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Tyson Johnson

Chief Operating Officer

Tyson has worked in both the public and private sectors over the course of his career. Starting in the  Federal civil service, Tyson developed hands-on experience across the entire spectrum of issues facing  Canada’s foreign and domestic threats. He worked closely with government agencies in Canada and  abroad to collaborate and achieve successful outcomes. 

After departing the Government of Canada, Tyson spent the next number of years building and  supporting enterprise risk management programs for multinational organizations in both financial  services and electronics manufacturing. During this time, Tyson worked globally to understand and  integrate regional nuances into a corporate framework to support business success. It was during this  period that Tyson obtained his Global Masters of Arts Program designation from The Fletcher School of  Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University. His thesis explored the contributing decision support factors for  comparative country selection by corporations. 

Most recently, Tyson led BrightPlanet, a US-based ‘big data’ pioneer, as its VP Business Development &  Strategy. In this role, Tyson helped shape BrightPlanet into a successful member of the data & analytics  ecosystem to support risk management across government and industry. This included a key focus on  threat identification and cybersecurity initiatives.

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