Andrew Pasternak

Dr. Andrew Pasternak has served as director of FWT since 2020. Dr. Pasternak has over 24 years of experience directing early-stage companies with technology commercialization and product development activities in a wide variety of fields including chemistry, biotechnology, medical devices, drug discovery and instrumentation. Dr. Pasternak has managed multi-disciplined teams in both large and start-up company environments, directing commercial efforts that have resulted in numerous strategic partnerships, high margin service contracts and licensing agreements. Dr. Pasternak is currently the Executive Director at GreenCentre Canada after serving the company in various commercialization from September 2010 to August 2021.

Dr. Pasternak has also previously directed research and commercialization at MDS Sciex Inc., Covalon Technologies Ltd, Protana Inc. and Transition Therapeutics Inc. Dr. Pasternak holds a Ph.D. in Bio-Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University as well as an MBA from the Rotman School of Business (University of Toronto). Dr. Pasternak is an accredited Professional Director and serves as a board member in several early stage and volunteer organizations.