Synopsis

In this talk, the speaker will share his views on what a career in IT means in today's context. The audience should get a fair idea of what it means to be an IT professional today and also hear some thoughts on the speaker's personal experiences.

About the Speaker

Dr Colin Quek, a medical doctor by training, has been working in the healthcare IT industry for more than 12 years. He is presently the Chief Information Officer at Raffles Medical Group, a Singapore-based private healthcare delivery network.

He was previously the Chief Information Officer for the National Healthcare Group, a public integrated healthcare delivery network in Singapore. He has also spent time working as the Programme Director for Information Services and the Senior Executive Programme at the Institute of Systems Science (ISS), National University of Singapore.

His early work centred around the development and implementation of electronic medical record systems before embarking on his IT management career as the CIO of the Tan Tock Seng Hospital and then as CIO of NHG, during which he took NHG through an IT consolidation exercise involving the consolidation of IT resources, infrastructure rebuilding, service outsourcing and application consolidation. His University stint involved teaching and consulting in the area of Business Process Re-engineering and other IT management topics. He was involved in the development of the Senior Executive Programme in ISS. He also ran the IT department in ISS.

In his present role, he oversees IT services delivered across Raffles Medical Group and is also a member of the senior management team.