About Us
Our Story
Alexio’s headquarters are nestled inside the IBM Innovation Space in Markham,
ON, alongside many other leaders in the tech and educational sectors.
In 1999, Anne and Steve Genge founded a dental IT integration business helping dentists across the Greater Toronto Area. The business specialized in the design and implementation of computer infrastructure to run and manage electronic health records systems.
However, with the growing need for clinics to adopt digital infrastructure came an increased need to protect clinics against cyber-threats. With patient data now being stored digitally, hackers, viruses, ransomware and other cyber-attacks dramatically increased the need for a standardized and robust cyber-security solution.
Anne and her team created a new software solution specifically for small healthcare practices to provide enterprise-class cyber-security protection at a price affordable to the smaller network environment.
- They built Alexio, which offers multiple layers of security against threats and breaches.
- They integrated artificial intelligence into their software that allows a clinic to monitor threats 24/7.
- Recognizing that the front line of defense against cyber-crime is actually the humans using their technology, they also built robust training into their solution, and include it for free for all their clients.
Today, Alexio’s products safeguard dentists, doctors, clinics and other healthcare practices – helping protect millions of patient records across the country.
About ANNE GENGE – CEO
Anne Genge, CEO, Sr. Privacy & Security Specialist
Certified Information Privacy Professional (IAPP),
Certified HIPAA Security Professional
Who is Anne?
Anne is a Certified Information Privacy Professional with a specialization in dentistry. She also holds certifications for HIPAA Security, and PCI Compliance. With over 20 years of industry experience, Anne knows the challenges healthcare providers face with technology.
As healthcare grows increasingly dependent on the digital environment, cyber-security becomes exponentially more difficult. Protection of patient data is not only law, it’s imperative for business success and reputation.
Anne is genuinely passionate about the need – and urgency – to educate people about protecting their personal information. She works tirelessly to reach out across the healthcare industry and ensure that best practices are established and championed in order to keep patient healthcare data as safe as possible.
Anne has been featured many times by the Canadian Dental Association, appearing in both their Oasis Discussions, and published in their national journal, CDA Essentials. She has appeared as a guest speaker at tech and dental events. She regularly creates bespoke training courses for various stakeholders in the healthcare community, including a recent one for the Ontario Dental Hygienists’ Association.
Anne is a strong supporter of women in STEM, and has supported several initiatives, such as hErVOLUTION and the Ryerson Formula Racing Team. Anne also asks for donations to the Children’s Wish Foundation in lieu of speaker’s fees. (Yes, you can book her to speak at your event!)
When Anne isn’t looking at pictures of horses or painting her own landscapes, you can find her laughing over memes and making entertaining bitmoji videos for Alexio’s Instagram wall.
