Meet the professional staff behind the Vector Institute
Board of Directors
The Vector Institute also gives thanks to Scott Bonham, Jordan Jacobs, Vivek Goel, Mary Jo Haddad, Stephen Lake, Pearl Sullivan and Shivon Zilis for their time, energy and dedication as founding 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
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER & TECHNICAL TRANSLATOR
Warren Ali
DIRECTOR, INDUSTRY INNOVATION
Mariah Amalraj
FASTLANE ANALYST INTERN
Dami Aremu
AI PROJECT MANAGEMENT INTERN
Winnie Au
PROJECT MANAGER
Oluwanifemi Bamgbosei
AI PROJECT MANAGEMENT INTERN
Junid Ebadi
FASTLANE PROGRAM BUSINESS ANALYST
Shaaf Farooq
AI EDUCATION INTERN
Alyssa Gagné
PROGRAM MANAGER, INDUSTRY INNOVATION
Erik Garcia
PROJECT MANAGER
Vyry George
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR
Kaleb Huneau
FASTLANE PROGRAM ANALYST INTERN
Matthew Johnson
DIRECTOR, INDUSTRY INNOVATION
Michael Joseph
TECHNICAL EDUCATION SPECIALIST
Himanshu Joshi
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER
Amirmohammad Kazemeini
PROJECT MANAGER
Tahniat Khan
PROJECT MANAGER
Anna Matta
DIRECTOR, INDUSTRY INNOVATION
Aida Mirebrahimi Tafreshi
AI EDUCATION INTERN
Diana Moyano
PROJECT MANAGER
Sajjad Pakdamansavoji
AI EDUCATION INTERN
Andres Rojas
DIRECTOR, APPLIED AI PROJECTS
Jessica Saini
AI PROJECT MANAGEMENT INTERN
Cameron Schuler
CHIEF COMMERCIALIZATION OFFICER AND VP, INDUSTRY INNOVATION
Amir Shahbandegan
AI EDUCATION INTERN
Muhammad Shahmir Masood
FASTLANE PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Craig Stewart
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, APPLIED AI PROGRAMS
Santoshi Tadanki
AI PROJECT MANAGEMENT INTERN
Ali Taiyeb
DIRECTOR, INDUSTRY INNOVATION
Michiel Vos
MANAGER, AI STARTUPS & SCALEUPS
Bob Zhou
FASTLANE PROGRAM BUSINESS ANALYST
Flora Wan
TECHNICAL EDUCATION SPECIALIST
AI Engineering and Technology
Sana Ayromlous
APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING INTERN
Sebastian Burlacu
SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR
Jacky Chen
PROJECT MANAGER, BUSINESS COMPUTING
Matthew Choi
ASSOCIATE APPLIED MACHINE SPECIALIST
Mark Coatsworth
SYSTEMS ENGINEER
Thomas Deane
ASSOCIATE TECHNICAL BUSINESS ANALYST
Omkar Dige
ASSOCIATE APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING SPECIALIST
Elham Dolatabadi
APPLIED ML SCIENTIST, HEALTH LEAD
David Emerson
APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING SCIENTIST
Kevin Jeong
ASSOCIATE SUPPORT ANALYST
John Jewell
ASSOCIATE APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING SPECIALIST
Faiza Khattak
APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING SCIENTIST, NLP
Vahid Reza Khazaie
ASSOCIATE APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING SPECIALIST
Farnaz Kohankhaki
ASSOCIATE APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING SPECIALIST
Amrit Krishnan
SENIOR APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING SPECIALIST
David Magda
SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR
Aditi Maheshwari
APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING INTERN
Rob Naccarato
DIRECTOR, SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING
Deval Pandya
DIRECTOR, AI ENGINEERING
Kagiso Phaphe
HPC Systems Administrator
Masoud Pourreza
APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING INTERN
Shaina Raza
APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING SCIENTIST
George-Kirollos Saad
APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING INTERN
Yan Sidyakin
APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING INTERN
Fatemeh Tavakoli
ASSOCIATE APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING SPECIALIST
Jacob-Junqi Tian
APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING INTERN
John Willes
APPLIED ML SPECIALIST
Wayne Xu
APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING INTERN
John Yee
SYSTEMS OPERATIONS MANAGER
Yuchong Zhang
APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING INTERN
Health
Jessica Blackman
DIRECTOR, HEALTH RESEARCH OPERATIONS
Azra Dhalla
DIRECTOR, HEALTH AI IMPLEMENTATION
Ben Davies
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
Tanya Jain
HEALTH PROJECT MANAGEMENT INTERN
Lynette Kofi
PROGRAM COORDINATOR, HEALTH OPERATIONS & DATA MANAGEMENT
Roxana Sultan
CHIEF DATA OFFICER AND VP HEALTH
Maia Norman
PROJECT MANAGER, HEALTH DATA AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS
Parisa Osivand
DATA STEWARD
Chioma Precious Uju
PROGRAM MANAGER, HEALTH RESEARCH OPERATIONS
Joanna Yu
DATA, HEALTH DATA & PARTNERSHIPS
Research Operations and Academic Partnerships
Sereen Aziz
RESEARCH OPERATIONS & ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS, PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Alison Butler
RESEARCH & OPERATIONS COORDINATOR
Carly Cummings
PROGRAM COORDINATOR, RESEARCH OPERATIONS & ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS
Bhavjot Grewal
AUTOMATION INTERN
Sam Hadkar
SPECIALIST, AI TALENT INITIATIVES
Cedric Hou
DATA ANALYST
Melissa Judd
VICE PRESIDENT, RESEARCH OPERATIONS & ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS
Arber Kacollja
MANAGER, RESEARCH SERVICES
Michelle Lam
EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION ANALYST INTERN
Clarence Magpantay
RESEARCH OPERATIONS OFFICER
Amal Mohamed
MARKET RESEARCH & ANALYST INTERN
Adam Renkosinski
MANAGER, AI TALENT INITIATIVES
Sylvia Si Gao
PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Johannah Thumb
MANAGER, STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
Taylor Walker
SPECIALIST, INTERNSHIPS & WORK INTEGRATED LEARNING
Caroline Wesley
RESEARCH SERVICES OFFICER
Susana Veliz
PROGRAMS OFFICER
Jackie Zurborg
DIRECTOR, RESEARCH OPERATIONS
Operations
Sameera Ali
TALENT ACQUISITION SPECIALIST
Gary Burlakoff
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
Samantha Coffa
HUMAN RESOURCES ASSOCIATE
Michelle D’Souza
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER
Geoffrey Forguson
MANAGER, FINANCE
Dafine Fukunishi Del Bianco
HUMAN RESOURCES GENERALIST
Catherine Kirby
DIRECTOR, HUMAN RESOURCES & CORPORATE SERVICES
Abdur Mohammed
OFFICE SERVICES MANAGER
Alina Montenegro-Familia
OFFICE SERVICES ASSISTANT
Keilly Nazas-Montenegro
OFFICE SERVICES ASSISTANT
Mira Ngresi
PAYROLL & FINANCE SPECIALIST
Daniel Oltianu
OFFICE SERVICES ASSISTANT
Lucas Parnanzone
SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST
Alan Veerman
CHIEF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL OFFICER
Marketing, Communications, and Events
Kelley Alexander
CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA RELATIONS MANAGER
Natasha Ali
SCIENTIFIC WRITER & COMMUNICATIONS INTERN
Ridha Chilmeran
GOVERNMENT & STAKEHOLDER RELATIONS MANAGER
Kari Clarke-Zemnickis
DIRECTOR, MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Marcie De Cesare
MANAGER, MARKETING
Ian Gormely
COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST AND WRITER
Jennifer Jenkins
COORDINATOR, EVENTS AND MARKETING
Chiara Lacey
DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & EVENTS
Orli Namian
MANAGER, COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC RELATIONS
Nadiea Prince
EVENTS MANAGER
Natalie Richard
COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST & WRITER
Kaye Schatz
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Leanna Vu
MARKETING SPECIALIST
Kylie Williams
DIGITAL MARKETING & ANALYTICS SPECIALIST
Special thanks to Tomi Poutanen for his help in envisioning and establishing the Vector Institute.