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Daniel Assouline, at the workplace, belies his affable nature by his grit and determination to get work done. He is a true leader and an Information Technology professional rolled into one. <br>
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Daniel Assouline is determined to protect his customers’ privacy. • His mission is to make confidentiality the most important element of his business. • Assouline is presently CEO at Lavasoft, a company known for its award winning free security and privacy software. • With more than 450 million downloads, Lavasoft’s flagship product Ad-Aware has protected billions of threats including malware, spyware and viruses.
Daniel Assouline in private life is a person is like any other. • Born in Montreal, Canada, he loves his country immensely. • He has lived in various countries such as Zaire (now Congo), Guadeloupe, France, Mexico, and USA. • For him each country offered unique experiences. But in essence he is a European in mind and North American at heart. • Daniel Assouline, at the workplace, belies his affable nature by his grit and determination to get work done.
• He is a true leader and an Information Technology professional rolled into one. • Whichever project Daniel Assouline undertook, the elemental focus was on one premise. o His team must bring in passion and enthusiasm on whatever they do. o They must not hesitate to ask questions when in doubt. o His leadership style is consummate. o Assouline always believed in walking the talk.
o He uncompromisingly prods his team to achieve perfection, and in doing so he wants them to devise the best solutions for customers. For Daniel Assouline, Upclick was an immense source of satisfaction. • The venture was the finale of uphill struggle, commitment and fruition of innovative ideas. • Upclick, a payment processing platform is now a runaway success among digital merchants.
• It exemplifies Daniel Assouline’s Information Technology expertise and outstanding leadership qualities. Assouline is now busy working at a different frontier. • Spyware and Adware are multiplying exponentially, grievously compromising on the security of company information. • Privacy, confidentiality, and integrity are serious risks. • “It is not a straightforward procedure to remove risks”, says Assouline.
• “Spyware progressed as uncomplicated cookies but in course of time developed into mature user-tracking systems defying even the best IT experts’ efforts to remove them. • Spyware and adware even though identical, perform dissimilar functions. Spyware scans through computer systems, check’s users’ internet activity and habits, and spreads information to other computers in the cyberspace.
• Adware on the other hand does a more focused role. It supervises web browsing manners and transmits that information to other entities for use as publicity and other promotional purposes. Daniel Assouline has emerged as a leader of the present exceptional times. • Today we are in an era where digital innovations like cloud computing and Big Data are dramatically reshaping our lives.
• In this context, the role of the Chief Information Officer has assumed enormous significance. • For CIOs to succeed in this environment, the existing concepts of leadership have become anecdotal. • Daniel Assoulinebelieves in driving results and bringing about transformation through people. • According to him, this is vital in the IT segment to ensure operational excellence.
• Moreover, Assouline believes that there is a strong link between good leadership and overall leadership effectiveness. • If leadership has to be effective, there must be organizational commitment to it. Today, there is a driving need to fill in gaps in leadership. And luckily for Canada, Daniel Assouline is in the frontline to accelerate development of Information Technology related verticals.
