Discover | Connect | Protect

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Informanix Discover is an annual one-day event designed to connect IT professionals across sectors, with a special focus on cybersecurity and digital resilience. This conference offers a dynamic platform where innovation meets expertise - bringing together a community of industry leaders, technologists, and cybersecurity specialists eager to collaborate, share insights, and invest in smarter, safer tech solutions.

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October 22, 2026 | Victoria Inn Hotel & Conference Center, Winnipeg, MB

2026 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Brian Deitch

Zscaler

Brian Deitch

Zscaler

VP & CTO In Residence

Keynote:
Securing the Era of AI

The boundary between AI security and data security has officially vanished. Whether dealing with internal teams, third parties, or autonomous AI agents, the ultimate prize and biggest risk remain the same: your data and intellectual property.
Join Brian as he breaks down how Zscaler Zero Trust acts as your critical control plane, delivering the visibility, governance, and real-time security required to protect your data across the modern AI landscape.

Breakout:
Autonomous Defense: Countering Adversarial AI with Agentic SecOps

Adversarial AI has fundamentally changed the speed and scale of cyber attacks. Defending against autonomous threats requires defensive intelligence operating at the same velocity.
Join Brian for a deep dive into the next evolution of threat defense: Agentic SecOps. In this session, Brian explores how Zscaler harnesses autonomous security agents to isolate critical indicators across massive telemetry streams, orchestrate decisive threat eviction, and deploy active deception. See how leading organizations are turning the economics of cybercrime upside down by forcing attackers to exhaust their own resources and compute inside deceptive decoy environments.

Jason Cook

Rubrik

Jason Cook

Rubrik

Field CTO Americas

Keynote:
Identity-Aware Resilience and Recovery: Managing Cyber Risk

Identity is the fastest path to disruption as attackers misuse valid access, expanding impact before traditional controls catch up. Prevention won't hold on its own. Organizations must contain the impact of compromise, limit the blast radius, and recover to a clean, trusted state across identities, data, and critical systems. Join this session to explore how to:
- Protect the identities that matter most to reduce business impact
- Contain identity-driven incidents quickly before they spread across systems
- Recover to a trusted state without reintroducing risk

Jason has over 26 years of experience in information systems and technology, encompassing roles in sales, consulting, and project management. His expertise includes cyber security, cyber recovery, datacenter, cloud, and virtualization. Jason enjoys engaging with clients, partners, and industry professionals to enhance the IT community. He is dedicated to delivering excellent customer experiences and technology solutions through his knowledge and passion. Jason has been with Rubrik for 9 years and resides in Nashville, TN.

2026 PRESENTERS

John Shier

Sophos

John Shier

Sophos

Field CTO

John Shier is a Field CTO at Sophos and a popular speaker at security events, known for making even the most complex security topics easy to understand. He also works hands-on with Sophos partners and customers, providing technical guidance and product education that help organizations stay ahead of today's cyber threats.

Mike Bujara

Wiz

Mike Bujara

Wiz

Director, Solutions Engineering

Mike Bujara is a Solutions Engineering leader at Wiz with more than 20 years of experience in cloud, virtualization and enterprise architecture. Before Wiz, he held roles at Google, Nutanix, VMware and CA Technologies, including seven years at Nutanix as a pre-sales engineer focused on hybrid cloud and disaster recovery. Mike helps organizations design and prove out cloud solutions that fit their real-world needs, from first demo through to implementation.

Rob Buchanan

Nutanix

Rob Buchanan

Nutanix

Advisory Solutions Engineer | Western Canada

Rob Buchanan is an Advisory Solutions Engineer at Nutanix who helps organizations turn complex infrastructure, cloud and AI challenges into practical, production-ready solutions. He focuses on the real-world considerations that matter to IT and platform teams—including simplicity, governance, data control, operational consistency, and flexibility across on-premises, edge, and hybrid environments.

Girish Sharma

Ingram Micro / Microsoft

Girish Sharma

Ingram Micro / Microsoft

Azure Solutions Architect and Microsoft MVP

MS Fabric - Unlock the power of your data with Microsoft Fabric

Explore how organizations are modernizing analytics, improving decision-making, and preparing for AI with a single, integrated platform!

Girish Sharma is an Azure Solutions Architect and Microsoft MVP, specializing in Azure, AI, Data Analytics, and Security. He works with organizations to design innovative cloud solutions and drive technology adoption.

Gary Lindberg

Rubrik

Gary Lindberg

Rubrik

Sr. Solutions Engineer

Gary Lindberg is a Solutions Engineer at Rubrik, where he helps organizations protect their most critical data and recover quickly when the unexpected happens. Gary works closely with customers to design data security solutions that fit real business needs and hold up against today's cyber threats.

Juan Saldivar

Informanix

Juan Saldivar

Informanix

Director, IT Advisory Services

Topic:
AI Value Engineering: A Practical and Systematic Approach to Adopt AI, Deliver Value, Reign In Shadow IT, and Manage Risk

Juan Saldivar, an award-winning business technology consultant and Director of IT Advisory Services at Informanix Technology Group, has over 20 years of experience helping organizations drive technological change and achieve their strategic goals. As a former president of the Project Management Institute Manitoba Chapter, Juan has been at the forefront of advancing the profession in Manitoba for more than a decade and has been a guest speaker at various local conferences and events.

Michael Fraser

Informanix

Michael Fraser

Informanix

AI Solutions Engineer

Michael Fraser is an AI Solutions Engineer at Informanix, based in Ottawa. He helps organizations understand where AI can make a real difference in their day-to-day operations and turns those ideas into practical solutions. Michael is passionate about making AI approachable for businesses of every size and helping teams get more value from the tools they already use.

Chantal Bouchard

Informanix

Chantal Bouchard

Informanix

Senior Project Manager

Chantal Bouchard, PMP, P2RP, Prosci, is a Senior Project Manager at Informanix with more than 12 years of experience leading technology projects for public and private sector clients. She brings structure to complex initiatives and keeps technical and business teams moving in the same direction. Chantal is at her best in fast-paced environments where clear planning and quick decisions make all the difference.