Iain Shannon
CTO for BT Health & Communities, BT Business
More than thirty years in the digital and technology sector and has worked across most industry verticals, with over twenty years delivering National Programmes in partnership with the NHS. Demonstrable understanding of the NHS landscape including problems and opportunities, key technical challenges, standards and common products to be adhered to. Fulfils the role of Trusted Advisor to organisations in the end to end transformation engagement with the objective of helping organisations achieve their strategic outcomes, and co-creating plans for a resilient and successful future for NHS organisations, capable of delivering and supporting digital and data services. Engagements include leveraging the latest technologies and applying them to the NHS to improve clinical and patient outcomes. CxO advisor for, strategic thought leadership for creating, proving & articulating ideas to gain Executive level buy in, operating model & commercial model transformation - working with organisations to deliver maximum value for money, digital & Data Strategy adoption & implementation, diagnostic Imaging Solutions, Tooling & AI capability, smart Connected Places (Hospitals / Campus), including IoT operating models, NHS Digital Maturity inc. Cyber Security initiatives, intelligent Automation: Conversational AI / Virtual Assistants / Digital Workers & Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Agentic AI I am also an Innovation judge for the Alzheimer’s Society, that allocates funding to help organisations bring their products and services to market, for the betterment of patients and carers living with Dementia & Alzheimer's. This is borne out my own lived experience of being a secondary carer for my Mother who has advanced Alzheimer's.