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Elvis Wianda

Co-founder & Chief Data Officer, BenchSci

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Elvis Wianda co-founded BenchSci in 2015 with Tom Leung, David Chen and Liran Belenzon, who met at the University of Toronto's Creative Destruction Lab. He serves as Chief Data Officer. Wianda was completing a PhD in medical biophysics at U of T, working on EEG, MEG and MRI signal processing, when he helped build the first prototype.

Elvis hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Elvis co-founded BenchSci, which appears in 2 talks in the archive.

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What is Elvis Wianda's role at BenchSci?

BenchSci's About page, checked 2026-09-20, lists Elvis Wianda, Ph.D. as Chief Data Officer and one of the company's co-founders.

When and where did he co-found BenchSci?

BenchSci's company page, checked 2026-09-20, dates the founding to 2015 at the Creative Destruction Lab, University of Toronto. University of Toronto news, 2019-08-15, reports Wianda was a medical biophysics PhD student at U of T when the founding team came together.

What is his academic and technical background?

Inovia's founder profile for Elvis Wianda, checked 2026-09-20, lists a BSc in biochemistry, an MSc in electrical and computer engineering, and PhD work in medical biophysics at the University of Toronto on signal processing of EEG, MEG and MRI neuroimaging data.

Who else co-founded BenchSci?

BenchSci's About page, checked 2026-09-20, names Liran Belenzon (CEO), Tom Leung (Chief Science Officer), Elvis Wianda (Chief Data Officer) and David Chen as the co-founders.

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