Brendan Seaton is one of Canada’s leading experts and innovators in the management of eHealth risks, including privacy, security, safety, project and business risk. He has more than 30 years experience in health service administration, information system project management and information privacy and security in both the public and private sectors. He has been a leader in the development of health IT standards, particularly in the areas of security and privacy. He has held senior management and executive level positions in Veterans Affairs Canada, Ontario Blue Cross, and the Ontario Smart Systems for Health Agency. Brendan ran his own company, CareLink Incorporated, a consulting and educational services company specializing in outsourcing, privacy and security, for more than 14 years.

Brendan is currently President of ITAC Health, the health care division of the Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC), and is an instructor at the National Institutes for Health Informatics teaching workshops on eHealth privacy, security and risk management. Brendan also runs his own private consultancy specializing in eHealth privacy, security, safety and information governance.

Brendan has been designated as a Privacy by Design Ambassador by Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner, Dr. Ann Cavoukian.

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