Trefor Munn Venn

Current

• Co-Chair of the Public-Private Partnership Working Group at Operation INTERSECT
• Director, National Security & Safety at The Conference Board of Canada
• Board of Advisors at Canadian Centre of Intelligence and Security Studies

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Past

• Associate Director, Technology & Innovation at The Conference Board of Canada
• Chair, Board of Directors at Glen Mhor Camp
• Principal Strategy Consultant at PWC Consulting / IBM Canada

• Associate Director, New Media Business Development at Bell Canada

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Education

• Carleton University
• York University

Connections

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Industry

Think Tanks

Websites

• My Company

Trefor Munn Venn’s Summary

My focus has been on the bringing strategy and technology together to achieve organizational goals -- this has been for both public and private sector organizations.

In terms of strategy, the essence of my work has been to develop pragmatic, executable strategies that organizations can "knock out of the park". In terms of technology, my goal has been to ensure technology serves the strategy rather than the inverse. Technology is an extremely powerful tool -- but only if deployed and integrated properly.

I've applied my work in a range of industries including national security (my current focus), biotechnology & life sciences, telecommunications, broadcasting, gaming, agriculture, natural resources, public policy and others.

Trefor Munn Venn’s Specialties:

Strategy development, public policy, facilitation, public speaking, writing, research, financial modeling

Trefor Munn Venn’s Experience

• Co-Chair of the Public-Private Partnership Working Group

  Operation INTERSECT

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Public Safety industry)

  June 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)

  Operation INTERSECT is comprised of a number of groups brought together to promote the sharing of information and expertise, intergration of resources where possible, and the development of collective strategic objectives to ensure a coordinated preparedness and response in the evne tof a threat to the National Capital Region (Canada) community's safety and security.
  
  The P3 Working Group provides input and facilitates involvement from the private and civil sectors.

• Director, National Security & Safety

  The Conference Board of Canada

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Think Tanks industry)

  May 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

  I lead the Conference Board's work on national security and public safety with a strong focus on public-private partnerships, critical infrastructure resiliency and radicalization. Our research team is doing world-first research in these areas and is helping to reshape thinking on how best to mitigate, respond to and recover from terrorist attacks, natural disasters, pandemics and cyber attacks.

• Board of Advisors

  Canadian Centre of Intelligence and Security Studies

  (Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Public Safety industry)

  January 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)

  The Board of Advisors provides strategic guidance to the Canadian Centre of Intelligence and Security Studies. The objectives of the Centre are:
  (a) the support and encouragement of interdisciplinary research at Carleton in salient issues in Intelligence and Security Studies;
  (b) the hosting of Post-Doctoral Fellows and Visiting Research Fellows in Intelligence and Security Studies;
  (c) the organization and hosting of conferences, seminars, symposia, workshops and guest lectures on current issues of relevance to Intelligence and Security Studies;
  (d) promoting the design and delivery of dedicated courses in the field of Intelligence and Security Studies; and
  (e) mounting training courses, symposia and policy for Canada’s Security and Intelligence community and other civil society groups, as appropriate.

• Associate Director, Technology & Innovation

  The Conference Board of Canada

  (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Think Tanks industry)

  August 2003 — May 2007 (3 years 10 months)

  This was an exciting role working with executive-level leaders from both the public and private sectors to improve their capacity to extract more value from knowledge through the production and commercialization of new products and services.

• Chair, Board of Directors

  Glen Mhor Camp

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Recreational Facilities and Services industry)

  1996 — 2004 (8 years)

  I had the pleasure of being the Chair of the Board of Directors for Glen Mhor Camp and working with the Co-Executive Directors to help build and grow this camp. The final years of my involvement were focused on amalgamating five camps into a new operation called Camp Cairn.

• Principal Strategy Consultant

  PWC Consulting / IBM Canada

  (Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)

  2000 — 2003 (3 years)

  I was a corporate strategy consultant focused on the application of technology to achieve key strategic objectives for organizations in both the public and private sector. This included living and working in India for about a year while I helped to lead a major telecommunications project.

• Associate Director, New Media Business Development

  Bell Canada

  (Think Tanks industry)

  1997 — 1998 (1 year)

Trefor Munn Venn’s Education

• Carleton University

  Masters , Communications , 2005

• York University

  Honours, Double BA , Mass Communications, Political Science , 1996

Additional Information

Trefor Munn Venn’s Websites:

• My Company

Trefor Munn Venn’s Groups:

- Operation INTERSECT -- National Capital Region Strategic Security Council, Co-Chair of the P3 Working Group
- Canadian Centre of Intelligence and Security Studies, Board of Advisors

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