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, 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
Industry Innovation
Sedef Akinli Kocak
DIRECTOR, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Warren Ali
DIRECTOR, INDUSTRY INNOVATION
Mariah Amalraj
FASTLANE ANALYST INTERN
Winnie Au
PROJECT MANAGER
Oluwanifemi Bamgbosei
AI PROJECT MANAGEMENT INTERN
Mohammad Ahmed Basri
AI PROJECT MANAGEMENT INTERN
Junid Ebadi
FASTLANE PROGRAM BUSINESS ANALYST
Shaaf Farooq
AI PROJECT MANAGEMENT INTERN
Ramin Fathian
APPLIED AI PROJECT MANAGEMENT INTERN
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
Cynthia Lam
AI EDUCATION INTERN
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
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
Arash Afkanpour
APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING SCIENTIST
Adil Asif
ASSOCIATE APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING SPECIALIST
Sana Ayromlous
ASSOCIATE APPLIED ML SPECIALIST
Veronica Chatrath
ASSOCIATE TECHNICAL PROGRAM MANAGER
Matthew Choi
ASSOCIATE APPLIED MACHINE SPECIALIST
Carolyn Chong
SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER
Mark Coatsworth
SYSTEMS ENGINEER
Omkar Dige
ASSOCIATE APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING SPECIALIST
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
Colin Raffel
ASSOCIATE RESEARCH DIRECTOR, AI ENGINEERING & INFRASTRUCTURE
Dhanesh Ramachandram
APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING SCIENTIST – HEALTH LEAD
Ananya Raval
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER – MACHINE LEARNING
Shaina Raza
APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING SCIENTIST – RESPONSIBLE AI
Karan Swatch
APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING INTERN
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
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
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
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
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
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
Michelle D’Souza
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER
Geoffrey Forguson
MANAGER, FINANCE
Dafine Fukunishi Del Bianco
HUMAN RESOURCES GENERALIST
Ivana Hua
TALENT ACQUISITION SPECIALIST
Catherine Kirby
DIRECTOR, HUMAN RESOURCES & CORPORATE SERVICES
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
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
Natalie Richard
COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST & WRITER
Melissa Rose
EVENTS MANAGER
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.