Angela Mondou

President and CEO

Angela joined TECHNATION with over 25+ years of exceptional global and Canadian experience in the Technology sector driving transformational programs. A visionary executive with a passion for leadership, Angela’s unique career path includes 10 years as a military officer specializing in global supply chain and logistics followed by 18 years in senior-level leadership roles in Technology and Defence sectors. Her diverse leadership includes senior marketing director with BlackBerry, and global program director with Mergers & Acquisitions with Nortel Networks, where her team was responsible for delivering technology to over 127 countries. Angela’s career has taken her through leading and launching teams and technology across a number of continents, and dozens of countries.

Angela brings collaboration, energy and innovation to all of her roles. As founder of the public-private sector leadership forums “Strategic Knowledge Exchange” aimed at driving change on a national scale, her experience in developing strategic partnerships across national organizations and around the world, will help drive TECHNATION’s vision to influence Canada’s position as a global tech leader into the future.

Beyond her corporate and military experience, Angela was appointed as the IT & Supply Chain Leader on the Ontario Government COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force in December 2020 which oversees the delivery, storage and distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine.  She is also a board member of the World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA) as the Regional Vice Chairman for North America and Chair of WITSA’s Global Policy Action Committee (GPAC), with a particular responsibility to ascertain and promote important issues affecting the global use of ICT as it relates to government policies.

Author of the leadership best-seller Hit the Ground Leading!, and award-winning founder of her own consulting firm, Angela has delivered business growth programs and keynotes to companies and teams around the world. She has held positions as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Ivey School of Business, as EVP of Leadership with the International Women’s Forum, as an Honorary Colonel of the Canadian Forces School of Aerospace, Technology and Engineering and holds a P.Log designation.

Michele Lajeunesse

Senior Vice President, Government Relations and Policy

Michele is responsible for leading our Government Relations, Policy Development and Advocacy initiatives, as well as ICT Procurement Modernization efforts with Canada’s Public Sector, with a focus on the Federal Government. She is no stranger to the IT and business community, having worked both in the public and private sectors, and has held vice president-level positions at a number of organizations, including the Institute on Governance, as well as leading GTEC for three years.

Most recently, Michele led Cloud Solutions for the federal government at IBM Canada, helping clients leverage the power of Cloud and AI to transform their business and improve service delivery to Canadians. She has also provided her expertise in business process transformation, organizational change strategies, effective business cases, and alternative service delivery channels to numerous federal public sector ADM and DM level initiatives.

A true ‘serial connector,’ Michele is committed to working with government and industry to drive Canada’s digital adoption, and advocates for women in technology through her participation in various ICT associations, including Women in Communications & Technology (WCT) – an organization that partners with TECHNATION on a Female Leaders Speakers Series.

Denise Shortt

Senior Vice President, Industry, Membership and Diversity & Inclusion

Denise Shortt is an internationally respected writer, researcher and speaker specializing in information technology, gender issues, entrepreneurship and innovation. Denise co-authored Technology with Curves: Women Reshaping the Digital Landscape (HarperCollins, 2000) and Innovation Nation: Canadian Leadership from Java to Jurassic Park (Wiley & Sons, 2002).

Denise is also a former faculty member of Ryerson University’s School of Information Technology Management and helped to found Ryerson’s Diversity Institute which specializes in gender research. She also founded SwingThink, a marketing and communications company focused on online community building, social media and gender research. Denise was co-founder and President of Wired Woman Toronto (launched in 1996) and currently sits on the Board of Directors for Women in Communications and Technology (WCT). She has a Masters in Technology from Harvard University and studied gender and technology at MIT. Denise was recently awarded a CWC Leadership Award for her life-time of work as a champion for the advancement of women.

Elaine Huesing

Executive Director, Health

As the lead for Health (formerly ITAC Health), Elaine helps members navigate the ICT challenges and opportunities of the health sector both nationally and globally. Having been a part of the founding team for CHITTA, now known as TECHNATION’s Health Division, the Alberta Network for Health Information exchange (ANHIX) and the Canadian Health Informatics Awards (CHIA) Gala which celebrate the innovations in the Canadian healthcare sector, she brings over 30 years of experience to the health Members. Elaine is the Editor and Publisher of HIM&CC, the official journal of TECHNATION’S Health programming and Digital Health Canada and the CEO for IMIA, The International Medical Informatics Association.

Nevin French

Vice President, Policy

Nevin French joins TECHNATION with over a decade of government experience working on substantial files at the federal and provincial levels. This includes key files such as the Canada-EU Free Trade Agreement (CETA), the Pan-Canadian Agreement on Climate Change, the Council of the Federation’s Canadian Energy Strategy and the Beyond the Border Agreement. As TECHNATION’s Vice-President of Policy, Nevin leads on trade policy, cyber security, Smart Cities, and the Internet of Things. Nevin has an undergraduate degree from the University of King’s College at Dalhousie and a Masters from Carleton University.