John Comacchio, SVP and CIO of Teknion Joins The IT Media Group’s Advisory Board
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- Monday, 14 November 2016 17:15
Toronto – Nov 14, 2016 – We are pleased to announce the latest addition to our Advisory Board, John Comacchio , Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Teknion Corporation.
As SVP and CIO, John is responsible for providing enterprise-wide technology vision, leadership and management, and for the planning, development and implementation of information technology initiatives. He is a member of the Leadership Team and the Executive Committee at Teknion.
Prior to joining Teknion Corporation, John held senior leadership positions at KPMG Consulting Inc., US Interactive and Nissan Canada Inc.
John is a member of the IDC CIO Research Review Board, Masergy Customer Advisory Board, OKTA CIO Advisory Board, and the Institute of Corporate Directors.
John holds a Master of Business Administration, granted by the Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario.
“John has been an excellent supporter of the IT Media Group and an invaluable contributor at our CIO roundtables”, said Nasheen Liu, Partner and Vice President of Strategy of the IT Media Group. “We’re honoured to have John as an advisor. We’re excited to leverage his expertise in providing strategic guidance on issues and topics that concern the CIO and the technology vendor communities”.
“The IT Media Group has been championing Canadian CIOs by connecting like-minded people from cross industries and facilitating the sharing of their issues and insights. They’re instrumental in furthering the collaboration of the Canadian technology community. I look forward to working with the team and other board members”, said Comacchio.
The IT Media Group is an award-winning producer of programs and content for senior IT executives. Based in Toronto, our leadership team includes some of the most experienced and well respected technology, media and business professionals serving the IT executive community in Canada.






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