Ruslan Benco

Background

About Ruslan Benco

Senior Advisor to the Treasury Board of Ontario, overseeing multi-year/multi-million public-facing projects. Proven track record of making high-quality recommendations on complex/high-risk projects to Ministers and other senior government officials. Some of the large transformation initiatives that I worked on and/or supported: a)Ontario Onwards Action Plan ($500M over 4 years to support modernization projects such as making government services more digitally accessible, reducing red tape and simplifying policies, and improving government purchasing to save both time and money.) b) PRESTO (PRESTO is a reloadable payment card that you can use to pay your fare on the TTC, GO Transit, UP Express and 8 other transit agencies in Ontario) c) Digital ID (Ontario’s Digital Identity Program, which introduces a new, convenient way to prove who you are that will make accessing online and in-person services simpler, safer and more secure.) d) Health Connect Ontario (A free, secure and confidential service you can call or access online 24 hours a day, seven days a week to get health advice from a registered nurse or find health services or information.) e) Road User Safety Transformation (The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) introduced a new foundational registration and licensing system and has moved all commercial transportation programs to it. MTO is investing to expand the system, move additional programs to it and introducing digital services.) f) COVaxON -(COVaxON includes information on all COVID-19 vaccinations administered by any Health Care Provicer in any location in the province)