Michael Li is a Founding Partner of 8-Bit Spark – an Innovation Catalyst that helps companies improve. He was also formerly Senior Director, Data & Analytics at Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) where he led teams at VCH responsible for providing analytics across the entire region to support strategy, operations and ultimately better care.
Throughout his career, Michael has worked in every clinical area within healthcare from public health to surgery. His journey has led to work across BC, Alberta, and Ontario both in public sector and consulting roles. In addition to information technology, analytics, strategy and healthcare reform, he is particularly interested in building culture and teams. As a result, he volunteers with several universities and in 2013 won an Arbor Award from the University of Toronto for his volunteer contributions. He currently sits as Adjunct Faculty, University of Toronto (Informatics) and Member, External Advisory Committee, Capilano University School of Business. Michael was also the Founding Chair of the Vancouver Analytics Board, a local industry organization dedicated to “making Vancouver a premier destination where analytics professionals thrive.”
Michael holds a BSc in Health Information Science from the University of Victoria and an MHSc in Health Administration from the University of Toronto.