PURPOSE ANALYTICS - Key Persons
Daniel formerly held front-line and management roles in Toronto's community services sector where he repeatedly couldn't resist organizing and automating his organizations' data and workflows. He holds a Master of Spatial Analysis from Toronto Metropolitan University.
Daniel has worked as a data scientist in a provincial department of education, including extensive COVID-response data work. He holds an M.Sc. in Mathematics and Statistics and a Ph.D. in History and Classics from McGill University. He brings skills from both areas to solving the problem of making sense of routinely collected administrative data and using it to tell meaningful, contextual stories.
Jamie is retired from Realstar Group, a real estate investment and management company where he was the Chief Financial Officer and then Chief Operating Officer. Trained as a chartered accountant, he is also a past board member and former Chair of Ewart Angus Homes Inc, a not for profit that operates two homes specializing in innovative and relationship caring for people with dementia.
Maia previously worked as a data analyst and data visualization developer at Statistics Canada, where she worked on dashboard development, automation and modernization solutions, and reporting projects. They hold a B.Sc. in Statistics from the University of Ottawa and are passionate about telling stories with data enhanced by data visualization and design.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Executive Director of the Hospitality Workers Training Centre
Mandie is the Executive Director of the Hospitality Workers Training Centre (HWTC). Through her career, she has been involved in community development, organizational policy and program development, capacity building, training and facilitation and fund development activities and she has had the privilege of working in over 6 countries, in several Canadian provinces, and in Canada's arctic.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Member of the Board
Peter is an award-winning engineer and entrepreneur. He is a Principal at Purpose Building, an employee-owned company created to accelerate real estate to planet-positive performance, and he leads a philanthropic foundation with his wife, Barbara. Most recently, he served as the Executive Director at the Canadian Urban Institute where he helped to start Purpose Analytics.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Chief Operating Officer for the Northwest Territories Health
Sujata is the Chief Operating Officer for the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority - Fort Smith Region. Prior to this, she was Senior Director of Community Programs at Reconnect Community Health Services which followed more than 20 years in the role of Executive Director at St. Clair West Services for Seniors. She has taken a significant role in sector and cross-sectoral initiatives in Toronto's community support services.
Zsuzsa is passionate about data-driven impact, with skills in data science and project management. A jack-of-all-trades, Zsuzsa is deeply committed to revealing stories from data in a way that connects with everyone. She holds a Ph.D. in medical biophysics from the University of Toronto and a B.Sc. from the University of Florida in interdisciplinary neurosciences.