Meet the professional staff behind the Vector Institute

Board of Directors

Ed Clark

Chair

Shauneen Bruder

Shauneen Bruder

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Ashley Casovan

Melissa Chee Portrait

Melissa M. Chee

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Leah Cowen

Charmaine Dean

Janet L. Ecker

Chaviva Hosek

Michael Serbinis

Miyo Yamashita

Miyo Yamashita

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.

CEO Office

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Glenda Crisp

President & CEO

Liliana Araujo

Manager, Office Of The CEO

Industry Innovation

Sedef Akinli Kocak

Director, Professional Development

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Warren Ali

Director, Industry Development

Winnie Au

Project Manager

Madhusmita Dutta

Project Manager

Junid Ebadi

FastLane Program Business Analyst

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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

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Fatima Khamitova

Director, Startups & Scaleups

Tahniat Khan

Project Manager

Umar Khan

Umar Khan

Project Manager

Manav Deep Singh Lamba

Applied AI Program Design and Delivery Intern

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Anna Matta

Director, Industry Development

Amin Mazhari

Associate Project Manager

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Dhanesh Ramachandram

Applied Machine Learning Scientist

Sneha Rao

Applied Machine Learning Intern

Ananya Raval

Applied Machine Learning Specialist

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Shaina Raza

Applied Machine Learning Scientist – Responsible AI

Karanpal Sekhon

Applied Machine Learning Intern

Masoumeh Shafieinejad

Masoumeh Shafieinejad

Applied Machine Learning Scientist – Privacy Enhancing Technologies (Pets)

Amandeep Singh

Software Developer – Machine Learning

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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

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Jacky Chen

Project Manager, Business Computing

Ben Davies

Chief Information Officer

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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

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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

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

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Sameera Ali

Talent Acquisition Specialist

James Boutcher

Office Experience Ambassador

Gary Burlakoff

Director of Finance

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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

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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

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Jennifer Jenkins

Content Marketing Specialist

Chiara Lacey

Director, Community Engagement & Events

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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

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Natalie Richard

Communications Specialist

Leanna Vu

Marketing Specialist

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Kylie Williams

Product Marketing Manager

Special thanks to Tomi Poutanen for his help in envisioning and establishing the Vector Institute.