Greg Lane New CEO Of CIPS – Canada’s Association of IT Professionals |
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Greg will be a huge asset to CIPS with his vast industry knowledge, experience, and connections, along with his leadership, marketing, and communication talents.
With over 30 years of industry experience, primarily in large, global firms, Greg Lane has proven his ability to successfully sell and lead engagements for large and small clients in both the private and public sector. One of his key strengths is his ability to communicate clearly and cogently with staff and executives and to restate complex problems in simple business terms to assist leaders in effective decision making. Greg has worked extensively with many levels of management and is consistently sought out for advice and coaching.
Greg Lane was recently interviewed and asked the following questions about why he agreed to take the CIPS CEO role, what his plans are for the next few years, and what changes members can expect.
Why did you agree to take the CIPS CEO role?
“CIPS has had and continues to have many dedicated and capable volunteer leaders. CIPS also has many responsibilities and opportunities both nationally and internationally. To meet those obligations requires many hours over extended periods. Time is one thing I have that previous leaders lacked.”
What are your plans for CIPS over the next 2-3 years?
“Information Technology is more important and pervasive than ever and will continue to be for the foreseeable future. CIPS needs to be more engaged protecting the public and advocating for consumer rights. Over the next few years CIPS will be helping our members and the public use technology for good.”
What changes can CIPS members expect to see?
“Increased involvement with key stakeholders, better communication and tools, and tool kits to assist members professional development.”
This is an exciting time for CIPS, our members, and Canada’s IT community, and we look forward to the contribution and growth that Greg will be providing over the next few years.
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CIPS BC April 29th Webinar: Kurt Pregler, CIO of Translink |
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FREE Event for CIPS Members and Colleagues! Limited Registration Spots!
CIPS British Columbia Presents:
Kurt Pregler
Chief Information Officer
TransLink
(South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority)
April 29th 2021
12:00 – 1:00 P M via ZOOM
As TransLink’s Chief Information Officer, Kurt is responsible for all aspects of TransLink’s technology strategy and operations including governance and policy, resource allocation, and strategic oversight for IT across the enterprise. He believes strongly in the role technology plays to deliver excellent customer service, improve the organization, and make our region a better place to live.
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Canadian Cyber Defence Challenge (May 5 -7, Virtual Event) |
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2021 Canadian Cyber Defence Challenge (CCDC) – Virtual Event
Team Registration Closes Monday April 12th!
This year the CCDC has teamed up with the Vancouver International Privacy & Security Summit (VIPSS) to host our ninth annual cyber defence challenge to be held May 5 – 7, 2021. This year’s event will be a completely virtual event challenge. The event activities will be available online to virtual participants/schools registered across the country.
This year’s event spans three days – coinciding with the virtual conference. The first day will be the online cyber defence range that is integrated with a business forensics study and analysis. The business story is made of a series of pre-recorded audio scripts that enact a simulated cyberattack on a hotel. Students will need to listen carefully to the story and pull together the cybersecurity challenges and forensics associated with the crime to solve the business challenge. The students need to keep track of their forensics to develop their recommendations. This year’s event challenge for Day 1 will run from 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM CST. The system will be available for the full 12 hours. We are planning to have industry professional volunteers assigned to support each of the virtual teams.
During the second day, teams will have the opportunity to present their findings and recommendations based on their business forensics and technical analysis in front of a panel of industry professionals who serve as the judges for this portion of the competition. Teams will be evaluated, points will be assessed and submitted for final processing. Once again, as in previous challenges, overall winners are based on a combination of technical, business and presentation points. The winners will be announced to an industry audience on Day 3 – as part of the closing activities of the VIPSS conference. for this year’s event, only the top eight teams will be qualified to present – based on the results of their technical scores on Day 1. The cut-off time for the teams that qualify for the presentation stage will be determined and announced closer to the competition. The remaining teams will be required to complete and submit an online report – similar to a Digital Forensics Incident Response Report (DFIR). The reports will be evaluated and assessed and the results will be made available to all of the participating teams.
How to enter? All high school students across Canada are eligible to compete in the CCDC. We also encourage post secondary and corporate teams to enter and challenge their understanding of Cyber Security.
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DPI Professional Development Week – (May 12 & 13, Virtual Event ) |
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For more than 50 years, DPI has been providing leading edge learning and networking events, and this year’s event promises to provide opportunities to engage, network, knowledge share, learn and grow.
This year’s Professional Development Week, being held virtually May 12 & 13, 2021, will continue to bring our delegates a great balance of technology, communication and leadership topics: from building digital capacity and AI to the importance of avoiding burnout and designing for all – inclusion and accessibility. As we all continue to build and navigate roads in our professional careers, DPI is a pillar that can provide essential learning and development opportunities to support you along the way.
We recognize the fast pace at which our community and its technologies, roles and initiatives are ever-changing and we offer programming the same way we want to develop and offer our services in the public sector, with innovation, flexibility and agility and an openness to change with limitless possibilities!
While we can’t be together in person, we are excited to launch our virtual platform which provide delegates with access to our keynotes and seminars as well as opportunities to network and visit our virtual booths.
A limited amount of Free Registrations are being made available to CIPS Members, after which CIPS members will pay the DPI member rate.
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Digital Transformation in Government Conference (June 15-17) |
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The 2nd Annual Digital Transformation in Government (DTiG) Conference is hosted by the ISACA Ottawa Valley Chapter, the University of Ottawa and the Association of Enterprise Architects (AEA) and is conducted in partnership with the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS), and the International Institute for Business Analysis (IIBA).
The conference brings together government professionals, private sector practitioners, and academia to share experiences, innovation and emerging standards and technologies in support of both government digital transformation (strategic effectiveness) and digitization (operational efficiency) initiatives.
Attendees will be able to claim CPEs, PDUs, or CEUs. A COBIT 2019 course will also be held on Monday, June 14th & Friday, June 18th, 2021 (15 CPEs).
The three days with have morning plenaries followed by managerial and technical streams in the afternoons at the new University of Ottawa facilities. Themes include (but are not limited to):
- Government Transformation
- Cyber-Security and Privacy
- Governance and Enterprise Architecture
- Management of Change
- Audit and Risk Management
- Integrating technology into business
- Government Design and Innovation
- Promoting Women in STEM SheLeadsTech
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Hiring Tips (Featured Article) |
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Featured Article from Dasro, a CIPS Corporate Partner
Tips for Hiring Top Tech Talent
This is the golden age of technology and skilled workers, and no organization can succeed without them. Information Technology (tech) professionals are those rare birds that keep businesses functioning.
These talented individuals make the networks secure, the systems do what is necessary, and everything else needed in an organization that depends on technology. Without them, an investment in technology is just an expensive curiosity. Since they are rare and in demand, hiring this talent is a challenge.
Here are 7 pointers that will help overcome the challenges of hiring top tech talent:
1. Position your Organization
Recruiting has become a lot like marketing. That means the most important decision you make is how to position your organization to potential candidates.
Questions to think about: Are you offering an opportunity to grow? Are you offering a short-term contract? Does it involve doing something new and innovative? Do you make incremental improvements? Or something else?
The results of your efforts will be more successful if you and the candidates have the right expectations going in.
2. Values
What are your values?
The best people don’t just work for a paycheck. Rather, they look for employers and opportunities that satisfy them in many ways. Money matters, but compatible coworkers, an appealing mission, moving a career forward, and other benefits and incentives are equally or more important.
Pointers: It will help attract and fit the right people to the right opportunity. Never forget employees and contractors are ‘customers’ too. They can say NO. Give them reasons to say YES to you.
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CIPS Webcast: How to Deploy Machine Learning Models (Members-Only) |
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Recording of the CIPS Saskatchewan Professional Development Conference Session: “How to Deploy Machine Learning Models” (Jan 21st, 2021)
Session Presenter: Sean Milne, SaskTel
This presentation will focus on different methodologies for deployment as well as use cases for each. ML deployment has always been a difficult subject as it requires both software engineering and data science skills. I would show a range of different options for deployment at every skill level.
About the speaker:
Sean attended the University of Regina where he studied Economics and Geography. He later specialized in Geographic Information Systems and received a post-baccalaureate certification from Penn State University. His professional experience began at the Town of Banff working as a GIS Analyst. Sean has been at SaskTel for the past seven years. He was previously the Client Technology Manager for the GIS system. In this role he performed GIS research and development and worked to evolve their spatial data system. He is currently SaskTel’s Data Analyst-Planner, where he works on data projects throughout the Technology Division.
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CIPS BC June 10th Webinar:
Gary Eastwood, Chief Information and Technology Officer, ICBC
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CIPS British Columbia Presents:
Gary Eastwood
Chief Information and Technology Officer
ICBC
(Insurance Corp of British Columbia)
June 10th 2021
12:00 – 1:00 P M via ZOOM
SAVE THE DATE
More Details Coming Soon
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Featured CIPS Member Benefit: Discount on IFIP Events
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Individual members of all IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing) member societies (including CIPS) are entitled to a discount of at least 10% on all IFIP events!
Upcoming IFIP Event:
April 19-21 2021, Paris, France.
Aug 21-26, Montreal
Nov 23-25 2021, Waterloo, Canada
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The following organizations support CIPS' commitment to professionalism, ethics, and high standards for the I.T. profession. CIPS thanks all its partners for their contribution.
Become a CIPS Corporate Partner Today! - Send an email to info@cips.ca.
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