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Andrew N. Forde (born January 21, 1987) is a Canadian engineering graduate student and musician.[1]

Education and career

Forde is a Materials Science and Engineering alumnus of the University of Toronto.[2] In 2012, Forde was a Master's student in Engineering Entrepreneurship and Innovation at McMaster University.[3]

Forde's first start-up, Sommerfeld Solutions, operated in the areas of mining, information technology, and healthcare.[3] The Electronic Chart (TEC), a sommerfeld project, was one of 30 projects to receive funds through a funding initiative from McMaster and the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario.[4] TEC was a project intended to improve patient charting practices[2] by creating software to improve the efficiency of patient processing. It aimed to place "a computer tablet beside every hospital bed in the world as a way of making it easier for doctors to treat their patients."[4][5]

Forde established The Forde Institute which was designed to be "a non-profit global centre for research, focusing on technological innovations and their resulting impact on humanity to promote responsible innovation, research and entrepreneurship."[2]

Awards

The University of Toronto Chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE, a student-run organization) received the 2010 International Pioneer Chapter of the Year Award from NSBE’s National Executive Board and International Committee. At the time, Forde was an out-going President of the Chapter.[6]

Forde received an Aroni Award in 2011.[7]

Forde was awarded the Harry Jerome Young Entrepreneur Award by Toronto's Black Business and Professional Association in 2012 for his work on TEC.[2][3][5][8]

Music

Forde was trained by a Thornhill violin teacher Martin Bazarian and attended the Unionville Highschool of the Arts.[1] It is claimed that Forde played for audiences throughout the country, sharing the stage with the likes of Justin Bieber and Kardinal Offishall.[1]

In 2020, Forde performed on FreeUp! The Emancipation Day Special.[9]

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