Hans G. Bathija, FCIPS
President, BathijaTan
-> 25+ years delivering pioneering, enterprise, critical & complex IS/IT initiatives for governments and the private sector, working with companies such as Amex, BMO, CIBC, EDS, IBM, Loblaws, Oracle, RBC, Reuters, SAS, Scotiabank, Sun Microsystems, TD & Xerox, and with the Government of Canada, Province of Ontario, City of Toronto & Payments Canada
Partner, Shadow Factory
-> pioneers in immersive content (AR/VR) development
Partner, Polka Dot Beaver
-> branding and design agency
President, HGB Gallery
Former inaugural National Delivery Head-Canada, Wipro Technologies
Former inaugural Academic Head, Centennial College Picasso School of Digital Animation (New Delhi, India)
Board director, CIPS Ontario (2022-present)
Secretary, ACM SIGGRAPH Toronto Chapter
Pioneer, ACM SIGGRAPH
Member, ACM US Technology Policy Committee
Early Career Adopter, BCS Canada
IT Leaders Forum, BCS
Founder & Chair, International IP Commercialization Council GTA Chapter
Member, Worshipful Company of Information Technologists Information Security Panel and Ethical & Spiritual Panel
Advisor, KnowledgeFlow Cybersafety Foundation
Former member, Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) Nomination Committee
Former Observer, ICANN NA Advisory Panel
Former Peer Reviewer, Canada Foundation for Innovation
Former Advisor, City of Toronto Digital Infrastructure Plan Community Advisory Group
President (2024-2025), Rotary Club of Internet & Innovation London Peace Envoys
Board director, Ontario Historical Society
Board director, NATO Association of Canada
Board member (former Chair), St. John Ambulance Toronto Region
Member, St. John Council for Ontario Standards Committee
Member (former Co-Chair), Toronto Police Services 14 Division Community Police Liaison Committee
Foreign Student Liaison, Canadian Forces College
Guard, City of Toronto Honour Guard
Judge, Warriors’ Day Parade
Town Crier, City of Toronto
Member, Duke of Edinburgh Award Ontario Local Council
Advisor, Crown Society of Canada
Key Music Leader Canada, Commonwealth Resounds
Member, Wavestage Theatre Company
Member, Worshipful Company of International Bankers Membership Committee
Mentor, King’s Trust Canada, Toronto Regional Immigrant Employment Council & Worshipful Company of Stationers & Newspaper Makers
Past Master, Honourable Company of Freemen of the City of London of North America
Past Chair, Freemen of North America Trust
Former board director, Royal Canadian Military Institute
Former board director, Science for Peace
Honours & Recognition
Fellow, Canadian Information Processing Society (2024)
St. John Chancellor’s Commendation (2024)
Fellow, Zoological Society of London (2024)
Royal Commonwealth Society Coronation Medal (2023)
St. John Provincial Commendation (2023)
Ontario Volunteer Service Award, Province of Ontario (2022)
Taisho (General), Order of the Scottish Samurai (2022)
Community Service Award, Chris Glover, MPP, Spadina-Fort York (2022)
Fellow, Royal Geographical Society (2022)
Fellow, Royal Society of Public Health (2021)
Fellow, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (2021)
Fellow, British Computer Society (2020)
Fellow, Royal Society of the Arts (2019)
Fellow, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Northern Ireland (2018)
Outstanding Asian Canadian, Canadian Multicultural Council-Asians in Ontario (2018)
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science, Glendon College, York University (1998)