Thomas Balkizas

Thomas Balkizas is an accomplished healthcare and technology expert with over 17 years of experience in management positions. He has a proven track record of building and leading top-performing teams and businesses for blue-chip clients across EMEA. Balkizas has in-depth operations and consulting expertise and is an international and delivery-focused senior executive. He has a postgraduate certificate in Improving Global Health from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, an MEng in Electronic, Biomedical and Software Engineering (Computer Science) from National Technical University of Athens and an M.Sc. in Joint degree in Engineering and Physical Science in Medicine and Health Economics from Imperial College London. Balkizas’ career highlights include continued success leading cross-functional teams, creating and executing new revenue-generating workstreams, delivering significant growth, and leading businesses turnarounds. He has consistently achieved high performance in each company and programme delivery, exceeded targets, and set the precedent for over-performance and significant business growth. Balkizas is acknowledged by senior stakeholders for his people management skills, benefits realization, and delivery of business change programs. He has held several senior positions, including EMEA Healthcare and Life Sciences Segment Lead at Amazon Web Services, Founder at Alpha Tech Capital, Senior Principal – European Evidence Network Lead at IQVIA, IBM Watson Health Executive Lead, EMEA at IBM, Watson Healthcare Executive Lead, UK and Ireland, Watson Health Europe at IBM, Head of Operations/Head of Business and Consultancy Services at SOE – a Henry Schein company, National Sales Director – Managed Equipment Services at Toshiba Medical Systems UK Ltd, Head of Sales and Business Development at TBS GB Telematic and Biomedical Services Ltd, Health Economics and Telehealth Project Sales Manager at TBS GB Telematic and Biomedical Services Ltd, University Lecturer at National Technical University of Athens, Business Intelligence Analyst at National Statistical Service of Greece, and Software Engineer/Data Analyst at Hellenic Air Force (HAF). Balkizas is passionate about new commercial business transformation programs using Big Data. His experience, commitment to success, and commercial expertise enable him to ensure world-class results in client consulting and driving growth.