Results of the techUK Interoperability in Health and Social Care Working Group elections
The Working Group is a member-led group acting as a central platform bringing industry together to help us achieve the vision set out in NHS England’s 2022 draft standards and interoperability strategy. It will also provide strategic direction for all Health and Social Care programme activities related to interoperability.
The newly-elected group will meet every two months and focus on continuing to build on the work done by the Interoperability group thus far, including the relaunch of our Interoperability Charter, and also explore new and emerging opportunities
We are therefore pleased to introduce you to our new Interoperability in Health and Social Care Working Group – 2023 – 2025 – members:
New Found Consulting Services - David Hancock - Chair
Cisco - Declan Hadley - Vice-Chair
EY - Sarah Marsh - Vice-Chair
Altera Digital Health - Richard Strong
AWS - Daniel Temple
Big Health - Heather Cook
CGI - Lisa White
Clinical Architecture - Andrew Frangleton
CloudKubed - Martin Sharkey,
Ctrl O - John Hayden
Dedalus - Dougal Fleming
EMIS - Neil Campbell
Faculty AI - Zillah Anderson
Fortinet - Ben Rankin
Helicon Health - Kelly Gaddes
IBM - Danny Williams,
IQVIA - Kalpana Gunasekaran
Informed Solutions - Matthew Rix
Integrated Care 24 & CLEO Systems 24 Limited - David Brown
InterSystems - Jon Payne
Kainos - Richard Kavanagh
KATLAS Technology Ltd - Edward Cole
LiquidLogic - Chris Sweeney
Mayden - Fiona Dawson
Medicus Health - Emile Axelrad
Mercator Digital - Jason Kay
Microsoft - Scott O'Neill
NetApp - Leigh Carpenter
Nutanix - Liam Birch
ServiceNow - Tom Martin
Splunk - Chris Sargent
The Access Group - Jardine Barrington
Virginmedia02 - Mark Burton
WASP Software Limited - James Brock
Zoom – Ashley Thornley-Davies
2iC-Care - Richard Keyse
6B-digital - Pad Burns
Rachel Kennedy
Robert Walker
Tracy Modha
Viola Pastorino
Rachel Kennedy
Rachel joined techUK in December 2024, as a Programme Manager in the Health and Social Care team.
Prior to this, Rachel worked at a specialist health and social care public affairs agency, working with a range of organisations and trade bodies across the medical technology, pharmaceutical, digital health and social care sectors. As well as this, Rachel was part of the Secretariat for a number of health and care related All-Party Parliamentary Groups.
Rachel has a Masters in Global Governance and Diplomacy from the University of Leeds, as well as a first-class honours in Politics BA from Newcastle University.
Robert Walker
Robert joined techUK in October 2022, where he is now Programme Manager for Health and Social Care.
Robert previously worked at the Pension Protection Fund, within the policy and public affairs team. Prior to this, he worked at the Scottish Parliament, advising politicians and industry stakeholders on a wide range of issues, including rural crime and health policies.
Robert has a degree in Politics and International Relations (MA Hons) from the University of Aberdeen, with a particular focus on strategic studies and energy security. Outside of work he enjoys activities such as running, rugby, boxing and cooking!
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Tracy Modha
Tracy supports the marketing of several areas at techUK, including Cyber Exchange, Central Government, Cyber Resilience, Defence, Education, Health and Social Care, Justice and Emergency Services, Local Public Services, Nations and Regions and National Security.
Tracy joined techUK in March 2022, having worked in the education sector for 19 years, covering administration, research project support, IT support and event/training support. My most outstanding achievement has been running three very successful international conferences and over 300 training courses booked all over the globe!
Tracy has a great interest in tech. Gaming and computing have been a big part of her life, and now electric cars are an exciting look at the future. She has warmed to Alexa, even though it can sometimes be sassy!
- Email:
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- Phone:
- 02073312000
- Website:
- www.techuk.org
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracymodha83
Viola Pastorino
Viola Pastorino is a policy, governance, and strategic communication specialist.
She joined techUK as the Junior Programme Manager in the Health and Care Team in April 2024.
She has obtained a Bachelor of Sciences in Governance, Economics, and Development from Leiden University, and a Master's programme in Strategic Communications at King's College London. Her academic background, leading up to a dissertation on AI policy influence and hands-on campaign development, is complemented by practical experience in international PR and grassroots project management.
She is skilled in qualitative and quantitative analysis and comfortable communicating findings to varying stakeholders. Above all, she is deeply passionate about the intersection of technology and government, especially how technology and global discourse shape one another, the processes that lead to belief polarisation and radicalisation of communities, and crafting strategic narratives that steer public discourse.
Outside of work she loves reading, live music light operation, and diving.