Experience

CERT Systems Inc

• Canada
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-founder and CEO

  • Jun 2019 - 4 years 7 months

  Toronto, Canada



University of Toronto

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Research and Partnerships

  • Feb 2016 - Aug 2022

  Toronto, Canada Area - Led development of government and industrial grant applications, including Ontario Research Fund -Research Excellence, OCE TargetGHG, NSERC Discovery, NSERC Research Tools and Instruments, NSERC Strategic Partnership Grant for Networks, Canada Foundation for Innovation - Innovation Fund - Secured over $8M in funding for Sargent lab, including for research into carbon dioxide conversion to valuable products and machine learning for materials discovery - Leading Team CERT in the NRG COSIA… Show more - Led development of government and industrial grant applications, including Ontario Research Fund -Research Excellence, OCE TargetGHG, NSERC Discovery, NSERC Research Tools and Instruments, NSERC Strategic Partnership Grant for Networks, Canada Foundation for Innovation - Innovation Fund - Secured over $8M in funding for Sargent lab, including for research into carbon dioxide conversion to valuable products and machine learning for materials discovery - Leading Team CERT in the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE; Team CERT is one of only 10 finalists in this $20M competition - Electrocatalysis research program leader for Sargent group - currently managing a team of ~20 scientists - Business development role in securing industrial partners for research projects, including sectors such as Oil & Gas, Transportation, and Chemicals - Chaired QD2018, international conference on quantum dots

• Research Operations Manager

  • Jul 2015 - Feb 2016

  - Led revamp of supply purchasing procedure to reduce process complexity - Made decisions in procurement of over $500 000 worth of new research equipment; directly negotiated with vendors resulting in over 30% reduction in cost - Ramp up of new lab facility

• PhD Candidate

  • Aug 2010 - Jul 2015

  Toronto, Canada Area - Achieved world record 7.0% solar cell efficiency as recognized by National Renewable Energy Lab - Author of over 15 publications in high impact journals, including Nature Nanotechnology, over 500 total citations including top 5 most cited paper from Sargent Group - Project manager for new thrust involving infrared-sensitive solar cells and mentor to new students - Collaborated with international universities, and spearheaded industrial collaborations - Device and material… Show more - Achieved world record 7.0% solar cell efficiency as recognized by National Renewable Energy Lab - Author of over 15 publications in high impact journals, including Nature Nanotechnology, over 500 total citations including top 5 most cited paper from Sargent Group - Project manager for new thrust involving infrared-sensitive solar cells and mentor to new students - Collaborated with international universities, and spearheaded industrial collaborations - Device and material design/optimization, thin film deposition, MatLab scripting



uOttawa

• Canada
• Higher Education

• Research Assistant

  • May 2009 - Sep 2009

  Ottawa, Canada Area - Design, procurement and set-up of photoluminescence test equipment for growing lab investigating III-V multijunction concentrator solar cells



Nortel Networks

• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Electro-optics hardware design/development intern

  • May 2007 - Jul 2008

  - Electro-optical performance verification tests for Ethernet network hardware - Streamlined testing procedure and data analysis through Matlab scripting - Liaising with production staff to ensure specifications are met



Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre

• Belgium
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Medical Physics Assistant

  • May 2006 - Sep 2006

  Ottawa, Canada Area - Quality assurance testing of clinical radiation machines - Commissioning of new Elekta clinical linear accelerators