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Line 139: − + − + − + − <p> Ima, Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Data Officer at Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) has over 23 years of experience in the field of data.<p> − + − + − <p> Ima has also worked at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, where she led the development and delivery of analytical data, research databases, data products and tools that supported performance measurement, policy development, program monitoring, results/outcome reporting and research and evaluation. Ima’s previous experience has also included positions with the Canada Revenue Agency, and Statistics Canada.<p> − − <p> She has an educational background in Mathematics, Computer Programming and Public Management and during her time with the Government of Canada, she has received several nominations and awards for her leadership and results.<p> − − <p> She is passionate about helping organizations develop the capabilities required to ethically and intentionally unleash concrete business value from data.</p>
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<p style="float:left; padding-right:10px;">[[Image:Ima Okonny photo.jpg|150px|link=|Ima Okonny]]</p>
<p style="float:left; padding-right:10px;">[[Image:Gabrielle-FitzGerald-head shot-CFIA.jpg|150px|link=|Gabrielle FitzGerald]]</p>
<h3>Ima Okonny</h3>
<h3>Gabrielle FitzGerald</h3>
<p class="jobtitle"><strong>Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Data Officer, Employment and Social Development Canada </strong></p>
<p class="jobtitle"><strong>Gabrielle FitzGerald, Chief Data Officer, Canadian Food Inspection Agency </strong></p>
<p> As Chief Data Officer of ESDC, she works to enhance and advance Data Science, Data Management and Data Sharing to support ESDC’s policies, service delivery and results reporting.<p>
<p> Gabrielle FitzGerald joined the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) as the Chief Data and Chief Risk Officer in December of 2021. She leads a diverse group of policy, program and IT professionals responsible for the Agency’s Information Management (IM) program, its Data and Analytics Strategies, and Artificial Intelligence initiatives; responding to the science and regulatory data needs for food safety and animal & plant health.<p>
<p> Prior to ESDC, Ima held an executive role at the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, where she led a team to ensure the effective collection, governance, and management of federally regulated financial institution and pension plan data collected by the Office.<p>
<p> Prior to joining the CFIA, she led the implementation of Infrastructure Canada’s Data Strategy, including responsibility of Canada’s first ever national survey of public infrastructure and the department’s research contributions program. With over two decades of experience as a Canadian federal public servant, her expertise has helped to shape the delivery of Canada’s mineral statistics program; led to the design and implementation of anti-corruption legislation through the Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act – Canada’s response to the G8 commitment on global transparency in the extractives sector; and chaired key data roles in Canada’s contribution to the international Kimberley Process – a regulatory regime put in place to deter the trade of conflict diamonds. She holds a degree in Mathematics from the University of Waterloo and a specialization in computer science and combinatorics and optimization.<p>
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