Biography
John Burns
Senior Vice-President, Investment Programs Management
Mr. Burns is responsible for the Project Management Office, the implementation of Infoway's program strategies and Infoway's relationships and investments in the Atlantic provinces and Ontario. He also chairs the Operations Management Committee at Infoway.
Mr. Burns has more than 40 years of experience in business and technology. Prior to joining the corporation in 2003, he was Senior Vice-President, Financial Services, at Descartes Systems Group; a company that specialized in logistics management. Previously, Mr. Burns was Vice-President Projects, as well as having a line of business CIO role at CIBC, where he was also responsible for the bank's business and technology resolution of the Y2K problem. He has also worked for Microsoft and IBM, where he held various management positions in technology operations, systems development, sales, and marketing focused on the financial services and public service sectors. He has been a global speaker and media spokesperson, and has published articles on the application of information technology. Mr. Burns holds a B.Sc. degree from the University of Toronto.