Mike Melo Email Address

Vice President Technology Shared Services and Chief Information Security Officer

LifeLabs has operated in Canada for nearly 50 years. It is a leading provider of laboratory testing and management services, contributing to the treatment and prevention of disease by enabling healthcare providers to operate more efficiently and effectively. Following the acquisition of BC Biomedical on April 2, 2013 and CML Healthcare on October 1st, 2013, LifeLabs nearly doubled in size, now providing more than 100 million diagnostic tests for approximately 19 million patients visits annually. Information from these tests plays a vital role in predicting, diagnosing, treating and monitoring disease. LifeLabs operates the largest community medical laboratory network in Canada, together with our hospital and healthcare partners. LifeLabs also partners with healthcare providers to transform and manage laboratory organizations to better meet the complex healthcare challenges of today and tomorrow.

Mike Melo is an award-winning experienced cybersecurity leader and technology advisor who is the current Vice President Technology Infrastructure and CISO of LifeLabs Medical Laboratory Services. Melo is well respected for his security thought leadership, risk analysis/management abilities, technical knowledge, problem-solving skills, and sound decision-making capabilities. Melo enjoys mentoring CISOs, CIOs, and senior executives to further develop the alignment of security programs and business outcomes. Melo is part of the Toronto Evanta CISO governing body and contributes in a leadership capacity at quarterly gatherings including; talking panels and individual presentations. Melo presents talks and participates at other various security industry meetups and conferences such as C3X, Sheridan College Information Security forum, TASK, Various CISO advisory boards, SecureCISO, SecTor, Blackhat, and RSAC. Melo was recently published in Toggle Magazine’s Fall edition (2020) recognizing his leadership and capabilities in the cybersecurity industry. Melo was also awarded CISO of the Year in 2020 by Siber X. "Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers." - Voltaire