Lawrence Eta

Toronto is Canada’s largest city and fourth largest in North America and home to a diverse population of 2.9 million people. Lawrence serves as the Chief Technology Officer for the City of Toronto.  

Lawrence Eta offers strategic advice and guidance to the Mayor, Council, City Manager, Senior and Corporate leadership team. Lawrence provides vision and leadership for developing, implementing, and innovating best in class technology solutions to enable the goals of the City of Toronto. In addition, Lawrence’s responsibility and accountability entail fiscal stewardship and aligning strategic technology investments that advance principles of access, affordability, and resiliency with equity as a key factor for the public.

Over the span of his career, Lawrence has been involved in a wide range of technology industries, holding various senior leadership positions including, Global Director of Customer Success within the Internet of Things (IoT) sector, Vice President of Technical Architecture, and Director of Business Technology Solutions for an international business process outsourcing organization and Director of Information Services for one of Canada’s top 60 pension and benefits plans. A successful track record of leading large transformative business and technology initiatives, he excels at leading organizations technology transition in delivering services in an evolving global environment.