James Cairns
Chief Information Security Officer
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
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Top SchoolJames Cairns is a cybersecurity executive and technology strategist based in Medicine Hat, Alberta, with a decade of focused experience leading information security at Bow Valley College and a broader two-decade background in IT and software development. As CISO he drives security strategy, risk assessments, frameworks, incident response and training across the college, having progressed from hands-on database and server administration to executive security leadership. He combines deep technical roots in SQL Server, IIS, AD FS/Azure AD, ERP and PKI with practical cloud and identity federation expertise, enabling pragmatic, auditable controls that align with institutional priorities. Beyond the college he advises and leads in the wider security community as a director-level volunteer for multiple organizations and founder/CEO of a security-focused consultancy. His profile blends developer instincts (Software & Internet Development training and early web/app roles) with boardroom perspective—useful for translating technical risk into actionable governance.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
MBA Essentials, MBA Essentials at University of Toronto - Rotman School of ManagementSoftware and Internet Development Information Technology, Software and Internet Development Information Technology at Medicine Hat College
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Github contributions (5)
ThyMinx/GitHubInfoGrabberAPI
Nov 2021 - Dec 2022
Contributions:8 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
ThyMinx/Networking-ACW
Mar 2018 - Nov 2021
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 3 years 8 months
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