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Quebec Chapter: Virtual Lunch & Learn

May 28, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (EDT)

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Join us for the next edition of the CIOCAN Québec Chapter Lunch & Learn where our members and qualified guests gather over lunch (from wherever they are) to dig into topics that actually matter to senior technology leaders.


From Law Firm CTO to Fractional CIO: Lessons from 25 Years at the Intersection of Legal Tech and Cybersecurity

This session is a rare opportunity to hear an honest, experience-driven account from someone who has lived on both sides: years as an internal CIO inside one of Canada's most demanding environments, the legal sector, and the deliberate leap to building an independent practice as a Fractional CIO.

 

Speaker: Nelson Pires 

With a quarter century leading IT inside Canada's legal sector, Nelson has navigated some of the country's most demanding data security, governance, and confidentiality environments. Today, he brings that expertise to organizations as an independent fractional executive — and he's here to share exactly how, and why, that transition happened.

 

What you'll take away

1. The real pressures of running IT inside a large law firm — security, governance, and politics

2. What triggers a senior IT leader to consider the fractional path — and how to know if it's right for you

3. Practical lessons from the leap: what worked, what didn't, and what nobody tells you.

4. A candid look at what a next chapter in a senior IT career can actually look like

Open to CIOCAN Members & *Qualified Non-Member Guests (*CIO/CISO/Senior IT Executive)

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Joignez-vous à nous pour la prochaine édition du Lunch & Learn du chapitre québécois de CIOCAN, l'occasion pour nos membres et leurs invités de dîner ensemble (de partout) tout en explorant des sujets qui comptent vraiment pour les leaders technologiques seniors. 


De CTO de cabinet d'avocats à CIO fractionnel: leçons tirées de 25 ans à l'intersection du droit, de la technologie et de la cybersécurité

Cette séance est une rare occasion d'entendre un témoignage honnête et ancré dans l'expérience de quelqu'un qui a vécu les deux réalités : des années à titre de CTO interne dans l'un des environnements les plus exigeants du Canada, le secteur juridique, et le saut délibéré vers la création d'une pratique indépendante en tant que CIO fractionnel.

 

Conférencier: Nelson Pires

Fort d'un quart de siècle à la tête des technologies de l'information dans le secteur juridique canadien, Nelson a navigué parmi les environnements les plus exigeants du pays en matière de sécurité des données, de gouvernance et de confidentialité. Aujourd'hui, il met cette expertise au service des organisations à titre de dirigeant fractionnel indépendant et il est ici pour partager comment, et pourquoi, cette transition s'est opérée.

 

Ce que vous retiendrez

1. Les véritables pressions de la gestion TI dans un grand cabinet d'avocats — sécurité, gouvernance et politique interne

2. Ce qui pousse un leader TI senior à envisager la voie fractionnelle — et comment savoir si c'est fait pour vous

3. Les leçons concrètes du grand saut : ce qui a fonctionné, ce qui n'a pas marché, et ce que personne ne vous dit

4. Un regard franc sur ce à quoi peut ressembler le prochain chapitre d'une carrière TI senior


Pour les membres de CIOCAN ainsi que les invités qualifiés non-membres (CIO/CISO et cadres supérieurs en TI)

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CIO Association of Canada
Name: Quebec President
Email: Quebec.President@ciocan.ca
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