Building a Career in Enterprise Technology
Technology careers continue to evolve alongside the platforms, tools, and services organizations depend on every day.
What's happening
This community discussion will bring together industry practitioners, recruiters, hiring managers, and technology leaders to share perspectives on:
Career paths in Enterprise Infrastructure
Cybersecurity opportunities and specialization areas
Cloud and Microsoft 365 careers
MSP versus Enterprise IT career journeys
Certifications, hands-on experience, and continuous learning
Skills employers are looking for in today's market
Moderator
Ali Alame
CTO | CyberArmor
Specializing in pre-breach identity threat intelligence through active monitoring of criminal infrastructure. He also serves as an SME Intune Consultant, IT Instructor at Vancouver Community College, and Technical Program Director at VanTUG.
Ali bridges deep technical practice with enterprise security leadership, helping organizations detect credential exposure before it becomes a breach.
Our Panelists
Majid Sotoodeh
Senior Network Architect | Cisco and the Managing Director of Loopback Zero
Majid is a solution engineering leader with over 25 years of experience in Enterprise, Data Centre and Service provider environments. His career has spanned large-scale modernization programs, hybrid cloud architecture and technical leadership roles supporting global organizations.
Majid’s background includes deep expertise in routing, switching, data centre design and multi-domain networking—experience shaped by decades of hands-on engineering and leadership. He has led transformation initiatives across public-sector, enterprise and cloud platforms, enabling teams through workshops, reference architectures and partner-focused technical guidance.
A 3 X CCIE, Majid is recognized for building practical, scalable infrastructure strategies and for helping organizations navigate the evolving landscape of modern IT and emerging technologies.
Chris King
Partner and co-owner | IX Solutions
Specializing in helping clients develop security strategy and enterprise infrastructure requirements. Chris' experiences include working with large public sector entities to define a proactive cybersecurity approach that addresses short and long term needs. His approach is solution oriented and focused on ensuring that recommendations are tailored to each organizations unique requirements. Beyond his professional life.
Chris is an avid golfer, often found donating golf balls at Tobiano just outside of Kamloops. He also enjoys mentoring young professionals in the field of IT Security where he regularly conducts workshops at his alma matter BCIT.
Michael Chan
Senior Offensive Security Consultant | KPMG Canada
Michael is a social scientist turned hacker. He started by studying human behaviour and trust at Oxford - now he brings that lens into offensive security, validating and breaking the assumptions built into applications, systems, and organizations.
As a Senior Offensive Security Consultant at KPMG Canada, Michael works across application security, threat modelling, and adversary simulation. Outside of work, he spends most of his time learning, building, breaking fun new tech (yes AI included), and engaging with local cyber communities.
Giorgia Seip
Account Manager and former IT Recruiter | ITIQ.
Coming from a background in Human Resources Management, for the last year Ive worked within IT recruitment on the Development team, specializing in the placement of highly technical professionals.
Having recently transitioned into Account Management, I work closely with organizations across a variety of industries to understand their hiring needs, provide insight into current market trends, and connect them with top technology talent. My experience spans both in candidate recruitment and client partnership.
Agenda
4:30–5:00 PM: Registration, Check-in & Networking
5:00–5:12 PM: Welcome & Panelist Introductions
5:12–6:05 PM: Community Panel
6:05–6:25 PM: Audience Q&A
6:25–6:30 PM: Closing Remarks
6:30–7:30 PM: Community Networking/Close
Whether you are a student, early-career professional, or experienced practitioner looking to grow your career, this session will offer practical guidance and real-world perspectives.