The Lens

Three perspectives. One uncomfortable vantage point. Builder. Insider. Patient. Without selling anything except honesty.


The Builder

Internet pioneer recognized by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. Founding executive at two Canadian Internet Service Providers in the early 1990s. Knows what disruptive technology actually looks like, and what it doesn’t.

The iSTAR Internet Inc. homepage as it appeared in January 1997
iSTAR Internet Inc., January 1997

The Insider

Both sides of the table. A health IT vendor selling clinical systems, then a healthcare organization deploying them, including cNEO, Connecting Northern and Eastern Ontario. Understands why incumbents can’t fix what’s broken, even when they want to.

Mike Martineau at the B Sharp Technologies booth at a health IT trade show
B Sharp Technologies, November 2011

The Patient

Living with MDS (a blood cancer) and cardiac disease. Navigating the system from the inside. My perspective isn’t academic. The stakes are personal.

Mike Martineau standing in a hospital corridor wearing a patient wristband
After the second transplant