Blair has 30+ years of IT cybersecurity sales, channel, marketing, and business development experience starting as Symantec’s 1st Canadian employee. Blair continuously expanded his cybersecurity and cryptographic expertise with several start-ups including Chrysalis-ITS (Thales), InfoSec Global, Crypto4A and since September 2019, he has been back with his data protection colleagues within Thales’ Global Technology Alliances team, including the Quantum cryptography portfolio. He is an avid presenter, start-up consultant, and IT industry contributor. Blair holds a BA Hons from the University of Waterloo, and Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario, Canada.
Blair Canavan
Global Alliances Director, Thales
