Ottawa Chapter: The Road Ahead

Description

In this interactive session, Zoho will share their perspective on the future of AI, business software, automation, and platform thinking—and why simplicity, privacy, context, and long-term vision matter more than hype.

Discover how businesses can adapt to rapid change while staying focused on sustainable growth and meaningful customer experiences.

Speaker - Chandrashekar LSP - Managing Director, Zoho Canada

Host - Ian Bruce - Vice President Sales, Zoho Canada

About the Speaker:

In most rooms there is the technologist, the account manager, the delivery lead, and the commercial mind. In LSP's world, they must be the same chair.

Architecture, delivery, customer engagement, commercial outcome. Most people pick one. LSP never did. Seasoned enough to know where it breaks. Present enough to fix it.

His focus now is building Zoho for Canada. Outside of that, he's usually somewhere that isn't on the itinerary. Drawn to places that aren't trying to be found.

Agenda

6:00 - 7:00pm – Arrival & Networking Reception

7:00 - 8:00pm – Presentation – Q & A

8:00 - 8:30pm – Networking

Hors d’oeuvres & Beverages to be served

Open to CIOCAN Members & their *Qualified Non-Member Guests (*CIO/CISO/Senior IT Executive in a Leadership role)

Thank you to our sponsor

Zoho is a privately held, bootstrapped technology company that has spent 30 years navigating technological, geopolitical, and economic shifts while staying true to a long-term set of convictions. Serving over a million customers globally, from small businesses to large enterprises, Zoho has built a broad software portfolio by challenging conventional wisdom and competing with some of the largest players in the industry. That journey has shaped how we think about sovereignty, resilience, and the real-world trade-offs leaders face as markets and technologies evolve.