Renjie Butalid is an entrepreneurial and results-driven senior tech executive with a proven track record of driving substantial revenue growth, cultivating high-impact partnerships, and navigating complex business and policy environments.

He is the Co-Founder and Director of the Montreal AI Ethics Institute (MAIEI), a global non-profit advancing AI ethics literacy, whose AI Ethics Brief newsletter reaches over 14,000 subscribers. MAIEI is a member of the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC) at NIST, The AI Alliance, and Partnership on AI.

Renjie is also VP Business Development and Advisor (GTM & Partnerships) at Metrika, a leading blockchain risk management platform, where he drives revenue growth and partnerships with financial institutions, G-SIBs, credit rating agencies, and regulators to enhance digital asset risk management and compliance.

Additionally, he advises Untether Labs, a YC-backed company focused on AI-driven healthcare operations and workforce management.

Previously, Renjie led the expansion of McGill University’s Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship, raising over $8 million and securing a Top 10 global ranking in UBI Global's World Rankings of Business Incubators and Accelerators.

A recognized leader, Renjie was named a Top 40 Under 40 by the Waterloo Region Record and is an active member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers and The Banff Forum. He holds a BA in Economics from the University of Waterloo and an MA in International Relations from Corvinus University of Budapest.