Amii Team

Our incredible people are the reason we’re able to do incredible work. Meet our team of bright, curious and talented individuals.

Leadership

Our leadership team has decades of experience in innovation and leadership roles.

Executive

Stephanie Enders

Chief Delivery Officer

Marlene McNaughton

Chief Revenue Officer

Rich Yee CPA, CA

Chief Financial Officer

Russ Erickson

VP, Investment and Partnerships

Shabeena Habib

VP, People and Culture

Office of the CEO

Rosa Ellithorpe

Director, Academic & Government Relations

Alyssa Lefaivre Škopac

Director, AI Trust & Safety

Michelle Poe

Executive Assistant to the CEO

Advanced Technology

Adam Danyleyko

Product Owner - Advanced Technology

Dave Staszak

Lead Machine Learning Scientist

Payam Mousavi

Applied Research Scientist

Atefeh Shahroudnejad

Machine Learning Scientist

Maithrreye Srinivasan

Machine Learning Scientist

Levent Ozbek

Machine Learning Engineer

Deborah Akaniru

Machine Learning Project Manager

Bevin Eldaphonse

Machine Learning Project Manager

Joey Ton

Machine Learning Project Manager

Nastaran Gholizadeh

Machine Learning Resident

Abrar Fahim

Machine Learning Resident

Soumik Farhan

Machine Learning Resident

Mahtab Farrokh

Machine Learning Resident

Ramin Fathian

Machine Learning Resident

Shadan Golestan

Machine Learning Scientist

Maryam Jameela

Machine Learning Resident

Yash Joshi

Machine Learning Resident

Amarpreet Kaur

Machine Learning Resident

Anindita Kundu

Machine Learning Resident

Golnaz Mesbahi

Machine Learning Resident

Divya Nagpal

Machine Learning Resident

Ali Parsaee

Machine Learning Resident

Subhojeet Pramanik

Machine Learning Resident

Amir Refaee

Machine Learning Resident

Kevin Roice

Machine Learning Resident

Vidya shree S

Machine Learning Resident

Kunwar Saaim

Machine Learning Resident

Mohammad Sarfi

Machine Learning Resident

Vinamra Singh

Machine Learning Resident

Shirin Yamani

Machine Learning Resident

Industry

David Chan

Product Owner - Industry

David Reid

Lead Machine Learning Scientist

James Dang

Project Manager

Ayman Qroon

Machine Learning Scientist

Startups

Amor Provins

Product Owner, Startups

Zachary Tchir

Machine Learning Scientist

Sahir

Machine Learning Scientist

Mitchell McCaig

Technical Product Advisor

Hanna Demoz

Program Coordinator

Talent

Warren Johnston

Product Owner - Talent

Erika Hudon-Kaide

Product Associate

Saahil Rachh

Product Associate, Operations

Alexandra Parker

Intern

Training

Joseph Pedrola

Product Owner - Training

Jill Kowalchuk

Manager, AI Literacy

Taiwo Badejo

Instructional Designer

Anahita Doosti

Machine Learning Educator

Soroush Razavi

Machine Learning Educator

Meenakshi Ramanathan

Program Coordinator

Investment & Partnerships

Finance & Administration

Robert Craig

IT Director

Jinal Kothari

Project Manager

Jia You

Controller

Emerson Flores

Financial Reporting Analyst

Alon Faitelis

Grants Officer

Amy Wu

Financial Analyst

Abhi Jaidka

Systems Administrator

Viktoriia Roik

Team Lead, Finance & Administration (University of Alberta)

Amna Sohail

Research Analyst, Trust Accounts (University of Alberta)

Melanie Calvert

Hiring Support (University of Alberta)

Wes Calvert

Hiring Support (University of Alberta)

Danielle Drozdiak

Expense Advisor (University of Alberta)

Bobby-Jo Miller

Administrative Assistant, Amii Fellows (University of Alberta)

People & Culture

Erika Bruneau

Human Resources Business Partner

Justine Hayes

Human Resources Business Partner

Marketing & Communications

Lindsay Sylvester

Director, Marketing Operations

Britt Ayotte

Marketing Specialist

Chris Onciul

Producer – Video and Digital

Lynda Vang

Communications Specialist

Scott Lilwall

Science Communications Associate

Delivery Operations

Jana O'Connor

Director of Event Services

Jacque Rodrigue

Operations & Performance Analyst

Chynna Pankiw

Community Manager

Board of Directors

Bruce Johnson

Amii Board Chair; Executive Chair/Co-CEO, Vertical City Inc.

Warren Bergen

President - AVAC Ltd. & Amii Board Member

Zarina Bhambhani

Partner – KPMG & Amii Board Member

Joan Hertz

Chair – ATB Financial; Chair – Edmonton International Airport & Amii Board Member

Matina Kalcounis-Rueppell

Dean of Science, University of Alberta & Amii Board Member

John Knubley

Senior Business Consultant – InnovActionJK & Amii Board Member

Elan MacDonald

Vice President, External Relations at the University of Alberta & Amii Board Member

Josh Pantony

Co-Founder & CEO – Boosted.ai & Amii Board Member

Patrick M. Pilarski

Fellow, Canada CIFAR AI Chair & Amii Board Member

Todd Simpson

Partner – Inovia Capital & Amii Board Member

Gerri Sinclair

Managing Director - Kensington Capital & Amii Board Member

Research Fellows

Richard S. Sutton

Fellow, Canada CIFAR AI Chair & Chief Scientific Advisor

Adam White

Fellow, Director of Scientific Operations and Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Mohamed Abdalla

Fellow

Michael Bowling

Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Neil Burch

Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Angel X. Chang

Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Mo Chen

Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Alona Fyshe

Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Randy Goebel

Fellow

Russ Greiner

Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Yuhong Guo

Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Matthew Guzdial

Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Nidhi Hegde

Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Robert Holte

Fellow

Jacob L. Jaremko

Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Bei Jiang

Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Jun Jin

Fellow

Bailey Kacsmar

Fellow

Grzegorz (Greg) Kondrak

Fellow

Linglong Kong

Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Levi Lelis

Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Kevin Leyton-Brown

Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Xingyu Li

Fellow

Lei Ma

Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Marlos C. Machado

Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Rupam Mahmood

Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair

J. Ross Mitchell

Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Lili Mou

Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Martin Müller

Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Mi Jung Park

Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Patrick M. Pilarski

Fellow, Canada CIFAR AI Chair & Amii Board Member

Elina Robeva

Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Geoffrey Rockwell

Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Jonathan Schaeffer

Fellow

Mark Schmidt

Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Dale Schuurmans

Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Nathan R. Sturtevant

Fellow, Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Danica J. Sutherland

Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Csaba Szepesvári

Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Xiaoqi Tan

Fellow

Matthew (Matt) E. Taylor

Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Martha White

Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Frank Wood

Canada CIFAR AI Chair

James R. Wright

Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Yutaka Yasui

Fellow

Osmar Zaïane

Fellow & Canada CIFAR AI Chair

Sandra Zilles

Canada CIFAR AI Chair