Kola Aina
Customer Success Manager, IBM Canada
Information Technology, Bachelor of Arts (BA) 2015
Kola is a trusted advisor specializing in helping organizations reduce information technology risk. He has over ten years of experience in the Technology and Financial Services sectors and has led several strategic initiatives in Cyber Security, IS Audit, Cloud, and Big Data. Kola currently works for IBM Canada as a Customer Success Manager — Security Architect; responsible for driving business value and technology outcomes to support hybrid cloud platform strategy, value adoption and realization of IBM security growth offerings.
Because of his enthusiasm for teaching and supporting emerging talent in the cybersecurity field, Kola also holds a part-time position as a cybersecurity professor at Durham College.
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