Class notes

Rohan Jayasekera (BMath ’81): Rohan Jayasekera is the Chief Technology Officer of Hungerhub Canada Inc., which was listed among Canada's Top Growing Companies of 2024 by the Report on Business. Read More about Rohan Jayasekera

Herbert Sutter (BMath ’89): Citadel Securities hires 20-year Microsoft vet Herb Sutter as its first technical fellow. Read More about Herbert Sutter

Doreen Galli (MMath ’90, PhD ’93): Doreen Galli, Chief of Research at TBW Advisors LLC was named one of the Top 50 Women Leaders of Las Vegas for 2024. Read More about Doreen Galli

Wendy Kei (BMath ’91): Wendy Kei, Board Chair at NFI, was honoured with a Women Corporate Directors (WCD) Visionary Award for Strategic Leadership. Read more about Wendy Kei

Mike Spero (BMath ’91): Mike Spero is COO at CMI Financial Group, which was named one of Canada’s Top Growing Companies of 2024 by the Globe and Mail. Read More about Mike Spero                                                                                   

Jeff Shiner (BMath ’92): Jeff Shiner is CEO of 1Password, which was listed as one of the 71 Canadian tech companies to reach US$100-million in revenue in the Globe and Mail. Read More about Jeff Shiner

Pauline Teoh (BMath ’93): Zurich Malaysia names Pauline Teoh CEO of Zurich Life Insurance Malaysia. Read More about Pauline Teoh

Michele Mosca (BMath ’95): University of Waterloo professor Michele Mosca says there's no evidence that the Chinese researchers can use a quantum computer to crack the codes we use today. Read More Michele Mosca

Rekha Agrawal (PhD ’97): KiddeFenwal, provider of industrial and commercial fire suppression systems and safety controls, has appointed Rekha Agrawal to serve as the firm’s CEO. Read More Rekha Agrawal

Pradeep (Deep) Nair (BMath ’98): Pradeep (Deep) Nair, CIO of TRIUMF, was named one of the Top 50 Tech Leaders of the Year by the Canada India Tech Council (CITC). Read More Pradeep Nair

Gary Chan (BMath ’98, MAcc ’98): Kingkey Financial International (Holdings) Limited announced that Mr. Chan Ka Leung Gary (“Mr. Chan”) has been engaged as a consultant. Read More about Gary Chan

Yuan Eichstedt (BMath ’99): National Life Group has appointed Yuan Eichstedt as Vice President of Capital Management, leading capital initiatives that will enable the company’s sustainable and responsible growth. Read More about Yuan Eichstedt

Brian Hartley (BMath ’06): Uber’s Toronto tech hub site, led by Brian Hartley, is creating global products with the agility of a startup. Read More about Brian Hartley

Krysta Chapman (BMath ’06, MAcc ’06): Krysta Chapman is the CFO of mining company startup, Ideon Technologies, which has received a federally-funded $2.7 million from PacifiCan to commercialize its subsurface intelligence system. Read More about Krysta Chapman

Chris Ferrie (BMath ’06, MMath ’08, PhD ’09): Christopher Ferrie is the co-founder of Eigensystems and the creative force behind Quokka, a puck-sized device that teaches users how to program a quantum computer. Read More about Chris Ferrie

Nathan Hoel (BCS ’08): Fast-growing ag-startup, BinSentry, co-founded by Nathan Hoel, has raised $25 million in the past year.Read More about Nathan Hoel

Atty Mashatan (MMath ’03, GCERT ’08, PhD ’09): Atty Mashatan was named one of Canada's Most Powerful
Women in the BMO STEM category by the Women's Executive Network (WXN). Read More about Atty Mashatan

Aditya (JP) Jayaprakash (BCS ’19): Blacksmith, co-founded by Aayush Sha, Aditya Maru and Aditya Jayaprakash, is disrupting developer productivity. Read More about Aditya Jayaprakash

Deon Nicholas (BMath ’15): Deon Nicholas, Co-founder and CEO of Forethought, an advanced generative AI agent for customer support, discusses how to build lasting customer relationships. Read More about Deon Nicholas

Abheek Dhawan (BMath ’16): Abheek Dhawan is Senior Vice President of Strategy at Jobber, which was listed as one of the 71 Canadian tech companies to reach US$100-million in revenue in the Globe and Mail. Read More about Abheek Dhawan

Amir-Hossein Karimi (MMath ’18): Amir-Hossein Karimi was featured on the BBC's podcast The Artificial Human for an episode about AI recognizing emotion. Read More about Air-Hossein Karimi

Ruslan Nikolaev (BCS ’20): Float, co-founded by Ruslan Nikolaev, has launched a new bill pay product. Read more about Ruslan Nikolaev

Aayush Shah ( BCS ’20): Blacksmith, co-founded by Aayush Sha, Aditya Maru and Aditya Jayaprakash, is disrupting developer productivity. Read More about Aayush Shah

Aditya Maru (BCS ’20): Blacksmith, co-founded by Aayush Sha, Aditya Maru and Aditya Jayaprakash, is disrupting developer productivity. Read More about Aditya Maru

Kyne Santos (BMath ’21): Kyne Santos discusses the complexities of infinite tiling with Craig Kaplan on Science Quickly. Read More about Kyne Santos

Craig Kaplan (BMath ’96): Craig Kaplan discusses the complexities of infinite tiling with Kyne Santos on Science Quickly. Read More about Craig Kaplan

Rayhan Moidu (BCS ’24): Rayhan Moidu had their art showcased at the Lumen Festival. Read More about Rayhan Moidu

Max Bouthillier receives Rico Mariani 2SLGBTQ+ Graduate Award

Joshua Duho Kim named finalist at ETHGlobal Hackathon

Math team GWNB wins second place in Bloomberg Global Trading Challenge

Third Math Teach-Off uses statistics to build community

Building an iconic movie car for the fun of it

Two Statistics and Actuarial Science professors receive $160,000 in funding from Ontario Research Fund

January 2025 Key Clues puzzle hunt will bring “Alfred Hitchcock vibes” to campus

A Q&A with computer science professor Freda Shi

From co-ops to leaders at Shopify

Removing microplastics with engineered bacteria

Exchange students study math at home and abroad

Science paper co-authored by Mohamed Hibat Allah receives widespread media coverage

Jerry Wang wins major award at International Consortium of Chinese Mathematicians

Professor Ana Crisan wins IEEE paper award for outstanding computer graphics research

Linux update could massively increase data centre energy efficiency

Waterloo quantum research gets $16 million boost

In Memoriam: Jiří Čížek

Math alumni Michael Barnstijn and Louise MacCallum appointed to the Order of Canada

Using a computer model to shed light on early invasive melanoma

First computer science teach-off a success

Waterloo receives $1 million USD pledge from Interop Labs

Meet Matt Brehmer, a human-computer interaction and data visualization researcher interested in ubiquitous information experiences

Josephine Naidoo passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 24^th, 2024 at age 92.

Robin P. McNeil passed away at St. Joseph’s Health Centre on Monday, December 23, 2024 after a year-long battle with cancer at the age of 79. 

Stanford Saliwonchyk passed away, in the presence of his family, at Grand River Hospital on January 02 at the age of 75.

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Art Morofke on June 27, 2024, at the age of 87.

It's with heavy hearts that we must say a final goodbye to Fred Kapuscinski, who passed away peacefully at the age of 77 on January 26, 2025.

We extend our deepest condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of Jiří Čížek, distinguished professor emeritus of applied mathematics, who died on December 24, 2024, in Toronto. 

Harold Vandermeer left this earthly world on January 29, 2025, in Ottawa, ON. 

Arthur John Mason, 77, passed away on Monday, January 20, 2025, at his home in Rock Hill, with his family by his side.