Our Vision
Penfield believes in the progress of intelligence – both human and artificial intelligence and the company’s mission is to advance human and artificial intelligence in tandem, by focussing on the interaction between human and artificial intelligence – for the benefit of the global economy and society.
Our Story
2017
Bibu Labs conducts research out of University of Waterloo to harness potential of Human-Computer Intelligence AI in cybersecurity.
2019
Penfield.AI emerges from Bibu Labs as a product company, mapping out the skillsets of humans to unlock potential in Security Operation Centers (SOCs).
2021
Penfield.AI evolves as a product company and continues to grow their newly branded business. Recognized by UN as Top 100 Global AI Initiative. Awarded $1.1M contract from Canadian Government.
2022
Iterates on core Product with early adopters. Invites Cofounder of PagerDuty, Baskar P., as an investor among others. Selected into C100 Fellows Program.
2023
Penfield.AI releases Generally Available v1.0 Product. Executed first pilot outside of Cyber in a Fortune 2000 Retail and Global NGO.
2024
Penfield.AI releases Generally Available v2.0 Product, deploys outside Cyber including Managed IT, IAM and Financial Ops. Secures Partnership with Microsoft Pegasus.
Our Team
Tahseen was a cybersecurity consultant for firms like IBM, Royal Bank of Canada, Fortune 60 Telco, a North American Government and more. He was the lead developer of AppScan Source on Cloud – a SAST tool used by many Fortune 500 firms. AppScan was a leader on Gartner’s Magic quadrant. Tahseen graduated from the UWaterloo in Electrical Engineering and holds 3 awards from UWaterloo and 2 awards from IBM.
Long Tan has worked in startups for 6 years. He’s experienced in building and scaling distributed systems and services, and applying Machine Learning in recommender system, NLP, and search. He loves developing full-stack software to empower users. Before studying computer science at the University of Toronto and starting his engineering career, he worked as an accountant with a Master's degree in Business and Accounting.
Nicole brings 20 years of financial leadership experience across a wide variety of industries including technology (including SaaS), professional services, energy, retail, advertising, not-for-profit and healthcare in the public and private sectors. Nicole currently supports several early and growth stage companies as CFO leveraging the financial expertise she has gained over the years, through her company Aspire CFO. Prior to founding Aspire CFO, Nicole was CFO and Head of HR at McKinsey & Company Canada, a renowned management consulting firm. Nicole was also previously CFO at McMillan LLP and held a number of senior finance positions at Sears Canada, Nortel Networks and EY. Nicole is a CPA, CA and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto.
Sohail is perusing his PhD from University of Guelph in Cybersecurity. Previously he has worked on optimization and AI based projects for problems related to botnet detection, collaborative-robotics and building control systems with companies like Telus, Honeywell, and ESI Robotics.
Diane Cesta is a finance leader focused on establishing and implementing well-performing finance functions at Penfield.AI.
Diane held progressively senior roles in Financial Planning & Analysis for companies undergoing expansion, such as, Moose Knuckles Canada, Sephora Canada and TD Bank Group. Diane started her career at PWC in the Audit & Assurance practice, later moving into other practices and roles that included, court-appointed monitor and receiver.
Diane is a CPA, CA, and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto.
Eric was preavisly the Head of Cybersecurity Product at Element AI, CTO of Qohash (a Cybersecurity Statup) and Professor at Collège de Bois-de-Boulogne. Eric is one of the rare professionals with in-depth expertise in both Cybersecurity and AI.
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