From June 2005 George has held the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Sara Lee Corporation, and is responsible for global information systems. As part of the company's public transformation program he is responsible for large scale global re-platform activities. In addition to his I/S responsibilities he leads the companies Continuous Improvement program with LEAN / Six Sigma methodology. Prior to Sara Lee, George was Vice President & Chief Information Officer of H. J. Heinz, in charge of the global information systems organization and all aspects of application systems and technology infrastructure in the company. He also held the position of Vice President of Business Transformation where he focused on growth and waste elimination in all business areas. George has held positions including Group Senior Vice President, Global Infrastructure & Services based at Asea Brown Boveri (ABB), Inc. in Zurich, Switzerland and several IS positions during his 12 year stint at the Gillette Company, in both the US and Europe. In his last position at Gillette, George was European Supply Chain Manager responsible for inventory control and production planning based in London supporting approximately $2b in sales. Less   View all posts

Catherine Boivie is Senior Vice-President of Information Technology at Pacific Blue Cross. With nearly 2 million members, Pacific Blue Cross is a provider of Extended Health Care and Dental coverage to residents of British Columbia and through its subsidiary, Blue Cross Life, life insurance and disability income protection. In 2003 Gartner, Inc. awarded Catherine the IT Executive of the Year Award for Midsize Enterprises. Catherine is the founding chair of both the CIO Association of Canada and its chapter CIO Vancouver and Western Chair of the Couchiching Institute of Public Affairs. In recent months Catherine's guest speaking engagements have included Royal Roads University in Victoria, British Columbia, the ICE Technology Conference in Edmonton, Alberta, The CIO Leadership Conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Women & Leadership Summit in Toronto, Ontario and the Gartner Business Process Management Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada. Less   View all posts