Alumni on the move and getting noticed!
Class of...
1980s
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...
Herbert Sutter (BMath ’89): Citadel Securities hires 20-year Microsoft vet Herb Sutter as its first technical fellow. Read More...
1990s
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...
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...
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...
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...
Pauline Teoh (BMath ’93): Zurich Malaysia names Pauline Teoh CEO of Zurich Life Insurance Malaysia. Read More...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
2000s
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...
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...
Nathan Hoel (BCS ’08): Fast-growing ag-startup, BinSentry, co-founded by Nathan Hoel, has raised $25 million in the past year. Read More...
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...
2010s
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...
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...
2020s
Ruslan Nikolaev (BCS ’20): Float, co-founded by Ruslan Nikolaev, has launched a new bill pay product. Read more...
Aayush Shah ( BCS ’20): Blacksmith, co-founded by Aayush Sha, Aditya Maru and Aditya Jayaprakash, is disrupting developer productivity. Read More...
Aditya Maru (BCS ’20): Blacksmith, co-founded by Aayush Sha, Aditya Maru and Aditya Jayaprakash, is disrupting developer productivity. Read More...
Kyne Santos (BMath ’21): Kyne Santos discusses the complexities of infinite tiling with Craig Kaplan on Science Quickly. Read More...
Craig Kaplan (BMath ’96): Craig Kaplan discusses the complexities of infinite tiling with Kyne Santos on Science Quickly. Read More...
Rayhan Moidu (BCS ’24): Rayhan Moidu had their art showcased at the Lumen Festival. Read More...
What’s happened in the Faculty of Mathematics?
November
December
January
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
Math alumni Michael Barnstijn and Louise MacCallum appointed to the Order of Canada
Using a computer model to shed light on early invasive melanoma
