Meet the professional staff behind the Vector Institute

Board of Directors

Ed Clark

Chair

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Melissa M. Chee

Charmaine Dean

Janet L. Ecker

Chaviva Hosek

Nadir Mohamed

Michael Serbinis

Terrence Sullivan

Melanie Woodin

The Vector Institute also gives thanks to Janet Bannister, Scott Bonham, Vivek Goel, Mary Jo Haddad, Jordan Jacobs, 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.

CEO’s Office

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Tony Gaffney

President and CEO

Liliana Araujo

MANAGER, OFFICE OF THE CEO

Jennifer Gbugho

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Industry Innovation

Sedef Akinli Kocak

DIRECTOR, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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Warren Ali

DIRECTOR, INDUSTRY INNOVATION

Mariah Amalraj

FASTLANE ANALYST INTERN

Winnie Au

PROJECT MANAGER

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Oluwanifemi Bamgbosei

AI PROJECT MANAGEMENT INTERN

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Mohammad Ahmed Basri

AI PROJECT MANAGEMENT INTERN

Junid Ebadi

FASTLANE PROGRAM BUSINESS ANALYST

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Shaaf Farooq

AI PROJECT MANAGEMENT INTERN

Ramin Fathian

APPLIED AI PROJECT MANAGEMENT INTERN

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Alyssa Gagné

PROGRAM MANAGER, INDUSTRY INNOVATION

Erik Garcia

PROJECT MANAGER

Vyry George

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR

Matthew Johnson

DIRECTOR, INDUSTRY INNOVATION

Michael Joseph

TECHNICAL EDUCATION SPECIALIST

Himanshu Joshi

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

Safi Kamawal

APPLIED AI PROJECT MANAGEMENT INTERN

Amirmohammad Kazemeini

PROJECT MANAGER

Tahniat Khan

PROJECT MANAGER

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Cynthia Lam

AI EDUCATION INTERN

Anna Matta

DIRECTOR, INDUSTRY INNOVATION

Aida Mirebrahimi Tafreshi

AI EDUCATION INTERN

Diana Moyano

PROJECT MANAGER

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Sajjad Pakdamansavoji

AI EDUCATION INTERN

Andres Rojas

DIRECTOR, APPLIED AI PROJECTS

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Cameron Schuler

CHIEF COMMERCIALIZATION OFFICER AND VP, INDUSTRY INNOVATION

Kathleen Sebastian

ASSOCIATE PROJECT MANAGER

Amir Shahbandegan

AI EDUCATION INTERN

Muhammad Shahmir Masood

FASTLANE PROGRAM COORDINATOR

Craig Stewart

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, APPLIED AI PROGRAMS

Ali Taiyeb

DIRECTOR, INDUSTRY INNOVATION

Michiel Vos

MANAGER, AI STARTUPS & SCALEUPS

Bob Zhou

FASTLANE PROGRAM BUSINESS ANALYST

Flora Wan

TECHNICAL EDUCATION SPECIALIST

AI Engineering

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Arash Afkanpour

APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING SCIENTIST

Adil Asif

ASSOCIATE APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING SPECIALIST

Sana Ayromlous

ASSOCIATE APPLIED ML SPECIALIST

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Veronica Chatrath

ASSOCIATE TECHNICAL PROGRAM MANAGER

Matthew Choi

ASSOCIATE APPLIED MACHINE SPECIALIST

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Carolyn Chong

SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER

Mark Coatsworth

SYSTEMS ENGINEER

Omkar Dige

ASSOCIATE APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING SPECIALIST

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Elham Dolatabadi

APPLIED ML SCIENTIST, HEALTH, CONSULTANT

David Emerson

APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING SCIENTIST

Chu Fei Luo

APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING INTERN

Shardul Ghuge

APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING INTERN

Ziwen Han

APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING INTERN

Roya Javadi

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER – MACHINE LEARNING

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

TECHNICAL TEAM LEAD

Marcelo Lotif

SENIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER – MACHINE LEARNING

Deval Pandya

VICE PRESIDENT, AI ENGINEERING

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Colin Raffel

ASSOCIATE RESEARCH DIRECTOR, AI ENGINEERING & INFRASTRUCTURE

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Dhanesh Ramachandram

APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING SCIENTIST – HEALTH LEAD

Ananya Raval

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER – MACHINE LEARNING

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Shaina Raza

APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING SCIENTIST – RESPONSIBLE AI

Karan Swatch

APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING INTERN

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Fatemeh Tavakoli

ASSOCIATE APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING SPECIALIST

John Willes

TECHNICAL TEAM LEAD

Yuchong Zhang

APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING INTERN

Health and Technology

Jessica Blackman

DIRECTOR, HEALTH RESEARCH OPERATIONS

Sebastian Burlacu

SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR

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Jacky Chen

PROJECT MANAGER, BUSINESS COMPUTING

Thomas Deane

ASSOCIATE TECHNICAL BUSINESS ANALYST

Azra Dhalla

DIRECTOR, HEALTH AI IMPLEMENTATION

Ben Davies

CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

Kevin Jeong

ASSOCIATE SUPPORT ANALYST

Lynette Kofi

PROGRAM COORDINATOR, HEALTH OPERATIONS & DATA MANAGEMENT

David Magda

SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR

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Val Morozov

BUSINESS SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR

Rob Naccarato

DIRECTOR, SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING

Maia Norman

PROJECT MANAGER, HEALTH DATA AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

Parisa Osivand

DATA STEWARD

Kagiso Phaphe

HPC SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR

Zack Power

HPC SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

Chioma Precious Uju

PROGRAM MANAGER, HEALTH RESEARCH OPERATIONS

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Janice Da Silva

PROJECT MANAGER, HEALTH AI IMPLEMENTATION

Roxana Sultan

CHIEF DATA OFFICER AND VP HEALTH

John Yee

SYSTEMS OPERATIONS MANAGER

Joanna Yu

DATA, HEALTH DATA & PARTNERSHIPS

Research Operations and Academic Partnerships

Sereen Aziz

RESEARCH OPERATIONS & ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS, PROGRAM COORDINATOR

Carly Cummings

PROGRAM COORDINATOR, RESEARCH OPERATIONS & ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS

Sam Hadkar

SPECIALIST, AI TALENT INITIATIVES

Cedric Hou

DATA ANALYST

Melissa Judd

VICE PRESIDENT, RESEARCH OPERATIONS & ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIPS

Arber Kacollja

MANAGER, RESEARCH SERVICES

Clarence Magpantay

RESEARCH OPERATIONS OFFICER

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Adam Renkosinski

DIRECTOR, AI TALENT INITIATIVES & ANALYTICS

Sylvia Si Gao

PROGRAM COORDINATOR

Johannah Thumb

MANAGER, STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

Taylor Walker

SPECIALIST, INTERNSHIPS & WORK INTEGRATED LEARNING

Caroline Wesley

RESEARCH SERVICES OFFICER

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Susana Veliz

PROGRAMS OFFICER

Jackie Zurborg

DIRECTOR, RESEARCH OPERATIONS

Operations

Sameera Ali

TALENT ACQUISITION SPECIALIST

James Boutcher

OFFICE SERVICES ASSISTANT

Gary Burlakoff

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

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Michelle D’Souza

HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER

Geoffrey Forguson

MANAGER, FINANCE

Dafine Fukunishi Del Bianco

HUMAN RESOURCES GENERALIST

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Ivana Hua

TALENT ACQUISITION SPECIALIST

Catherine Kirby

DIRECTOR, HUMAN RESOURCES & CORPORATE SERVICES

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Jessica Loreto

HUMAN RESOURCES ASSOCIATE

Abdur Mohammed

OFFICE SERVICES MANAGER

Alina Montenegro-Familia

OFFICE SERVICES ASSISTANT

Mira Ngresi

PAYROLL & FINANCE SPECIALIST

Daniel Oltianu

OFFICE SERVICES ASSISTANT

Lucas Parnanzone

SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST

Chloe To

OFFICE SERVICES ASSISTANT

Alan Veerman

CHIEF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL OFFICER

Marketing, Communications, and Events

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

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Jennifer Jenkins

MARKETING SPECIALIST

Chiara Lacey

DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & EVENTS

Dani Makendiran

COORDINATOR EVENTS AND MARKETING

Orli Namian

MANAGER, COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC RELATIONS

Nadiea Prince

DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & EVENTS

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Natalie Richard

COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST & WRITER

Melissa Rose

EVENTS MANAGER

Kaye Schatz

GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Leanna Vu

MARKETING SPECIALIST

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Kylie Williams

DIGITAL MARKETING & ANALYTICS SPECIALIST

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