Recession or Not; Now’s the Time to Optimize Your Business

As CEO and Founder of Iasa, one of the world’s largest enterprise and IT architect associations, Paul Preiss has taken the association from a single user group to an international organization with chapters in over 25 countries.

Paul’s vision is a unified architecture profession with effective education, credentials, and ethics supporting corporate strategy and delivery. He advocates for EA and speaks on topics ranging from architecture ethics to architecture teams' best setup and structure. He is an expert software and enterprise architect who has spoken at hundreds of events and held conferences and training for architects worldwide.

Viktor is responsible for building the business architecture practice at OMERS. Additionally, he has modernized and matured the application portfolio management capability and partnered with leaders to transition the Data & Technology Group from a “project-centric” into a “product-centric” culture. 

Viktor has been with OMERS, one of Canada’s most extensive defined benefit pension plans, since 2000 in a variety of roles. His primary focus has always been on Business Optimization through technology. Before joining the Enterprise Architecture team in 2019, he was responsible for managing business technology and delivering strategic initiatives within the Pension Division.

With 30+ years of experience working in Architecture and GRC, Gordon has worked with companies ranging from Fortune 5s to startups. He has helped them produce a holistic vision of strategy, design, and transformation through the lens of authentic enterprise architecture.

He holds the designations of CEA, CBA, ITIL Expert, CISA, CRISC, CGEIT, PMP, and TOGAF. He was a former VP of Enterprise Architecture and Tech Risk at AIG, focusing on Enterprise Architecture, Business Process Management, Data Management, and Data Governance.