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Tomi Poutanen

Co-Founder & Partner at Radical Ventures

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Overview

Tomi Poutanen is a computer engineer and entrepreneur [2] who serves as Co-Founder & Partner at Radical Ventures [1][4] and Chief Executive Officer of Signal 1 [3]. Poutanen co-founded Layer 6, an AI company with three ACM RecSys Challenge wins [2], which was acquired by TD Bank, where Poutanen subsequently served as Senior Vice President and Chief AI Officer [6][7]. Poutanen also co-founded the Vector Institute [5] and previously held the position of Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft [10]. Poutanen holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo [13], a Master of Applied Science in Computer Engineering from the University of Toronto [12], and an MBA from the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management [11].

Profile introduction
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Tomi is a computer engineer and entrepreneur working to bring AI to healthcare with Signal 1, which offers an AI Management System that creates accountability for AI impact and helps health systems unlock value by tracking, governing, and optimizing their AI solutions. He has previous exits to Yahoo!, Microsoft and TD Bank. Previously, Tomi co-founded Layer 6, an award winning AI company with three ACM RecSys Challenge wins. Layer 6 was acquired by TD Bank where Tomi served as the Chief AI Officer. In Silicon Valley, Tomi is known for introducing machine learning to Web Search ranking. Tomi…

Career history

  1. Chief Executive OfficerApr 2022 to presentSignal 1
  2. Co-Founder & PartnerJun 2017 to presentRadical Ventures
  3. Co-Founder & AdvisorJun 2016 to presentVector Institute
  4. SVP and Chief AI OfficerJan 2018 to Apr 2022TD
  5. Co-Founder & Co-CEOApr 2016 to Apr 2022Layer 6 AI
  6. Founding FellowSep 2013 to Jun 2020Creative Destruction Lab
  7. Co-Founder & CTOAug 2012 to Aug 2017Milq Inc.
  8. Principal Software EngineerOct 2010 to Aug 2012Microsoft

Education

  1. MBA1997 - 1999University of TorontoRotman School of Management
  2. MASC, Computer Engineering1996 - 1997University of Toronto
  3. BASC, Computer Engineering1991 - 1996University of Waterloo

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