Director, Municipal Modernization & Partnerships, Municipal Information Systems Association, Ontario (MISA Ontario)
Bio
Kush M Sharma is an award-winning leader and executive with 21 years of private and public sector experience across six industries. He is an active member of the cyber community, was named Global Enterprise CIO of 2020 related to digital architecture innovation and has led teams through breach response first-hand. Kush has a strong reputation as a trusted advisor known for innovation, partnerships, and service delivery. He also has broader leadership experience leading technology, change management and digital transformation teams.
Kush is the CIO at Aptitude 360, a boutique customer experience firm where he overseas the technology and security organization. Prior to this, he was selected and served as the inaugural CISO for the City of Toronto and inaugural cyber executive for Saputo. He was accountable for establishing vision, strategy and transformation of the cyber organization. As a Management Consultant with Accenture and Deloitte, he was an advisor for organizations from the Fortune 500, to SMEs, to all three levels of government.
Kush also has experience leading and managing the cyber components of 20+ Digital Transformation programs over his career. These ranged from 2-10 years in length with investments between 20M-1B. He has worked with diverse teams both onshore and offshore spanning multiple continents/countries within a 24/7 operating model.