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“ There ’ s a lot of opportunity for change . If you ’ re open to change , it ’ s a pretty cool place to be right now ”
— Mark Bryant , CIO , PCL Construction
and business , even when I started at Toronto Dominion Bank , where I spent the first nine years of my career .” Having the fortune and talent to work for some of the largest , primarily Canadian , companies in the market — Davis & Henderson , and WSP — Bryant found that one thing consistently attracted him : great work culture and great colleagues . Regarding the honour of being named the 2019 ‘ Canadian CIO of the Year ’ by ITAC , Bryant was clear on what he regards as the key to his success . “ It ’ s a pinnacle award for me from a career perspective ,” he says . “ But if you don ’ t have an amazing team around you , you don ’ t win ‘ CIO of the Year ’. My team at PCL has been instrumental in executing the vision that I ’ ve had .” For PCL , that vision meant making a fundamental shift away from ‘ legacy IT ’ and towards becoming an integrated business technology group . “ Initially , IT was focused on keeping the lights on ,”
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