOG | JANUARY 19, 2022
BLOG | JANUARY 19, 2022
Swinging the Pendulum — Women Technology Leaders in 2021
The content team at Evanta, who ensures all topics and agendas are driven ‘by C-level executives and for C-level executives,’ set a goal – to intentionally and deliberately showcase women technology leaders at Evanta in-person summits. Read on to see what they were able to accomplish in 2021.
VIEW POSTBLOG | JANUARY 12, 2022
BLOG | JANUARY 12, 2022
What C-Level Executives Were Reading in 2021
As you’re returning from holidays and getting back into work, we wanted to share some articles and survey findings you might have missed in 2021. These are some of the most-viewed articles (and most listened to podcasts!) on Evanta.com in the past year.
VIEW POSTBLOG | JANUARY 6, 2022
BLOG | JANUARY 6, 2022
Chief Data Officers — 2021 Year in Review
The role of the CDO has become critical to enterprises, as data is the lifeblood of digital business. In 2021, D&A leaders relied on each other for insights to help them succeed. Here is a recap of the content that CDOs felt was most compelling for their role today.
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