Smith Analytics & AI Advisory Board
Smith School of Business is proud to work with highly-respected and accomplished industry leaders to ensure our Master of Management Analytics and Master of Management in Artificial Intelligence programs meet emerging needs, and provide strong connections to the business community.
![Pavel Abdur-Rahman](../../_templates/images/content/grad_studies/mma/content/advisory-board/pavel-abdur-rahman.jpg)
Pavel Abdur-Rahman, MMA’16
Managing Director
Bluevale Capital Group
![Armughan Ahmad](../../_templates/images/content/grad_studies/mma/content/advisory-board/armughan-ahmad.jpg)
Armughan Ahmad
President & CEO
Appen
![Hanny Ali](../../_templates/images/content/grad_studies/mma/content/advisory-board/hanny-ali.jpg)
Hanny Ali, MMA’16
Head of Consulting & Transformation
Media.Monks
![Lori Bieda](../../_templates/images/content/grad_studies/mma/content/advisory-board/lori-bieda.jpg)
Lori Bieda (Advisory Board Chair)
Chief Data and Analytics Officer, North American Personal and Business Bank
BMO
![Achille Ettorre](../../_templates/images/content/grad_studies/mma/content/advisory-board/achille-ettorre.jpg)
Achille Ettorre
Faculty
International Institute for Analytics
![Terry Hickey](../../_templates/images/content/grad_studies/mma/content/advisory-board/terry-hickey.jpg)
Terry Hickey
Managing Director, Head of Information Technology
Onex
![Jane Ho](../../_templates/images/content/grad_studies/mma/content/advisory-board/jane-ho.jpg)
Jane Ho, MMA’14
AVP, Enterprise Data & Analytics Strategy
TD Bank
![Erik Kalin](../../_templates/images/content/grad_studies/mma/content/advisory-board/erik-kalin.jpg)
Erik Kalin, MBA’97
VP and COO
Retail at Empire Life
![Michael Langton](../../_templates/images/content/grad_studies/mma/content/advisory-board/michael-langton.jpg)
Michael Langton
President
Newcomp Analytics
![Jawad Masud](../../_templates/images/content/grad_studies/mma/content/advisory-board/masud-jawad.jpg)
Jawad Masud
SVP Operations, Engineering & Projects
Canadian Natural Gas Pipelines, TC Energy
![Kamyar Moud](../../_templates/images/content/grad_studies/mma/content/advisory-board/kamyar-moud.jpg)
Kamyar Moud, MSc’04
Director, Investment Strategy and Asset Liability Management
New York Life Insurance
![Shyam Ramchandani](../../_templates/images/content/grad_studies/mma/content/advisory-board/shyam-ramchandani.jpg)
Shyam Ramchandani, MBA’09
Chief Science Officer
CorVista Health
![Ian Scott](../../_templates/images/content/grad_studies/mma/content/advisory-board/ian-scott.jpg)
Ian Scott
Partner & Chief Data Scientist
Deloitte
![Mark Segal](../../_templates/images/content/grad_studies/mma/content/advisory-board/mark-segal.jpg)
Mark Segal, MBA’04
Chief Information Officer
CBI Health
![Mark Shafer](../../_templates/images/content/grad_studies/mma/content/advisory-board/mark-shafer.jpg)
Mark Shafer
Senior Vice President, Decision Science & Integration
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
![Alison Simpson](../../_templates/images/content/grad_studies/mma/content/advisory-board/francis-silva.jpg)
Francis Silva, MMA’18
EVP, Digital & Artificial Intelligence
Bond Brand Loyalty
![Alison Simpson](../../_templates/images/content/grad_studies/mma/content/advisory-board/alison-simpson.jpg)
Alison Simpson
President & CEO
Canadian Marketing Association
![William Stewart](../../_templates/images/content/grad_studies/mma/content/advisory-board/william-stewart.jpg)
William Stewart
Head of Data & Insights
RBC Global Asset Management
![Stephen Thomas](../../faculty_and_research/faculty_list/images/thomas-stephen.jpg)
Stephen Thomas
Executive Director, Analytics and AI Ecosystem;
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Smith School of Business
![John Weatherill](../../_templates/images/content/grad_studies/mma/content/advisory-board/john-weatherill.jpg)
John Weatherill
Chief Commercial Officer
WestJet
![Andrea Wood](../../_templates/images/content/grad_studies/mma/content/advisory-board/andrea-wood.jpg)
Andrea Wood, MMA’16
Delivery Executive
Zafin
![Paul Zikopoulos](../../_templates/images/content/grad_studies/mma/content/advisory-board/paul-zikopoulos.jpg)
Paul Zikopoulos
VP, Technology Group Skills & Enablement
IBM
Past Advisory Board Members
- David Anderson, 2020–2023
- Michelle Ash, 2017–2022
- Declan Brady, 2016–2020
- Brenda Brouwer, 2020–2021
- Randy Brown, 2018–2021
- David Court, 2016–2021
- Glenda Crisp, 2016–2017
- Joe Daly, 2018–2019
- Sarah R. Davis, 2017–2020
- Oliver Dizon, 2020–2021
- Greg Duncan, 2017–2022
- Michael Durland, 2016–2022 (Chair 2016–2020)
- Jeff Durr, 2017–2018
- Cindy Forbes, 2017–2022
- Matt Fowler, 2018–2021
- Darin Graham, 2018–2021
- Gary Kearns, 2017–2023
- Clinton Keay, 2018–2022
- Joseph Kurian, 2021–2021
- Damian Lee, 2016–2017
- Ryan Maund, 2016–2020
- Yuri Medvedev, 2017–2019
- Manuel Morales, 2018–2019
- Jose Murillo, 2017–2022
- Raymond Pineda, 2016–2019
- Brian Ross, 2016–2021
- Ronan Ryan, 2017–2020
- David Saunders, 2016–2021
- Mark Sylvia, 2018–2021
- Phillip Thomas, 2020–2022
- Mark Wagner, 2020–2022
- Michael Zerbs, 2016–2019