Careers: Interviews
A Chat with Andrew Palmer: President, CIPS (Canadian Information Processing Society) Ontario Society

This week, Stephen Ibaraki has an exclusive interview with Andrew Palmer.

Andrew Palmer, MBA SSBBC SSLP ISP, President, CIPS (Canadian Information Processing Society) Ontario Society; Board of Directors, Committee Member - Toronto Alumni Chapter; Professional Member; Black Professionals In Tech Network (BPTN) Inc. Served in the Canadian Armed Forces (Reserves)

23+ years of multi-disciplinary experience in cybersecurity, information security, regulatory compliance, risk management, process improvement, data governance, policy development, Blockchain, QA and internal controls.

Highlights of Achievements

• Led as the Project Leader on the "Paperless Licence" Initiative at the Financial Service Commission of Ontario, which changed all licences to be electronically distributed to the Ontario Insurance Industry.
• Received "Above and Beyond" Certificate of Recognition from Ontario Provincial Regulator
• Received several corporate recognitions from Financial Institutions and Technology firms.
• Received "Best of the Best" award at Scotiabank
• Federated Press Internal Controls Lecturer:
  • Internal Controls Conference
  • Policy Development Conference
  • High Policy Review Conference

Specialties

• Motivational Speaker and Community Volunteer
• Not-for-Profit Organization
• Data Management/Governance Consulting
• Information Technology
• Project & Program Implementation
• Policy Development/Research/Analysis
• Risk Management/Compliance/Analysis/Regulatory Reporting/Financial
• Process Improvements/ Quality Assurance
• Health & Safety