LONDON, Ont. — Odd Burger Corporation has appointed Graham Taylor, a leading expert in the field of AI, as a member of its board of directors, effective Mar. 31, 2025.
Taylor received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Toronto in 2009 and is currently a Canada Research Chair and Professor of Engineering at the University of Guelph. He co-directs the University of Guelph Centre for Advancing Responsible and Ethical AI and is a faculty member at the Vector Institute for AI.
In 2016, he was named as one of 18 inaugural CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars, and in 2018, he was honoured as one of Canada’s Top 40 under 40. In 2019, he became a Canada CIFAR AI Chair and spent a year as a visiting faculty member at Google Brain in Montreal. Taylor co-founded Kindred, which was featured at number 29 on MIT Technology Review’s 2017 list of smartest companies in the world, acquired by Ocado in 2020. From 2021 to 2023, he served as Vector’s research director and is currently the academic director of NextAI, a non-profit accelerator for AI-focused entrepreneurs.
“We are very excited to have Graham Taylor join our Board of Directors,” says James McInnes, CEO and co-founder of Odd Burger. “As we continue to build the future of fast food, AI will undoubtedly be a key component of our technology platforms. The leadership that Dr. Taylor brings to Odd Burger in the field of AI will help us to roll out the best technology with the greatest impact to the company.”
Graham Taylor will replace Michael Fricker, who has served on Odd Burger’s board of directors since January 2022.
