Summary
Marc Dumontier is a Principal Engineer with two decades of healthcare software experience, now focused on advancing generative and agentic AI across payvider platforms. He combines deep EMR domain expertise—14 years with OSCAR and leadership on projects like CAISI—with hands-on engineering, spending roughly 75% of his time coding in Ruby and TypeScript while architecting large-scale GCP/Kubernetes systems. He has modernized lab integrations, built massively scalable Sidekiq-based import pipelines, and cut CI time and costs through automation such as one-click Slack deployments. Marc uniquely blends clinical workflow knowledge, interoperability (HL7/FHIR) experience, and practical AI-driven developer tooling—building LLM agents and Copilot-style workflows that autonomously assist code review and development. Based in Squamish, BC, he mentors engineering teams and drives product-specific AI agents that tangibly improve clinical user experience and patient care. He is transitioning to a full-time Principal Engineer role to scale technical direction and embed AI into TELUS Health’s next-generation platforms.
15 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Lakehead University
Certificate of Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics, Certificate of Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics at Canadian Bioinformatics Workshop
Biology/Biological Sciences, General, Biology/Biological Sciences, General at University of Toronto
Computer Science, Computer Science at Carleton University
French, English