Peter is a pioneer in literature review automation. Having co-founded DistillerSR in 2009, he went on to demonstrate the first practical use of AI for reference screening at the Cochrane Colloquium in 2011.

Prior to DistillerSR, Peter co-founded TrialStat, maker of the first commercially available systematic literature review platform. He holds an MBA from Queen’s and a BSc in Computer Science from Carleton.

Naomi Morisawa De Koven is the managing lawyer of MDK Business Law and is DistillerSR’s General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer. Naomi is a past recipient of the Ottawa Business Journal’s Forty under 40, and a volunteer director of several not-for-profit organizations. Prior to moving to Ottawa, she was a Toronto-based partner at a national law firm.

As executive vice president of operations, Chris is responsible for security, IT, operations, compliance, marketing, and corporate communications. He brings more than 20 years of high-tech experience to DistillerSR Inc. His experience and leadership have been focused on developing and delivering results and solutions for Fortune 500 and growing companies. Prior to joining DistillerSR, he was a member of the Atos North America management team as Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Communications.

Sara brings more than 15 years of financial experience to DistillerSR. Leading the finance function, Sara is responsible for the development and execution of the company’s financial strategies. Prior to DistillerSR, Sara served as the VP of Finance at MindBridge AI. During her tenure, Sara was instrumental in building out the finance business support capabilities and function to meet the needs of the organization scaling MindBridge to 280% growth in just 24 months.

As lead for the Human Resources function, Helen is responsible for developing and implementing HR strategies and initiatives that support and enable the organization’s overall business plan.

She brings more than 20 years of leadership experience across diverse industries including technology, financial services, healthcare, and post-secondary education.

Prior to joining DistillerSR, Helen was a Director, HRBP at Innovapost.

Dr. Khaled El Emam has founded or co-founded five companies involved with data management and data analytics in the health research domain. In January of 2022, Khaled’s most recent company, Replica Analytics, was purchased by Aetion, the global leader in real-world evidence (RWE) technology and analytics. He is the Canada Research Chair in Medical AI and a senior scientist at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute.

Maria Pacella is a Managing Partner at Pender Ventures. Maria invests in exceptional entrepreneurs that excel at identifying business opportunities, develop world-class products and are dedicated to building great companies. Prior to Pender, she spent 11 years with one of Canada’s largest venture capital firms where she invested in multiple early-stage ventures. She holds a BBA from Simon Fraser University, is a CFA charterholder and a past President of CFA Society Vancouver.

Jason Flick is a CEO, serial entrepreneur, investor, and advisor with successful exits such as YOU.i TV (sold to HBO/AT&T), and N-able (sold to SolarWinds). His most recent company, You.i TV doubled in size each year and had some of the biggest media and technology companies in the world as customers. Jason brings 25 years of technical and business leadership to the DistillerSR board. He also serves on a number private sector company boards and entrepreneur focused entities.

Peter is a pioneer in literature review automation. Having co-founded DistillerSR in 2009, he went on to demonstrate the first practical use of AI for reference screening at the Cochrane Colloquium in 2011.

Prior to DistillerSR, Peter co-founded TrialStat, maker of the first commercially available systematic literature review platform. He holds an MBA from Queen’s and a BSc in Computer Science from Carleton.