Toronto Chapter - Navigating the AI Frontier in the Digital Age: Intersection of Technology Innovation & Security

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Join this exclusive fireside chat to hear critical insights on navigating the delicate balance between AI innovation and productivity and data security in today’s rapidly evolving technology landscape. Learn how organizations can embrace AI’s boundless potential and foster responsible innovation while ensuring data sovereignty and security remain at the forefront.

Appetizers and refreshments will be served.

Please register to reserve your spot before the seats fill up!

Registration is complimentary for and restricted to, CIOCAN Members and their Qualified Guests only (CIO, CISO or Senior IT Executive).

SPEAKERS:

Hesham Fahmy - Chief Information Officer, TELUS

As Chief Information Officer (CIO) at TELUS, Hesham Fahmy leads the team responsible for spearheading TELUS’ transformation to a fully-digital, software-centric and cloud-enabled technology leader. An agent of transformation and an innovator with seven granted patents, Hesham has extensive consumer, digital and cloud technology development expertise.

Hesham is a motivational leader with a passion for building highly productive teams and growing professional careers. His own passion for social capitalism aligns with TELUS’ leadership in leveraging its world-leading technology and compassion to drive social change and enable meaningful outcomes for its customers, communities and team members.

With a Bachelor of Computer Engineering from McMaster University and a Master of Software Engineering from the University of Toronto, Hesham has innovated software products and solutions for 25 years, with a track record of launching disruptive products and platforms in retail, IoT, fintech and development tooling. In 2023, Hesham was recognized as “CIO of the Year” by IT World Canada.

Victor Tavares - Sr. Director, Systems Engineering, Palo Alto Networks Canada

Victor Tavares is the Sr Director of Solutions Consulting for Palo Alto Networks in Canada, where he is responsible for customer and partner facing solutions engineering teams. Victor has more than 25 years of experience in the data networking and information security industries, where he has worked with most of Canada's largest enterprise, service provider, and public sector organizations. Prior to joining Palo Alto Networks in 2014, Victor led the Enterprise Systems Engineering team at Juniper Networks in Canada, which he joined through Juniper’s acquisition of network security pioneer NetScreen Technologies in 2004. Victor’s technical background extends to software engineering and software development, systems, cloud, and datacenter.

Moderator: Dave Aeri - Chief Information Officer & CTO, Nine.Zero.Five | CIOCAN Member

Dave Aeri is responsible for the strategic, technical leadership, and vision advancing all aspects of Nine.Zero.Five’s information technology, digital transformation, digital innovation, enterprise architecture, application development, cyber security, and the underlying strategies that frame the long-term strategic Digital and Technology roadmap. As part of leading this functional discipline, Dave ensures that IT is positioned to enable the respective business functions to achieve their goals and ensure that Technology and Digital is delivering continuous value to the organization.

Dave has extensive experience in information technology and in leading organizational transformation across a wide range of sectors through the strategic adoption and management of IT solutions.

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