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Change your career

As professional requirements change and career stagnate, it's sometimes time to make a change. Let's make the next one happen together.

Michele Verriello

Landing a dream internship at Tesla

Michele's journey to an internship at Tesla starts in an unlikely place – a small university in the south of Italy, far from the world's top academic institutions.

Samantha Miller

Samantha's transition to data analytics

Recognizing the need for personal growth and greater career opportunities, Samantha leveraged strategic planning, continuous skill development, and the targeted mentorship offered through MentorCruise.com.

Joris Zierold

Overcoming a challenging career change into blockchain tech

Joris Zierold had been working in the media and publishing industry for many years as a founder, engineer, and managing director when he decided to transition into Blockchain Technology.

Kyle Teeter

Building confidence and foundational skills during a career change

Kyle first found a passion for web development when he had to set up a website for his online teaching business. To get the website up, he taught himself the basics of software engineering, leading to a new-found interest in the topic and a desire to transition into this career.

Nelson Remetz

Starting a new job with more confidence and stronger support

Nelson Remetz has successfully transitioned careers from architecture to UX design. But with the skill building done, there were more hurdles in the way – interviewing and overcoming the first few months in an entirely new job.

Bassma Hefni

Leveraging mentorship to start a new career in a new country

Long interview sessions, building new skills and preparing for a big move ended up in Bassma scoring multiple design offers in Europe.

Peyton Lucas

Convincing interviewers with clear thought processes

After a deployment to Afghanistan, he realized that this wasn’t what truly fulfilled him longterm. How Peyton took full use of a new mentorship platform, and evolved himself into a talented Full-Stack Developer.

Ryan Wilson

From professional basketball to cybersecurity

For close to a decade, Ryan Wilson was a professional athlete all around Europe. After a long career on the court the now-retired player had to look into his future career prospects.

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Building leadership qualities

Not only mentees profit from committed mentorships. Mentors are building their industry knowledge and leadership qualities with the 1-on-1 coaching too.

Ivan Iannaccone – Meet the Mentor

Ivan Iannaccone – Meet the Mentor

With nearly 20 years in infrastructure, I’ve built storage systems, developed SSDs like the AWS Nitro SSD, and delivered full-stack software. My experience spans support, product management, UX, and engineering. At Amazon and Google, I led product and UX teams, managing large budgets and billion-dollar revenues. Passionate about problem-solving, strategic decisions, fostering talent for growth.

Yiqing Fan – Meet the Mentor

Yiqing Fan – Meet the Mentor

I have over a decade of experience building world-class engineering organizations, guiding exceptional career growth of my people.

Donavan Cheah – Meet the Mentor

Donavan Cheah – Meet the Mentor

I am a cybersecurity consultant that has had experiences both in the public and private sector. I specialise in offensive cybersecurity (penetration testing, red teaming), as well as governance, risk and compliance aspects. Beyond these roles, I have managed to build cybersecurity training pipelines, contributed to journals and have build a cybersecurity card game.

Ellie Linehan – Meet the Mentor

Ellie Linehan – Meet the Mentor

I'm currently the VP of Solutions at a Software Startup. I started out as Mechanical Engineer and fell in love with Product Management, after reading "Start With Why", and found a niche in 3D Visualization and PLM that helped me enter Software world. In my current role I wear many hats, including technical sales, solutions engineering and partnerships.

Tomi Abe – Meet the Mentor

Tomi Abe – Meet the Mentor

I'm a multidisciplinary creative and digital professional with over a decade of experience at the intersection of design, strategy, and innovation. As a consultant, entrepreneur, speaker, and trainer, I'm passionate about redefining how brands connect with people and how digital experiences are crafted. I also empower others to unlock their potential and make a meaningful impact in their careers.

Ed Giansante – Meet the Mentor

Ed Giansante – Meet the Mentor

Expert community builder and international career mentor. Previously Global Head of Community at Dropbox, Wix, Zynga, VMware and Persona.

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Browse our library of case studies, mentorship stories and successes our mentees have decided to share with us!

How Mentorship Catapulted Nate's Leap into Entrepreneurship

How Mentorship Catapulted Nate's Leap into Entrepreneurship

Discover how Nate Rodriguez transformed his career from stagnation to entrepreneurship with strategic mentorship from Jason Aiginitis, facilitated by MentorCruise. This case study explores the power of personalized guidance in achieving professional growth and launching a successful marketing agency.

From Soundboards to Dashboards: Samantha's Transition to Data Analytics

From Soundboards to Dashboards: Samantha's Transition to Data Analytics

Recognizing the need for personal growth and greater career opportunities, Samantha leveraged strategic planning, continuous skill development, and the targeted mentorship offered through MentorCruise.com.

Unlocking Potential and Landing a Dream Internship at Tesla

Unlocking Potential and Landing a Dream Internship at Tesla

Michele's journey to an internship at Tesla starts in an unlikely place – a small university in the south of Italy, far from the world's top academic institutions.

Using Experience for Growth: Mentoring for Meaningful Connections

Using Experience for Growth: Mentoring for Meaningful Connections

I fired the first person I ever hired within the first week, at age 23. While being in a new leadership role or endeavour can be exciting, it can also backfire if you do not have the support around you along the road.

How mentorship boosted Mauro's transition into Data Science

How mentorship boosted Mauro's transition into Data Science

Mauro found himself at a pivotal juncture in his professional career. He aspired to make a career shift toward data science, so he sought the assistance of MentorCruise and Raffaele Miele, an accomplished data scientist possessing expertise in Mauro’s targeted domain.

Overcoming a challenging career change with grit, determination, and the right mentor

Overcoming a challenging career change with grit, determination, and the right mentor

Joris Zierold had been working in the media and publishing industry for many years as a founder, engineer, and managing director when he decided to transition into blockchain technology in 2021.

Adding crucial hard skills to a new business with a mentor

Adding crucial hard skills to a new business with a mentor

Building a business and a well-structured team is one of the hardest undertakings you could do in your professional life. It’s an event that comes with huge benefits, but sometimes also immense costs both on a financial, personal and mental level.

Building confidence and foundational skills during a career change

Building confidence and foundational skills during a career change

Kyle first found a passion for web development when he had to set up a website for his online teaching business. To get the website up, he taught himself the basics of software engineering, leading to a new-found interest in the topic and a desire to transition into this career.

Experiencing professional growth with the right guidance

Experiencing professional growth with the right guidance

Sometimes life throws us a curveball, especially so in our careers. Fast-moving environments, changing priorities and shifting markets can hinder our development as a professional.