Job Description
I run a company that builds technology to help teachers understand how students learn computer programming.
When students write code, teachers usually just see whether it works or not. My team and I build tools that look at how someone solved the problem — what choices they made, what patterns they used — so teachers can give better feedback and students can learn faster.
I also spend a lot of time talking to teachers and students to figure out what makes learning hard, then helping design better tools to fix those problems.
Basically… I help make school better using technology
Career Story
In high school, I was curious about a lot of things and didn’t fit neatly into one box. I liked learning, problem-solving, and working with people, but I wasn’t sure yet what that would look like as a career. I gained experience by working in my family's business during highschool.
After graduating, I went to university to study business and technology, and then started my corporate career working in in the tech industry. I became a technical project manager and got to run projects both internally and externally. Many of my projects required me to be the project manager but also the implementer of technical systems. So I would build the system, train other companies how to use the system, and manage everything around that project. I also ran projects where I had a team of people that would build the system based on what the client needed.
While I loved being a technical project manager, I couldn't help feeling like there was still something missing. I had so many ideas and so much creativity, but nowhere to use it. I decided to go back to school. I went on to study at the University of Waterloo, where I completed a Master’s degree in Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology. That experience helped me connect my interests in education, innovation, and building things that actually make a difference in people’s lives. Eventually, I moved into teaching at Conestoga College, where I worked directly with students in various programs, teaching them about project management. Being in the classroom gave me a front-row seat to the challenges instructors face when grading and trying to give meaningful feedback at scale. That’s where the idea for Octopodi Technologies really started to take shape.
Alongside teaching, I became deeply involved in mentoring — supporting first-year co-op students through the UW BETS program , coaching founders through entrepreneurship programs, and managing student teams inside startups. Those experiences reinforced how much I care about helping people grow and about building environments where learning, experimentation, and confidence are encouraged.
Today, I’m the CEO and Co-Founder of Octopodi Technologies, where I bring together everything I’ve learned — education, entrepreneurship, technology, and mentorship — to build tools that make technical education more human, fair, and effective.