Darin Graham - CEO and Founder

Darin has over 20 years of experience leading innovative initiatives that take creative ideas to the marketplace. He brings extensive international experience in leading R&D programs and helping build innovation ecosystems and research initiatives in Canada, the United States, New Zealand, Korea, and the United Kingdom. A champion of collaboration, he has worked closely with a variety of unique groups to engage industry with academia and research institutions to enhance technology-based applied outcomes (specifically AI), facilitating economic growth through increasing knowledge, and helping develop human capital.

Darin has developed the Canadian R&D strategic and operational AI activities for LG Electronics and Samsung, having launched their new advanced AI research labs in Toronto. As a member of the founding operational team, Darin helped lead the creation and formation of the Vector Institute – the premier AI research institute in Canada.  He has held the primary leadership position in several organisations, including ORION (Ontario’s Research and Innovation Optical Network), NZi3 (New Zealand’s ICT Innovation Institute), and CITO (Communications and Information Technology Ontario, an Ontario Centre of Excellence).

Darin received his PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Toronto, with his thesis focused on advanced neural networks for autonomous robotic control systems; a MASc in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Toronto, and a BMath in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics from the University of Waterloo.