Sam Saad

Experienced leader with a 20+ year track record of designing and executing go-to-market strategies for scalable growth across various technology sectors. Prior to joining MesoMat, Sam led go-to-market & strategic initiatives for Gatik, where as part of the Founding Team he helped drive Gatik’s meteoric growth – as the market leader in autonomous middle mile transportation – through multiple Fortune 500 client attraction and equity financing events. He was the Founding Director of the Innovation Factory’s Centre for Integrated Transportation and Mobility (CITM), a technology accelerator for CAV (Connected Autonomous Vehicle) technologies. Sam started his CAV journey at the Ontario Centres of Innovation where he managed a sizable innovation funding portfolio. Before entering the technology sector, Sam spent his earlier career focused on education, health promotion, and international development at the MaRS Discovery District, University of Toronto, and United Nations.