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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• Eric Gales on LinkedIn
• Philippe Johnston on LinkedIn
• Edwin Frondozo on LinkedIn
• CIO Association of Canada
• The Business Leadership Podcast

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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• Victoria on LinkedIn
• Humza Teherany on LinkedIn
• Edwin Frondozo on LinkedIn
• CIO Association of Canada
• The Business Leadership Podcast

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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• Lloyed Lobo on LinkedIn
• Boast.ai Website
• Humza Teherany on LinkedIn
• Edwin Frondozo on LinkedIn
• CIO Association of Canada
• The Business Leadership Podcast