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Waterloo, ON-based University of Waterloo has appointed David Wallace as Chief Information Officer.
About the Company
In just half a century, the University of Waterloo, located at the heart of Canada’s technology hub, has become a leading comprehensive university with 35,100 full- and part-time students in undergraduate and graduate programs. Consistently ranked Canada’s most innovative university, Waterloo is home to advanced research and teaching in science and engineering, health, environment, arts and social sciences. From quantum computing and nanotechnology to clinical psychology and health sciences research, Waterloo brings ideas and brilliant minds together, inspiring innovations with real impact today and in the future. As home to the world`s largest post-secondary co-operative education program, Waterloo embraces its connections to the world and encourages enterprising partnerships in learning, research, and commercialization. With campuses and education centres on four continents, and academic partnerships spanning the globe, Waterloo is shaping the future of the planet. With over 4,000 employees at Waterloo, there`s a wide array of vocations and opportunities available. Our campus community consists of faculty members, support staff, architects, mechanics, educators, coaches, graphic designers, technicians, librarians, engineers, musicians, nurses, landscapers, artisans, researchers, and much, much more.
About the Person
David Wallace was most recently the CIO at the City of Toronto, the first to hold that position. He oversaw approximately $500 million in current and future projects and approximately 700 staff members supporting the technology infrastructure operation at the city. Wallace holds a Bachelor of Business Management degree from Ryerson University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Toronto. He began his career at Gulf Canada before joining the Ontario government, where he worked for 20 years in roles of increasing responsibility. He left that position to join Chartwell IRM Inc. (now part of KPMG) as vice-president, national public sector program. In that position, he was responsible for leading information management, strategy and IT initiatives at three levels of government.
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