Our Team

I’m an everyday alchemist who loves the experience of great mixtures and what may come of them. I geek out on MCU / Archetypes/ Herbal Medicines and I love writing and musing over coffee. The Content and Digital Marketing team gets to coordinate and create content that drives the shift to open, collaborative health IT for all and share it with the world. That's just magic!

I have over 8 years of experience in sales and customer service. I'm the quintessential foodie and love dancing! Strong believer in Karma.

BvO is passionate about taking care of customers and making sure that they get what they need to be successful. When he's not meeting customers, he enjoys laughing at his own dad-jokes, building things, reading historical fiction, singing old songs, and sampling good scotches.

 

Originally from Stratford Ontario, I love all things Sports, E-Sports, and Animals.

Diederik is a software developer with [current_year - 2011] years experience in the healthcare and finance sectors. It's important to Diederik that his work be challenging, interesting, and impactful. He enjoys short-haired cats, taco-shaped pillows, and 1..*-player board games. He can type 379 CPM (76 WPM) with 100% accuracy; putting him in the 91st percentile. Diederik loves his mum.

Donna is a dedicated and innovative marketing professional with strong campaign development and execution background. Her 20 years of marketing and sales experience in a variety of B2B industries, has provided her with the ability to consistently lead and deliver effective multi-channeled marketing campaigns. In her spare time, you’ll find her travelling and enjoying fine wines.

Gary is a backend engineer specializing in Java and Python. He has an MSc in Computer Science from the University of Toronto and a wicked Linux setup.

I graduated from Marketing and Advertising Communications at Humber College, after joining Smile through the fun environment of my team I am continuously learning new skills to help further my knowledge of all things marketing! If I'm not working you can find me enjoying nature, doing yoga, and painting all the pretty things the world offers.

 

 

 

I am a proposal professional with 20 years experience in healthcare bids. 

IT Service Desk Specialist with over 3 years of experience assisting employees with various hardware and software related issues. I love to cook and learn new recipes. Gym is the best therapy that I need.

Hernan is an IT/Sales professional with over 20 years of experience in consulting, including government, law, and manufacturing. He thrives in challenging environments that require innovation and creative problem solving. Hernan's strong leadership, and analytical and problem solving skills deliver desired results for his clients. In his spare time, Hernan likes to play soccer in Toronto and cheer for his favourite team. Go Barcelona!

Hossein is a PMI, and ITIL certified project manager with more than 15 years of work experience in insurance, healthcare and digital services. He has a master's degree in health sciences specializing in microbiology and medical laboratory science.
Hossein understands every customer is unique, and listening to the voice of the customer is an integral piece of the organizational success and achievement puzzle.

Hossein enjoys listening to music and reading about medicine and politics in his leisure time.

 

Aside from working with clinicians to create compelling and cost-saving clinical decision support, I also enjoy both board and video gaming, snowboarding, and wrangling five kids.

Maxwell is a developer who has been coding applications for over 12 years.  In his off hours, Max enjoys both board games and video games and has a board game collection of over 80 games.

 

I've spent the last  25 years supporting organizations within a variety of corporate cultures and industries and leading workforces through rapid growth and corporate-wide transformations. Renowned as a proven leader with the ability to think strategically, while having the depth and expertise to contribute efficiently at an operational level. Committed to adding value, elevating workplace culture, engaging employees, and achieving corporate business objectives.

A nature lover with 13 years of hands-on IT experience, supporting a diverse set of Systems Infrastructure technologies and administration requirements.

A cloud architect with 6x certifications in Azure / AWS and equivalent engineering experience in multiple OS’s, VM and storage systems: RedHat/CentOS (Linux), Windows Servers and virtualisation. (HPC, VMWare/Hyper-V). 

A Database Administrator with 8+ years experience in database architecture and administration. Over the years, I have worked on different versions of MS SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL and MySQL. An expert in Installation, Maintenance, Security, Backup & Recovery, Replication, Mirroring, Clustering, Transaction Log shipping and Always-On Availability Groups.

Mark has been developing software on and off for close to 15 years in various fields, including mobile gaming, finance, education, and healthcare. Passionate about open source and building things that improve people's lives, he firmly believes that software plays a central role in empowering both patients and caregivers. Outside of work, Mark is an amateur cheesemaker, woodworker, cat wrangler, and beard enthusiast.

 

Clinically Experienced and driven IT Healthcare Project Manager, Senior System, Clinical & Business Analyst Professional with expertise in prioritizing and facilitating with Site and Project Teams.

 

An accountant by the day, Walmart Gordon Ramsay by the night!

Natalia is a project manager with a BComm in Global Management from Ryerson University. She has experience leading software development projects in the healthcare industry, including the integration of a provincial health registry system. At Smile CDR, Natalia is responsible for planning, executing and evaluating multiple projects and driving them through their entire life cycle. Natalia thrives in a team environment and is enthusiastic about creating a positive workplace culture. Passionate about women empowerment, Natalia is the former President of Ryerson’s largest women empowerment network: Ryerson Women in Leadership (RWIL). In her spare time, Natalia trains the art of Ninjutsu and laughs a lot.

Scientist turned computer nerd with a love for fiber arts and tiny animals.

Nishant is a PMP certified Project Manager with 12+ years of experience in IT Healthcare domain. He has a Computer Science Engineering background and also has bagged EHR/HIS & HL7v2 certification(s), he praises the value of how important technology is in our world.
As an experienced SPM, Nishant has the knowledge and capability to plan, implement and monitor projects from start to finish. He values efficient communication, organization, and creativity as he believes these are integral components of a successful project management role in driving the projects to success.
Nishant enjoys playing PC games, watching documentaries, podcasts, and reading about anything in his spare time.
Pro-Tip: Implement Iron Triangle in projects! Foster dogs in need of family!

With over 15 years of experience, Reza is an eHealth professional by academic training focused on the design and implementation of data migration and software interoperability solutions in the context of US Medicare and Medicaid Services and Canada's healthcare system and services. At Smile Digital Health, Reza works as Digital Health Standards Developer with HL7-published standards and specifications for digital health information exchange, electronic health quality measures, and clinical decision support such as HL7 FHIR, HL7 V2.x, HL7 CDA, HL7 CQL, and HL7 CDS Hooks, etc. Along with providing standards support, Reza utilizes Smile CDR data fabric and integration platform as required for data (in/out) to provide standard data in digital health solutions and advance interoperability.

Shuchita is an accomplished healthcare professional having 5+ years of experience working in Healthcare industry. Dentist by profession and ventured into vast and dynamic field of Healthcare IT. Worked as Health Information Specialist for life, disability and critical care insurance companies.

 

An experienced software developer from Alberta who enjoys motorcycle rides through the Rocky Mountains.

 

Tracy is an experienced Human Resources professional with expertise in Compensation and Benefits. With over 10 years of experience in multiple industries, Tracy brings her results driven knowledge to Smile, on all things Total Rewards. She is a strong advocate of Women in the Workplace. In her spare time she enjoys planning and going on vacations with her family, trying new foods, and listening to money/economy podcasts.

Victoria is a strategic B2B Marketing guru with extensive experience in Marketing. As a communications and brand guardian, Victoria ensures consistent messaging and brand integrity across all company marketing initiatives and communications.