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 Neil T. Parkin, Ph.D., is a scientific consultant with extensive experience in viral drug resistance and laboratory diagnostics, especially for HIV-1 and hepatitis C virus. In November 2009, he founded Data First Consulting, Inc., based in Sebastopol, CA. Data First Consulting provides scientific consulting services to clients in industry and public health organizations, including technical writing (publications, grants and technical reports), sequence analysis, drug resistance data analysis and interpretation, laboratory quality assurance guidance, project management, meeting organization, and strategic advice.

 From July 2008 to October 2009, Dr. Parkin worked at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, in the HIV/AIDS department as part of the HIV Drug Resistance team assisting laboratories around the world to perform high quality resistance testing for public health monitoring purposes. Dr. Parkin received his B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in biochemistry from McGill University in Montréal, Canada. He completed his postdoctoral training in the laboratory of Dr. Harold Varmus at the University of California, San Francisco.

“You can be curious about lots of things outside your work life and depending on where you are in your career, how much time you devote to that, may be more limited…”-  Neil T. Parkin

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In this episode, we sit down with Scott Sloan to discuss Healthcare Accessibility, career advice, and lots more. 

Scott Sloan Chief Technical Officer, Kyndryl
Scott Sloan is a Healthcare Architect and Paramedic. With extensive experience across healthcare providers, payers, and life sciences, Scott has centered his efforts on co-creating, with his clients, innovative solutions to business problems through the use of leading-edge technology. In his more than 30 years with IBM, Scott held a breath of leadership roles, including the Global Healthcare Industry Technical Leader.

Scott’s roots in object and architectural modeling grew to a breadth of industry modeling and client implementation experiences, including IBM’s Insurance Application Architecture (IAA), Component Business Modelling (CMB), and the Healthcare Payer Data Model (HPDM), including speaking at a number of international conferences. At Kyndryl, Scott is a Chief Technical Officer for industry accounts and continues business model development in his participation through Kyndryl in the Open Group’s Healthcare Forum. 

 Scott is certified as a Distinguished Architect by the Open Group, serves on the board of our Kentucky Bluegrass HIMSS chapter as Director of Marketing and Communication, and holds a master's degree in Computer Science and an MBA in Marketing.

"The Healthcare Forum was put together around 15 years ago, to be able to focus our capabilities in The Open Group, around the governance of standards related to healthcare..."

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In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Jason Lee to discuss all things to do Healthcare, including Digital Health and the challenges surrounding it. 

Dr Jason Lee - Director, Healthcare Forum at The Open Group, which helps hospitals/healthcare organizations operate more efficiently and effectively to improve patient care. Focused on the use of Enterprise Architecture, AI, and Design Thinking, to address digital transformation and information flow. A Healthcare professional with deep experience in research and policy. Named by the "Almanac of the Unelected" as health policy counsel responsible for the Medicare program. Recipient and funder of numerous Federal grants. Respected researcher, writer, group facilitator, collaborator, and speaker.

"Today, we're working specifically on the development of a reference architecture for the hospital setting..."

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In this episode, we sit down with Paul Homan to discuss Diversity/Access to Technology, career advice and lots more. 

Paul Homan CTO for Industrial Sector, IBM Services UK & Ireland
Paul is an IBM Distinguished Engineer and Chief Technology Officer for Industrial sector clients in IBM Global Services, responsible for Technology Strategy & Industry Architectures for Automotive, Aerospace & Defence, Oil & Gas, Electronics, Industrial Products and Construction industries.

 "What I find really exciting and interesting is, working with organizations that are genuinely trying to tackle new/difficult problems..."

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In this episode, we sit down with Debbie Harrop (HR Director, The Open Group) to discuss all things HR, graduate advice and much more!

Debbie has over 30 years of responsible and progressive experience in Human Resource Management. She has worked with the company at building a corporate culture that attracts and retains staff worldwide.  She enjoys the challenges that come with working with globally dispersed employees. Her comprehensive background in HR management, recruitment, retention, compensation and training has resulted in strong and trusting relationships with our staff. Debbie lives in South Oxfordshire, UK with her husband and crazy spaniel.  In her spare time she enjoys spending quality time with her family, singing in a community choir and is known to bake the odd cake for the UK office.  

"Growth and career growth is important to us all, as it keeps us motivated."

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In this episode, we sit down with James Scott (Chief Financial Officer, The Open Group) to discuss his journey with The Open Group, career advice and lots more. 

James Scott is Chief Financial Officer of The Open Group and a member of the Executive Management team. James is also Corporate Secretary of The Open Group Governing Board. James began his career working for Ernst & Young in London. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and has an honours degree (BCom) in Commerce with French from the University of Birmingham.

 "Always be prepared to listen to people and to learn from them."

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In this episode, Dr. Chris Harding (Lacibus Ltd.) discusses Virtual Data Lakes, Information Technology, and his career so far (including his work at The Open Group), which lead him to form his own business.

Dr. Chris Harding is the founder and principal of Lacibus Ltd. He formed the company to provide services based on virtual data lakes and data-centered architecture. Chris developed the ideas that led to the formation of the company while working as Director of the Open Platform 3.0 Forum of The Open Group.

"Information Technology (IT) is so much a part of our lives these days, it’s important that everybody should be able to use it and that means accessibility."

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