Venue
Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, 123 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M5H 2M9, Canada

What is Qwoted?

Qwoted is a free expert network: we help reporters connect with experts & we help those same experts build relationships with top reporters.

Event Date Wed May 31 EDT (over 1 year ago)
Location Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
123 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M5H 2M9, Canada
Region Americas
Details

Get together with Toronto's top CISOs to tackle shared business challenges and critical priorities facing your role today. Participate in this one-day, local program with peer-driven topics and interactive discussions with your true C-level peers.

Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CISOs today:

• Setting expectations and navigating challenges in third-party relationships
• Collectively conquering the challenges of the steadily-competitive talent hunt
• Charting the trajectory of security executives now speeding toward new responsibilities

Speakers

2023 Speakers

John Coyle
CEO and Founder, "Speaking Design Thinking"

Oren Wortman
VP Cyber Security Services, NA, Sygnia

Tom Sollel
Director of Cyber Security Services, Sygnia

David Wasson
SVP, Professional and Cyber Practice Leader, Brown & Brown Insurance

Andy Furnas
Senior Director, Global IT Security, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts

Michael Dundas
Global Head (AVP) of Cyber Protection, Architecture and Engineering, Manulife

Rod Hynes
Director, Information Security, Bell Canada

Cristian Rodriguez
Field CTO - Americas, CrowdStrike

Craig Newell
VP, Enterprise Information Security, GDI Integrated Facility Services

Sachin Patel
VP, IT, DMC Mining Services

Brenda McCulloch
CISO, Teranet

Alex Cameron
Partner and Co-Chair, Privacy and Cybersecurity Group, Fasken

Chris Lynam
Director General of the National Cybercrime Coordination Centre and Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Vern Crowley
D/Sergeant, OPP Cybercrime Investigations Team (CIT), Ontario Provincial Police

Brad Stocking
Associate Partner & Zero Trust Lead, IBM Security, IBM

Assaf Afek-Levy
CISO, GFL Environmental

Beeya Makkar
Director, IT Ops & Governance, Purolator Inc.

Mark McGinnis
Manager, Security, Giesecke+Devrient Mobile Security

Josh Hankins
Chief Technical Security Officer (CTSO) - Americas, Qualys

Surinder Singh Rait
Global Head of IT Security Assurance, Ericsson

Julian Marin
AVP, Technology & Cybersecurity Risk, TD Bank Group

Terence Lam
AVP Cyber & Technology Risk, Canadian Tire Corporation

Ganesh Pai
Founder and CEO, Uptycs

Jay Chaudhry
CEO, Chairman & Founder, Zscaler

Vinay Puri
VP, Head of Security Architecture, Thomson Reuters

Olivera Zatezalo
GM, Cyber Security & Privacy, Suncor Energy

Keith Benedict
Director IT Security, Audit and Compliance, Postmedia Network Inc

Tracy Dallaire
Director Information Security, McMaster University

Bob West
Chief Security Officer, Prisma Cloud, Palo Alto Networks

Patrick Gilbert
Senior Director, Information Security, Rona

Sam Rego
CISO & Senior Director IT, Infrastructure & Operations, Mohawk Medbuy

Umar Hossain
Head of IT Operations & Cybersecurity, Staples Canada

Bruce Potter
Cybersecurity Advisor, Expel

Gennady Duchovich
Head of Cybersecurity, Haventree Bank

Nabeel Yousif
Chief Information Security Officer, Flexiti Financial

Rhett Glauser
Chief Evangelist, Vulcan Cyber

Mark Fernandes
Global CISO, CAE

Vinay Puri
VP, Head of Security Architecture, Thomson Reuters

Migan Megardichian
Privacy & Innovation Thought Leader, Telecommunications Industry

John Spiegel
Director, Network Transformation (Field CTO), Axis Security

Evgeniy Kharam
Thought Leader, Cyber Security Industry

Ragulan Sinnarajah
VP, IT Shared Services & Head of Cyber Security, Sobeys

Raghavendra Kumar
Divisional VP Security Architecture, Engineering & IAM, Hudson's Bay Co

Peter Chestna
CISO of North America, Checkmarx

John Roberts
Chief Privacy Officer and Archivist of Ontario, Government of Ontario

Priya Sirwani
Global CISO & Head of Global IT Infrastructure, Fiera Capital

Patrick Gilbert
Senior Director, Information Security, Rona

Stephen Kerkmann
CISO, Revera

Sponsors & Partners

2023 Partners

GLOBAL THOUGHT LEADERS:
• IBM Security
• Zscaler

KEY PARTNERS:
• CyberArk
• Expel
• Fastly
• Palo Alto Networks
• Sygnia
• Wiz

PROGRAM PARTNERS:
• Axis Security
• BitSight
• Checkmarx
• CrowdStrike
• Okta
• Qualys
• Rapid7
• Uptycs
• Vulcan