On the TechTO stage ×1
First seen on the TechTO stage in 2021. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Keith ↗
In their words
except for one every job offer every opportunity i've ever had has come through my network from a colleague someone from university from a friend
you can kind of chase the next exciting job or interesting job that might be interesting or maybe you're chasing pay but ultimately you've got to have work that resonates with you
i'll start from a basis of trust and belief that you can do what you're going to do the other piece is i'm quite transparent you know with me you kind of what you see is what you get
Quick answers
Where does Keith Ajmani work?
He is Senior Vice President and Chief Technology and Information Officer at Symcor, the Canadian payments and document-processing company, listed on Symcor's own leadership page (checked 2026-08-27). He joined in April 2025 from Interac, where he was VP of Platform Engineering and Transformation.
What was his route into payments?
An engineering undergrad at the University of Toronto, then technology startups, then larger companies and financial services — CGI, where Interac was his client, and about seven years across TD and RBC, where he was Interac's customer. He joined Interac to sit "in the centre of the ecosystem" (TechTO stage 2021-11-02).
What career advice did he give on the TechTO stage?
Two habits: deliberately build and maintain a network — every job he has had but one came through it — and stay with work that matches your values rather than chasing the next title or salary.
What did he say about engineering at Interac?
Thousands of transactions a second with no tolerance for downtime on e-transfer or the debit network, a 24/7 operation, running Java, Spring Boot and Angular in Docker and Kubernetes across on-prem and public cloud because some products cannot legally sit in public cloud (TechTO stage 2021-11-02).