Claudette McGowan
Claudette McGowan is a Canadian global information technology professional, podcast host, and children's book author.[1]
Professional Life
Claudette McGowan is currently the global executive officer for cybersecurity at TD Canada, as well as the host of technology podcast C Suite.[2] McGowan helped launch the female-focused angel fund, Phoenix Fire, focused on early stage tech startups.[3] She is the chair of the Coalition of Innovation Leaders Against Racism, an organization launched in 2020.[4]
McGowan authored the children's book, Triple Threat, published in 2017.[5]
At the Elevate Tech Festival in September 2019, McGowan interviewed Michelle Obama in Toronto[6] That same year, McGowan participated in a CBC News live panel of "female change makers" for International Women's Day.[7]
Accolades
The National Angel Capital Organization highlighted McGowan as a business leader who is "driving positive change" in Canada, alongside Mohamad Fakih, Carol Anne Hilton and John Stackhouse.[8]
Women's Executive Network named McGowan as one of Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women in 2019.[9] That same year, AdWeek magazine named McGowan as a Toronto Brand Star and she was included in Digital Finance Institute's list of Canada's Top 50 Women in FinTech.[10] [11] Toronto Life magazine included McGowan in their annual Top 50 Most Influential Torontonians list in 2019[12] and 2020.[13] In 2021, she was the recipient of the Harry Jerome Award in Technology. [14]
Personal Life
In 2011, McGowan earned her MBA from Athabasca University while working at BMO. She became pregnant with her second child during the last year of her studies.[15]
McGowan is the founder of the Black Arts & Innovation Expo.[16]
References
- ↑ "Ms. Claudette McGowan - Rotman School of Management". www.rotman.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
- ↑ "C Suite on Apple Podcasts".
- ↑ "Phoenix Fire launches angel fund focused on women entrepreneurs". 11 March 2022.
- ↑ Press, The Canadian. "Canadian tech orgs form anti-racism coalition". Toronto. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
- ↑ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39506592-triple-threat
- ↑ "Michelle Obama spreads message of living a more purposeful life in Toronto (PHOTOS)". dailyhive.com. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
- ↑ "Q&A". CBC News. March 7, 2019. Retrieved July 7, 2022. Text " Who runs the world? 4 female leaders dish their best advice " ignored (help)
- ↑ "NACO names Claudette McGowan, Mohamad Fakih among 'Nation Builders of the Year'". 22 March 2022.
- ↑ https://wxnetwork.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1502937
- ↑ https://www.digitalfinanceinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Canadas-Top-50-Women-in-FinTech-2019-by-Digital-Finance-Institute.pdf
- ↑ "Adweek Honors Toronto's Innovators".
- ↑ "The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2019". 21 November 2019.
- ↑ "The 50 most influential Torontonians of 2020". 18 November 2020.
- ↑ "GOLDSTEIN: Harry Jerome Award winners for 2021 — 'the best of the best'". torontosun. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
- ↑ "She does because she can". 18 December 2018.
- ↑ "Claudette McGowan: Celebrating Black History Month through #BAIE2020".
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