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Session 3: Leading Edge IT - Speaker Bios

Andrew WaitmanAndrew Waitman
CEO, The Pythian Group

From 1996 to 2008, Andrew was the Managing Partner of Celtic House Venture Partners, the largest and most successful IT venture fund in Canada, with more than $500 million under management.

He has been involved with more than 75 start-ups and a Board member of more than 25 technology start-ups. His current Boards include Fidus Corporation and The Pythian Group.

Andrew has previously sat on the boards of DNA13, Third Brigade, ModaSolutions, Diablo Technologies, Overlay.TV, TrialStat, Memsic, Sandvine, OctigaBay, FastLane Technologies, Pixstream, Abatis, OLAP@Work, BlueArc, Avesta Technologies, Orchestream, and Ubiquity Software. He sits on the advisory Board of Genesys Capital and the volunteer Board of SHAD Valley.

Prior to Celtic House, Andrew held senior positions at Eagle & Partners (now Dundee Securities), Citibank and Nortel. He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo, and an MBA with distinction from the Richard Ivey School of Business. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst, and a member of the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario.


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