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Ima Okonny Top-Executive

Ima is a senior enterprise executive recognized for leading large-scale data, analytics, and AI transformations in complex, highly regulated environments. She helps organizations convert data into durable competitive advantage, delivering measurable results while safeguarding trust, resilience, and responsible innovation.

With over 26 years of experience, she has led end-to-end enterprise data transformation - across data architecture, integration, linkage, governance, advanced analytics, and AI. Her work has consistently turned fragmented, high-risk data environments into resilient, high-performing enterprise assets that improve decision-making, effectiveness, productivity, and organizational outcomes at scale.

Ima has operated at national and enterprise scale across sectors including financial regulation (banking, insurance, pensions), taxation, immigration, health, employment, benefits administration, identity, and census - where security, privacy, reliability, and regulatory compliance are non-negotiable.

A systems-level leader, she connects strategy to execution, technology to policy, and innovation to human impact. She has defined and delivered enterprise strategies for data, analytics, open data, and responsible AI, establishing governance and risk frameworks that enable innovation without compromising trust.

As a trusted advisor, Ima influences decision-making at the highest levels. She has shaped national and international dialogue on data, AI, and digital transformation and has represented Canada on global expert panels and keynote stages.

She is known for building high-performing multidisciplinary teams and values-driven cultures, and for delivering AI and data products that materially improve efficiency, effectiveness, and evidence-based decision-making.

Over the years, her leadership has been recognized with Deputy Minister Awards, the Insight250 Award, Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 award, the King Charles III Coronation Medal, and CDO Magazine’s Top 200 Global Data Power Women.

Ima’s academic background spans Physics, Mathematics, Computer Programming, and Public Management. She consistently bridges enterprise strategy and execution - positioning organizations to responsibly unlock the full value of data at scale.

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Industry: Government Administration
Headquarters: Canada
Title: Public Service
Company: Government Of Canada
Company Industry: Government Administration
Company Website: canada.ca
Company Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/government-of-canada
Company Size: 10001+
Current Job Duration: 25 yrs 11 mos
Country: Canada
Languages: English, French
Work Experience: Title: Public Service Company: Government Of Canada Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/government-of-canada/ Industry: Government Administration Company Size: 10001+ Location: None Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 02-2000 Ends At: Present Description: None Title: Emploi et Développement social Canada (EDSC) / Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) Company: Emploi Et DéVeloppement Social Canada (Edsc) / Employment And Social Development Canada (Esdc) Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/esdcedsc/ Industry: Government Administration Company Size: 10001+ Location: None Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 06-2023 Ends At: Present Description: Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), including Service Canada and the Labour Program, is one of the largest federal departments, delivering programs and services that have a positive impact on a broad range of clients and on the daily lives of citizens. The Department works to improve the standard of living and quality of life for all Canadians, supporting initiatives that enable people to participate fully in society and promote a labour force that is highly skilled, efficient, and inclusive. As Assistant Deputy Minister and CDO, I work across the organization and with external stakeholders to advance the enterprise data maturity. I lead on advancing Data Science, Responsible AI, Data Management, advanced Data Analytics and Data Sharing to support ESDC’s policies, service delivery and results reporting - and to enable the innovative, secure, responsible and ethical use of data and analytics to meet ESDC’s mandate. Also provide expert advice, briefings, and recommendations to the Ministers and DMs on issues and opportunities, and emerging risks and priorities related to ESDC’s enterprise data strategy and developments in the data, analytics, AI and digital landscape., Working within Strategic and Service Policy Branch to work across the Department and with external stakeholders to continuously enhance and implement the enterprise data strategy, data governance and data literacy, as well as advance data science, data management and data sharing to enable policy, service delivery and results reporting. Led the directorate and worked across the department with the team to establish the following at an enterprise level: -Enhanced evidence base -Business aligned data strategy -Integrated data and information management framework - Data literacy program - integrated policy on Data Management - Data Governance Charter - Data Foundations Platform (DFP) - Data Literacy Program - Interdepartmental Data Strategies and Collaborative partnerships - Horizontal Strategic insights data products - Ethical innovative data methods and responsible artificial intelligence models - Fairness Assessment Service (FAS) to mitigate bias - Streamlined Open Data publication process Title: Director, Regulatory Data Management Company: None Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/osfi-bsif/ Industry: None Company Size: None Location: Ottawa, Canada Area Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 07-2017 Ends At: 01-2020 Description: None Title: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada / Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada Company: Immigration, Refugees And Citizenship Canada / Immigration, RéFugiéS Et Citoyenneté Canada Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/citizenship-and-immigration-canada/ Industry: Government Administration Company Size: 10001+ Location: None Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 04-2013 Ends At: 07-2017 Description: Built, developed and led the Data Management and Reporting (DMR) Division at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). DMR was responsible for IRCC’s external data publications and for the development and delivery of analytical data, research databases, data products and tools that support performance measurement, program monitoring, results/outcome reporting and research & evaluation. Achievements include: led the development of a comprehensive client based data foundation linked through IRCC’s business lines, client based data reconciliation, development of IRCC’s datasets for the Government of Canada’s Open Data Portal, legacy administrative analytical data reconciliation (after decommission of IRCC's immigration and citizenship data collection systems) to support key stakeholders and co-lead IRCC's Data Governance Program. Also collaborated with key departmental data stakeholders to develop IRCC’s Open Government Implementation Plan. Led an extensive business process improvement of IRCC's data sharing and release strategies and executed the redesign of IRCC's data release processes.These achievements/results were acknowledged through various nominations and awards. Other responsibilities included: briefed various management levels and ministerial staff on data, responding to adhoc requests from diverse stakeholders, screening all outgoing data, and entering into information sharing agreements, MOUs and other data sharing arrangements with stakeholders, delivering presentations, workshops on IRCC data to various audiences. Also led a discussion session on Migration Statistics in Geneva. Represented Canada as a member of the Expert Group on Refugee and Internally Displaced Persons Statistics (EGRIS)., Led a multidisciplinary team, in the Strategic Research Division. Led work on linking and developing diverse administrative databases for research, evaluation, program performance measurement/monitoring and analytical purposes. Developed and extracted insight from data, for example, I wrote a paper (published) on immigrant mobility. Also wrote various insight pieces, organized and led workshops on understanding the interprovincial and onward migration patterns of immigrants and the factors that influence migration trends. This work was essential for designing immigration and settlement policies and programs. Title: Senior Analyst Company: Emploi Et DéVeloppement Social Canada (Edsc) / Employment And Social Development Canada (Esdc) Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/esdcedsc/ Industry: Government Administration Company Size: 10001+ Location: Ottawa, Canada Area Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 10-2007 Ends At: 11-2008 Description: None Title: Project Leader/Acting Chief - Statistics Division Company: Canada Revenue Agency - Agence Du Revenu Du Canada Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cra-arc/ Industry: Government Administration Company Size: 10001+ Location: Ottawa, Canada Area Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 05-2005 Ends At: 10-2007 Description: None Title: Analyst Company: Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/statcan/ Industry: Government Administration Company Size: 5001-10000 Location: Ottawa, Canada Area Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 08-2000 Ends At: 05-2005 Description: None Title: CAS superuser/Compensation Assistant Company: Canada Revenue Agency - Agence Du Revenu Du Canada Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cra-arc/ Industry: Government Administration Company Size: 10001+ Location: Ottawa, Canada Area Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 02-2000 Ends At: 08-2000 Description: None
Education: School: Carleton University Degree: Bachelor of Science - B.Sc., Pathfinders Activities: None School: Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology Degree: Diploma, Computer Programming Activities: None School: Carleton University Degree: Masters Certificate, Public Management Activities: None School: Univeristy of PH Degree: Bachelor of Science - BSc, Physics Activities: None
Headline: Assistant Deputy Minister | Chief Data Officer | Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winner | Insight 250 Award winner | Global Data Power Women | Helping organizations ethically create true value from data & AI.
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