Wendy Gnenz, CPA, CA, CMC

Wendy is a member of MNP’s Digital Services team in Edmonton. Wendy is a proven innovative strategist and visionary transformation leader with more than 25 years of experience in setting innovative, practical direction for organizations in the areas of technology strategic planning, data governance, analytics, and artificial intelligence. She drives digital transformation through developing, motivating, and leading teams.

Wendy is a growth change catalyst who infuses productive energy to strategically drive transformation and deliver measurable results. With her unique combination of financial and technology expertise, Wendy provides practical business advice to improve and transform the way organizations do business – especially in the municipal sector.

Wendy is the Canadian leader for MNP Digital’s Municipal Community of Practice, which focuses on sharing lessons learned, expertise, and emerging trends from MNP’s municipal work across the country. With her leadership, members of this group work collaboratively to gather emerging trends, share lessons learned and identify unique use cases for digital technologies.

Prior to joining MNP, Wendy worked at the City of Edmonton where, as chief information officer, she spearheaded the organization’s digital transformation, including the development of the city’s first-ever business technology strategy, digital action plan, Smart City strategy, and open data strategy.

Wendy earned a Bachelor of Commerce (BComm) with Distinction from the University of Alberta. She is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), qualifying with Honours as a Chartered Accountant (CA), is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC), and holds an Institute of Corporate Directors of Canada (ICD.D) designation.

Wendy is a board member of Alberta Ballet and past vice-chair of ABC Head Start Society.