Find a mentor in Canada

Hello Mentee,

Are you looking for guidance on building great software products, growing high impact teams, or having a successful software development career? We should chat! I am currently Head of Engineering at iTracMedia and have over 13 years of experience in product engineering. I have been leading and mentoring high impact software engineering and DevOps teams for the past 5+ years. My experience spans a diverse variety of both startups and established businesses. I've also worked in different industries including health care, social media, and finance. For the past ...

I've been in the design industry for the last 7 years. I'm currently a product designer creating restaurant software at TouchBistro in Toronto. I've also run my own freelance business for the last 7 years. I love what I do and want to reach out to designers in order to help them in their careers as much as possible. I can help you enhance your skills and knowledge. I have experience working at a variety of different companies (agencies and in-house) so I can offer career advice whenever needed. I ...

Product Manager/Owner with 10+ years of Engineering/Product and Start Up experience. When I was an engineer, I inadvertently stepped into a Product Owner role at several of the start ups I worked at. Eventually I realized that product is where my passion was which lead me to becoming a full-time PO. If you want to move from an individual contributor role to a product role, I've been there and can help you achieve your goals.

As a mentor, I can help you:
• Discover your vision
• Transition from ...

Hello,
I am Saurav. Originally from India but now live in Canada. I came USA to finish my Masters in CS from Syracuse University. Before that, I had a short stint at Ericsson Global where I worked primarily with databases and wrote SQL queries. I was fortunate to get good mentors in my life who have helped me become a confident tech leader. Presently, I work as a senior software engineer in Vancouver, BC. I love what I do. I get to develop cool software from scratch and work with ...

I'm a full stack developer at Auth0 and have been working in the industry for more than 5 years. Currently, I work with JavaScript a lot and I'm excited to help you thrive in this area as well

I really enjoy helping others learn technology. During my many jobs with information technology since 1999 I've always taken it upon myself to teach new hires about the company we're working for, any proprietary systems and methods we use for developing and shipping software code. In addition to any help I can provide with actual programming using various languages.

I joined mentor cruise with hopes of being able to continue helping others as my current employment contract is a mostly solo endeavour and I miss working with others.

In ...

I'm Chris. I'm a Senior Frontend Engineer at Jane. I also am a part time instructor at Georgian College in Ontario Canada. I've been dabbling in development since the age of 12, but have professionally been developing for 5 years.

Over the last several years, I've worked both as a full stack developer primarily in the Javascript ecosystem and have extensive experience with technologies such as React. I also over the last couple years have been responsible for assisting in the hiring process by reviewing resumes, interviewing candidates, and negotiating ...

Hi! I'm Rebecca, currently a Product Designer at Shopify.
I have a psychology degree with 4 years of banking experience before pursuing a career in design. You might wonder how I was able to get my first design position. You might also wonder what kind of further education and self-learning I went through before I landed my first design position. It was not an easy and straightforward path; however, what a tech company is looking for sometimes is not what you think.

Whether you are a Bootcamp graduate, ...

My passion is the creation of small and useful products. I have been a full-stack developer working for two startups those past four years. I have worked on all the "coding websites" aspects, and one hybrid mobile application. Before that, I have been a business intelligence consultant for six years. That involved a lot of SQL queries, and trying to find the proper way of presenting data.

I started coding when I was 15, creating small games on my TI calculator when the classes were too boring. I know the ...

I am a data analytics consultant with almost 6.5 years experience in the tech industry. Having transitioned to this role from a Salesforce Consultant role, I truly understand the pain of transitioning into the data world.
Most data science focuses on hard skills such as sql, python & ML Models. However ,based on my experience most companies are not mature enough to handle a full fledged data science projects due to major issues with data.The key value lies in understanding what your user needs and designing a data strategy ...

Hi there!

I’m Ciara. I have almost a decade of experience leading intrapreneurial ventures and national teams in the Edtech space. I started working for myself this year consulting and coaching.

But let’s start with you and why you might want to work with me.

Are you:

- trying to figure out what you want to do for your career or what’s next for you?

- thinking of starting a new venture or side hustle and want someone to bounce ideas off?

- needing some guidance for navigating relationships ...

I'm a Marketing leader with 6+ years experience launching and scaling new consumer technology products. I'm passionate about helping ambitious young marketers excel in their careers.

In my day job, I lead Product Marketing for Babylon by TELUS Health, a digital health mobile app. Previously, I've also held marketing roles at Samsung, and Adidas.

I'm also a Mentor for Udacity's Digital Marketing Nanodegree program where I've helped guide and coach over 50+ marketing students.

Look forward to meeting you and supporting your career growth!

Microsoft Certified Full-stack Software Developer with a demonstrated history of working in the research industry. Skilled in C#, Javascript, ASP.NET Core, Vue.js, SQL, NoSQL, CI/CD, and Azure.

Hi! I am a corporate finance professional based in Toronto, Canada with over 5 years experience and I specialize in financial modelling for entrepreneurs. Specifically, I help entrepreneurs save time & make better decisions through financial modelling. Imagine a tool that triples your decision-making power and takes 1/3 of the time. Much like a computer model, a financial model is a powerful decision making tool that I believe every entrepreneur should have in their arsenal. The problem is that 1) they don't know where to start, or 2) they make ...

I'm a seasoned strategic marketing leader with a history of delivering meaningful growth in the tech and on-demand industry (specializing in food delivery and marketplace businesses). Oh yeah, and I love winning.

I have over 10 years of experience and have been working in tech marketing for over 6 of those - working for rocket-ship businesses like Yelp, Uber, and SkipTheDishes. I've had the opportunity to lead teams through every marketing, operational, and business challenge you can imagine! From city (and country) launches, org structure and building, acquisitions and mergers ...

if you're struggling with breaking into product or developing as a product person...

👨🏽‍🏫 I can help.

✈️ Currently delivering digital products @ Air Canada | Aeroplan.

🚀 I work with enterprises and start-ups to define and scale their product management practices and deliver products for their customers.

📦 Previously shipped products for startups and enterprises in Telecom, Media and Health & Wellness.

🚀 Founder of Aspiring Product People: helping aspiring product people break into product management and grow.

✍️ Sign up for the Aspiring Product People Newsletter: https://aspiringproductpeople.substack.com/

Jake is a product designer from Toronto, currently leading and managing the design team at Snaptravel, where he owned the creation of their design system, Atlas. He previously worked at several agencies in Toronto, advising and designing for startups and working inside enterprise companies making impactful products. Outside of work, you can find him in a coffee shop daydreaming, attending loud concerts or hiking around the world.

My name’s Olsi and I'm here to help! I’m a software engineer working at Uber in beautiful Toronto, Canada. I really like to work with people to create concrete plans for improving their interview, technical, career, and communication skills.

Before this, I was a software engineer working at Amazon, specifically on Alexa. I aim to maintain a customer first approach to software engineering and love all things clean code.

I’m also into personal finance, cooking, Mac workstations.

Excited to meet you.

About me
Hello there! My name is Udara and I'm a full-stack engineer with over 5 years of technical experience. Currently, I’m working as a Software Engineer at Square. Previously, I worked at Wealthsimple, Mozilla, and EventMobi. When I’m not working or mentoring, you can find me playing video games, table tennis, reading, and writing.

My Journey
When I was in university I had no idea what to focus on to stand out to employers. I didn’t know how to write a good resume or how to do well ...

An established technical leader for product and commercial teams. Experience and interest with product development with a focus on UX and customers.

My responsibilities revolve around active code contribution, championing technical vision, stakeholder management, technical product management and release coordination.

Viv focuses on candid conversations that empower and deliver results. Want to increase your impact, build better relationships, and take active steps towards becoming a star performer on your team? Let’s set you up for success.

I am a Product Designer (UI/UX) and a Certified Design Sprint Facilitator with 8 years of professional experience. Currently, I am a Community Manager and a Design mentor for a non-profit organization with 3000+ designers spread across the world. I am mentoring 30+ designers who are based in 4 different time zones. Topics covered are:

- Basics of UI/UX
- Design Sprints
- Portfolio Reviews
- Personal projects guidance
- User Research
- Design Thinking
- How to communicate design to the stakeholders
- and many more.

I am an experienced product marketer, started at least 3 successful products from zero to significant income. My dream is to create online products that will help 1000's of people. I would be proud to consult on your product. As a huge + I have tech background in web development, product development, UX/UI design.

Please, feel free to reach out if you want to talk about your project, brainstorm some ideas, can help with marketing, product consultation.

I have worked across a variety of organizations, lead teams, and delivered quality software for 6 years. In that time I've worked as an independent consultant, at agencies as a team lead, and now as a senior engineer at Auth0.

I also host a podcast https://anchor.fm/work-in-programming where I break down how teams work better together, and how people grow their careers.

My specialty has always been in my ability to explain complex topics, to manage and prioritize my time, and of course to build working software.

I am offering career ...