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Q Welcome, Matt, Carol, and David, and thanks for sharing your insights with us today. Matt, I understand you're returning to Canada. Tell us a bit about yourself. Matt: Following a career with the UK government, I spent 13 years in Australia, helping Deloitte's defence clients trans- form at the intersection of information, technology, and business operations. I'm passionate about digital transformation in government—ask me about anything technology enabled, from tech and digital strategy, enterprise architecture, and oper- ating models to large-scale ICT program management and integration. It's a privi- lege to be joining Deloitte's Government of Canada team. Q Carol, tell us about your experience working in organizational transformation. Carol: For the past 20 years, I've had the opportunity to envision, design, and im- 28 AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2021 www.vanguardcanada.com Sponsored Content plement transformational change across many organizations. I've worked on hard-core organizational transformations, including for start-ups and in the M&A field, as well as to promote culture change, because I enjoy engineering environments that help people learn, grow, and excel in new ways. Most recently, I've been focus- ing on the federal government because I'm motivated by the ambition I see in our public servants to drive change. Q David, please share a bit about yourself and elaborate on Deloitte's work in Canada's defence sector. David: Prior to joining Deloitte, I spent 20 years at IBM, where I led federal gov- ernment, cyber, and defence business units. Now, I lead alliances for public services, helping to bring technology re- sources such as digital and data solutions to the DND and CAF. My expertise cen- tres on business and technology transfor- mation. At Deloitte, we're routinely called upon to help our defence clients globally; this is one of the largest pillars of our public- service industry. We blend the knowledge and experience of a wide range of technical and industry specialists to address DND challenges. Depending on the engage- ment, we might tap specialists from areas as diverse as policy, operations, finance, real estate, cybersecurity, and organiza- tional design to deliver results that meet or exceed our objectives. Without this collaboration, some of our stakeholders' needs would likely be overlooked. With defence, we're engaged in a wide range of activities, including cloud adoption, build- ing safer supply chains, strategic decision support, and removing barriers that can prevent real-time insights across the CAF. Q You've experienced a lot of the cur- rent defence trends. What are your views on the challenges and ICT/digital opportunities they present? Matt: Our world has fundamentally changed in recent years, with the pan- PERSPECTIVE NAVIGATING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN NATIONAL DEFENCE We sat down with Matt Day, Carol Caughlin, and David Anthony, technology and transformation partners with Deloitte, to discuss the critical importance of digital transformation in Canada's Department of National Defence (DND) and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). Matt Day Partner, Deloitte Carol Caughlin Partner, Deloitte David Anthony Partner, Deloitte

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