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14 Concordia University alumni started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

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Jamie S.

Founder
Left
Atlassian
Principal Product Lead, Enterprise Strategy and Planning.
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Principal Product Lead, Enterprise Strategy and Planning. at Atlassian2025-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • Sr. Manager, Product Management - Amazon Q at Amazon2018-2025
  • SVP Technical Program Management, Digital Platform at Citi2015-2018
Education
  • Concordia UniversityBA

Armin Najafi

Co-Founder & CTO
Left
AIVC
Senior AI Engineer, Forward-Deployed
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Senior AI Engineer, Forward-Deployed at AIVC2026-2026 · until Oct 2026
  • AI Infrastructure Engineer, Amazon AGI at Amazon2020-2025
  • Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure at Hothead Games2019-2020
  • Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure at Haro.ai (acquired by Hothead Games)2019-2019
  • Research Software Engineer at Ericsson2017-2019
Education
  • Concordia UniversityMaster's
  • Tehran PolytechnicBachelor's

Abdul Rehman

Co-Founder
Left
SAP
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at SAP2025-2026 · left Aug 2026
  • Financial Services Consultant (N5) at Desjardins2025-2025
  • Private Tutor at Tutorax - Tutoring Service2022-2024
  • Academic Tutor at Cegep du Vieux Montreal2021-2023
Education
  • Concordia UniversityBE
  • Cegep du Vieux MontrealDEC
  • Dawson CollegeDEC

Karanbir Singh

Co-Founder
Left
Concordia University
Software Developer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Software Developer at Concordia University2026-2026 · left Apr 2026
  • Software Developer at Union Lighting & Decor2026-2026
  • Cohort Program at District 3 Innovation2024-2024
  • Software Developer at RGS Infotech2022-2022
Education
  • Concordia UniversityBS
  • Concordia UniversityBachelor's
  • Concordia UniversityBachelor's

Jonathan Niederhoffer

Co-Founder & CTO
Left
MLG Brands
Director Of Ecommerce & Operations
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Director Of Ecommerce & Operations at MLG Brands2019-2024 · left Sep 2024
  • Director of Ecommerce at Belly Bandit2017-2019
  • Digital Marketing Manager at Tune Up Fitness Worldwide, Inc.2016-2017
  • Marketing Director at Camp Massad of Canada2012-2015
  • Digital Marketing Manager at iSaute2014-2015
  • Regional Photographer at TeamBuy.ca2011-2014
  • Ecommerce Coordinator at Surplus Clothing2013-2014
Education
  • Concordia University
  • Concordia University
  • Dawson CollegeDEC

Nadim Fahmy

Founder
Left
MESC
Social Media Coordinator
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Social Media Coordinator at MESC2024-2024 · left Nov 2024
  • Private Equity Intern at CI Capital2025-2025
  • Banking at The Sovereign Fund of Egypt2023-2023
Education
  • Concordia UniversityBA
  • Cairo American College
  • Università BocconiSummer Program

Brandon Phelps

Co-Founder
Left
Concordia University
Space Concordia Club - Data Analyst
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Space Concordia Club - Data Analyst at Concordia University2021-2026 · left Jun 2026
  • Software Developer Intern at Ericsson2026-2026
Education
  • Concordia University

Adib A.

Co-Founder
Left
Ericsson
Software Engineer in Test
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer in Test at Ericsson2026-2026 · until Aug 2026
  • Back End Developer at Novatek International2024-2025
Education
  • Concordia UniversityBE

Istasha A.

Founder
Left
TeXcursor
Co-Founder
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Co-Founder at TeXcursor2025-2025 · left Dec 2025
  • Machine Learning Research Engineer - LLM at University of Tennessee, Knoxville2025-2025
  • Founder at IAI2024-2024
  • Machine Learning Engineer at Codarx2023-2024
  • Teaching Assistant at Kharazmi University2022-2023
  • Data Science Intern at Data Glacier2021-2021
Education
  • Concordia UniversityMaster's
  • W. P. Carey School of Business
  • Kharazmi UniversityBS

Kenneth Smith

Founder
Left
Microsoft
Principal Director, AI Research
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Principal Director, AI Research at Microsoft2023-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Senior Director, Engineering and Research Science at Nuance Communications2019-2023
  • Early Career & Advisory Roles at Bell Northern Research1994-2021
  • Engineering Director & Technical Leadership Roles at Nuance Communications1999-2019
  • Software Developer, Space Systems Division at CAE1994-1995
Education
  • Concordia University

Vijay Doradla

Founder and CEO
Left
Accenture
Managing Director
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Managing Director at Accenture2024-2026 · until Jul 2026
  • President at Avathon2018-2023
  • Managing Director Verizon Ventures at Verizon Wireless2013-2018
  • CEO, Co-founder at SilverString Capital2009-2012
  • Vice President at Technology Hedge Funds2006-2008
  • Equity Research Analyst at Deutsche Bank2004-2006
  • Member of Technical Staff at Lucent Technologies Bell Labs1997-2004
Education
  • Concordia UniversityMaster's
  • IIT KanpurMS

Michael Ghaleb

Founder
Left
PMML
CEO - Commercial Real Estate Lending Start-Up
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • CEO - Commercial Real Estate Lending Start-Up at PMML2025-2026 · left Mar 2026
  • Ad Hoc Board Member at Association de la neurofibromatose du Québec (ANFQ)2025-2025
  • Investment Director - Private Equity, Venture Capital and Impact Investments at Fonds de solidarité FTQ2024-2025
  • Manager - Private Equity at PSP Investments | Investissements PSP2017-2022
  • Analyst/Associate - Investment Banking at CIBC Capital Markets2011-2017
Education
  • Concordia UniversityBachelor's
  • Marianopolis CollegeDEC

Tejas Kanitkar

Founder
Left
betstamp
Software Engineering Manager
Before that
Went stealthJun 2026
Work
  • Software Engineering Manager at betstamp2025-2026 · until Aug 2026
  • Senior Engineering Manager (Associate Director) at Flinks2017-2025
  • Research Data Analyst at Concordia University2017-2018
  • Web Software Engineer / Product Manager for Non-Profit (Contract) at alt.theatre2017-2017
  • Software Engineer (Contract) at iPratama2016-2016
  • Software Engineer at Indralok Technologies Pvt Ltd2014-2016
  • Freelance Content Manager at Techicom2011-2016
Education
  • Concordia UniversityMEng
  • Gujarat Technological UniversityBachelor's
  • GREMSHSC

Alan Weeks

Founder
Left
Armour Roof Co.
Chief Growth Officer
Before that
Went stealthSep 2025
Work
  • Chief Growth Officer at Armour Roof Co.2024-2025 · until Sep 2025
  • Vice President - REGISTER at Modern Campus2021-2024
  • Vice President - REGISTER at DIGARC - Now Modern Campus2019-2021
  • Founder & CEO at Visual Schedule Builder2009-2019
Education
  • Concordia University
  • University of OxfordMBA
  • University of Oxford

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  -d '{
    "filters": { "op": "and", "conditions": [
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.company_name",
        "type": "[.]", "value": "stealth" },
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.title",
        "type": "(.)", "value": "founder" }
    ]},
    "fields": ["basic_profile", "experience", "education"],
    "config": { "trigger": { "type": "interval", "every_hours": 168 } }
  }'
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What "stealth" means here: the person's current job is a founder title (Founder, Co-Founder, Founder & CEO…) at a company listed as "Stealth", "Stealth Startup" or similar, because they haven't announced it yet.

Where it comes from: public professional profiles, via the Crustdata API. A new search runs every week and adds whoever newly matches. Profiles can take a few weeks to show up, and start dates are by month.

The company on each row is the most recent job before going stealth, with the title they held there. Where we can, we skip internships, advisor seats and freelance stints. On a "former employer" page it shows the job at that employer instead. Click a row for their full work history and education.