Toronto CISO Inner Circle Q1 2020 | Evanta, a Gartner Company | TBA, Toronto, Canada

The CISO Inner Circle exists as an extension of our annual gathering and is offered exclusively to CISOs and senior security executives from the largest organizations in our region. The evening format inspires targeted conversations around compelling business and leadership topics.

This private, invitation-only dinner features roundtable seating for small group collaboration, offering CISOs the opportunity to network with an influential gathering of information security executives in a dynamic, recurring format.

2020 Speakers

CHAIRS:

Zaki Abbas
VP, CISO, Brookfield Asset Management

Samer Adi
VP Infrastructure and CISO, Interac

Susan Berezny
Director, Information Security, Royal Canadian Mint

Adam Evans
VP, Cyber Operations & CISO, Royal Bank of Canada

Jason Hall
CISO, Enbridge Inc.

Bobby Singh
CISO & Global Head of Infrastructure Services, TMX

Jeff Stark
Vice President, Technology Risk and CISO, IGM Financial

Stephen Weston
VP & CISO, Canadian Tire Corporation

GOVERNING BODY:

Davis Arora
Global Cyber Security Director, Honeywell

Salman Ashraf
Director IT Security and Risk, Travelers Canada

Mohsen Azari
Senior IT Security Manager, Walmart Canada

Michael Balenzano
Manager, Network Services, Parmalat Canada

Michael Ball
CISO, Fondaction

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

Simon Brown
Sr. Manager, IT Security & Risk Management, Weston Foods Inc.

Derek Browne
CISO, Northbridge Financial Corporation

Tom Campbell
Director IT Security, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions

Roland Chan
CISO, Ryerson University

Alwyn Christian
Director, Information Security and Management, Alberta Teachers Retirement Fund

David Cullen
CISO, AGF Management Limited

Scott Currie
CISO, SickKids

Jeff Curtis
Chief Privacy Officer, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Tracy Dallaire
Senior Director of Technology Integration, Academic, Mohawk College

Sergio De Oliveira
Information Security Officer, Vale

Todd Dow
Information Security Officer, First Ontario Credit Union

Gordon Edall
Director, Globe Labs and Corporate Security Officer, The Globe and Mail

Andrew Faber
Director of IT Risk and Security Governance, Toronto Pearson Airport

Steve Ferrigni
Director, IT Security, WSIB

Robert Fritz
Director, Cybersecurity, Emera Inc.

Chris Gaya
Head of IT Security, Architecture & Engineering, Munich Reinsurance America, Inc.

Foad Godarzy
Head of IT and OT Canada, ENGIE Canada

Richard Godsmark
Director Technology - CISO, McMaster University

Rachel Guinto
CISO, Ontario Pension Board

Le Ha Hang
VP, Enterprise Security, CGI

Steve Hawkins
CISO & SVP Global Technologies, Scotiabank

Kristi Honey
Director, IT Services & Chief Information Security Officer, Ontario Power Generation

Fred Hopper
Vice President, Security, Quality & Process Improvement, Giesecke & Devrient Mobile Security

Waruna Jay
Head, Infrastructure Operations and IT Workplace Services, Labatt Breweries of Canada

Sahba Kazerooni
CISO, Aviva Canada

Vivek Khindria
Vice President Security and Risk, Loblaw Companies

Terence Lam
Senior Security & Compliance Officer, Aecon

Sandra Liepkalns
CISO, LoyaltyOne

Shane Mercer
Global Director, Architecture, Dentons

Farooq Naiyer
CISO, ORION

Kashif Parvaiz
CISO, University Health Network

Blair Radbourne
Vice President, Cybersecurity & Technology Risk, OMERS

Zoran Rakic
Information Security Officer, Haventree Bank

Sam Rego
Director, IT Operations & Infrastructure (CISO), Plexxus

Jay Rosenberger
Manager, Information Security, Economical Insurance

Christopher Russel
CISO, York University

Michael Salloum
Manager, Info. Security, McCain

Shahid Saya
Director, Cyber Security, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment

Kush Sharma
Global Director Security & Compliance, Saputo

Vishal Sharma
Global Security Lead, Blackhawk Network

Arsen Shirokov
Director, Information Governance & Security / CISO, McMillan

Priya Sirwani
Global CISO, Fiera Capital

Raj Sivarajah
CISO, CI Financial

Sharmila Sivasankaran
VP, Quality, Assurance, Klick Health

Gary Smith
VP, Enterprise Tech Relations, EllisDon

Yaron Spectorman
Information Security Manager CISO North america, De Beers Canada

Andrey Spiwak
Director, Cyber Incident Management, John Hancock

Les Stevens
Vice President, Information Securit, Equifax

Isaac Straley
Chief Information Security Officer, University of Toronto

Jason Testart
Director (CISO), Information Security Services, University of Waterloo

Deepak Upadhya
VP, CISO, RSM Canada

Juan Valbuena
Director Global Cybersecurity, Yamana Gold

Tom Verhoog
Global Information Security Manager, Celestica

Samprati Vishal
Chief Information Security Officer, Grand River Hospital

Mike Webber
CIO & CISO, BlackBerry

Nabeel Yousif
Director Information Security (Head of Info. Sec. and IT Compliance), goeasy

Olivera Zatezalo
Chief Security Officer, Huawei Technologies Canada

Adam Zimmerman
Director, IT Security, Cineplex