Chris Allison (he/him)
Director General Data Analytics, (AI) and Information Management, Department of National Defence
Chris is a geek, gamer, developer, data nerd, open source advocate and papa. He has worked in government for 24 years across defence, public health, learning, operations, policing, immigration, national security, policy, major projects, air travel, open source collaboration and leadership.
He is a self-driven continuous learner and active Rust and Python developer. His passions are network analytics, systems and people - seeing the connections in our environments and between our organizations.
Chris has taught Web design, network analytics and machine learning at Python meetups, security meetups and conferences. He launched the Digital Academy in the Government of Canada, was a core contributor to Teaching Public Service in a Digital Age and a member of the Privacy Analytics Executive Advisory Board.