Charles Duffett

Charles Duffett has been appointed senior VP and chief information officer (CIO) of the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA). Duffett has more than 25 years of experience in the public and private sector, most recently serving as head of information technology at Abbott Point of Care, a division of Abbott Laboratories. At CATA, he will be responsible for advising on CIO issues and will create a CIO Advisory Group to add value to the alliance's social networks, video channels and digital adoption advocacy campaigns. Duffett has spent a total of 17 years in the federal government working on IT issues. In industry, he held senior positions at Nortel Networks and Newbridge Networks….