Government Innovation Showcase Ontario - Event Speakers

Hon Stephen Crawford

Minister of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement, Government of Ontario

Hon. Andrea Khanjin

Minister, Ministry of Red Tape Reduction, Government of Ontario

Patricia Kosseim

Commissioner, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario

Greg Essensa

Chief Electoral Officer, Elections Ontario

Michelle E. DiEmanuele

Secretary of the Cabinet, Head of the Ontario Public Service

Dafna Carr

Associate Deputy Minister, ServiceOntario

Tarek Emara

Partner, Ontario Government and Public Sector Leader, PwC Canada

Michelle Gronning

Global Chief Transformation Officer, PwC

Durga Kota

Chief Technology Officer, Fujitsu North America, Inc.

Katie Monteith

Partner, Customer Experience Transformation, PwC Canada

Jesse Moran

Partner, Technology Strategy & Transformation, PwC Canada

Digital Services and Customer Experience

Jason Verbovszky

Associate CAO, Information Technology Services and Transformation, Victoria University within the University of Toronto

Danielle Seraphim

Executive Director, Head of Customer Experience Division, City of Toronto

Daphnee Nostrome

Former Director, CX Standards and Governance, Government of Canada

Marwan Afara

Director, Information Technology, iGaming Ontario

Lisa Yeung

Director, Strategic Initiatives, Ontario Public Service, Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development, Labour Relations Solutions

Justin Alerta

Manager, Labour Relations Information Bureau, Labour Relations Solutions Division, Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development, Government of Ontario

Gina Johar

Senior Vice President, Data and Knowledge Management, Infrastructure Ontario

Alrick A. Grange

Director, Business Transformation Office, TTC

Dorothy Eng

Chief Executive Officer, Code for Canada

Christopher Kemp

Director - Innovative Solutions, Advance Solutions

Michael Oas

Vice President of Solutions, Maximus

Todd Merritt

Senior Director, Enterprise Applications, Technology Consulting Services, Maximus

Lohit Laksman

Global Services Executive, Lenovo, Digital Workplace Solutions

John Hunter

Senior Solutions Consultant, Genesys

Steve DeJarnett

Sr. Director of Product - Security Solutions & Ecosystems, Omnissa

Kaila Cage

Manager, Digital Strategy Consulting, Adobe

Data, Analytics & AI

Aki Tefera

Assistant Deputy Minister, Enterprise Data Stewardship, Ministry of Public and Business Services Delivery & Procurement, Ontario Public Service

Cheryl-Ann Rodriguez

Chief Information Officer / Assistant Deputy Minister, Central Agencies Cluster, Treasury Board Secretariat, Government of Ontario

Sumon Acharjee

Chief Information Officer, City of Markham

Mohammad Reghabi

Chief Digital Officer, Ontario One Call

Lisa Yeung

Director, Strategic Initiatives, Ontario Public Service, Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development, Labour Relations Solutions

Mandeep Flora

Director, Governance and Standards, Governance and Standards Branch, Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement, Government of Ontario

Justin Alerta

Manager, Labour Relations Information Bureau, Labour Relations Solutions Division, Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development, Government of Ontario

Manuelita Cherizard

Chief Human Resources Officer, Royal Ontario Museum

Dr Christopher Parsons

Director, Technology Policy, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario

Kimberley Hill

Director, Data Governance and Enterprise Analytics, North York General Hospital

Dr. Wendy Cukier

Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Founder and Academic Director, Diversity Institute and the Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH), Academic Research Director of the Future Skills Centre

Dalia Hanna

Director, IT Services, Sheridan College

Tarek Said

IBM Principal Account Technical Leader, Ontario Public Sector, IBM Technology, Canada

Lauren Farese

VP, Cloud Engineering, Oracle

Kevin Tucker

Advisory Practice Lead, Info-Tech Research Group

Scott Bradley

VP Government Relations, OpenText

Ed Therriault

Principal Digital Transformation Architect, Portage CyberTech

Eugene Ma

Director, Technical Sales, Informatica

IT Modernization and Cloud

Michael Amato

Chief Information Officer/Assistant Deputy Minister, Infrastructure Technology Services, Government Information Technology Ontario, Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement