Meet Your Dedicated Canadian Public Sector Government Leadership Team
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Canada is really big, and so is Info-Tech’s dedicated Canadian Public Sector research and advisory services team’s ambition. We ensure that our members in the Canadian public sector receive exceptional value from their investment in their Info-Tech membership. From material support across key IT initiatives, professional development coaching, peer networking, and career advancement, we work with you to systematically improve your IT department.
Our team combines deep experience in the Canadian public sector with exhaustive knowledge of Info-Tech’s products and services. They help you get the most out of your membership by creating a flexible plan for using our research and advisory services to deliver your key initiatives and solve the problems you face. |
Cole Cioran – Managing Partner – Canadian Public Sector I love to guide people to the right solutions for the complex problems they face. When I see that magical moment when they realize there is a new way to solve an old problem, it makes my heart sing. That feeling is doubled when I do this with one of my team or directly with a member. The difference is the knowledge that it will create exceptional social, environmental, and economic outcomes in the communities across Canada, where we live, work, and play. |
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Matt Bourne – Senior Executive Counselor Partnering with our members to provide practical, outcomes-oriented solutions to today’s complicated challenges is the most rewarding part of my career. Doing so with the backing of an innovative, made-in-Canada research and advisory organization and team – on topics that matter to Canadian public sector professionals – makes this journey even more special. |
Christine Coz – Executive Counselor My passion is problem solving and helping make risk management integral to the value proposition IT brings to the business and community. I love being able to leverage my decades of experience in IT and security leadership in my interactions with Info-Tech members. The feeling of partnership when discussing strategies and tactical solutions and how to best apply them based on the dynamics of each unique environment is what matters most to me! |
Rob Meikle – Executive Counselor Being a technology leader who has led the cities of Toronto and Brampton is only part of who I am. Giving back to the community is the greater part of that, and helping guide and build people and organizations is what truly gets me out of bed in the morning. That takes many forms, from serving on the board of World Vision Canada, the technology advisory councils for MPAC and the Ted Rogers school of IT Management, to coaching IT leaders across Canada! |
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Alaisdar Graham – Executive Counselor My passion is working with IT leaders to help them solve their technology challenges and build high-performing teams. This passion has been derived from helping governments, companies, and people around the world in CXO and other IT leadership positions. My goal is to provide those I counsel with an enjoyable experience through building trusted advisor relationships, creating realizable business benefits, and driving continuous improvement through exceptional delivery. |
Theresa Hughes – Executive Counselor My experience bridges the divide between the public and private sectors with over 25 years of global leadership experience in IT. My passion is for building relationships and supporting my clients to successfully achieve their goals across multiple domains. I love the culture of collaboration and business focus at Info-Tech, and to deliver value to our clients. |
Graham Price – Executive Counselor My experience spans both public and private industry sectors, with the most rewarding experiences being those where I have shared my experience and knowledge to help people go beyond managing transformational changes. Helping clients facilitate the change needed to adapt and adopt new technologies and industry best practices is another passion of mine. My role at Info-Tech enables me to continue to share my experience and knowledge, supported by an incredible team of thought leaders across all areas of information technology and management. |
Nor are we alone! Canada literally means it takes a village. Info-Tech has not only gone global, we have built our presence across Canada. We now have teams in every province dedicated to helping you get the most out of your membership. Our counselors look forward to supporting you where you live!
How we help our members succeed
The Canadian Public Sector team provides practical, actionable research and advice that guides business and technology leaders on how to accelerate delivery of their key initiatives by leveraging Info-Tech’s core products:
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The Canadian Public Sector team builds and maintains a custom evergreen plan for how to leverage our research and advisory services to accelerate the delivery of your key initiatives. |
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We provide our members with a one-stop shop for all of the blueprints related to key IT practice areas and topics to help them go even deeper on initiatives that matter to them. |
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Comprehensive, Connected Blueprints Leverage unlimited independent and analyst-guided access to our detailed, step-by-step guides and production-ready templates that accelerate delivery of your key initiatives. |
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Actionable Diagnostic-Driven Insights Our diagnostics team produces industry-benchmark-backed assessments of your organization to help you target the right initiatives and assess improvements |
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Consulting-Quality Deliverables We do more than talk, we roll up our sleeves and create consulting quality deliverables for all our advisory, executive, concierge, workshop, and consulting services. |
When you look beyond Info-Tech's mantra of better research, you’ll quickly see exactly what we mean. Every publication is a practical, research-backed guide supported by actionable advice on how to overcome the challenges technology leaders face today. In a time when the government cannot afford to go slow, informed decision-making at speed is critical. The Canadian Public Sector team combines a deep knowledge of how you can leverage Info-Tech’s practical, actionable approach to Research and Advisory Services with extensive experience as technology leaders in governments across Canada. Our mission is to help you rapidly make data-driven decisions backed by robust research that empowers you to deliver exceptional government services through technology.
Our perspective on the current state of Digital Government in Canada
Our mission is driven by the need for continuous innovation in government programs and service delivery. This is critical to overcoming Canada’s productivity challenge and weathering ongoing economic uncertainty. Unprecedented demand for digital services has Canadians expecting more and better from government. Universal digital identity is just the first step in redefining how governments in Canada leverage technology as an integral part of a transformation of the experiences of businesses, citizens, and our global partners. We see the need for Canadian Public Sector IT leaders to adopt an Exponential IT mindset and systematically improve their IT departments. We’re here to help them embrace radical transformation in IT’s mission, governance, and autonomization of core business and IT capabilities by changing how we partner with the community, vendors, and government leaders. Four major priorities have emerged in our work with Canadian IT leaders that help:
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Unlock Exponential IT Capabilities |
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Embrace Autonomization of Government Services Go beyond a digital strategy to lead the business of government with autonomous AI-powered solutions and vendor relationships that create seamless experiences across channels for the community. See more in our Digital Transformation Research Center and Human-Centric, Ethical, and Practical AI Research Center. |
Unlock the Potential of Adaptive Delivery Implement adaptive governance, agile portfolio and project management, product ownership, and business relationship management to drive exceptional experiences for the community and the organization. See more in our Product Lifecycle Management Research Center. |
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Differentiate With the Power of Data Bring together data strategy, governance, architecture, management, and data literacy to unleash the power of data in your organization. Accelerate your journey with our Data and Analytics Research Center. |
Build a Robust Information Security Practice Build a robust security practice based on a holistic strategy based on zero trust, a team with the right capabilities and capacity, and insurance against incidents with our Security Research Center. |
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Build Foundational IT Capabilities |
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Canadian Public Sector Research Resources
Info-Tech Research Group is well known for its practical, actionable blueprints and templates. We also have a rich body of content focused on government and the Canadian public sector that will accelerate your key initiatives. Here are some examples of how you can make the most of your membership by leveraging our resources to achieve your priorities:
Our Take
The Canadian Public Sector team is here to help our members in provincial and municipal government create exceptional social, environmental, and economic outcomes for the places we live, work, and play in. We’re also always looking for people who want to make a difference to join the team or contribute to building better research than anyone else for the Canadian public sector. If you’re a Canadian Public Sector IT leader who’s looking to help your colleagues drive exponential IT in Canada, our recruiting team would love to hear from you!
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Natalia Zaslavsky – Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist (Toronto, ON) Natalia loves to connect with prospective thought leaders and Executive Counselors to share richer insights about Info-Tech and exciting opportunities that might be a great fit for them. You can apply for one of our open positions here or connect with her by email for an introductory conversation about how you might be able to help make a difference nzaslavsky@infotech.com. |
Want to Know More?
Click any of the links above to book a call on the topic or check out these related resources:
Adopt an Exponential IT Mindset >
Gov 2.0: Government as a Platform >
Info-Tech’s Sister Company: McLean & Company Human Resources Research and Advisory Services >