Martech Council


The CMA Martech Council provides thought leadership and insights to help marketers understand how to operate in the “new” through the use of technology, and is a leading source of information exploring evolving trends, human implications, business outcomes, and forward thinking leadership.

Council Members

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Geoff Linton

President, Tekside.io

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Paul Lacap

Acting Executive Director, Marketing and Brand, University of Manitoba

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Erwin Rivera

VP, Digital & Technology, Mindshape Creative Marketing & Design Inc.

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Chris Williams

CMO, Arima data

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Connie Lam

AVP, Customer Engagement Management, TD Bank Group

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Jeff Pontes

VP, Digital Strategy & Data Analytics, Salt XC

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Colleen Preisner

Senior Vice President, Managing Director, Shift Paradigm

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Irene Beninato

AVP, Digital Engagement and Customer Communications, HSBC Canada

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Lidia Feraco

Professor, School of Business, Conestoga College

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Michael Annett

Industry Head, Financial Services, Introhive

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Stephanie Wu

Senior Manager, Marketing Data Strategy and Martech Enablement, BMO Financial Group

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Vera Cvetkovic

Founder, TPMC Consulting

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Darcy Kelley

Managing Director, Annalect, Omnicom Media Group

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Sajad Semsar

Director, Marketing Technology, Bell Canada

Recent Articles Authored by Council

Where are you on the martech maturity curve?

After years of convincing your organization to invest in a modern martech stack, your marketing team is finally seeing traction and early results

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Synthetic data and marketing

The map is not the territory; it’s an abstraction of reality that can help you “see” over the hill without moving

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Women in martech

This is Part 3 of a three-part blog series on the importance of increasing the representation of women in martech.

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Strategic questions for developing your martech blueprint

There has been lots of change in martech over the last five years. The technology landscape continues to explode with new applications and platforms.

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Women in marketing technology

This is Part 2 of a three-part blog series on the importance of increasing the representation of women in martech, brought to you by the CMA’s Martech Council.

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From girls in STEM to women in leadership

This is Part 1 of a three-part blog series on the importance of increasing the representation of women in martech, brought to you by the CMA’s Martech Council.

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