Team - PhenoTips

Meet PhenoTips

Our Toronto-based team is dedicated to empowering genetic healthcare providers with tools designed for their needs. Often times described as quirky, the team’s unique backgrounds and interests complement one another, strengthening our collective efforts

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Leadership

Orion Buske, PhD

CO-FOUNDER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Orion strives to empower patients, doctors, and researchers through new tools and technologies. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Toronto, where he specialized in algorithms for genome analysis and #raredisease patient matchmaking. At various times, he led the technical developments of: PhenomeCentral, the Matchmaker Exchange, PatientKind, and RareConnect. He loves data, design, and gardening.

Pawel Buczkowicz, PhD

CO-FOUNDER AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Dr. Pawel Buczkowicz has Lean Six Sigma certification and a PhD in cancer genetics and molecular pathology from the University of Toronto. He has worked on various projects including using next generation sequencing technologies to improve therapies for high-risk childhood cancer, development and validation of clinical genetic tests, and translational research on paediatric stroke, vasculitis and brain tumours. Based on his translational research on brainstem gliomas, published in various high impact journals such as Nature Genetics, including the discovery of novel mutations in human cancers and development of clinical correlates, a new World Health Organization classification was implemented for paediatric gliomas. Dr. Buczkowicz is passionate about streamlining clinical workflows in order to improve the healthcare experience for both patient and doctor and believes smart and efficient software will revolutionize the way medicine is practiced.

Michael Brudno, PhD

CO-FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

Michael holds a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford. In addition to his role at PhenoTips he serves as Professor and Vice-Chair of Computer Science at the University of Toronto and the Chief Data Scientist of University Health Network. Prior, he was the Scientific Director at the Center of Computational Medicine at SickKids where he led a core facility supporting the Hospital and Research Institute, specializing in Computing, Machine Learning, and Bioinformatics. He is also the Scientific Director of HPC4Health and co-Leader of the Canadian Centre for Computational Genomics.

Parker Lachance, BSc

Vice president of revenue

Parker Lachance holds a degree in molecular biology, where he discovered an interest in genetics while working at an mRNA lab. He has six years of experience in tech sales and marketing driving revenue growth, building teams and functions, and delivering on strategic innovation. His broad focus, instinct for innovation, and customer-centric approach has resulted in rapid company growth and revenue acceleration for scale-ups including Smile Digital Health, Terracor Business Solutions, and TRAINFO. Parker harnesses his expertise in scaling health tech start-ups to build scalable processes and foundations that support companies during periods of expansion.