About the IAPP

Aileen is an award winning innovator with a global footprint, and a passion for creating better systems for exponential positive change. She has a background in research, data and AI governance, data privacy and responsible AI, emerging technologies, marketing/business analytics, and internet strategy, having worked with SME's and enterprise business units across several sectors; including, ecommerce, social networks, non-profit, gaming, health and wellness, high tech, and a specialized focus in working with companies and organizations across the legal sector.

She is keenly focused on developing an approach to digital-meets-offline strategies that incorporates principles of network science, particularly with regard to the functioning of human systems and affecting positive transformation. This approach encourages resource light methods for targeted goal fulfillment. It starts with simple patterns that are templated and executed at mass, with multi stakeholder and cross functional engagement. The Global Legal Hackathon (#GLH2018) serves as a primary use case for the application of this approach, having grown to 40 cities across 22 countries in under three months, and engaging 100's of top tiered organizations. 

On a more granular level she has skills in: data governance and management, social media, content (video, written, audio), technology ethics and standardization models, community development and engagement, team building and development, web presence and SEO, UX/UI, data and analytics, partnership and stakeholder management, business planning, operations and strategic planning, and more. She has built and managed growth and digital teams, having held several senior management positions. She has built substantial market presence for companies, including the development of a market lead for custom software development in the Canadian legal industry which lead to the acquisition of the company. 

She gives talks internationally on topics of global tech governance, responsible technology research and development, and new legal frameworks/transformation, and is always open to having a discussion about system change and progressing organizations.