Joseph C. Paradi

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Joseph C. Paradi
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Born1941
Hungary
NationalityCanadian
Alma mater University of Toronto
Occupation(s)Engineer, entrepreneur and founder of Parcorp Ltd
Years active1968-Present

Joseph C. Paradi is a senior professor of chemical engineering at the University of Toronto. [1] [2] [3] [4] Paradi is the founder and executive director of the Centre for Management of Technology and Entrepreneurship. [5] He is also a chair holder in Information Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry. [6]

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Paradi is the founder of Parcorp Ltd., a company that invests and facilitates the growth of small Canadian high-tech companies.

Early life and education

Born in 1941, he started skating at the age of 2 as his parents were ice dancing champions in Hungary. He played competitive junior hockey in Hungary at age 14 and also was the national speed skating champion for his age group. The 1956 revolution in Hungary put an abrupt end to all of this and with his parents he left his birth country in November 1956 and emigrated to Canada from England the year after.

Paradi pursued his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering at the University of Toronto in 1961. [7] He then enrolled in a master's program a year after his graduation. Paradi also completed his PhD. from the University of Toronto in 1975. [8]

Career

Paradi commenced his career as a senior information technology expert when he founded Dataline Inc., a computer-services company, in 1969. [9] Paradi sold the company to a U.S. firm in late 1987 and left the company in 1989 after serving for 20 years.

Paradi restarted his relationship with the University of Toronto in 1983, as an adjunct professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry. After his exit from the commercial sector, he joined the university as a permanent staff member in 1989. He served as a distinguished professor at the University of Toronto for over 15 years and retired in 2006. But he stayed in the university as he continued to teach courses on entrepreneurship and carried on research. During his tenure, he has supervised 17 Ph.D. theses and 62 Master's theses, 7 postdoctoral students, and 5 other researchers, in addition to 186 undergraduate theses involving 254 students in engineering.

Paradi founded the Centre for the Management of Technology and Entrepreneurship (CMTE), which is housed in the Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry. Another notable accomplishment was the founding of the Engineering Hatchery which grows and guides new startup businesses in the Faculty of Engineering. [10]

Paradi is also the founder of Parcorp Ltd., a company devoted to investing in, nurturing, and facilitating the growth of small Canadian high-tech companies. Throughout his career, he started several other organizations, including a specialized technology consulting firm, two firms based on intellectual properties developed at U of T (DesignCo Inc. and Translucent Technologies Inc.), and a joint venture in Hungary, to name a few. [11] Paradi has presented more than 170 papers at national and international technical conferences and has chaired technical sessions on more than 50 occasions. [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] He is a speaker at International Conference on 'Data Envelopment Analysis Performance Management and Measurement' held at Beirut, Lebanon. [18] [19] He is also a well known collector of antique corkscrews among other hobbies.[ citation needed ]

Selected books

Awards and honors

Professional membership

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References

  1. ↑ Paradi, Joseph C.; Zhu, Haiyan (2013-01-01). "A survey on bank branch efficiency and performance research with data envelopment analysis". Omega. Data Envelopment Analysis: The Research Frontier - This Special Issue is dedicated to the memory of William W. Cooper 1914-2012. 41 (1): 61–79. doi:10.1016/j.omega.2011.08.010. ISSN   0305-0483.
  2. ↑ "Keynote Speakers | DEA 2018". deaic.mcu.edu.tw. Retrieved 2020-11-07.
  3. ↑ Menzies, Teresa V.; Paradi, Joseph C. (2002-01-01). "Encouraging technology-based ventures: Entrepreneurship education and engineering graduates". New England Journal of Entrepreneurship. 5 (2): 57–64. doi: 10.1108/NEJE-05-02-2002-B008 . ISSN   2574-8904. S2CID   55896360.
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