Speaker Bio

Imran Mirza, Senior Director
Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC)
Government of Canada

Topic: Secure Channel - Building Common Services

Mr. Mirza is currently the Senior Director for Secure Channel within Public Works and Government Services Canada, and he is responsible for providing strategic leadership in the development and implementation of public key infrastructure systems to ensure secure communications between the Canadian public and federal government departments and agencies. Mr. Mirza is a former Navy Commander, with specialization in Combat Systems Engineering (CSE). He held various positions in Her Majesty's Canadian Ships. Mr. Mirza established and lead the strategic direction section in Defence Information Services Organization, and lead a Canadian Forces team in three Joint Warrior Interoperability Information Management and communication exercises with the US, NATO and the Pacific Rim Allies. He spent several years in industry, managing commercial and government projects such as Materiel Acquisition and Support Information System project, an implementation of SAP for the Army, Navy, and the Air Force. He was responsible for overseeing the development of the Defence Enterprise Architecture within the Materiel Branch. He later assumed the role of the Internet authority and the National Defence Government On-line program manager. He is a graduate of Carleton University in Mathematics with a minor in Psychology; he is also a graduate of Technical University of Nova Scotia Electrical Engineering Naval Combat Systems programme and has a Master's degree in Software Systems Engineering from Boston University.