{"id":2861,"date":"2022-06-27T02:00:17","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T02:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/technologyhelps.org\/?page_id=2861"},"modified":"2023-02-13T22:54:59","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T22:54:59","slug":"charles-buchanan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/technologyhelps.org\/charles-buchanan\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Buchanan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 ><\/h2><div  class=\"wp-container-2 wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top\">\n<div  class=\"wp-container-1 wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top\"><\/div>\n<\/div><div  data-label=\"CharlesBuchanan\" data-id=\"about--1\" data-export-id=\"about-10\" data-category=\"about\" class=\"about-10 content-section content-section-spacing\" id=\"charlesbuchanan\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><div  class=\"gridContainer\"> <div  class=\"row middle-sm text-center\"><div  class=\"col-sm-5 space-bottom-xs content-column\" data-type=\"column\">  <h1  class=\"\">Charles Buchanan<\/h1><h2  class=\"\"><span  id=\"_mce_caret\" data-mce-bogus=\"1\" data-mce-type=\"format-caret\"><span  style=\"font-weight: 300;\">\ufeffPresident &amp; CEO<\/span><\/span><\/h2> <p  class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Charles Buchanan is the Founder and CEO of Technology Helps.\u202fAs an innovator and visionary, he has a distinguished history in corporate technology leadership (including Suncor Energy, Deloitte, Oracle, MNP, and Royal LePage), management consulting, and entrepreneurship. Charles has a has founded and worked with numerous technology companies in diverse areas such as online gaming, fintech, environmental protection, and more. He continues to be an authority in the tech space and has provided expert advice and implemented large-scale technology solutions for enterprise clients.\n<br ><br >\nCharles is a passionate contributor to the community and has served on various non-profit boards for the past 20 years, including his role as Board Chair at Centre for Newcomers. He currently serves on several boards: Calgary Black Chambers (co-founder); The Common Approach to Impact Measurement; Momentum (finance committee); Black Business and Professional Association. He also serves on the grant committee at Calgary Foundation and an entrepreneur mentor at Venture Mentors Service of Alberta (VMSA). Charles is a founder and advisory board member of UpRising Academy helping talented at-risk youth in Jamaica in STEM and sports.\n<br ><br >\nHe holds an MBA from the Smith School of Business at Queen\u2019s University and a B.Sc. (Hons) in electrical and computer engineering. When recharging, Charles can be found on the golf course or hiking in the beautiful mountains near his home in Calgary and spending meaningful time with his family.<\/p> <\/div> <div  class=\"col-sm-7 flexbox middle-xs center-xs space-bottom-xs\"><div  class=\"overlay-box middle-xs center-xs flexbox\"> <div  class=\"overlay-box-offset offset-border shadow-medium border-color1 hide-xs\"><\/div> <img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"shadow-large\" data-size=\"485x705\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/technologyhelps.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Charles-Buchanan-Headshot-1.jpg?w=3840\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/div> <\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles Buchanan\ufeffPresident &amp; CEO Charles Buchanan is the Founder and CEO of Technology Helps.\u202fAs an innovator and visionary, he has a distinguished history in corporate technology leadership (including Suncor Energy, Deloitte, Oracle, MNP, and Royal LePage), management consulting, and entrepreneurship. Charles has a has founded and worked with numerous technology companies in diverse areas such&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/technologyhelps.org\/charles-buchanan\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"pro\/page-templates\/full-width-page.php","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technologyhelps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2861"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technologyhelps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technologyhelps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technologyhelps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technologyhelps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2861"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/technologyhelps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3321,"href":"https:\/\/technologyhelps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2861\/revisions\/3321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technologyhelps.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}