Hussam Ayyad has taught at the Rotman School of Management since 2018, where he's currently an Assistant Professor (Teaching Stream) and the Founding Executive Director of Startup Rotman –Rotman’s newly established venture builder for Rotman students– at Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.

Hussam is an experienced Entrepreneur, business operator and Executive. He currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer at Teammates.ai, a leader in Autonomous Teammates that help team run entire business functions.

Earlier in his career, Hussam built and operated companies, and supported other entrepreneurs in doing the same. He ran and oversaw 40+ startup accelerator cohorts and different business incubators that supported 1,000+ entrepreneurs between 2016 and 2023. That followed co-founding and growing a number of international businesses in different industries and countries across the world, one of which he was responsible for the significant growth of.

He holds a Bachelor of Software Engineering from the University of Western Ontario, Master of Business Entrepreneurship and Technology (MBET) from the University of Waterloo and an MBA from The University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management.