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, 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
Timi Awolola
APPLIED AI PROGRAM DESIGN & DELIVERY INTERN
Assad Bahram
CUSTOMER SUCCESS MANAGER
Junid Ebadi
FASTLANE PROGRAM BUSINESS ANALYST
Alyssa Gagné
CUSTOMER SUCCESS MANAGER
Dhari Gandhi
AI PROJECT MANAGEMENT INTERN
Erik Garcia
PROJECT MANAGER
Vyry George
COORDINATOR, INDUSTRY INNOVATION
Shabnam Hassani
AI PROJECT MANAGEMENT INTERN
Michael Joseph
TECHNICAL EDUCATION SPECIALIST
Himanshu Joshi
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER
Lakhan Kadam
AI PROJECT MANAGEMENT INTERN
Safiullah Kamawal
ASSOCIATE PROJECT MANAGER
Amirmohammad Kazemeini
PROJECT MANAGER
Fatima Khamitova
DIRECTOR, STARTUPS & SCALEUPS
Tahniat Khan
PROJECT MANAGER
Umar Khan
PROJECT MANAGER, APPLIED AI PROJECTS
Manoj Athreya Ashwath Kumar
FASTLANE PROGRAM ANALYST INTERN
Anna Matta
DIRECTOR, INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT
Tino Matsika
APPLIED AI PROGRAM DESIGN & DELIVERY INTERN
Shayaan Mehdi
ASSOCIATE PROJECT MANAGER, APPLIED AI PROJECTS
Soroor Motie
APPLIED AI PROGRAM DESIGN & DELIVERY INTERN
Diana Moyano
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER
Martin Samuel Figueroa Perez
APPLIED AI PROGRAM DESIGN & DELIVERY INTERN
Sipu Qi
APPLIED AI PROGRAM DESIGN & DELIVERY INTERN
Andres Rojas
DIRECTOR, APPLIED AI PROJECTS
Cameron Schuler
CHIEF COMMERCIALIZATION OFFICER AND VICE PRESIDENT, INDUSTRY INNOVATION
Kathleen Sebastian
CUSTOMER SUCCESS MANAGER
Andre Jeremy Sequeira
AI PROJECT MANAGEMENT INTERN
Hussein Shamji
DIRECTOR, INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT
Surabie Sivanendran
FASTLANE PROGRAM ANALYST INTERN
Craig Stewart
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, APPLIED AI PROGRAMS
Ali Taiyeb
DIRECTOR, PARTNERSHIPS & ECOSYSTEM
Mithu Thasan
Data Reporting Analyst, Partnerships and Ecosystem
Bob Zhou
FASTLANE PROGRAM BUSINESS ANALYST
Judy Zhu
PROJECT MANAGER
AI Engineering
Arash Afkanpour
APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING SCIENTIST
Mahshid Alinoori
APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING SPECIALIST
Val Andrei Fajardo
APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING SCIENTIST, NLP
Sana Ayromlous
Applied Machine Learning Specialist
Edward Chang
SENIOR TECHNICAL PROGRAM MANAGER
Veronica Chatrath
Technical Program Manager
Carolyn Chong
SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER
Mark Coatsworth
SYSTEMS ENGINEER
Omkar Dige
APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING SPECIALIST
David Emerson
APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING SCIENTIST
Adibvafa Fallahpour
APPLIED ML INTERN
Roya Javadi
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER – MACHINE LEARNING
Sara Ketabi
APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING INTERN
Vahid Reza Khazaie
APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING SPECIALIST
Shweta Khushu
MANAGER, AI ENGINEERING
Farnaz Kohankhaki
Applied Machine Learning Specialist
Ali Kore
APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING SPECIALIST
Amrit Krishnan
TECHNICAL TEAM LEAD
Marcelo Lotif
SENIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER – MACHINE LEARNING
Franklin Ogidi
Applied Machine Learning Specialist
Deval Pandya
VICE PRESIDENT, AI ENGINEERING
Dhanesh Ramachandram
APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING SCIENTIST – HEALTH LEAD
Ananya Raval
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER – MACHINE LEARNING
Shaina Raza
APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING SCIENTIST – RESPONSIBLE AI
Shuvendu Roy
APPLIED ML INTERN
Caesar Saleh
APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING INTERN
Masoumeh Shafieinejad
APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING SCIENTIST – PRIVACY ENHANCING TECHNOLOGIES (PETS)
Gauri Sharma
APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING INTERN
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, HEALTH RESEARCH 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
Kevin Jeong
ASSOCIATE SUPPORT ANALYST
Lynette Kofi
PROGRAM COORDINATOR, HEALTH OPERATIONS & DATA MANAGEMENT
David Magda
SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR
Val Morozov
BUSINESS SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR
Rob Naccarato
DIRECTOR, SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING
Maia Norman
PROJECT MANAGER, DATA STRATEGY AND PARTNERSHIPS
Parisa Osivand
DATA STEWARD
Kagiso Phaphe
HPC SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR
Zack Power
HPC SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR
Chioma Precious Uju
PROGRAM MANAGER, HEALTH RESEARCH OPERATIONS
Kanwalpreet Singh
TECHNICAL SPECIALIST
Roxana Sultan
CHIEF DATA OFFICER AND VICE PRESIDENT, Health
John Yee
Manager, Business Computing
Research Operations and Academic Partnerships
Sereen Aziz
RESEARCH OPERATIONS & ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS, PROGRAM COORDINATOR
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
RESEARCH OPERATIONS OFFICER
Simran Nova Siddique
PROGRAM COORDINATOR, ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS
Daniel Oltianu
RESEARCH ENGAGEMENT & DATA COORDINATOR
Pooja Patel
MENTORSHIP PROGRAM & STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION INTERN
Adam Renkosinski
DIRECTOR, AI TALENT INITIATIVES & ANALYTICS
Sylvia Si Gao
PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Johannah Thumb
Manager, Student Engagement and Research Prog
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 SERVICES ASSISTANT
Gary Burlakoff
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
Michelle D’Souza
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER
Geoffrey Forguson
MANAGER, FINANCE
Dafine Fukunishi Del Bianco
HUMAN RESOURCES GENERALIST
Tony Gaffney
SPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE CHAIR
Catherine Kirby
DIRECTOR, HUMAN RESOURCES & CORPORATE SERVICES
Jessica Loreto
HUMAN RESOURCES ASSOCIATE
Abdur Mohammed
OFFICE SERVICES MANAGER
Mira Ngresi
PAYROLL & FINANCE SPECIALIST
Lucas Parnanzone
SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST
Laurier Summers
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE ANALYST
Chloe To
OFFICE SERVICES ASSISTANT
Alan Veerman
CHIEF OPERATIONS & FINANCE OFFICER
Marketing, Communications, and Events
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
Danusika Makendiran
COORDINATOR EVENTS AND MARKETING
Orli Namian
DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC RELATIONS
Nadiea Prince
MANAGER, EVENTS
Natalie Richard
Communications Specialist
Leanna Vu
MARKETING SPECIALIST
Kylie Williams
DIGITAL & ANALYTICS SPECIALIST
Special thanks to Tomi Poutanen for his help in envisioning and establishing the Vector Institute.