TiEQuest Team
Suresh Madan, President, TiE Toronto
Suresh Madan is Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager with Excalibur Capital Management Inc. He manages equity portfolio focused in US and Canadian markets. Previously, Suresh managed money for multi-billion dollars Reichmann family for nearly ten years. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a Canadian Investment Manager (CIM) with over 25 years of international experience. Suresh was a consistent gold medalist during his academic career, which earned him a Bachelor of Science degree, an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, as well as a graduate degree in Industrial Engineering. His previous work experience includes management consulting with SB Billiomoria (now Deloitte and Touche) in India and financial consulting in Saudi Arabia . Suresh is the Chapter President of TiE Toronto and Chair of TiEQuest Business Venture Competition. He is also Chair of IIM Alumni Association in North America. Suresh is a frequent speaker on issues relating to financing for early stage companies and alternative public strategies. He can be reached at smadan@tietoronto.org



Haroon F. Mirza, Chair, TiEQuest
Haroon F. Mirza is the Director of Business Development - Anonymous Video Analytics (AVA) at Intel Corp. Formerly, he was Co-founder and CEO of CognoVision, an award winning AVA solutions provider for the Digital Signage and Retail industries. CognoVision was named Canada"s Most Innovative Company in 2009, and was acquired by Intel in September 2010. Haroon has worked in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry, managing the demand planning for $85M of business for Cadbury Adams, and has worked as a Consultant for the Carleton University Foundry Program, evaluating technology startups and obtaining pre-seed capital to commercialize on-campus technologies.
Haroon holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Carleton University, where he specialized in Finance. He is presently completing the Program for Leadership Development at Harvard Business School. Haroon is also a TiEQuest alumni. In 2011, Haroon became the youngest member to be invited to serve on the TiE Toronto board since the Chapter"s inception. He can be reached at haroon.mirza@tietoronto.org



Karl Miranda, Associate Director, TiE Toronto
Karl Miranda is responsible for the adminstration of TiE Toronto and is the point of contact for the organization. Karl holds a masters degree in Organic Chemistry from the University of Mumbai and also a masters degree in Medicinal Chemistry from Brigham Young University, USA. Karl has spent the last 8 years, as a medicinal chemist, with Bayer Healthcare and Novartis Pharmaceuticals resulting in 4 publications and 19 patents in the field. He is currently enrolled in a Human Resources management program at Humber College, Toronto. He can be reached at karl@tietoronto.org

 

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February 23, 2012
All successful contestants will be invited to a mentoring workshop at a downtown Toronto venue. The purpose of this workshop is to guide the contestants to improve on their venture. Many judges of the competition will be participating in the workshop
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