2010 Vancouver, BC CIO Executive Summit

Dr. Catherine Aczel Boivie
SVP IT, Vancity Credit Union
CEO, Inventure Solutions

In 2008, Dr. Catherine Aczel Boivie was appointed as the SVP of IT at Vancity and CEO at Inventure Solutions. She provides leadership and vision in the planning, development and management of technology initiatives across Vancity. Dr. Aczel Boivie was previously the SVP of IT at Pacific Blue Cross and BCAA.

Dr. Aczel Boivie is the founding chair of the Chief Information Officers Association of Canada (CIOCAN). The Association established the Catherine Aczel Boivie scholarship, to recognize her contribution in strengthening the CIO community in Canada and advocating the CIOs' role in organizations. In 2008, Dr. Aczel Boivie was selected by the 28,000 members of Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance as the recipient of the 2008 CIO Leadership Award for "showing excellence in managing enterprise-wide information systems that yield the greatest returns to the enterprises and exemplifying community engagement and team leadership."

Dr. Aczel Boivie is on a number of Board of Directors including the YWCA of Vancouver, BCIT Foundation Board, CGA Canada and the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC).

She holds a Bachelors of Mathematics in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo and a Masters degree and a PhD from the University of Toronto. In 2003, she received the IT Executive of the Year Award for Midsize Enterprises from Gartner.

Dr. Aczel Boivie is a published author with articles in several journals, including Backbone magazine, Edge, InfoWorld, CIO US and CIO Canada magazines. She also published a regular column "from the CIO's point of view" in a Canadian Computer periodical. Dr. Aczel Boivie is featured in "Women in the Lead", a national directory of Canadian women whose professional expertise and experience recommend them as candidates for corporate board appointment.

Ward Chapin
CIO
Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

For an optimist, Ward Chapin spends a lot of time these days thinking about what can go wrong. It's not surprising: as VANOC's Chief Information Officer, he is leading the team that will implement and manage all the technology and systems critical for staging the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Chapin's scope of responsibility is as diverse as the technology and the systems he oversees, spanning day-to-day office requirements for 1,200 staff to systems that manage the accreditation, communication, security and transportation functions for all Games' participants. The coordination of timing and scoring systems for all competitive events is another of his key areas, as is working with broadcasters to meet their technical requirements. In addition, Chapin and his team are liaising closely with immigration and security officials to ensure a foolproof interface between their respective information systems.

A longtime executive with HSBC Bank, Chapin built a progressive career with the financial services company in Canada and abroad. Prior to joining VANOC, he was responsible for Information Technology Operations for the HSBC Investment Bank in London, England. He also spent more than three years in Paris as Director of IT Operations, assisting with the integration of HSBC's acquisition of CCF Bank, a federation of 11 banks. During his tenure with HSBC Bank Canada, Chapin served as Vice President, Technical and Corporate Services, and also held various IT-related roles in information systems auditing, systems development and IT operations.

Chapin began his career in audit while at Montreal Trust, moving on to operational and information systems positions for CitiBank, Toronto Dominion Bank and Bank of BC. As one of the first experts in automated teller machines, he quickly became a popular figure on the North American IT speakers' circuit.

After several years in Europe, Chapin is pleased to be back home and considers his opportunity to work for Canada's Games a privilege. He also hopes that, through technology, one of the many legacies of the 2010 Winter Games will be improved accessibility for people with a disability.

Raised in Montreal, where he learned to speak French, Chapin graduated from McGill University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Industrial Relations. He and his wife now live in Vancouver. When he's not imagining possible technical glitches, Chapin can likely be found pursuing his passion for sports in the stands, on the golf course, or on a ski hill. Enthusiastic travelers, he and his wife are committed to one day visiting Budapest and Venice, the last two places on their top 20 list of travel destinations.

Leo Collins
EVP & CIO
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.

Leo Collins is the EVP and CIO of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (Lionsgate), the largest independent motion picture studio. Lionsgate engages in the development, production and distribution of feature films, television series, television movies and miniseries, nonfiction programming and animated programming. The company distributes a library of approximately 8,000 motion picture titles and 1,800 television episodes and programs directly to retailers, video rental stores, pay and free television channels, and indirectly to international markets through third parties.

Collins began his career in entertainment when he joined the major–mini studio Artisan Entertainment in 1998. Acquired by Lionsgate in 2003, the decision was made to integrate Artisan’s technology platform for the combined company. During Collins’ tenure at Lionsgate/Artisan, the company has grown from $170M to approximately $1.5B in annual revenue. Technology has been a cornerstone at Lionsgate and the studio has implemented a wide variety of systems to support management and distribution of its intellectual property.

Before Artisan, Collins was in charge of technology at Home Savings, which at the time was America’s 14th largest bank, and he had a similar role at PacifiCare Health Systems. He is a graduate of UCLA and UCSB.

Sid Fattedad
Chair of the Board
Coast Mountain Bus Company Ltd

Sid Fattedad has been a member of the board of directors of Canadian Airlines International, the Vancouver Board of Trade, the Canada China Trade Association and the Japan Canada Trade Association. He was a founding member of the Quality Council of BC.

Fattedad currently holds a number of board and special committee memberships in the following organizations:

Chair, British Columbia Investment Management Corporation Member of the Board and Chair of the Audit Committee of Industrial Alliance Pacific Chair, Terminal City Club of Vancouver. Chair, Coast Mountain Bus Company. Member of the Investment Committee of the Vancouver Foundation Chair of the Investment Committee of Workers Compensation Board of British Columbia

He is a Fellow of the Certified General Accountants Association of Canada and a recipient of the prestigious John Leslie Award from the Association for Exemplary Public Service. He is also a recipient of the Canada 125 award for outstanding service to Canada.

Fattedad joined Canadian Pacific Airlines in Vancouver in 1968. He held senior positions of Director, Corporate Accounting; Comptroller; VP Marketing and Operations, Pacific Division; VP, Sales and finally SVP for all Customer Service Operations world-wide. He joined Workers’ Compensation Board in 1993 as CFO and remained in that position until retiring in 2007.

Malcolm Harkins
CISO & GM, Enterprise Capabilities, IT Grp.
Intel Corporation

Malcolm Harkins is responsible for Intel's IT infrastructure & application security, data privacy & protection, Sarbanes Oxley, and overall IT controls & compliance activities. He is also responsible for corporate business continuity. His overall mission within Intel is to drive the adoption and continued operation of controls to mitigate information risks to acceptable business levels. Harkins has been with Intel since 1992 and has had responsibility for Information Security since 2002.

Harkins’ prior roles include positions in finance, procurement and operations. He also program managed IT benchmarking and Sarbanes Oxley systems compliance efforts and he was the profit and loss manager for Intel's Flash Product Group in the late 90's. He also co-authored an IT services business plan that lead to the creation of Intel Online Services, an external e-commerce hosting company.

Harkins has an MBA in Finance and Accounting from the University of California at Davis and a BA in Economics from the University of California at Irvine. Harkins is an active and accomplished speaker and whitepaper author.

Dr. Blaize Horner Reich
Professor, Segal Graduate School of Business
Simon Fraser University

Before obtaining her Ph.D., Blaize Horner Reich worked for 15 years in Canada and Asia as an IT practitioner and consultant, focusing on the financial services and utilities sectors. She is currently a board member of several academic journals, non-profit organizations and the Industrial Alliance Pacific Insurance and Financial Services Company.

Dr. Reich's research has been published in a wide range of journals, including MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Journal of Management Information Systems, Communications of the ACM, California Management Journal and the Project Management Journal.

She has two current research programs, IT governance (including alignment, service and risk management) and IT project management. Her research is supported by the Canadian government.

Doug Keeley
CEO & Chief Storyteller
The Mark of a Leader

Doug Keeley, CEO and Chief Storyteller of The Mark of a Leader, is one of North America’s leading communicators, a serial entrepreneur and a self-professed “leadership junkie.” Today his revolutionary program is inspiring leaders and workforces to improved performance with a revolutionary approach called “Five Level Leadership.”

Keeley started the first of several businesses in 1978, and quickly became a pioneer in the marketing and communications industry.

In 2004, he embarked on a journey to help create a new generation of leaders with The Mark of a Leader. This unique, story-based program uses multimedia to share insights into the success of many of the world’s greatest leaders and brands to show how they can be applied to business today.

Keeley has written a book of inspiring stories, authored many magazine features and columns, and has appeared in several books on creativity and corporate culture. He is also an inductee in the Meetings & Incentive Travel Hall of Fame.

Chris Moore
CIO
City of Edmonton

Chris Moore is the Chief Information Officer at the City of Edmonton. In his role as CIO Chris provides vision and leadership over the City’s information and technology direction. Chris has fulfillment and freedom in his work and as a leader desires to see those around him attain fulfillment and freedom as well. Chris’ office has no “desk” but does have comfortable chairs, creating a welcoming space where conversation is key. Chris has been described as transformational, innovative, disruptive and refreshing. He is an advocate of an Open Ecosystem, Open Gov and Open Data, and desires to see his team embrace innovation, pursuing the possible and building the future together.

Martin Mysyk
Sr. Enterprise Architect
TransAlta Corporation

Martin Mysyk is a senior IT professional with more than 20 years of IT industry experience. Having worked for more than 10 years in the utility sector, he is currently Senior Enterprise Architect at TransAlta Corporation in Calgary. Mysyk was the 2007 winner of the Blackberry Domino Browser application award from Research in Motion.

Mysyk previous experience includes implementing portal, internet, and wireless technologies for companies around the world. He has a Bachelor of Management degree in Finance and many other professional and IT industry certifications.

Avi Pollock
Head, Applied Innovation & Strategic Planning
Royal Bank of Canada

As Head of Applied Innovation and Strategic Planning at Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), Avi Pollock leads a team with an enterprise-wide mandate to stimulate innovative activity. With a view to what’s next, new and different, his applied innovation team identifies and validates emerging technologies and opportunities that have the potential to drive client value and differentiate RBC from its competitors.

Pollock also leads strategic planning for RBC’s technology and operations organization. Pollock is a frequent speaker on innovation as well as mobile and enterprise social media strategies. Prior to joining RBC, Pollock provided interim executive management services in sales, business operations and acquisition strategy to technology companies in start-up and growth phases. He previously held the position of EVP, Professional Services for a TSX-listed technology company.

Pollock currently serves as an industry chair on the Mobile Experience Innovation Centre, a non-profit focused on developing Ontario’s role in the mobile economy. Pollock has a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from University of Western Ontario, is a graduate of the joint LL.B.-M.B.A. program at York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School and Schulich School of Business and is a member of the New York State Bar Association.

Michael Redeker
VP & CTO
ATB Financial

Michael Redeker is VP and CTO at ATB Financial. He is responsible for providing IT leadership in the areas of computing operations, security, architecture, disaster recovery, communications networks, and project management implementation and tracking to all business units.

Redeker joined ATB Financial in 2007. Before joining ATB, he spent 11 years with IBM Canada, focused on delivering quality information technology services within the financial services industry.

Born in Edmonton, Redeker spent many years working in a number of cities across Canada including Vancouver, Toronto, Regina and Calgary. He is a graduate from Northern Alberta Institute of Technology.

Launi Skinner
CEO
First West Credit Union

Launi Skinner was appointed chief executive officer of First West Credit Union in April 2010.

Skinner is a talented executive with many years of experience leading high-growth companies, driving business results and inspiring employees to work toward ambitious goals. As CEO, Skinner is responsible for First West’s strategic development and growth.

Before joining First West, Skinner gained more than 20 years of business-building experience in both the U.S. and Canada. For 15 of those years she worked for Starbucks, beginning as a district manager in British Columbia and ultimately assuming responsibility for all U.S. company operations as president of Starbucks U.S. As president of Starbucks U.S., Skinner oversaw 7,000 company owned stores and 3,400 licensed stores and managed an extensive management team with operational responsibility for 130,000 employees.

As president and chief operating officer of 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, Skinner was responsible for the growth of the franchise company’s brand in North America and Australia, driving revenue through increased franchisee productivity and focusing on a rigorous international expansion program.

Skinner lives in West Vancouver with her husband and two daughters. Educated in business administration, she has completed the certified general accountant program and has a history of community involvement, including a term as board trustee for Seattle’s non-profit Northwest Hospital.

Terry G. Tyler
EVP, CTO & CIO
ENMAX Corporation

As CTO, Terry G. Tyler is responsible for ENMAX Corporation’s long-range industry vision, including screening and evaluating technologies for their potential applicability. As CIO, Tyler is responsible for strategic process transformation and the efficient and effective use of information within ENMAX. He also oversees the regulated and retail billing and customer care functions.

Prior to joining ENMAX in 2008, Tyler held executive roles at Tennessee Valley Authority, IBM Business Consulting Services, Florida Power Corporation and Comanche Peak Nuclear Plant. He also formed and co-owned a successful consulting company, Energex, which was the program manager for the Three Mile Island Industry Degraded Core Rulemaking program for Department of Energy (DOE) and Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Tyler holds an M.B.A. in Finance and Management and a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Tennessee and is a licensed professional engineer. He speaks regularly on the future of the energy and utilities industry. He currently serves on the advisory board to the College of Computer and Electrical Engineering at the University of Tennessee. Tyler is DOE Management Oversight and Risk Tree and Accident Investigation Certified.