ABOUT HELEN
Helen Kontozopoulos is the passionate founder of Resiin, a professional connections management app that aims to help users keep track of their new connections in a fun way!
She is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto in the Department of Computer Science, where she teaches product development, design, and startup creation. Helen’s first startup she co-founded in 2018, ODAIA Intelligence, is a Series B - 100-person strong SaaS startup that provides AI-driven insights for pharma sales and marketing teams. She also Co-founded the University of Toronto's Department of Computer Science Innovation Lab in 2014, which supports students and researchers in commercializing their ideas. As a mentor at Intel Ignite, The Firehood, Utest, and YSpace she is dedicated to nurturing early-stage startups and inspiring the next generation of innovators. In her “spare” time, she loves making art, painting Warhammer 40k, and designing a one-shot RPG game. You can also tune in and listen to Helen as she hosts the Making Impact Podcast, where she talks to life sciences leaders about how their work impacts our lives with technology. She has started to guest blog for various publications, such as entrepreneur.com - check it out: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/424748 |
ODAIA Team Retreat 2022
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WORK
Co-founder & Chief Tech Evangelist, ODAIA.AI 2018 - present Adjunct Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto 2014 - present https://web.cs.toronto.edu/contact-us/faculty-directory#adjunct Department of Computer & Mathematical Sciences, University of Toronto 2016 - present Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR), YSpace Summer Programme - York University, Toronto, 2021 - present Startup advisor, Torque Labs - Geotab 2019 Co-founder, DCSIL - Department of Computer Science Innovation Lab, University of Toronto 2014 - 2018 Technology and Entrepreneurship Curriculum Developer, University of Central Asia, Toronto/Kyrgystan, 2017 - 2018 Product Development Team member, NERD (Neurotech Early Research & Development), Ontario Brains Institute 2016 - 2017 IBM Watson University Teaching team and advisor, University of Toronto 2014 - 2015 Founder and Executive Producer, GLOBAL Smartweek: IoT & Machine Intelligence Conference 2014 & 2015 Mobile Accelerator, OCAD University, 2013 Web Developer and Designer, Freelance, 2001 - 2012 |
INVESTING
Member, The Firehood, 2022 - present Limited Partner, Northside Ventures, 2023 - present Limited Partner, Genesis Ventures, 2022 - present Limited Partner, Phoenix Fire - Archangel, 2022 - present Startups to check out: Private AI, Protexxa, Huex Lab |
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PROGRAM & THOUGHT LEADERSHIP CREATION
Podcast Host, The Making Impact - Life Science Series, 2022 - present Founder, UX/Design Toronto Group 2012 - 2021 (Now part of TechToronto) Organising Committee and presenter, International Women's Week 2021, Dentsu International, 2021 Organising Committee, Industry Day: Data Science and AI (Part of the Statistical Inference, Learning and Models in Data Science Conference) Toronto www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/18-19/statistical_inference_ind AI WEEK, November 2017 (UofT Provost Grant Awarded) Talent Tuesday: Mentorship Career Program between Industry/Startups & Computer Science students, September - November 2017 (UofT Provost Grant Awarded) Funding Innovation Conference, May 2017 & 2018 (UofT Provost Grant Awarded) Augmented-Reality Bus Tour Reveals New Side of The University of Toronto Campus, March 2017 (UofT Provost Grant Awarded) Summer Arts & Science Entrepreneurship Program, May - July 2015 & 2016 ((UofT Arts & Science Grant Awarded) |
COMMUNITY BUILDING
Connaught Innovation Award Adjudication (IT & Physical Sciences) committee The University of Toronto, 2023 Adjudication Committee RBC Borealis AI Graduate and Post-doctoral Fellowships, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Faculty advisor, The University of Toronto's The 99 AI Challenge 2019/2020 https://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/ai-challenge Mentor - Safe x Connected Cities Accelerator, Highline Beta, 2019/2020 Member organising committee and Hackathon Co-chair: ICT4S Sustainability Hackathon 5th International Conference, 2018, Toronto http://2018.ict4s.org/ Organiser and supervisor, Datafest, University of Toronto, 2017, 2018 UofT DCS Entrepreneurship Committee, 2014 - 2018 Adviser Correlation One & Datathon, University of Toronto 2016 Adviser Waterfront International Quantathon, University of Toronto, 2015, 2016 Organiser GirlGeeks, Toronto 2013 - 2014 |
WRITING CONTRIBUTIONS
Entrepreneur Magazine, How to find your startup niche", April 2022, Online www.entrepreneur.com/article/424748
Entrepreneur Magazine, How to find your startup niche", April 2022, Online www.entrepreneur.com/article/424748
IN THE NEWS
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Robotic Rehab: Start-up Helps Kids with Cerebral Palsy
http://medicine.utoronto.ca/news/robotic-rehab-start-helps-kids-cerebral-palsy Meet (Winning) Team ROSS Intelligence
https://www.ischool.utoronto.ca/content/meet-winning-team-ross Intel IoT Roadshow in Toronto
http://blog.bemyapp.com/intel-iot-roadshow-toronto/ GLOBAL SMARTWEEK 2015
http://web.cs.toronto.edu/news/current/GLOBAL_SMARTWEEK_2015.htm |
Women Lead Tech in Mississauga, Peel Region & at The University of Toronto
http://icubeutm.ca/women-lead-tech-mississauga-peel-uoft/ New space for software innovations: Computer science incubator to be “open to all disciplines”
http://thevarsity.ca/2015/03/16/new-space-for-software-innovations/ Michael Wekerle at SMARTWEEK 2014 in TORONTO
http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/michael-wekerle-at-smartweek-2014-in-toronto-555827.htm Smartweek Using Christie Interactive Visual Solutions
https://www.christiedigital.com/en-us/business/visual-solutions/new-projectors/smartweek-2014 |