Sharon Hagi

Senior IT Architect and Consultant, IT Security Strategy Consulting Services, IBM Canada

Mr. Hagi is an IBM certified IT security architect and an Open Group Master Certified Architect with over 19 years of experience in Canada and the United States. He is responsible for delivering complex projects and consulting engagements focused on helping customers address a wide range of challenges including strategic business technology transformations, IT security strategies, data centre strategies, security in cloud computing initiatives, IT supply chain security and more. An information security professional and recognized cyber security expert, he serves as trusted advisor and consultant to several of Canada’s largest financial institutions and many rapid-growth companies. Mr. Hagi is a member of the (ISC)^2 International Application Security Advisory Board (ASAB) and is contributing to the development of the Certified Secure Software Life-cycle Professional (CSSLP) certification credential. He is also a senior member of the IEEE and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).