Meet the professional staff behind the Vector Institute
Board of Directors
The Vector Institute also gives thanks to Janet Bannister, Scott Bonham, Vivek Goel, Mary Jo Haddad, Jordan Jacobs, Stephen Lake, Nadir Mohamed, Pearl Sullivan, Terrence Sullivan, Melanie Woodin and Shivon Zilis for their time, energy and dedication as former members of Vector’s Board of Directors. Their vision, insight and experience have been instrumental in establishing and guiding Vector towards its vision and mission.
Industry Innovation

Sedef Akinli Kocak
Director, Professional Development

Warren Ali
Director, Industry Development

Winnie Au
Project Manager
Madhusmita Dutta
Project Manager

Junid Ebadi
FastLane Program Business Analyst

Alyssa Gagné
Partnerships and Ecosystem Manager
Dhari Gandhi
Project Manager
Erik Garcia
Senior Project Manager
Vyry George
Coordinator, Industry Innovation
Marian Haligah
Applied AI Program Design & Delivery Intern
Michael Joseph
Project Manager
Safiullah Kamawal
Associate Project Manager

Fatima Khamitova
Director, Startups & Scaleups
Tahniat Khan
Project Manager

Umar Khan
Project Manager
Manav Deep Singh Lamba
Applied AI Program Design and Delivery Intern

Anna Matta
Director, Industry Development
Amin Mazhari
Associate Project Manager

Shayaan Mehdi
Associate Project Manager
Ahmad Rezaie Mianroodi
Applied AI Program Design & Delivery Intern

Diana Moyano
Senior Project Manager

Andres Rojas
Director, Applied AI Projects

Cameron Schuler
Chief Commercialization Officer and Vice President, Industry Innovation
Isha Singh
Applied AI Program Design & Delivery Intern
Dori Small
Applied AI Program Design & Delivery Intern

Craig Stewart
Executive Director, Applied AI Programs

Ali Taiyeb
Director, Partnerships & Ecosystem
Mithu Thasan
Data Reporting Analyst, Partnerships and Ecosystem

Michiel Vos
Director, Industry Development

Bob Zhou
FastLane Program Business Analyst
Judy Zhu
Project Manager
AI Engineering
Arash Afkanpour
Applied Machine Learning Scientist

Mahshid Alinoori
Applied Machine Learning Specialist
Negin Baghbanzadeh
Applied Machine Learning Intern
Elaheh Bassak
Applied Machine Learning Intern
Shawn Carere
Associate Applied Machine Learning Specialist
Edward Chang
Senior Technical Program Manager

Carolyn Chong
Senior Product Manager

Mark Coatsworth
Systems Engineer

David Emerson
Applied Machine Learning Scientist
Roya Javadi
Software Developer – Machine Learning

Vahid Reza Khazaie
Applied Machine Learning Specialist

Shweta Khushu
Manager, AI Engineering
Sara Kodeiri
Associate Applied Machine Learning Specialist
Farnaz Kohankhaki
Applied Machine Learning Specialist
Ali Kore
Applied Machine Learning Specialist

Amrit Krishnan
Technical Team Lead
Marcelo Lotif
Senior Software Developer – Machine Learning
Aravind Narayanan
Associate Applied Machine Learning Specialist
Franklin Ogidi
Software Developer – Machine Learning

Deval Pandya
Vice President, AI Engineering
Ahmed Radwan
Applied Machine Learning Intern

Dhanesh Ramachandram
Applied Machine Learning Scientist
Sneha Rao
Applied Machine Learning Intern
Ananya Raval
Applied Machine Learning Specialist

Shaina Raza
Applied Machine Learning Scientist – Responsible AI
Karanpal Sekhon
Applied Machine Learning Intern

Masoumeh Shafieinejad
Applied Machine Learning Scientist – Privacy Enhancing Technologies (Pets)
Amandeep Singh
Software Developer – Machine Learning

Fatemeh Tavakoli
Applied Machine Learning Specialist
Marshall Wang
Applied Machine Learning Specialist

John Willes
AI Infrastructure & Research Eng. Manager
Health and Technology
Brendan Behan
Director, Data Strategy and Partnerships

Jessica Blackman
Director, Data Operations
Sebastian Burlacu
HPC Systems Administrator

Jacky Chen
Project Manager, Business Computing

Ben Davies
Chief Information Officer

Janice Da Silva
Manager, Health AI Implementation

Thomas Deane
Business Analyst
Azra Dhalla
Director, Health AI Implementation
Raquel D’Souza
Program Manager, Data Operations
Lynette Kofi
Program Coordinator, Data Operations
Keyan Kwan
Data Integration Specialist

Kevin Jeong
Associate Support Analyst
David Magda
HPC Systems Administrator

Val Morozov
Business Systems Administrator

Rob Naccarato
Director, Scientific Computing

Maia Norman
Manager, Data Strategy and Partnerships
Kagiso Phaphe
HPC Systems Administrator
Zack Power
HPC Systems Administrator
Chioma Precious Uju
Program Manager, Health Research Operations
Kanwalpreet Singh
Technical Specialist
Surabie Sivanendran
Project Manager, Health AI Implementation
Roxana Sultan
Chief Data Officer and Vice President, Health

John Yee
Manager, Business Computing
Madison McBay
Project Manager, Health AI Implementation
Research Operations and Academic Partnerships

Carly Cummings
Specialist, Student Programming
Amanda Ferneyhough
Faculty Engagement And Program Development Officer

Cedric Hou
Data Analyst

Melissa Judd
Vice President, Research Operations & Academic Partnerships

Arber Kacollja
Manager, Research Services

Clarence Magpantay
Program Manager, Research Operations

Daniel Oltianu
Research Engagement & Data Coordinator
Rachael Owusu-Atakora
Program & Strategy Implementation Coordinator
Sagar Prabhudev
Manager, AI Talent Initiatives

Adam Renkosinski
Director, AI Talent Initiatives & Analytics

Sylvia Gao
Program Coordinator, Academic Partnerships

Johannah Thumb
Manager, Student Engagement and Researcher Programming
Hussein Shamji
Director, Strategic Partnerships
Enoch To
Program Coordinator, Research Operations

Taylor Walker
Manager, AI Talent Initiatives, Early Talent
Caroline Wesley
Research Services Officer

Jackie Zurborg
Director, Research Operations
Operations

Sameera Ali
Talent Acquisition Specialist
James Boutcher
Office Experience Ambassador

Gary Burlakoff
Director of Finance

Michelle D’Souza
Human Resources Manager
Charlene Escayg
Office Experience Ambassador
Myra Fernandes
Director, Human Resources & Corporate Services

Geoffrey Forguson
Manager, Financial Planning and Services

Dafine Fukunishi Del Bianco
Human Resources Generalist

Tony Gaffney
Special Advisor To the Chair

Catherine Kirby
Director, Human Resources & Corporate Services
Abdur Mohammed
Office Experience Manager
Mira Ngresi
Payroll & Finance Specialist

Lucas Parnanzone
Senior Financial Analyst
Jason Christopher Anthony Raj
Talent Acquisition and Development Specialist
Rachel Smith
Human Resources Associate

Alan Veerman
Chief Operations and Finance Officer
Marketing, Communications, and Events
Emmanuella Akowuah
Marketing & CRM Operations Intern

Ridha Chilmeran
Government & Stakeholder Relations Manager

Kari Clarke-Zemnickis
Vice President, Marketing & Communications

Marcie De Cesare
Director, Marketing & Brand

Ian Gormely
Manager, Media and Public Relations

Jennifer Jenkins
Content Marketing Specialist

Chiara Lacey
Director, Community Engagement & Events

Nathan C. Lalonde
Graphic & Web Design Specialist

Danielle Lobo
Manager, Marketing
Danusika Makendiran
Events Coordinator

Orli Namian
Director, Communications & Public Relations

Nadiea Prince
Manager, Events

Natalie Richard
Communications Specialist

Leanna Vu
Marketing Specialist

Kylie Williams
Product Marketing Manager
Special thanks to Tomi Poutanen for his help in envisioning and establishing the Vector Institute.