Ontario Centre of Innovation

Also filed as Ontario Centres of Excellence Inc. (2004–2005, 2008–2019) and Ontario Centres of Excellence Incorporated (2006–2007).

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 34 employees earning $100K+

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At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

34

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$5.3M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$155,063

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$131,847

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Ontario Centre of Innovation in 2025?

Claudia Krywiak, President and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $442,798 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 34 Ontario Centre of Innovation employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $131,847.

How has Ontario Centre of Innovation's Sunshine List changed?

Ontario Centre of Innovation listed 11 people in 2004 and 34 in 2025 — 3.1× as many; payroll on the list went from $1.4M to $5.3M, and the median salary moved from $124,201 to $131,847.

How many Ontario Centre of Innovation employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 22 yearly values of median salary, from $124,201 in 2004 to $131,847 in 2025.$100K$110K$120K$130K$140K200420092013201620212025
Median salary, 2004–2025. Axis starts at $100,000, the Sunshine List disclosure threshold. That threshold has never been indexed to inflation, so this line can fall over time simply because more people newly cross it — not necessarily because pay fell.

Top Employees
2025

#1Claudia Krywiak
$442,798
President and Chief Executive Officer
#2Raed Kadri
$311,144
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, Business Development and Head of Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network
#3Hiten Makim
$292,917
Vice President, Finance, Operations and OneEleven
#4Fernanda Minadeo
$208,071
Vice President, Human Resources
#5Alicia Pereira
$208,071
Vice President, Marketing and Communications
#6Mona Eghanian
$190,256
Assistant Vice President, Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network
#7Philippa King
$190,256
Assistant Vice President, Strategic Programs
#8Jeffrey Van Heumen
$190,256
Assistant Vice President, Business Development
#9Sikiru Bello
$173,269
Controller
#10Gregory Gordon
$172,590
Assistant Vice President, Corporate Development, Strategic Partnerships, and International Engagement
#11Nicole Mckernan
$146,674
Director, Corporate Accounting
#12Digvijay Mehra
$144,922
Director, Strategy and Programs
#13Balinder Rai
$144,112
Business Development Lead
#14Bhavik Parikh
$141,609
Director, Information Systems
#15Daniel Ruby
$141,023
Director, Sector and Regional Development
#16Jason Lee
$139,687
Director, Strategic Programs
#17Mandeep Rehal
$135,710
Director, Business Development
#18Tara Remedios
$129,591
Director, Workforce and Talent Strategies
#19Mandhir Khalia
$129,143
Managing Director, OneEleven
#20Christopher Greenfield
$126,183
Managing Director, OneEleven
#21Sandra Bowers
$124,560
Manager, Public Affairs and Events
#22Amirhossein Pahlevanpour
$119,006
Director, Business Development
#23Feiran Zhou
$117,506
Director, Commercialization
#24Jahnavi Uppuluri
$117,388
Technical Project Manager
#25Tatjana Dunn
$116,983
Executive Assistant to the President and Chief Executive Officer

See all 34 employees in 2025 →

Download CSV (2025) →Released by the Government of Ontario under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996. Compiled by SunshineList.

Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
2024 → 2025

Claudia Krywiak at Ontario Centre of Innovation had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $401,223 to $441,256, up 10.0%.

Claudia Krywiak+10.0%
President and Chief Executive Officer
$401,223 → $441,256
Fernanda Minadeo+22.1%
Vice President, Human Resources
$169,445 → $206,837
Alicia Pereira+19.2%
Vice President, Marketing and Communications
$173,527 → $206,837
Hiten Makim+9.8%
Vice President, Finance, Operations and OneEleven
$265,389 → $291,375
Raed Kadri+5.5%
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, Business Development and Head of Ontario Vehicle Innovation Network
$293,472 → $309,602

A year-over-year increase or decrease in disclosed pay can include overtime, a retroactive payment, a vacation payout or severance, not only a change in base pay, rate, or role — the Sunshine List discloses total salary paid that year, not a pay rate. This list is ranked by the dollar increase, not by the percentage shown.

6 people were new to Ontario Centre of Innovation's list in 2025; <5 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at Ontario Centre of Innovation →

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