Profiles

Erin Gertner is Vice-President, Commercial Office at Cisco. As leader of the Commercial Office, Erin is responsible for Cisco’s national go-to-market strategy linking channels, architectures, marketing, and sales to accelerate business across small- and mid-sized organizations. In addition to her passion for technology, Erin is a strong advocate for enabling women in technology across Canada with WCT. 

Learn more about Erin in her WCT profile:

WCT is pleased to present the 2018 Annual Award winners.

Leadership recognition is an important strategy in engaging, inspiring and adavncing women in Canada. 

Stay tuned to learn more about our award winners.

Angela Chinn is a Digital Home Technician with TELUS, and champions women working in non-traditional roles that previously were male dominated. Since starting this position in 2016, Angela has experienced a lot of success, and attributes some of her success to what are typically known as "female" qualities, and has been promoted into a leadership role within the department. 

When did you start your career path and why did you choose it?

Growing up I wanted to become a medical biochemist, to cure all of the world’s diseases.

Unfortunately my ‘proficiency’ in math quickly settled that score, (Math: 1 Me: 0 to be clear), but luckily, this bump in the road got me started in a different direction.

Isabelle Perreault is a Partner, Marketing and Digital Transformation at Blueprint. Prior to joining Blueprint, Isabelle was VP and Practice Lead, Digital Transformation at Stratford Managers and Head of Digital Strategy and Director of Marketing at the Ottawa Senators Hockey Club. 

Sally Douglas is Deputy Publisher at iPolitics and current Chair of the WCT National Capital Region.

Tasneem Razvi is the Senior Coordinator, TV Sales at Rogers in Vancouver, and volunteers with WCT.

Ulrike Bahr-Gedalia, president of Digital Nova Scotia, sat down with WCT to share her career journey. Learn more about her life before moving to Canada, and her perspective on the Canadian diversity and inclusion landscape.