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Canadian Business Technology Community

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Our community is the forward-thinking voice of the Canadian technology industry and those who influence the adoption of technology for business applications. We provide members the opportunity to collaboratively share insights, grow thriving technology businesses, and build a stronger ecosystem.

What We Stand For

We focus on understanding the market forces at work today and how they will shape the technology industry and the Canadian society of tomorrow. Our community welcomes all in the business of technology in Canada to participate.

How We’re Making an Impact

We offer a yearlong program of meetings, meetups and initiatives, where we are:

  • Advancing technology businesses and the customers they serve.
  • Highlighting emerging technologies and Canadian use cases.
  • Promoting organizational diversity to create a fair and equitable workforce, as well as helping fill the many open roles across our industry.

Leadership

The Canadian Business Technology Community is led by an appointed advisory board of industry leaders that guides our efforts throughout the year.

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Rita Loncar

Chair

Head of Strategic Accounts and Federal Sales,
Check Point Software Canada

Rita Loncar

Head of Strategic Accounts and Federal Sales, Check Point Software Canada

Rita is a 20-year veteran of IT, 13 of which have been with Symantec/Veritas. Rita became Channel Chief for Veritas Canada in 2018 with responsibilities for the Channel strategy, Alliances and Inside Sales. Veritas is a data management company providing proven, modern and integrated technology that brings together availability, protection and insights.

Rita played an integral role in launching the first Virtual WAVE Mentorship Program at Veritas, is a member of the Canada Channel Chief Council and is a strong advocate for diversity and Women in IT.

An Ottawa native, she now resides in Toronto with her husband Mike and their 2 children.  She enjoys spending time with her family, reading, running and living life to the fullest.
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Tracie Orisko

Vice Chair

Director, Sales Development,
Huntress

Tracie Orisko

Director, Sales Development, Huntress

Tracie Orisko is the President of Managed Sales Pros, the only company in North America that focuses exclusively on outbound sales prospecting for managed services providers and channel-only vendor partners. Building relationships is the cornerstone to success - Tracie promotes a long-term approach to growing your business by doing the hard follow-up and follow-through work. Having helped build Managed Sales Pros, she understands, and is skilled at, all aspects of sales development, from picking up the phone to managing a 50-agent call team. You'll find Tracie leading her team from the front, demonstrating that even in 2019, cold calling works.

Getting out of the office is important and so when she is not working, you will find Tracie hitting the street for a run to explore whatever city she finds herself in or scuba diving in tropical climates.

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