Resume

• 2018

  The Cooperators

  Bethany Heppner & Associates Ltd.

  https://torontomachinelearning.com/committee

  Toronto Machine Learning Series (TMLS)

• 2017

  Professional Certificate (On-Campus)

  Innovation and Technology

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  BA

  Anthropology

  ethnography

  philosophy - logic

  Anthropology

  Philosophy

  York University

• 2015

  Mentor

  Judge

  Hackathon Co-chair: ICT4S Sustainability Hackathon

  Toronto

  2018\nAdvisor Nanolight Hackathon of Light & Music

  University of Toronto

  2017\nMicrosoft Hackathon

  University of Toronto

  2016 (Judge & Organiser)\nCisco Hackathon 2016 (Judge)\nWaterfront International Quantathon

  2016 (Organiser & Mentor)\nFintech

  University of Toronto UTSC

  2016 (Keynote & Mentor)\nUofT Hacks

  2015 (Mentor & Judge)\nIntel IoT Roadshow Hackathon

  Toronto

  2015 (Judge)\nRotman REVCA Fintech Hackathon

  2015 (Judge)\nApps4TO

  2015 (Organiser)\nSecurity Hackathon – UK Science and Innovation Network & MI

  2015 (Advisor)\nDementia Hack

  2015 (Mentor & Advisor)\nHack 'n' Talk: Fashion meets Technology

  Fashion Zone + DMZ

  2015 (Judge)\nALERT Power Of 50 Hackathon

  Imagine My City + Civic Action

  2014 (Mentor)\nSportsHack

  2014 (Mentor)\nEduHack

  2013 (Mentor)\nInteractive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Hackathon

  2013 (Advisor)

  Hackathon

  Co-Founder

  www.yorku.ca/ycom/gazette/past/archive/2000/092000/issue.html\n\nIgor Kusyszyn

  Ph.D.

  Professor Emeritus

  York University \n“Helen is a creative problem solver. Her approach is to first examine the whole situation; that is

  to look at the bigger picture And working from the perspective of the whole she can usually very quickly come up with a novel

  simple and cost effective solution to the problem at hand. Her mind houses a rich deposit of pragmatic ideas. She is worth her weight in gold.” June 25

  2010\n

  Orange Bikes: Borrow a Bike Program at York University

  Organiser

  Girl Geeks Toronto

  Adjudication Committee

  RBC Borealis AI Graduate and Post-doctoral Fellowships

  Advisor

  Emerging Leaders Network (Civic Action Toronto)

  Start-ups

  Public Speaking

  Innovation

  Social Media Marketing

  Strategy

  Analytics

  Business Development

  software commercialization

  Leadership

  Entrepreneurship

  Business Model Innovation

  2013 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS): Social Implications of Wearable Computing and Augmediated Reality in Everyday Life

  IBM Watson Challenge Teaching + Advising Team

  University of Toronto

  The Hub Summer School - Entrepreneurship

  Amsterdam

  Holland

  Mobile Accelerator Program: Mobile Experience Innovation Lab

  OCAD University

  ABOUT MAP:\nMAP focuses on developing the business skills of mobile business entrepreneurs. Through a series of six half-day workshops

  mobile developers

  producers

  and designers will have the opportunity to connect with industry advisors and each other to form new business connections and receive support to help grow their business.\n\nThis six-week program provided intensive half-day workshops on the 6 steps involved in developing mobile products/services. \n\nABOUT MEIC:\nThe Mobile Experience Innovation Centre is a not-for-profit association that supports design leadership

  experience innovation and applied research in Canada's mobile and wireless industries.\n\n

  ASEP: University of Toronto's Arts & Science Entrepreneurship Program

  The Arts & Science Summer Entrepreneurship Program

  run by the Department of Computer\nScience at the University of Toronto

  is a 12-week intensive program. Where students are immersed in developing entrepreneurial idea with a multidisciplinary team that will form from among the people admitted to the program. Over the course of ASEP

  students learn how to complete the following deliverables: a business model canvas

  a working prototype

  financial and business plans

  a pitch deck

  and a practiced pitch aimed at business and technology experts. \n\nProgram created by: Helen Kontozopoulos

  Mario Grech and Paul Gries\nLocated: DCSIL www.dcsil.ca

  E-LEO EXHIBIT SYMPOSIUM at OCAD University

  OCAD University's

  e-Leo exhibit is an interactive gallery showcase of student

  alumni and faculty work alongside some of the world's top designers. OCAD University’s influential and world class Digital Futures undergraduate program combines art

  design

  technology and enterprise along with core skills. Graduates have a multidisciplinary toolkit to work from that helps them innovate and sets them apart from other designers.\n\nThe e-Leo exhibit includes pieces previously exhibited in MOMA and the Smithsonian but seen for the first time in Canada in this exhibit.\n\nStudent and Faculty exhibit:\nOn display: New and experimental smart products

  Augmented reality games

  wearable technology

  digital and hybrid games

  cities of the future

  video and sound installations.\n\nA collaborative project between OCAD University’s DFI program and artist Marina Abramović.\n\nFeatured works by world renowned design thinkers:\nSteve Mann\nEdward Gajdel\nTom Barker\nNathan Phillips\nJason Mrdeza\nMaryam Nabavi

  Entrepreneurship Committee

  Department of Computer Science

  The University of Toronto

  Helen

  Kontozopoulos

  Ontario Brain Institute

• 2012

  http://www.meetup.com/uxtoronto/

  UX/D Toronto

  Startup Here Toronto Editorial board

  http://startupheretoronto.com\nMayor Tory to champion Toronto region as global centre of innovation! http://ow.ly/YbIYg \n\n

  City of Toronto

  Social Entrepreneurship Committee

  University of Toronto

• 2008

  Freelance

  University of Toronto

  ODAIA

  Toronto

  Canada Area

  We are developing a self-service SaaS platform that allows enterprise customers to automate the process of mapping all their customer touchpoints and journeys

  cluster their customer personas and predict the future behavior of their customers. \n\nUsing novel and patent-pending methods in big data mining and analytics

  process journey mapping and machine learning

  our platform provides a unique approach to analyzing internal and 3rd party enterprise data to offer valuable business insights and prediction tools for consumer behaviour.\n\nODAIA simplifies the data ingest and data normalization process from multiple disparate data sources and provides an intuitive dashboard for the visualization of insights and predictions.\n\nODAIA was founded out of the University of Toronto by Professor Periklis Andritsos (PhD)

  Adjunct Professor Helen Kontozopoulos together with Gaël Bernard

  PhD student at University of Lausanne Switzerland

  and Philip Poulidis

  serial entrepreneur and Silicon Valley technology executive. The work of Dr. Periklis and Gaël has been cited in many research papers

  including multiple papers published by the IEEE. \n\nWe are part of UofT-UTEST

  MaRS Innovation

  and NVIDIA's AI startup inception program.

  Co-Founder

  ODAIA

  Toronto

  Canada Area

  University of Toronto

  Department of Computer Science (Cross listed Grad/Undergrad): \nCSC491/2600 \"Capstone Design Project: Product Development & Design\" Winter 2019: Themed focused: Robotics & Cybersecurity\nCSC491/2600 \"Capstone Design Project: Product Development & Design\" Fall 2018 \nCSC491/2600 \"Capstone Design Project: Product Development & Design\" Fall 2017: Themed focused course: Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality\nCSC491/2600 \"Capstone Design Project: Product Development & Design\" Winter 2018: Themed focused course: Artificial Intelligence & Music\nCSC491/2600 \"Capstone Design Project: Product Development & Design\" Fall 2016\nCSC491/2600 \"Capstone Design Project: Product Development & Design\" Winter 2017\nCSC491/2600 \"Capstone Design Project: Product Development & Design\"Spring 2016\nCSC491/2600 \"Capstone Design Project: Product Development & Design\"Spring 2015\n\nUniversity of Toronto

  Department of Computer & Mathematical Sciences (Undergrad)​\nCSCD54 \"Technology Innovation & Entrepreneurship\"

  Winter 2019 \n​CSCD54 \"Technology Innovation & Entrepreneurship\"

  Winter 2018 \nCSCD54 \"Technology Innovation & Entrepreneurship\"

  Winter 2017 \n​CSCD71 \"Technology Innovation & Entrepreneurship\"

  Winter 2016 \n\nCSC494 Independent Study: Minimum Viable Product project

  Winter 2018 (Undergrad)\nCSC494 Independent Study: Minimum Viable Product project

  Winter 2017 (Undergrad)\nCSC494 Independent Studies

  Winter 2016 (Undergrad)\nCSC494 Independent Studies: BlueJ Legal Project

  Winter 2015 (Undergrad)\n\n(Cross listed Grad/Undergrad):\nCSC454/2527 \"Business of Software\" Winter 2016\nCSC454/2527 \"Business of Software\" Fall 2015: Themed focused course: Wearable Technologies\nCSC454/2527 \"Business of Software\" Spring 2015: Arts and Science Entrepreneurship Program \nCSC454/2527 \"Business of Software\" Winter 2015\nCSC454/2527 \"Business of Software\" Fall 2014: Themed focused course: IBM Watson University Challenge - Law\n\n2014 - 2015 IBM Watson Teaching Team

  Adjunct Professor

  University of Toronto

  Toronto

  Canada Area

  The Department of Computer Science Innovation Lab is a startup incubator at the University of Toronto. The lab's priorities include teaching entrepreneurship

  academic research to commercialization

  funding

  and student-industry engagement. \n\nTeams we have supported: ROSS Intelligence

  BlueJLegal

  Chopin

  Structura AI

  Phenomic AI

  Shield Crypto

  Quantum Capture

  STACK

  SPEAX

  Hypercare

  Trexo Robotics

  and Winterlight Labs.\n\nEvents produced: AI Week

  Funding Innovation Conference (FIC)

  Talent Tuesdays

  Datafest\n

  Co-Founder

  University of Toronto

  Department of Computer Science Innovation Lab

  Toronto

  Canada Area

  The NERD (Neurotech Early Research & Development) program provides milestone based non-dilutive funding to support product development. The program helps to de-risk investments in neurotechnologies by bridging the funding gap between research grants and private capital. Each project is assigned a product development team to advise

  track

  and evaluate progress throughout the project. Funds flow directly to contract research organizations (CROs) or service providers. All intellectual property remains with the company.\n\nABOUT OBI:\nThe Ontario Brain Institute is a provincially‐funded

  not‐for‐profit research centre seeking to maximize the impact of neuroscience and establish Ontario as a world leader in brain research

  commercialization and care. Convergent partnerships are created between researchers

  clinicians

  industry

  patients

  and their advocates to foster discovery and deliver innovative products and services that improve the lives of those living with brain disorders.

  Product Development Team

  Neuroscience Early Research and Development (NERD)

  Ontario Brain Institute

  Toronto

  Amsterdam

  Projects: \n- Mobile Experience Innovation Centre (MEIC) - OCAD University \n- Mobile product development and design\n- Customer experience and analytics (digital & in-store)\n- Social media and business analytics

  Marketing Analytics specialist

  Freelance

• 2006

  English

  Greek

  Masters

  Marketing

  University of Tasmania