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Horace Matthews

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Board Director at Xamayca Foundation
📍 Greater Toronto Area, Canada

Horace Matthews is a technology executive with over 30 years of experience, currently serving as Deputy CTO for the City of Toronto. He specializes in digital transformation and agile strategy execution, leveraging his MIT Sloan education. Colleagues describe him as a brilliant, humble, compassionate, and visionary leader.

Born in Jamaica, Horace is deeply guided by his Christian faith, viewing his career as a mission to create positive impact. He is a passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion and serves as a Board Director for the Xamayca Foundation, focusing on community empowerment through healthcare and education.

Unique Fact: His career path was shaped by his fathers advice to distinguish between "employment" (a job) and "deployment" (ones lifes work).

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
Board Director
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Greater Toronto Area, Canada
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Digital Transformation
Passionate about leveraging technology and data to maximize business outcomes and enhance the digital experience for the public in his role with the City of Toronto.
Faith-Driven Leadership
Views his work as a mission driven by his Christian faith, aiming to use technology to positively impact disadvantaged communities and vulnerable people.
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Career

Work history

7-2025
Board Director
Xamayca Foundation
5-2024
Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Enterprise Strategy & Project Delivery
City of Toronto
7-2021 - 5-2024
Vice President & Chief of Staff
World Vision Canada
10-2019 - 7-2021
CIO/Vice President, Digital and Information Technology
World Vision Canada
6-2019 - 9-2019
Deputy Chief Information Officer (Acting), Architecture and Portfolio Delivery
City of Toronto
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Education
2021 - 2021
Executive Program
MIT Sloan Executive Education
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)
University of Technology
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