Neil Seeman
Mr. Neil Seeman is the founder of RIWI Corp., becoming its Chief Executive Officer and a founding Director of the Company in 2009 and continuing in that role post-commercialization in December 2011, responsible for raising the Company’s seed financing from founding shareholders Ross Beaty and Robert Pirooz, QC, and, later, from other high-net worth investors. As CEO, Neil leads overall strategy for the company globally, with a focus on healthcare and international security solutions. Mr. Seeman is also the Company’s Chairman.
Prior to joining RIWI Corp., he was the founder and Executive Director of the Innovation Cell at Massey College, in the University of Toronto, where Neil is a Senior Fellow and teaches on knowledge transfer and the Web. For the University, he is on Faculty at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health.
Neil is the inventor of the patent for RDIT, acquired by RIWI Corp. in 2009, and first used by Neil for government-commissioned pandemic surveillance research in 2009-2010. Neil holds a bachelor’s degree from Queen’s University, a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Toronto and a Master’s of Public Health Degree from Harvard University.
Mr. Seeman is the author of hundreds of articles in major media around the world, more than 25 peer-reviewed journal papers, several books and monographs, and is well-known for popularizing the importance of post-partisanship in data and decision-making for public policy.
Mr. Seeman began his career at a full-service Canadian law firm, later becoming a founding editorial board member of The National Post, and In-House Counsel on free speech matters to the National Citizen’s Coalition serving under the leadership of the Rt. Hon. Prime Minister Stephen Harper. He was founder of the Canadian Statistical Assessment Service, funded by the Donner Canadian Foundation, and later merged with the Centre for Risk and Regulation at The Fraser Institute. He has held research positions at the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine and at IBM Canada, where he specialized in commercial applications of social media data and other data streams. Prior to the University of Toronto, he taught on healthcare and informatics issues at Ryerson University. He has been an angel investor and advisor to many Web start-ups. He has been listed in the Canadian Who’s Who (Univ. of Toronto) since 2002.
To contact Mr. Seeman, please contact Ms. Leah Moncada: leah@nullriwi.com or 1 416 205 9984 ext 282
Eric Meerkamper
As President leading global operations, and an Officer of RIWI Corp. since July 2012, Mr. Eric Meerkamper manages the day-to-day operations of RIWI and all of the company’s sales and distribution units. Eric focuses on building and expanding global data partnerships and strategic alignments with private industry, government and civil society organizations.
Prior to joining RIWI Corp., he was the former President and co-owner of DECODE Inc., a private company focusing on online research methodologies for Fortune 500 companies. Eric is co-founder and former Chair of the Centre for Social Innovation, and past Chair of the Daily Bread Food Bank.
He holds a bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree in business administration from the University of Western Ontario.
Email: eric@nullriwi.com
Annette Cusworth
Ms. Annette Cusworth, CPA CA, assumed the position of Interim Chief Financial Officer of RIWI Corp. on June 13, 2017. Ms. Cusworth has over 25 years of financial management experience with both public and private companies. Annette’s prior expertise spans diverse sectors – technology, forestry, mining, energy, and transportation. This includes serving as CFO of a renewable energy company, and as VP Finance and Chief Accounting Officer for the world’s largest commercial provider of offshore helicopter services operating in over 30 countries. A Chartered Professional Accountant, Annette is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia and has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Calgary.
Alton Ing
Mr. Alton Ing joined RIWI Corp. as Chief Technology Officer in 2009. He leads software development, global data collection, network infrastructure, data processing, data integration, data security and data integrity for all of RIWI’s multi-country data capture projects.
Prior to prototyping the RIWI system for academic research in 2009, and thereafter joining The RIWI Corporation as CTO, Alton held senior management roles both in early-stage and mature technology companies. He began his electrical engineering career at Tectrol Inc., a hardware company providing critical parts to the computer network industry worldwide; followed by Ford Motor Company, where he practiced statistical process control for quality improvement. He also conducted IT projects at ICBC, one of the largest insurance companies in North America. Alton specializes in software development and network infrastructure. His implementation experience includes ERP, data warehousing, analytics, complex web applications, system integration and architecture.
In the field of domain name system (DNS) technology, Alton served as a VP of engineering for a global advertising company that “owns the Internet” (CNN and Business 2.0 Cover Story, June 2007). Alton managed IT team growth from 15 to 50 personnel through re-organization into product focused teams and process-driven methodologies. Previously, Alton was Director of Information Technology for a global logistics company leading a technical team of 20 people with offices in Canada, China and Malaysia.
He holds a bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree in Eng. Science from the University of Toronto.