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ODAIA noun
o·da·ia | \ 'oh-day-yeah \ o·da·ia | \ 'oh-day-yeah \

An Ancient Greek word referring to a salesperson’s “tools of the trade”

Mission

Reducing patients’ time to therapy by facilitating meaningful interactions with healthcare providers, through human-centric software powered by AI.

Vision

Guiding humans to improved health journeys through our collective experiences.

Learn about our origins and the leadership team behind ODAIA

Founded in 2018 out of the University of Toronto, in collaboration with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, ODAIA is led by experienced entrepreneurs, scientists, and industry veterans.

Meet the Team

Our Leadership Team

Serial entrepreneur and Silicon Valley technology executive with over 25 years of experience as a startup founder, public company executive and board member in semiconductor, IoT, SaaS and digital health. He founded Morega (exit to AT&T) and was an executive at Marvell and BlackBerry.

Philip Poulidis

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder

Over 8 years of customer analytics experience. Adjunct Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto. Helen Co-founded the Department of Computer Science Innovation Lab - UofT Startup incubator.

Helen Kontozopoulos

Chief Tech Evangelist & Co-Founder

Greater than 20 years in the IT industry with experience in leading technical teams to deliver complex customer solutions for Morega (exit to AT&T), Ceridian and Capital One.

Zak Beharie

Chief Technology Officer

Experienced Software Engineering and Product professional. With a Master's degree in Engineering Product Design, Mark specializes in new product development. Mark has worked for Morega (exit to AT&T), RBC and Tribalscale.

Mark Zou

Chief Product Officer

Dr. Eric Trepanier has over 25 years of healthcare experience. Most recently, EVP & General Manager of Medicx Health, he also served as SVP of Marketing Sciences at WebMD. Eric also worked on Wall Street for eight years investing in healthcare companies, and founded and operated a pharmaceutical consulting business.

Eric Trépanier

Chief Commercial Officer

An experienced, results-oriented Human Resources professional and leader, Laura has worked in multiple industries. Laura has comprehensive expertise in all areas of HR, including employee relations, training and development, talent acquisition, compensation, and the development and implementation of people-focused change management and strategy.

Laura Ricci

Head of People and Culture

An agile marketing specialist with experience in branding, advertising, video content production, web-platform development and exponential business growth strategy.

Sheldon Rodrigues

Head Of Marketing

Rob has over 20 years of experience in growing and scaling software and technology companies, including multiple successful exits to large multinational corporations such as SAP and CA Technologies. He is a Chartered Public Accountant with a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto.