John Wunderlich is an information privacy & security expert with extensive experience in information privacy, identity management, and data security. He has designed, built, operated and assessed systems for operations and compliance in the private and public sectors for over 25 years. This includes working or consulting for Fortune 500 corporations, government ministries, small companies, volunteer organizations, regulators, and health systems organizations of all sizes. He adds value to organizations that need to meet multiple stakeholder expectations for the responsible information management of personal information. John works with organizations to enable them to focus on measurable performance and process improvement so that they can focus on risk management rather than crisis management. John is also a sought after expert witness for privacy and identity issues.
Before launching his consulting practice, John served in a number of leadership capacities in both the public and private sector. These roles included Director of Privacy for Cancer Care Ontario, Senior Policy and Information Technology Advisor to the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC), and Program Manager at Ceridian Canada.
John participates or plays a leadership role in international organizations related to privacy and data protection, including:
Member of board of directors for MyData Global, an international NGO in the area of personal data.
Member of the Leadership Council of the Kantara Initiative, the global consortium improving trustworthy use of identity and personal data through innovation, standards, and good practices.
Co-chair of the Information Sharing Interoperability Work Group.
Chair of the Privacy and Identity Protection in mobile Driving License ecosystems Discussion Group
Member of the Standards Council of Canada ISO mirror committee ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection.
Vice-chair of the IEEE P7002 Data Privacy Process working group for privacy engineeting.
Toronto SickKids Research Ethics Board member for privacy
In addition to his hands-on experience, John is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/C), a Certified Information System Auditor (CISA), and a trained Six Sigma Black Belt. John is a founding member of IDPro. He has an MBA from the John Molson School of Business in Montreal. He is a lecturer on privacy and information management at Guelph University and is a frequently sought out speaker. He is a co-author of “Managing Personal Information” from Carswell Press and also a contributor to “Managing the Risk of Re-identification for Public Use Files”, a report for the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. John wrote regular column on privacy issues for payroll and HR professionals in Dialogue, the bi-monthly magazine of the Canadian Payroll Association (CPA). John is a member of the Board of Directors for Theatre Smith-Gilmour.
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