Alethea’s AI tool was developed to help family physicians better diagnose and treat patient conditions.  Medicine is complex and family physicians are asked to do more with less which often means referring patients to a specialist, which have 6-48 month waitlists.

The proprietary AI software makes otherwise complicated diagnosis simple by cutting out the need to see a specialist for a diagnosis. To date, Alethea has done over 4,000 consults and have over 60,000 labeled images.

A challenge they discovered is that AI is not enough, physicians still need more support in order to provide treatment after a diagnosis is made.  To solve this, Alethea added eConsult to our platform so that family physicians can then collaborate with specialists.

Anonymized data that comes from the eConsults is then used to better build Ais.  The end goal for the platform is to develop Ais that will give diagnosis and treatment advice.

eConsults have specialist advice down to 24 hours vs 6-48 months but AIs can provide that advice in 2 seconds and are more accurate than family physicians. Alethea’s AI tool has been implemented by 150 family physicians who have signed up to the platform.

Tafi is a well-established market leader in 3D model creation. When Coca-Cola reached out to us to design their first ever NFT, a 3D loot box for International Friendship Day, and asked us to lead the technological front for getting their NFT on the blockchain and leading a cryptocurrency auction to raise money for the Special Olympics, we saw an opportunity to use our 3D knowledge to enter the quickly growing NFT market. We also saw a challenge in doing something completely new – and difficult – for our company and team.

This was no small task, and we didn’t want to do the minimum. We didn’t want to just enter the market as a usual player. We wanted to do something groundbreaking and make a splash.

We needed to overcome the challenge of creating and executing a blockchain project that would work properly, get attention, and bring in more clients for future Web3 projects at Tafi. We needed to build a team with the technical expertise to execute the project, as well as create something valuable to maximize the money raised for the Special Olympics.

Our Vancouver-based CPO, Ty Duperron, led the creative team and technical team in defining the challenges we faced to execute this project. The ultimate challenge we had to overcome: how do we leverage this project to transform Tafi into an industry-leader in blockchain, Web3, and NFT innovation?

Our technological solution was a massive success in establishing Tafi as a legitimate and valuable player in the Web3 and NFT space. Since the Coca-Cola auction project, we have brought over 6 major brands into Web3, increasing our revenue substantially.

Tafi has made a name for itself as an innovator in the NFTs. In partnership with Fortune 500 brands, we have created the first cross-chain NFT collection, the first sharable NFT, the first trait swap for NFT avatars, and so much more.

The Ministry of Transportation (MTO), Transportation Safety Division (TSD) is responsible for the collection and management of data for 10.6M Ontario drivers and 13.5M vehicles.

To do this, TDS relies heavily on a suite of technology solutions that reside in a complex multi-tiered IT environment including mainframe, a Mid Tier server environment, internet, and cloud. The Mid Tier server environment encompasses over 180 servers, 65 databases and 32 business software applications, including mission-critical solutions. The Mid Tier environment has many functions like providing online services and hosting for both internal and public facing solutions that support $1.98B in government revenue annually. It provides the main data exchange interfaces between MTO and other ministries, as well as 100 external organizations like police services, Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC), Canadian Border Security Agency and the government’s front-line service delivery organization, Service Ontario.

As a result, Mid Tier solutions support many critical road safety business processes like police inquiries, credit card/Interact payments and Service Ontario partnerships. The problem was that the Mid Tier’s infrastructure version was over seven years old, and two years behind the standard 5-year refresh cycle. Maintenance costs were increasing, security protocols were becoming outdated, and vendor support was limited. These challenges presented an unacceptable operational risk to the ministry and the programs supported by this aging technology, including system outages and security breaches.

After detailed analysis, the recommended option was to migrate the Mid Tier applications to a cloud service, resulting in a $20.70M cost avoidance over 10 years compared with the traditional on-premises server refresh. This option provided the most up-to-date technology at a lower cost while delivering the security to protect the ministry’s data and software assets. The approach avoided costly on-premises technology refreshes and ensures the ministry isn’t running programs on an outdated platform.

The Ministry of Transportation (MTO), Transportation Safety Division (TSD) is responsible for the collection and management of data for 10.6M Ontario drivers and 13.5M vehicles. To do this, TDS relies heavily on a suite of technology solutions that reside in a complex multi-tiered IT environment including mainframe, a Mid Tier server environment, internet, and cloud.

The Mid Tier server environment encompasses over 180 servers, 65 databases and 32 business software applications, including mission-critical solutions. The Mid Tier environment has many functions like providing online services and hosting for both internal and public facing solutions that support $1.98B in government revenue annually. It provides the main data exchange interfaces between MTO and other ministries, as well as 100 external organizations like police services, Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC), Canadian Border Security Agency and the government’s front-line service delivery organization, Service Ontario. As a result, Mid Tier solutions support many critical road safety business processes like police inquiries, credit card/Interact payments and Service Ontario partnerships. The problem was that the Mid Tier’s infrastructure version was over seven years old, and two years behind the standard 5-year refresh cycle. Maintenance costs were increasing, security protocols were becoming outdated, and vendor support was limited.

These challenges presented an unacceptable operational risk to the ministry and the programs supported by this aging technology, including system outages and security breaches. After detailed analysis, the recommended option was to migrate the Mid Tier applications to a cloud service, resulting in a $20.70M cost avoidance over 10 years compared with the traditional on-premises server refresh. This option provided the most up-to-date technology at a lower cost while delivering the security to protect the ministry’s data and software assets. The approach avoided costly on-premises technology refreshes and ensures the ministry isn’t running programs on an outdated platform.

Ryan is the CIO and VP of Data at the Canada Energy Regulator. Ryan is passionate about digital government, human-centered design, fatherhood, and reconciliation. He was a founding member of the Government of Canada’s Impact and Innovation Unit, where he served as the Chief Designer and Chief Data Scientist. During his career, he has worked on issues spanning immigration and settlement, disabilities in the workplace, mining, and health. Ryan studied biology, engineering, and design, and is working toward a PhD. He is also an Adjunct Professor at OCAD University and has taught design, public policy and engineering at Carleton and the University of Toronto.

Over the last two years, the Canada Energy Regulator (CER) has embarked on a strategic priority to drive data and digital innovation in the organization. Driving this innovation meant creating a culture and systems that re-imagine the effective delivery of its mandate, allow for improved public access, use and analysis of accurate data and energy information for meaningful participation and informed decision-making, and enhance opportunities for digital engagement. As VP and Chief Data and Information Officer, Ryan Hum was the main driver of this new policy direction for the CER, imagining new projects, to leading the full recruitment of experts in data science, data engineering, and data visualization expertise within the organization, as well as key strategic partnerships with Code for Canada, University of Calgary, and Simon Fraser, Data for Social Good Fellowship, as well as the Statistical Society of Canada. During this time, adoption and implementation of technologies for data science, citizen development, and agile and human-centred design have accelerated, leading to a) innovative products; b) more relevant products for citizens; and c) fast tracked product delivery.

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