Mike Sparling

CIO, MHS

Mike has enjoyed a career that has covered countries, platforms, companies, and minds. He has consistently created business value from research, data, analysis, and innovation. His 30 plus year career has prioritized areas of data science and artificial intelligence including industrial process control, predictive consumer behavior valuation, insurance knowledge management, machine learning in post-secondary education, and generative AI for neuroscience products. Mike spent over a decade in academia, as a professor, research leader, and Dean, and he was involved in the creation of 8 graduate and undergraduate degree programs, the launch of 2 applied-research centers, and the supervision of many artificial intelligence and big data related research projects and publications.

Mike is currently the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer for Multi-Health Systems Ltd., where he leads strategy, business operations, technology research, and solution delivery for global markets in Public Safety, Talent Management, Healthcare, & Education. Mike’s research interest is in the field of autonomous and semi-autonomous agents (AI subsystems) in business management systems, specifically focusing on “agent goal setting based on business priorities” and “ascertaining agent behaviour through post-event analysis."