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Did James Colliander found Crowdmark?
Yes. Crowdmark's Our Story page, read on 2026-09-24, names Colliander, Michelle Caers and Martin Muñoz as its cofounders. University of Toronto News, on 2013-10-07, called Colliander the company's founder, and PIMS said on 2016-02-05 that Colliander founded Crowdmark and served as its CEO.
Where did the idea for Crowdmark come from?
Crowdmark's Our Story page, read on 2026-09-24, says Colliander was tasked with grading 5,000 handwritten 14-page exams for the 2011 Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge, then partnered with graduate student Martin Muñoz on a prototype used for the 2012 contest. The Globe and Mail reported on 2014-02-17 that the prototype scanned pages and sent them to markers digitally.
What is Colliander doing now?
The 2i2c website, read on 2026-09-24, lists Colliander as a professor of mathematics at the University of British Columbia and as business development lead and co-founder of 2i2c. PIMS announced on 2016-02-05 that Colliander had moved from the University of Toronto to UBC and would direct PIMS for five years from 2016-07-01.