Lyssa Neel

Lyssa Neel has a diverse work experience in the fields of entrepreneurship, investment, and technology. Lyssa currently works as the Managing Director at Golden Seeds, focusing on healthcare IT applications and medical devices. Prior to this, they founded and served as CEO of Linkitz, where they designed and manufactured an electronic toy and software to introduce girls to electronics and programming. Lyssa also worked as an Advisor and COO at Crowdmark, overseeing day-to-day operations and performing financial assessments. Additionally, Lyssa co-founded and served as Co-Director of UTEST, a micro-seed fund and incubator for startups based on University of Toronto innovations. Lyssa has also held positions as a Project Manager at MaRS Innovation, CEO and Founder of Dataco, and Chief Technology Officer and CEO of VitalHub Corp. Before that, they worked as the Director of Solution Tools at Canada Health Infoway.

Lyssa Neel holds an SB, SM, and Ph.D. in Electric Engineering & Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.