Ian Wilms is currently Public Safety Executive with IBM Canada based in Calgary, Alberta. He has been with IBM for twelve years. Prior to joining IBM, Mr. Wilms worked in Ottawa as a Special Assistant to the Minister of External Affairs, Barbara McDougall, where he handled the Security and Intelligence portfolio. Mr Wilms was also a Lieutenant in the Canadian Naval Reserve with ten years of Service. In 2003 he was asked by the Mayor of Calgary to Chair the International Trade and Technology Summit in Calgary - an annual summit between Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Also in that year he was appointed to the Calgary Police Commission as a Police Commissioner, and he is now Chairman of the Commission. In 2006 he was elected President of the Canadian Association of Police Boards, the governing body for Municipal policing in Canada. In 2005 he was voted one of Calgary's top 40 under 40 business people and in 2006 awarded the Junior Achievers Leadership award for his work on raising Cyber Crime awareness. Mr. Wilms is a Director of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce and has a degree in Political Science from McMaster University.