He holds a PhD from Stanford's where he was a Meakin Fellow, an MBA with High Distinction from Michigan's Ross Business School, and a BS from the Indian Institute of Technology where he won the HAL Silver Award. He has received many awards in his career including GM's highest technical award, the Kettering award and holds two United States patents for his seminal work on Social Networks.

Dr. Pruthi holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, a Master's in Computer Science from Stevens Institute of Technology, and received his Doctorate in Telecommunications from The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. His thesis, An Application of Chaotic Maps to Packet Traffic Modeling, was the first to apply chaotic and fractal systems to accurately model the seemingly erratic nature of network traffic. Dr. Pruthi continues to drive the advancement of cyber security and network monitoring applications and practices to new levels, by regularly introducing highly innovative and state-of-the-art products that address the continuously evolving landscape of network performance and security.

Phil joined BDC Capital following a career in financial advisory services. He began his career in investment banking at HSBC Securities and has also worked independently, providing financial advisory services to Canadian small-cap companies.

In 2001, he joined TELUS Corporation as Director of Corporate Development/Mergers & Acquisitions. He spent the next seven years leading acquisitions and strategic divestitures on behalf of TELUS”both at the corporate level and for TELUS Ventures. Phil has also led acquisitions on behalf of CAE Inc. Phil has acted as an independent corporate director and holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Phil holds a Bachelor of Science (Microbiology and Immunology) from McGill University and an MBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University.