INQ Consulting

Managing Principal and Co-Founder

Owner and operator of a legal and management consulting firm specializing in the development and delivery of privacy consulting services to public and private sector clients.

Principal Consultant

INQ Law

Partner

University of Toronto

Co-teaching the Privacy and Data Governance course in the Global Professional LLM program.

Adjunct Professor

University of Windsor Faculty of Law

Instructor for the inaugural Privacy Law in Canada course.

Sessional Instructor

Cancer Care Ontario

Directed Privacy and Access Office for multi-billion dollar Provincial agency, tasked with ensuring privacy of personal health information of Ontarians under its prescribed statuses under the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004, and compliance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Accomplishments include:

Led drafting and ensured adherence to Data Sharing Agreements, resulting in increased compliance with terms by Informatics department and streamlining of process.

Managed relationship with external stakeholders with respect to privacy and access, including IPC, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, ICES, CIHI, POGO, hospitals, and other data partners.

Strengthened governance and accountability by establishing a Privacy Risk and Compliance managerial function, establishing privacy governance bodies across the organisation, and developing performance reporting for both privacy services as well as privacy office performance.

Director, Privacy and Access

Chief Privacy Officer (Acting)

Retirement Homes Regulatory Authority

Chief Of Staff

Courtyard Group

Led the operations of the Access to Care (ATC) Portfolio Office, which involved directing the work of other Portfolio Office resources, providing strategic direction to ATC Director, creating and coordinating the creation briefings and presentations, liaising with key stakeholders,  risk management, and ensuring visibility into procurement across the ATC Portfolio.  Primary focus: ER/ALC Information Strategy.  
Co-facilitated a strategic retreat with the Executive Directors of the 14 CCACs to set the foundation for a new eHealth strategy for the OACCAC
Managed a capacity review of the HSAP Division of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to assess the capacity of the Division to deliver on key priorities of the government, the Minister, the Deputy Minister and the HSAP Assistant Deputy Minister over three years – resulted in the delivery of a roadmap of priority objectives for the Assistant Deputy Minister
Managed the identification of future needs and assessment of gaps in services/programs for the Ontario Regional Cancer Programs - final report outlined actionable recommendations to advance the progress of the regional cancer programs across Ontario 
Led the development of an organizational review of SIMS at UHN, presenting practical advice to senior executives 
Selected to work directly with Managing Partner to develop corporate strategy for an international organization with over $30M in revenue 
Conceived and implemented a contract management process and delegation policy for an international consulting
Helped manage risks of a growth organization through the development of a Privacy Policy.  Acted as Deputy Privacy Officer, supporting Canada, the US and the UK
Led the annual operational planning process of an international company, managing all senior partners in the creation of their client account plans, budgets, and targets
Coached and mentored junior analysts on leadership development and solutions to address specific client engagements

Consultant

-	Contributed to the research and writing on an edited volume on health and human rights
-	Collaborated with a team of lawyers in the development of a skills building workshop for the 2006 International AIDS Conference, which was well-received by participants
-	Annotated recent case law and developed materials for the national and International approaches to Reproductive and Sexual Health Law class at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, which continues to be used

Reproductive and Sexual Health Law Fellow

Heenan Blaikie LLP

	Conducted research regarding privacy issues, actively participated in corporate transaction closings, summarized contracts, reviewed scripts and films for copyright and trademark infringements, participated in due diligence processes, reviewed corporate by-laws and minute books, and translated contracts from French to English
	Investigated human rights issues in labour and employment law; authored papers regarding the duty to accommodate, globalization and international trade agreements, summarized case law for newsletters, drafted termination letters and researched memos analyzing legal issues such as insubordination, fraud, strikes and lockouts, pension benefits and occupational health and safety
	Wrote memoranda on topics including the enforcement of oral contracts, quantifying damages for loss of vision, and various issues under the Employment Standards Act
	Drafted settlement letters, assignments of copyright, and reviewed shareholder agreements and leases

Articling Student

CTV News

Played an integral role in a major transaction by managing the acquisition of documents, preparing the data room, while supervising the performance of, and contributing to, the due diligence process
Researched memoranda including issues regarding the scope of PIPEDA

Summer Student

I make privacy program management simple

Samara is a results-oriented strategic privacy leader, lawyer and consultant, who leverages operational privacy leadership experience into practical strategies for program and project success. Samara is the founder of Drawbridge Consulting.

For Drawbridge, privacy is our business. We believe that “privacy” means individual control over decisions made about data, not complete secrecy. We ask the right questions. 

We understand the importance of good governance and criteria-based decision-making about personal information. We know that strong practical organizational privacy practices reduce risk. We enable access to data using privacy best practices for both private and public sector clients, from IT implementations that help your company’s efficiency to research and innovation technologies that improve health outcomes. 

Samara can be contacted at samarastarkman@drawbridgeconsulting.com
Http://www.drawbridgeconsulting.com

Samara Starkman

Ontario Health | Santé Ontario

•	Conduct privacy impact assessments including, on new IT systems, programs, and complex initiatives.
•	Lead and advise project teams to implement and track risk mitigation activities.
•	Lead and participate on project teams as the privacy Subject Matter Expert, providing advice into the design and development of new and revised products in accordance with OH privacy policies and procedures, relevant privacy legislation, agreement(s) obligations and privacy best practices.
•	Review and contribute to program and/or project related documents, such as business or architecture requirements documents.
•	Keep abreast of current and new privacy legislative and regulatory requirements through a variety of knowledge and information seeking strategies.
•	Coordinate and conduct privacy breach investigations and identify the appropriate mitigating strategies and enterprise level recommendations where appropriate.

Senior Privacy Specialist - Legal, Governance, Privacy & Risk

Twitter

•	FlightWatch Team Member: Guide Twitter with technical privacy expertise to build respectful products and systems which serve the public conversation. 
•	Support technical privacy risk discovery, mitigation/remediation, and engineering standards and practices.
•	Advise and communicate on technical privacy risk throughout product and systems development, from incubation to deprecation.  
•	Assist various teams navigate usable and repeatable interface for Technical Privacy Review, Security Review, and Privacy/Legal Review with a view to document, measure and address risk.
•	Provide support to better assist teams anticipate and prepare for prevention of user harm.
•	Support spelunking, investigation, incident resolution and debugging and testing procedure and soft engineering privacy by design processes.

Privacy Engineer

TELUS Santé | TELUS Health

•	Analyze, and advise on privacy requirements for data initiatives and product releases
•	Participate in Privacy Impact Assessments, identify risks and provide corresponding recommendations to leadership, engage data classification, inventory and mapping 
•	Monitor privacy trends in the broader health system environment and deliver analysis of potential impact to TELUS Health’s information and privacy practices
•	Provide the Health Privacy leadership with recommendations on how to best address privacy gaps
•	Support in designing and documenting processes that standardize best practices and support an agile development methodology

Senior Privacy Advisor - Data & Trust Office

Ontario Ministry of Health

•	Provide leadership and expertise in the research, big data analysis with privacy and security considerations and development of information management strategic and operational policies. 
•	Advice on standards, research ethics, protocols, legislation and regulations with experience working in informatics governance policy development to support health system information management within the provincial health care system 
•	Conduct evidence-based policy research, analysis and synthesis to formulate information management strategies, policies within range of ministry priorities for health system. Develop and maintain proposed regulations under PHIPA

Senior Policy Advisor - Digital Health Division

Specialized Marking Systems

•	Lead and collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, draft, procure and develop products for the digital and flexographic print manufacturing industry
•	Facilitate client meetings to discuss technical/design requirements, plan production schedule and develop solutions to meet client needs
•	Developed standard operating procedures, create workflow charts, and conduct market research to ensure business operations are in alignment with firm objectives 
•	Continuously monitor QA and ensure manufacturing processes meet standards and make design improvements as needed

General Manager/Manufacturing Engineer

Fancy Barristers P.C.

•	Collaborated with lawyers in preparing and filing court documents, coordinated and scheduled hearing dates for Tort, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice and Class Action cases
•	Worked closely with medical professionals in analyzing and integrating their clinical notes and records, diagnostic reports, EMRs and key findings from Independent Medical Examination reports within legal pleadings
•	Assisted in preparation for and attended Trials, Appeals, Arbitrations, Motions, Discoveries and Mediations
•	Proficient in legal research using CanLII, Lexis Quicklaw, and Rules of Civil Procedures

Scientific Advisor & Legal Analyst

Graphicus Persona Inc.

• Led a team of graphic and medical illustrators, demonstrative theorists, to prepare medical illustrations of Plaintiff's injuries using medical and textual evidence integrated with real evidence to communicate counsel’s arguments in preparation for court hearings with a view to expedite resolution
• Assisted Plaintiff lawyers in assembling documentary evidence, preparing trial briefs and arranging for trials
• Taught a series of classes to Plaintiff lawyers on the methodology behind incorporating medical and textual evidence with real evidence

President/Office Manger/Client Liaison

SMS Ltd.

•	Generated design documents for clients across various industries using established best practices and industry standards
•	Collaborated and interacted with Project Leaders and other print manufacturing stakeholders with design, drafting, and procurement of modern machines
•       Ensured manufacturing processes meet standards and make design improvements as needed

Chemical/Manufacturing Engineer

Privacy & Security Advocate | Privacy Engineer | Previously @ Twitter

As a Senior Privacy Specialist, I apply my engineering and legal background to conduct privacy impact assessments, advise project teams, and implement risk mitigation strategies. I have over 20 years of experience in various sectors, including engineering, biochemistry, law, data, and information privacy and security. I hold a CIPP and three Privacy Engineering certifications, demonstrating my commitment to the privacy profession and continuous learning.

I am passionate about advocating for the privacy rights of consumers.  I have a proven track record of facilitating and supporting internal and external multidisciplinary partnerships, while demonstrating exceptional collaboration, communication, and negotiation skills. I have sound knowledge of various privacy legislation and regulations, such as GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA/CPRA, PCIDSS amongst others.

I am adept at reviewing case law and supporting GRC management programs. I am also experienced in navigating data life cycle, leveraging encryption and tokenization processes, and enforcing privacy policies and procedures.


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