Eric Gales is Country Manager for Amazon Web Services (AWS) Canada. With 30 years of technology industry experience, Eric brings a wealth of expertise, advising small, medium-sized and large businesses on how to transform their business with technology including the latest cloud and machine learning innovations. Eric infuses customer obsession in all AWS Canada operations including business development, sales, partner alliances, marketing, solutions architecture, customer support, and technical skills development.

Eric was instrumental in launching AWS’s first Cloud Region, in Montreal, in 2016, allowing customers to host data locally. Since then, Eric has played a pivotal role in helping Canadian businesses adapt and respond to Canada’s changing landscape.

Prior to joining AWS in October 2015, Eric held senior roles as VP and General Manager at VMware Canada, and as President of Microsoft Canada. Before coming to Canada, Eric was a General Manager at Compaq UK.

While a native of the UK, Eric loved Canada so much he became a citizen. He and his wife reside in Oakville with two teenage children. In Eric’s spare time he plays in a beer league hockey team, and has a private pilot’s license flying out of Burlington Airpark.

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Victoria Lennox is an entrepreneurial executive and digital leader who has been a leader in advancing Canadian entrepreneurship and connecting Canada’s innovation ecosystem to the world. Victoria is the Founder of Startup Canada, Innovators and Entrepreneurs Foundation, The Lennox Group and The Lennox Foundation; is currently pursuing her doctorate the University of Oxford in AI ethics and governance; and, is an active technical advisor in AI, procurement, privacy, data and cyber security for the CIO Strategy Council and sits on a number of government of Canada advisory committees related to trade, procurement and innovation.

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Lloyed is the Co-founder and President of Boast.AI, a fintech platform that automates access to billions in R&D tax credits and government funding to help innovative companies fuel their growth join Humza Teherany, CTO and Digital Officer at Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment and Edwin Frondozo for a discussion on innovating cybersecurity in Canada.

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David Masson, Darktrace Director of Enterprise Security and Martin Kyle, CISO of Payments join Humza Teherany, CTO and Digital Officer at Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment and Edwin Frondozo for a discussion on innovating cybersecurity in Canada.

In a time of accelerated digital transformation, adopting Self Learning AI can augment human security teams of all sizes in defending themselves against fast moving and unpredictable threats.

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David Penny, Chief Technology Officer at BlueCat join Humza and Edwin on this episode of the Innovation Drivers Podcast.  David discusses how to measure success in innovation and building a working relationship with a founder CEO.  He also talks about the challenge of acquiring talented engineers and how to make an enterprise act like a start-up. 

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Brian Brockway, Global CTO and Vice President at CommVault join Humza and Edwin on this episode of the Innovation Drivers Podcast.  Brian discusses what’s happening in the world, what he sees as innovation challenges and the things that they’re seeing in the marketplace.  We also hear him talk about how some leaders are taking different strategies and technologies to make an impact on their own businesses.

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Paul Twigg, National Technology and Innovation Leader at NTT DATA Services joins Humza and Edwin on this episode of the Innovation Drivers Podcast.  Paul discusses rapid innovation and small proof of concepts.  How and why digital is a necessity now and the realization of being remote when things are happening when they never thought it could be done. 

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IDP003 | Innovation Drivers with Chris Hummel

Chris Hummel, VP and Chief Information Officer at BlackBerry joins Humza and Edwin on this episode of the Innovation Drivers Podcast.  Chris shares how BlackBerry is navigating through the change and perspective of COVID19 and how their transition went.

• Chris Hummel on LinkedIn
• BlackBerry Website
• Humza Teherany on LinkedIn
• Edwin Frondozo on LinkedIn
• CIO Association of Canada
• The Business Leadership Podcast

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IDP002 | Innovation Drivers with Paul Lewis

Paul Lewis, Global CTO at Hitachi Vantara joins Humza and Edwin on this episode of the Innovation Drivers Podcast.  Paul discusses the difference between invention and innovation, IP agility and business goals versus IT drive and support.  

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• Paul Lewis on LinkedIn
• Hitachi Vantara Website
• Humza Teherany on LinkedIn
• Edwin Frondozo on LinkedIn
• CIO Association of Canada
• The Business Leadership Podcast

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Innovation Drivers with Minister Navdeep Bains

The Honourable Navdeep Bains, the Member of Parliament for Mississauga–Malton and Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development of Canada, sits down with Humza and Edwin to discuss Canada’s Innovation Agenda.  Where he sees the opportunities and challenges that we are facing as a country.  What is interesting is that we recorded this pre-COVID19 and it is interesting how the agenda has proven important as we navigate through the global pandemic to return to normalcy.

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• Honourable Navdeep Bains Website
• Building a Nation of Innovators
• Canada Business App
• Humza Teherany on LinkedIn
• Edwin Frondozo on LinkedIn
• CIO Association of Canada
• The Business Leadership Podcast       

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