All
Leadership
Research
Development
Chief Executive Officer / Co-Founder
Matt Hudson
Matt co-founded Invenia, and has been CEO from the start. He started Invenia while at Microsoft, after majoring in political science and economics with additional studies in computer science and engineering. He has developed a deep knowledge of the electrical grid, complex networks, and machine learning.
Chief Technology Officer / Co-Founder
Christian Steinruecken
Christian completed his PhD under the supervision of Prof Sir David MacKay at the University of Cambridge (UK), and is a specialist in machine learning. He has led engineering projects in artificial intelligence, data compression and probabilistic programming. Christian believes that building intelligent technology is our best hope for making the world a better place.
Chief People Operations Officer / Co-Founder
Oksana Hudson
Oksana is a co-founder of Invenia and is currently the Chief People Operations Officer, overseeing operations in Canada and the UK. She attended the University of Manitoba and Red River College, where she studied Business Administration, and Anthropology as a post-graduate. In her spare time, she also pursues research interests in Machine Learning and Archaeology.
Managing Director Invenia Labs / Co-Founder
Cozmin Ududec
Cozmin is a co-founder of Invenia, and is currently Managing Director of Invenia Labs in Cambridge. He received his PhD in the foundations of quantum theory from the University of Waterloo, and is still puzzling over the quantum world in his spare time.
Chief Financial Officer
Nick Curry
Nick holds a M.Sc. in computer science, and an MBA specializing in finance from the University of Manitoba. He has more than 18 years of C-Level management experience, including work with employers Great West Life, and MTS Allstream.
Scientific Advisor / Co-founder
David Duvenaud
David is a co-founder of Invenia, and assistant professor in computer science and statistics at the University of Toronto. He received his Ph.D. in machine learning from Cambridge University. He has also worked at Google Research, the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, and the Harvard Intelligent Probabilistic Systems group.
Head of Operations
Dustin Hildebrandt
Dustin has been with Invenia since 2010. He received his Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science (Honours) with specializations in Databases and Theoretical Computer Science from the University of Manitoba. He architects and develops Invenia's development workflow, data gathering, and financial systems. Dustin is an avid cyclist, ballroom dancer, board gamer, and a clarinetist who regularly performs with the University of Manitoba Concert Band.
Head of Development
Curtis Vogt
Curtis works on managing, architecting, and developing the next generation of Invenia's EIS. He also is a contributor and advocate for the Julia programming language.
Head of Infrastructure
Mike Himbeault
Mike has a degree in discrete and combinatorial mathematics and a computer and electrical engineering masters degree focused on computer network security. His Master’s degree involved developing a novel approach to detecting covert DNS tunnels that represented an improvement over existing methods. At Invenia, he manages the maintenance and evolution of the computing infrastructure supporting Invenia's operations and research.
Adrienne started at Invenia as a co-op student, then joined full time after graduting with her Bachelor of Computer Science (Honours) from the University of Manitoba. In her spare time she can be found cycling, playing frisbee, or canoeing.
Scientific Developer
Aron Hofer
Aron finished his Computer Science degree at the University of Manitoba specializing in Machine Learning. Aron has been with Invenia since 2009, where he is responsible for the efficient application of the organization's Machine Learning algorithms.
Developer
Brendan Curran-Johnson
Brendan is a developer and a documentarian at Invenia. Whether writing docs or infrastructure code, his goal is to make it easier for others to be able to do their work.
Senior Developer
Eric Davies
Eric received their Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science (Honours) with specialization in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Manitoba. Eric architects and develops improvements to Invenia's data processing and machine learning pipeline while pushing for a faster, more capable EIS. Eric also contributes to the Julia community and helps lead the charge for new technologies at Invenia.
Research Advisor
Francesco Caravelli
Francesco's research focuses on statistical physics and complex systems, in particular complex networks, memristive circuits, econophysics and agent-based modelling. He is a theoretical physicist, interested in quantum and classical systems and the application of techniques of statistical physics and complexity to other disciplines such as economics, engineering and finance. He has been a Senior Researcher at Invenia Labs in Cambridge and a researcher at the London Institute for Mathematical Sciences, before moving as an Oppenheimer Fellow to Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Senior Developer
Gem Newman
Gem has been with Invenia since 2008. When not working on project management or system architecture, he can usually be found writing something in Python or Julia. Outside of Invenia, Gem serves as chair of the board of directors for national science advocacy group Bad Science Watch and is the executive producer of the science podcast Life, the Universe & Everything Else.
Senior Researcher
James Requeima
James completed his Masters degree in Mathematics at the University of McGill. At Invenia, he works on our machine learning and risk management programs. He is currently working on finishing his masters in Machine Learning, Speech and Language Technologies in the department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge.
Senior Researcher
Lorenzo Sindoni
Lorenzo obtained a PhD in Theoretical Physics from SISSA (Trieste, Italy) for the last 6 years has been a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam-Golm (Germany), working on statistical approaches to quantum gravity. His main interests are emergent phenomena in many body physics, gravitational physics and complex systems on random graphs.
Senior Data Scientist
Mike de Denus
While working on his Master's degree, Mike developed a robotics system for maintaining formation movement with varying numbers of robots without the use of a centralized controller. His teams have won awards at numerous international robotics competitions. At Invenia, he focuses on the analysis and exploration of nodal and spot electricity markets.
Scientific Developer
Nick Thiessen
After completing BSc in computer science, Nick came to Invenia to work on building and maintaining machine learning systems and simulations. During his spare time, he can be found either developing, playing, or discussing games of all sorts.
Senior Developer
Rory Finnegan
Rory Finnegan joined Invenia as a Computer Science Co-op and Linux enthusiast with a background in Bioinformatics and Human Computer Interactions. Rory is currently completing a graduate degree in Computational Neuroscience.
Sam is a recent graduate from the University of Manitoba with a Bachelor of Computer Science. He started at Invenia as a co-op during the summer of 2015 and started working full time beginning in December of that year. He has been involved in a number of projects ranging from development to researching.
Researcher
Eric Perim Martins
Eric received his PhD in Physics from the University of Campinas, where he worked on Nanotechnology problems using Computational Physical-Chemistry techniques. He then moved to Duke University where worked on High-Throughput Materials Science methods before joining Invenia.
Alex has a PhD in Biophysics from Oxford University, where he worked on applying machine learning techniques to model biological data. Since then he has worked on different applications of ML, one for a startup in the energy sector and most recently risk models in fintech. In his spare time, he can be found playing board games, and occasionally hacking around on personal ML projects.
Senior Infrastructure Architect
Sascha McDonald
Sascha is a senior executive with a track record of developing and implementing strategies to drive revenues and service delivery within start-up and blue-chip businesses. He comes with extensive international experience, key expertise includes: designing enterprise architecture, delivering operational capability across people, processes and technology; leading business development activity and contract negotiations to generate £multi-million revenue streams; leading multiple teams within both matrix and direct management environments; and managing relationships at CxO level with clients, suppliers and strategic partners.
Research Intern
Chris de Graaf
Chris is a student at the University of Manitoba with interests in artificial intelligence, theoretical computer science, and pineapple on pizza. In his spare time, Chris can usually be found running, cycling, or programming on hobby projects.
Director of Marketing
Imran Sha
Imran joined Invenia in June 2017, to help the company with marketing. He comes with over 15 years of experience in marketing and management consulting. Imran has worked in start-up environments, as well as large corporates. His last role was a Director of Marketing at AsiaInfo, a 14,000 people, software company. Prior to this, Imran worked as Head of Market Insights at Convergys, MBA Intern at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Assistant Manager at Deloitte. He holds an MBA from Lancaster University, and a BA in Psychology from Osmania University.
People Relations Manager
Kajal Bansal
Born and raised in Winnipeg, Kajal has moved around quite a bit having had the opportunity to live in Singapore, Ottawa and Toronto before eventually permanently settling back in Winnipeg. As a designated CPA, Kajal has worked in accounting, loan portfolio management, business development and recruitment. She will also be working toward her Human Resource Management Certification over the next 12 months.
Research Intern
Gabriel Arpino
Gabriel is currently in his 4th year of the Engineering Science program at the University of Toronto. He has previously worked in the field of multi-robot systems at Carnegie Mellon University and Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. He loves jazz, and things that are hard to understand in general.
Developer Intern
Nibrasul Ohin
Ohin is in his 4th year at the University of Manitoba and currently doing his 2nd internship with Invenia as a Junior Developer with interests in writing scripts, doing personal projects and socializing in his spare time. He’s always up for the adrenaline rush and likes going on adventures. He tries to make every second count and make the most out of it.
