Canadian Email Summit 2022
Proud Sponsors:
Inbox Army
SURBL
Response Marketing Association
Newport Thomson
EmailKarma

SPEAKERS

Raymond Dijkxhoorn

Raymond Dijkxhoorn
Founder and CEO, SURBL

Raymond Dijkxhoorn is the CEO and a founding member of SURBL, a company specializing in providing reputation data through near real-time feeds. This data is used to secure various digital communications, including email, SMS, and web access, and helps protect against malicious activities such as phishing and spam. He has over 25 years of experience in high-tech engineering, particularly in ISP (Internet Service Provider) and ESP (Email Service Provider) technology and implementation architecture.

In addition to his role at SURBL, Dijkxhoorn is a founding member and CTO of EHAWK, a platform focusing on fraud and abuse prevention, and he owns Prolocation, a Dutch ISP. His extensive experience in the industry makes him a well-regarded figure in cybersecurity, known for his contributions to enhancing internet safety and security protocols

Tali Hasanov

Tali Hasanov
CEO, WSI Digital Path Marketing

Tali is an award-winning digital marketer with a track record of growing her clients’ businesses and driving revenue. Her 19 years of varied and in-depth experience have helped to make her an industry leader.

Derek Lackey

Derek Lackey, CIPM
Managing Director, Newport Thomson

Derek is the Managing Director of Newport Thomson, a data protection and privacy advisory firm in Toronto, specializing in CASL, PIPEDA, GDPR, ePrivacy, and CCPA/CPRA compliance. As Chairman of the Response Marketing Association, Derek leverages over 30 years of marketing and advertising experience to help clients achieve compliance with minimal disruption. He authored “CASL Compliance: A Marketer’s Guide to Email Marketing to Canadians” and advocates for practical, feasible compliance solutions.

Active in the privacy community, Derek chairs the Guidance Committee of the Canadian Advisory Council – GDPR, co-chairs the IAPP Toronto Chapter (2020/2021), and participates in several committees, including ISO 31700 and the Data Governance Standardization Collaborative. Educated in Marketing at the University of Toronto, Derek has led his ad agency to success, handling brands like Air Canada Vacations, Canon, and The Salvation Army, with seven out of nine becoming top in their categories in Canada.

Matthew Vernhout

Matthew Vernhout
Founder Canadian Email Summit, Principal Email Advisor, Email Industries

Matthew Vernhout, known online as @emailkarma, is the Principal Email Advisor at Email Industries, where he brings his extensive expertise in email marketing, deliverability, and privacy advocacy. A respected figure in the digital marketing world, Matthew serves as the chairperson of the ANA’s Email Experience Council and holds a Director-at-Large/Secretary with the Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email (CAUCE). He is also the Communications Chair for the AuthIndicators Working Group (BIMI Group), founder of the Canadian Email Summit, and co-founder of EmailDojo.io.

With a reputation as a thought leader, Matthew was recognized as the 2019 EEC Thought Leader of the Year and is a Certified International Privacy Professional (Canada) (CIPP/C). He frequently speaks at global email marketing and technology conferences, sharing insights from his celebrated blog, EmailKarma.net. Notably, in 2010, EmailKarma was recognized as one of the top 40 marketing blogs in Canada, underscoring Matthew’s influence and expertise in the marketing community.

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Connect with many of the brightest minds in Canada regarding email marketing for a series of thought-provoking topics that will change the way you use email marketing in your organization.

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