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Hussam Ayyad

Chief Accelerator Officer

Highline Beta

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Canada

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Hussam Ayyad is a multi-time entrepreneur, angel investor and business leader. He brings over 18 years of experience in building and operating companies, and in enabling and advising other founders and innovation leaders build high-growth ventures. Hussam is currently the Chief Accelerator Officer at Highline Beta, a globally recognized hybrid venture studio and venture capital firm focused on corporate innovation. Prior to joining Highline Beta, Hussam has dedicated his efforts to supporting other entrepreneurs and innovators. He was responsible for leading the team that transformed the DMZ from a university-based experiential learning space –in 2016– to a highly-recognized and world-leading tech accelerator and incubator. He also played a leading role in closely supporting hundreds of entrepreneurs as a trusted ex-CEO and an executive advisor through his extensive work with Communitech and through leading its open innovation programs, and through numerous other involvements across various organizations in the global innovation ecosystem. That followed a decade of innovating, co-founding and growing a number of international businesses in different industries and countries across the world, one of which he was responsible for the significant growth of. Hussam remains to be a highly sought after Management and Innovation consultant. He is often consulted by Startups and large Corporations on different projects within but not limited to Open Innovation (Accelerators and Incubators), digital transformation strategy, new product development, new venture building and development, venture growth and turnaround, venture financing, etc... He holds a Bachelor of Software Engineering from the University of Western Ontario, Master of Business Entrepreneurship and Technology (MBET) from the University of Waterloo and an MBA from The University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management –where he currently leads its ''Global Innovation Practicum in Silicon Valley'' as a sessional lecturer since 2018.

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Current Position

Chief Accelerator Officer at Highline Beta

Degrees

Master of Business Administration - MBA

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