Tim Lichti (BA ’14)
Alum, Faculty of Arts
> Co-founder and CEO, Swap Robotics
> Velocity
Nain Abdi
Undergraduate student, Faculty of Engineering
> Co-founder, Colare
> Co-op and Experiential Education
> Velocity
Dr. Nardine Nakhla
Professor, School of Pharmacy
> Faculty of Science
> Co-founder and CEO, MAPflow
Michael Volovyk
Undergraduate student, Faculty of Mathematics
> Co-op and Experiential Education
At Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), a new step using artificial intelligence (AI) is showing how technology can strengthen employee efficiency. And a Waterloo co-op helped build it.
Andrew Cordssen-David (BSc ’22, MBET ’23)
Alum, Faculty of Science and Faculty of Engineering
> Co-Founder and CEO, HeadFirst
> Velocity
> Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business
Dr. Helen Chen
Professor, School of Public Health Sciences
Faculty of Health
Dr. Crystal Senko
Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Faculty of Science
> Institute for Quantum Computing
> Co-founder, Open Quantum Design
Alex Maierean (MMath ‘24)
Faculty of Mathematics
> PhD student, Institute of Quantum Computing
> CEO and co-founder, Phantom Photonics Velocity
As commercial interest in quantum technologies accelerates, entrepreneurial minds at the University of Waterloo are not waiting for opportunities — they are creating them.
Mark Schaan (BA ’02)
Alum, Political Science
Faculty of Arts
> Associate Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere — hailed as a revolution, feared as a disruption, but ultimately defined by how thoughtfully we choose to use it.