dv.Denis Villeneuve

LEADERSHIP · RESILIENCE · POSSIBILITY

Building trust.
Enabling
what’s next.

I’m Denis Villeneuve. I bring business leadership and cyber resilience together to help people and organisations move forward with confidence.

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CURRENTLY

Cyber Resilience & Connectivity
Practice Leader, Canada · Kyndryl

Denis Villeneuve wearing a green plaid blazer
Denis VilleneuveLEADER. CONNECTOR. BUILDER.

A CAREER ACROSS

KyndrylDeloitte.IBMTrustwaveSalesforceOracle

Enterprise technology.
Canadian perspective.

THE LATEST CONVERSATION

David Shipley and I explore why cybersecurity awareness needs to be continuous, and what AI agents and deepfakes mean for leadership, identity and accountability.

Cybersecurity TodayNovember 202636 min
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SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

Experience, in the open.

A few places where the work
becomes a wider conversation.

01CONVENING LEADERS

CISO Expert Exchange

Host of Kyndryl’s Canadian forum for security leaders, creating space for practical conversations about resilience, risk and responsible AI.

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02CONTRIBUTING TO POLICY

A voice in the public conversation

Presented on behalf of Kyndryl Canada to Ontario’s Standing Committee on Justice Policy during its consideration of Bill 194 in November 2024.

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03BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER

From regulations to resilience

Moderated a discussion at the Toronto CISO Executive Summit in December 2024, connecting evolving regulations with the work of building resilience.

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MEDIA & PERSPECTIVES

Ideas worth sharing.

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THE THREAD THROUGH MY WORK

Technology matters.
People make
the difference.

CISSPAssociate C|CISO

My work sits where business, technology and people meet.

I lead Kyndryl Canada’s Cyber Resilience & Connectivity practice, bringing together a national portfolio and multidisciplinary teams. My experience spans enterprise security, consulting, managed services and commercial leadership, with P&L oversight.

Before Kyndryl, I held leadership and client-facing roles at Deloitte, IBM and Trustwave. Across financial services, government and critical infrastructure, the common thread has been helping people make decisions and move complex work forward.

I’m a member of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation and co-chair of Kyndryl Canada’s Indigenous Inclusion Network. Creating opportunities for Indigenous people in technology is a personal commitment, and a part of how I lead.

I also serve on the CyberSci board, the TECHNATION Cybersecurity Taskforce and the Advisory Circle of the Centre for Indigenous Corporate Partnership.

English & FrenchHonours BCom · University of Ottawa
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A PERSONAL COMMITMENT

“You can’t be what you can’t see.”

Representation makes possibility real. In Kyndryl’s account of a visit by Indigenous students to its Barrie Security Operations Centre, I reflected on what it means to see a future in technology.

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SPEAKING & CONVERSATIONS

Good questions.
Useful conversations.

Topics I bring to interviews, panels
and leadership discussions.

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Connecting security decisions to business priorities, operational readiness and the ability to recover. A practical conversation for executives, boards and technology leaders.

Executive conversations · Panels · Moderation

SELECTED ENGAGEMENTS

Earlier speaking includes MapleSEC, Data Connectors Montréal, MISA Prairies, ActionTI and the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies.

LET’S CONNECT

What’s the next
conversation?

For speaking, interviews and professional connections, reach me on LinkedIn. Please include the topic, format and timing.

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