“MaRS as a facility houses a unique combination of research, technology transfer and commercialization activities together with start-ups, medium sized and major companies and legal and financial services all working in the convergence space occupied by life sciences, ICT and new materials applications. MaRS as a catalyst for learning, connecting and incubating ideas has already developed a magical capacity to span across bio-medical applications, the creative arts, the international innovations community, public policy, private industry and growing businesses.” - Interim Vice-President (Research) and Executive Director of the Innovations Group University of Toronto
- Former Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Operating Officer in the Ministry of Research and Innovation in the Ontario Government
- Founding president: BIOLink Canada-Ireland
- Board member: Ontario Genomics Institute
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