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Dialogue in the digital age

Data, information and the power of… (none) all


Date & time
Friday, April 29, 2016
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Speaker(s)

Adam Schlesinger, Vice-president (Digital Strategy) & Chief Data Officer National Bank of Canada

Cost

$45 - A LIGHT LUNCH WILL BE SERVED

Contact

Jordan LeBel

Where

John Molson Building
1450 Guy
Room MB 10.101

Wheel chair accessible

Yes

The Luc Beauregard Centre of Excellence in Communications Research is pleased to host Adam Schlesinger, vice-president, digital strategy and chief data officer at the National Bank for what promises to be an inspiring lunch-conference.

Schlesinger is a graduate from MIT and McGill University and has years of managerial experience at Microsoft and Bombardier Aerospace. He is now a key collaborator in a major project focused upon transforming the end-to-end client experience at the National Bank.

At a time when technology is becoming, in the eyes of many, an unavoidable controlling force shaping human relations and citizen dialogue, Schlesinger will offer a bold vision ambitiously blending data usage, client experience, and corporate reputation management with the stated objective of bringing people closer together. Is dialogue still possible in today’s tech-intense world?  It has never been more lively.

Adam Schlesinger was appointed vice-president of National Bank on April 1, 2015.

In his previous role as financial services director for Microsoft Canada, which he held from July 2012 to March 2015, Schlesinger was responsible for the global financial services sales, marketing and services go-to-market strategy and execution team for Microsoft’s Canadian-based enterprise business.

Schlesinger’s approaches have often been recognized as best practices and his publication, Mitigating Container Security Risk Using Real-Time Monitoring with Active RFID and Sensors has been cited in numerous articles. He also co-edited a book in 2009 entitled Six Sigma for IT Management published in the Netherlands.

He earned his Masters of Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA and his Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He currently resides in Montreal, Canada.

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