LITTLEFIELD Mr. Peter Chief Information Officer (CIO) Employment and Social Development | Government of Canada Wednesday, September 13th 13:00 - 16:30 | Session VII: Generating solutions to lead through disruption | Breakout Group Leader Peter Littlefield is Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Information Officer of Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), the Government of Canada’s primary social benefits ministry. He has held this role since September 2016. Prior to joining ESDC, Peter was the lead for the consolidation of the Government of Canada’s data centres at Shared Services Canada, since its creation in 2011. Peter also contributed to government shared services as product management executive for distributed computing services and data centre services at Public Works and Government Services Canada. Before joining the federal public service in 2007, Peter held a number of key positions in the private sector over more than 20 years in the information technology (IT) sector. With roots in application development, Peter also contributed in areas of infrastructure planning and design and solutions architecture before moving on to management. Peter co-founded two Canadian IT companies specialising in communications software and in management consulting. Peter holds a Bachelor of Mathematics degree from the University of Waterloo. Peter is well-supported and well-grounded by his wife and three daughters.
