Passionate Collaborators.
Trusted Leaders.
We thrive on delivering practical results.
Meet the Team
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Sharon Bauer
FOUNDER AND CEO
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Ross Saunders
PRIVSEC DIRECTOR
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Lauren Preston
PRIVACY SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT
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Albina Magomedova
PRIVACY ANALYST
What’s in a name?
We chose the name "Bamboo" for our company because of the qualities inherent to the bamboo plant.
Bamboo plants are incredibly strong and versatile in their use. At the same time, they hold the world record as the planet’s fastest-growing plant. They are sturdy, but they also remain flexible and agile. They grow tall vertically while also spreading their roots to impact the space around them.
We strongly believe in these qualities of strength, flexibility, and sustainable growth. We want to help our clients enhance those traits within their companies.
Pivot mistakes into learnings
Mistakes happen. We are human after all. We turn hiccups into meaningful experiences for growth. We pivot failures into opportunities by understanding what went wrong so we can start again even better.
Stay curious
Our insatiable hunger for knowledge empowers us to be perpetual learners and seek knowledge. By staying endlessly curious, we unlock innovative solutions, question the status quo to enrich our expertise and deliver excellence for our clients.
Have fun
Having fun at work is our secret sauce for staying creative and interesting. We infuse our work with laughter and a playful spirit so we can collaborate, innovate, and propel toward triumphs.
Our values
Always be humble
True humility begins with acknowledging that no one knows everything. There is always more to learn, discover, and improve on. We are open to the infinite quest for endless improvement.
Be boldly you
We are unapologetically authentic. Creating a vibrant tapestry of diverse perspectives, ideas, and talents drives our success.
Integrity goes without saying…
Our philosophy.
We are not your typical consultants – but you’re not a typical client.
In other words, we don’t believe in a one-size-fits-all method, especially not in this business.
We do more than just
solve problems.
We teach you sustainable solutions. That way you won’t have to depend on us at every turn. We’ll help you understand the root of your privacy problems and how to better solve them. We will work together to operationalize Privacy by Design by embedding privacy, security, and trustworthiness into each of your processes, products, and services.
We build long-lasting relationships with our clients.
We collaborate with our clients to build privacy, security and trust into their goals, values, and strategies. We’ll teach you practices that can seamlessly become a part of your company culture. That way, your data (and that of your customers) will be protected far into the future.
We listen to you.
We find out what your company’s goals, values, strengths and weaknesses are. Then, we draw on our experience and skills to design unique, creative and strategic solutions. The end goal? A clear future direction and transformative growth for your company.
Board of Directors
Being experts in privacy and security also means that we clearly see that there are many opinions, perspectives and experiences in this ever-evolving landscape. We do not want to miss any blindspots, which is why we have a prestigious Board of Advisors.
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“The Health Expert”
Jean L. Eaton, BA Admin (Healthcare), CHIM, CC is the Practical Privacy Coach and Practice Management Mentor of Information Managers Ltd. She is an experienced leader in health information. She has worked with multi-disciplinary healthcare service professionals in primary, acute, and tertiary care facilities across Canada.
Jean has successfully assisted primary care physicians, chiropractic, dentists, pharmacists, primary care networks, and other health care providers to develop privacy impact assessments (PIA), office policies and procedures, and training regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of health information.
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“The Data Governance Expert”
Jeff Jockisch is a data governance expert, data privacy researcher and the CEO of PrivacyPlan. He does original research, consults on privacy strategy and data governance, advises privtech startups, and hosts a live weekly show called Your Bytes Your Rights.
Jeff is unique in his work creating and managing data sets about data privacy. His independent research focuses on privacy-enhancing tech, privacy regulations, AI, and more, all in an effort to gain insight into the privacy landscape. His understanding of data, data science, and data governance is academic and operational, deriving from experience designing knowledge graphs, working with big data, creating taxonomies and classifiers, managing data quality, and building content management systems.
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“The U.S. Privacy Expert”
Debbie Reynolds, “The Data Diva,” is a world-renowned technologist, thought leader, and advisor working at the intersection of Data Privacy, Technology, and Law.
Ms. Reynolds is an internationally published author, highly sought speaker, and top media presence about global Data Privacy, Data Protection, and Emerging Technology issues. Ms. Reynolds hosts the number one award-winning “The Data Diva” Talks Privacy Podcast. She has been named one of the Global Top Ten Privacy Experts by Martechvibe and, she has been named one of the Global Top 30 CyberRisk Communicators by The European Risk Policy Institute in 2021.
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“The GDPR Expert”
Tash Whitaker started her career managing master data, implementing governance and protecting data privacy in the days when Mark Zuckerberg was still writing BASIC on his Atari and GDPR was not yet a four letter word. With over 20 years of experience with Dun & Bradstreet, Cisco and Moorcrofts LLP, Tash now uses her knowledge and experience to guide organizations through their data privacy journey, offering consultancy, advice, and training, as well as data privacy as a service.
With a sound educational background (BA (Hons) CIPP/E, CIPM and a DPO certification from Maastricht University, Faculty of Law), Tash shares her thought leadership by speaking at conferences, industry forums and learns from her extensive LinkedIn network of like-minded professionals.