Mark Keating

Mark Keating is a national award-winning Chief Information Officer (CIO) with a remarkable 25 years of experience in deploying technology and IT best practices in top organizations. Known for being a hands-on strategic thinker with a strong technical and business acumen, Mark excels in solving complex problems and implementing innovative and secure technical solutions. With a proven track record of delivering projects on time and aligned with business goals, Mark is adept at leading productive teams and navigating challenges of driving change.

Mark's areas of expertise include building relationships, strategies, and trust, information security (CISSP) and risk management, project management (PMP certified), infrastructure planning and service management (ITIL), networking (LAN, WAN, Security), digital asset and rights management, audit and compliance (SOX, SAS70, PCI-DSS, 5950), staff development, change management, disaster recovery, business continuity, database technologies, social media technologies and integration, business intelligence, simulation, and modeling.

Mark holds a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Computer Science/Economics from the University of Toronto - University of St. Michael's College. He also studied at Michael Power and St. Josephs.

Having held prominent positions such as Principal Consultant/CIO at Information Trends, Chief Information Officer and Vice President at Royal Ontario Museum, Chief Information Officer at Peel District School Board, Vice President of Information Technology at Giesecke & Devrient, and President at Information Trends Inc., Mark Keating brings a wealth of leadership and experience to the tech industry.