Class notes

1969

• Peter Warrian (BA ’69, MA ’71, PhD ’86) was appointed to the Order of Canada.

1976

• Sixth Wave Innovations Inc. appointed David Fransen (BA ’76, MA ’77) to its board of directors.

1985

• Michael Retterath (BSc ’85, MSc ’88) was appointed chief strategy officer of Spark Therapeutics.

• Alison Brooks Architects, led by Alison Brooks (BES ’85, BArch ’88, DEng ’16), was named Dezeen’s Architect of the year 2020.

• Dave Revell (BASc ’85) joined the board of directors for Brane, a digital asset custody company.

1986

• Paresh Doshi (BA ’86, MAcc ’86) was appointed to CloudMD's chairman's advisory board.

1989

• Wayne Lobsinger (BA ’89) was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Hamilton.

1990

• Sun Life named Kevin Strain (BA '90, MAcc ’90) as its CEO.

1991

• Wendy Kei (BMath ’91) was recognized by the Women's Executive Network as one of Canada's most powerful women.

1992

• Lisa Feldman Barrett (PhD ’92) released her second popular science book, Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain.

1993

• Onno Purbo (PhD ’93) received the Jonathan B. Postal Service Award from The Internet Society.

• Jimmy Mui (BA ’93, MAcc ’93) was named one of "Canada's 50 Best Executives 2020” by the Globe and Mail.

1994

• Bruce McAllister (BES ’94) was appointed general manager of community development by the Municipality of Chatham-Kent.

• The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) designated Dr. Angela Lusigi (BA ’94) as the new resident representative of UNDP in Ghana.

1995

• Susan Uthayakumar (BA ’95, MAcc ’95) was recognized by the Women's Executive Network as one of Canada's most powerful women.

• Edvina Uzunovic (MASc ’95, PhD ’01) joined the Worcester Polytechnic Institute as a full-time faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

• KA Imaging, founded by Amol Karnick (BASc ’95), Karim S. Karim (BASc ’99, PhD ’03) and Sina Ghanbarzadeh (MSc ’14), was selected to the 2020 CIX Top 20 Early list.

1996

• Erik Demaine (BMath ’96, PhD ’02) won the MIT Bose Award for Excellence in Teaching.

1997

• Janine Barry (BA ’97) was recognized by the Women's Executive Network as one of Canada's most powerful women.

• Melanie Adrian (BA ’97) was appointed to the Order of Ontario.

1998

• Nancy Barber (BA ’98) was recognized by the Women's Executive Network as one of Canada's most powerful women.

2000

• Ozzie Goldschmied (BMath ’00) was named one of "Canada's 50 Best Executives 2020” by the Globe and Mail.

• Wesfarmers Ltd. appointed Anil Sabharwal (BMath ’00) to its board.

2001

• MedStack, co-founded by Simon Woodside (BMath ’01), was selected to the 2020 CIX Top 20 Early list.

• Handshake Appoints Asif Makhani (BMath ’01) chief technology officer.

2002

• Thaya Tharmalingam (BMath ’02) welcomed as Enthusiast Gaming COO.

• Rhyolite Resources Ltd. Appointed Cybill Tsung (BA ’02, MAcc ’02) as its chief financial officer.

• Michael Reiha (BASc ’02) joined the Silvaco technical advisory board.

• Remi Desa (BASc ’02) was named on the Globe and Mail's list of Canadian changemakers.

2003

• Christine D'Sylva (BA ’03, MAcc ’03) was promoted to CFO of Pizza Pizza Royalty Corp.

2004

• Zochem appointed Mohit Sharma (BASc ’04) as its president and CEO.

• Harrison Lung (BASc ’04) joined Siris as partner, portfolio value creation.

2005

• Bliss Edwards (BES '05) was promoted to executive vice president at SmartStop Self Storage REIT.

2006

• Dianne Carmichael (BA ’06) was appointed CEO of Vitall Intelligence Inc.

2007

• Top Hat, founded by Mike Silagadze (BASc ’07) and Mohsen Shahini (PhD ’11), was selected to the 2020 CIX Top 10 Growth list and the Globe and Mail's ranking of Canada's Top Growing Companies.

• Raveel Afzaal (BMath ’07, BA ’08) was announced as the new president of Next Hydrogram Corp.

2009

• Margarita de Guzman (BAFM ’09, MAcc ’09) was named a 2020 Emerging Leader by CPA Ontario.

2010

• Goldseek Resources announced Eric Myung (BMath ’10, MAcc ’10) as its CFO.

• The Honourable Monique Bégin (LLD ’10) was appointed to the Order of Canada.

• Mount Nittany Physicians Group welcomed spine surgeon Aidin Kashigar (BASc ’10) as a new member.

2011

• Betty Robinson (BSc ’11) released her children's book Elizabeth Goes to Mars!

• Luxsonic Technologies, founded by Arjun Puri (BA ’11, MSc ’17) and Michael Wesolowski (PhD ’12), was selected to the 2020 CIX Top 20 Early list.

2012

• Matthew Roman (MTax ’12) was named a 2020 Emerging Leader by CPA Ontario.

2013

• Rozhin Yousefi (MASc ’13) was selected for the Ontario Brain Institute's (OBI) 2020 ONtrepreneurs cohort.

• Ironbridge Equity Partners promoted Daivik Doshi (BMath ’13, MAcc ’13) to vice president.

2014

• Truzaar Dordi (BA ’14, MES ’16, PhD in progress) was named one of Corporate Knights' Top 30 under 30 sustainability leaders.

• Artem Pasyechnyk (BSE ’14) was named in Forbes' Top 30 Under 30 list. Artem is the co-founder of Canix.

• Jonathon Dos Santos (BASc ’14) was named in Forbes' Top 30 Under 30 Enterprise Technology list. Jonathan is the co-founder of Stromcore Energy.

• Dustyn Lanz (MA ’14) was named on the Globe and Mail's list of Canadian changemakers.

2015

• Jeremy Wang (BMath ’15) was named in Forbes' Top 30 Under 30 Games list. Jeremy is a gaming streamer known as "Disguised Toast."

• Acorn Biolabs, co-founded by Patrick Pumputis (BSc ’15, MSc ’17) and Steven Ten Holder (BSc ’20), was selected to the 2020 CIX Top 20 Early list.

2016

• Arylla Inc., founded by Perry Everett (BASc ’16), Ben Rasera (BASc ’16) and Graham Thomas (BASc ’16), was selected to the 2020 CIX Top 20 Early list.

• Nadine Pinto (BES ’16) was named one of Corporate Knights' Top 30 under 30 sustainability leaders.

• Jack Forbes (BASc ’16) was named in Forbes' Top 30 Under 30 Consumer Technology list. Jack is the co-founder of Kopa.

2017

• Ambika Opal (BASc ’17, MA ’20) received the President's Community Leader award from the University of Waterloo.

• Marjorie Knight (BSW ’17) was selected as an NDP candidate in the 2022 Ontario election.

2018

• Sharon Chen (BASc ’18) received the 2021 G. Gordon M. Sterling award from Professional Engineers Ontario.

• Cassandra Myers (BA ’18) was named on the Globe and Mail's list of Canadian changemakers.

2020

• Ishan Mishra (BASc ’20), Holden Beggs (BASc ’20), Zhenle Cao (BASc ’20), Fernando Pena Cantu (BASc ’20) and Alisha Bhanji (BASc ’20) won the global runner-up prize for the 2020 James Dyson Award.