SIGNAL 1 - Key Persons


Alice Yang

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • VP of Finance and HR
Alice is the VP of Finance and HR at Signal 1. Prior to Signal 1, Alice was the Head of Operations at Layer 6 where she led strategy execution and various business functions while overseeing AI applications in banking. Alice is an ex-corporate banker and a CFA Charterholder. She received her MBA from the University of Cambridge.

Bo Wang

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • VP, Platforms & Delivery
Bo is the VP of Platforms and Delivery at Signal 1. Prior to joining Signal 1, Bo was the Head of Data and Infrastructure at Layer 6. He is an experienced technology leader in distributed systems, complex data-intensive systems, infrastructure, security and project delivery. Bo has a Ph.D in Computer Science from Peking University.

Dan Shiner

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • VP of Product
Dan is the VP of Product at Signal 1. Prior to joining, he co-founded an HR technology startup and was VP of Product at Xero, where he was responsible for the company's AI-powered automation products. He also served as Head of Product at Hubdoc Inc., an AI-driven data automation tool, from it's early days until its acquisition by Xero in 2018. Dan holds a dual JD/MBA degree from the University of Toronto.

Dr. Muhammad Mamdani

Job Titles:
  • Chief
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Scientific Advisor
  • VP of Data Science and Advanced Analytics at Unity Health Toronto
Muhammad is the VP of Data Science and Advanced Analytics at Unity Health Toronto. Muhammad's team integrates advanced analytics with clinical decision-making to improve patient outcomes and hospital efficiency. Muhammad holds a PharmD from the University of Michigan and a Masters of Public Health from Harvard University.

Felipe Perez

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • VP of Machine Learning
Felipe is the VP of Machine Learning at Signal 1. Prior to joining Signal 1, Felipe was a Senior Machine Learning Scientist at Layer 6 where he led a team doing Natural Language Processing and Recommender System research and building AI applications for TD Insurance. Felipe received his Ph.D in Math from the University of Michigan.

Grew Providence

Job Titles:
  • Advisor

Maksims Volkovs

Job Titles:
  • AI Scientist in Residence

Mara Lederman - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • Member of the Leadership Team
Mara is the COO and a co-founder of Signal 1. Prior to Signal 1, Mara was a professor at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management and the Site Lead for the Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) - Toronto Site. Mara is an expert in platform economics and start-up commercialization strategy. She holds a Ph.D in Economics from MIT.

Michael Fralick

Job Titles:
  • Founding Board Member New England Journal of Medicine Evidence
Clinician Scientist at Sinai Health in Toronto and Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto

Mike Butler

Job Titles:
  • Advisor

Patrick Ware

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • VP of Quality and Regulatory Affairs
Patrick is the VP of Quality and Regulatory Affairs at Signal 1. Prior to joining, he was the Lead for Program and Business Development at the Centre for Digital Therapeutics, University Health Network. He was also Course Developer and instructor at The Michener Institute of Education. Patrick holds a PhD in Health Sciences Research, with a focus in health informatics, from the University of Toronto and a Master of Public Health from the University of Montreal.

Pete Cronin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • VP of Business Operations
Pete is the VP of Business Operations at Signal 1. Before Signal 1, Pete was an Executive Director at Unity Health Toronto focused on creating commercialization strategies and broadening the impact of locally developed clinical AI solutions. Pete is an ex-McKinsey consultant and received his MBA from Cornell University.

Tomi Poutanen - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Co - Founder
  • Member of the Leadership Team
Tomi is the CEO and co-founder of Signal 1. Before Signal 1, Tomi co-founded Layer 6 which was acquired by TD Bank where he served as the Chief AI Officer. Tomi has had previous exits to Microsoft and Yahoo!. Tomi holds an MSc in Computer Engineering and an MBA from University of Toronto, and is a co-founder of Vector Institute for AI.

Welsh, Carson

Job Titles:
  • Healthcare Operating Partner