Colin Stairs

Colin Stairs is the current Chief Information Officer at the Toronto Police Service. Colin has held this position since January 2020. Prior to that, they were the Chief Information and Digital Transformation Officer at Medcan from March 2016 to January 2020. Colin has also been the Chief Information Officer at Lakeridge Health from August 2011 to March 2016, where they led the IM/IT functions for the hospital, including a regional effort to implement a shared clinical information system. From April 2010 to August 2011, Colin was the Acting Chief Information Officer at CAMH. From February 2008 to April 2010, they were a VP (Principal) at nD Insight, a consultancy focused on management and quantitative analytics in healthcare and the broader public sector. Colin has also held the positions of Project Control Officer at St. Michael's Hospital from January 2005 to February 2008 and Project Manager at Workbrain from June 2000 to June 2002.

Colin Stairs has an MBA from the Ivey Business School at Western University, where they focused on strategy, marketing, and entrepreneurship. Colin also has a B.Sc. Eng in mechanical engineering from Queen's University. Additionally, they have a certification from LinkedIn in Learning to Be Approachable.

Colin Stairs reports to Jim Ramer, Interim Chief of Police. They work with Peter Yuen - Deputy Chief, Priority Response Command, Tony Veneziano - Chief Administrative Officer, Corporate Services Command, and Shawna Coxon - Deputy Chief, Communities & Neighbourhoods Command.