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An experienced team

Privacy Analytics has assembled a team of experts in the area of de-identification. Our executives have previously launched successful start-ups (VMI Medical, TrialStat, Simbit) and understand the unique challenges of bringing new technology to market.



 
 
     
 
Omid McDonald

Chief Executive Officer

Omid is a serial entrepreneur having founded two successful high-tech companies in Ottawa. His first effort, VMI Medical, deployed its product into America's leading cardiac care centers. After achieving significant growth (30 deployed hospitals), VMI was acquired by Camtronics Medical (Hartland, WI). Omid's second start-up, Simbit, developed software for mobile phones. Simbit's software was deployed on millions of handsets. The company was acquired by Axalto (Paris, France) in 2005.

Khaled El Emam

Chief Technology Officer

Khaled is renowned for his experimental work in software engineering. He has worked at, among others, the National Research Council of Canada and the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany. He is also an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and Canada Research Chair in Electronic Health Information at the University of Ottawa. Khaled has been repeatedly ranked as the top software and systems engineering scholar in the world for his research on software measurement, quality, and process improvement.

Colin Kingsford

Chief Financial Officer

Colin, a Chartered Account, has been helping companies for our 24 years. As a "virtual" CFO, Colin provides companies both strategic and operational accounting guidance. Colin has assisted several successful Ottawa start-ups. The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants has recognized Colin's work with high-tech start-ups.