Claudette McGowan

Global Executive Officer

Claudette is a global information technology leader with more than 17 years of success leading digital transformations and designing new approaches that improve service experiences.

Dr. Molly Shoichet

University Professor and Canada Research Chair

​Professor Molly Shoichet holds the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Tissue Engineering at the University of Toronto.  Dr. Shoichet has published over 675 papers, patents and abstracts and has given over 400 lectures worldwide. She currently leads a laboratory of 25 and has graduated 190 researchers.

Dr. Sarah Shoker

Founder

Sarah is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Waterloo where she works on issues related to gender, emerging technologies, and international security. She also founded Glassbox, a social impact firm that analyzes software products  for signs of bias and legal risk.

Charu Jaiswal 

Machine Learning Scientist

Charu completed her Masters in machine learning and industrial engineering from the University of Toronto. She is a Machine Learning Scientist at Integrate.ai, where she builds predictive models to help large enterprises become more customer-centric.

Sarah Sun

Chief Data Strategist

Sarah has worked across multiple industries including banking, technology, and natural resources. As Chief Data Strategist for GoldSpot, she is focused on driving long-term growth and revenue through combining the geological sciences with artificial intelligence. 

Faezeh Khabbaz

Head of Data Science in Global Research

Faezeh holds a PhD in robotics, from the University of Toronto. She leads the RBC Elements team, a primary research and data science team that uses advanced artificial intelligence and analytics to extract meaningful insights from alternative data.

Asa Motha-Pollock

Research Analyst

Asa Motha-Pollock is a Research Analyst at MaRS Discovery District. She develops data-driven products and reports with a focus on the future of work and the innovation economy. She supports the analytics in the build of planext.

Meghana Madhusudhan

Manager of Data Science

Meghana Madhusudhan is a seasoned data science professional with 7+ years of academic and professional experience. She is a Computer Science Engineer who holds a Master’s degree in Business Analytics and Operational Research from Manchester Business School.

Serena McDonnell

Senior Data Scientist

Serena is a Senior Data Scientist at Delphia, where she works on combining public opinion and social media data to drive stock market predictions. Serena holds an MSc in Mathematics from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and a BSc in Mathematics and Biology from McGill University.

Nataliya Portman 

Manager of Data Science

Nataliya is a Manager of Data Science at 360insights.com where she is committed to the development of predictive sales channel analytics that will help channel leaders maximize the return on investment of their channel incentive programs. She is also the co-inventor of “Bid-Assist” and “AutoVision”.

Jill Cates

Data Scientist

Jill is a data scientist at Shopify. Outside of work, Jill spends her time developing recommender systems and learning Julia (the programming language). She helps run events for PyLadies and PyData Toronto.