Mr. Giokas is Chief Technology Officer for Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) and heads up the Emerging Technology Group. Mr. Giokas is responsible for four corporate priorities: the definition of health information and communications technology solutions, advice on innovative and disruptive health information technology, international advisory services, and the secondary use of data agenda. Mr. Giokas oversees the architecture aspects of Infoway’s new digital health investment areas as well as the tracking, evaluation, and promotion of enabling technology and interoperability innovations.

Mr. Giokas has more than three decades of experience in the information management and technology field, having held positions at Sapient Corporation, notably as Vice-President and Managing Director of its Canadian subsidiary. He has held senior positions with Digital Equipment Corporation, including those of Consulting Engineer and Group Technical Director. And he has consulted on information technology strategy in a number of industries including health care, financial services, insurance and energy services.

Mr. Giokas has served as a board director of COACH, Canada’s health informatics association, and HL7 International Inc. He is the chair of the IHTSDO General Assembly. He holds two patents for software innovations and has one industrial design patent. He has a Master of Science in Computer Science degree from Boston University.