Hello! We’re Xello.
An education software company powered by passionate people who are committed to helping every student become future ready.
We Help Students Become Future Ready
We were inspired by our own experiences after graduating and wondering, “What’s next?” We weren’t alone. The inability to answer this single, seemingly easy question was also problematic for our friends and peers. Few of them had concrete ideas about what they wanted to do with their lives. Their understanding of their options was usually very limited, and more determined by superficial and inaccurate stereotypes than the realities of the working world. Those who did have a vision for their future struggled to bring those ideas to life.
We Help Students Become Future Ready
Since uncovering this problem over 20 years ago, we’ve dedicated ourselves to building solutions to help students become future ready. Our engaging, fun-to-use software bridges the gap between young people and the working world. It shows every student their future possibilities and equips them with the knowledge, skills, and insights to make informed decisions and build actionable plans. It helps every student take control of who they’ll be and what they’ll become, giving them the confidence to take that next step towards their successful future.
How We Got Here
1995
Career Cruising is founded by Matt McQuillen, Jeff Harris, and Angus McMurtry.
1997
We release the first version of Career Cruising with 150 career profiles on CD-ROM with sound and video.
1999
We move out of the basement and into our first real office.
2000
We take Career Cruising to the World Wide Web.
2002
Online student portfolios are added to the program.
2003
Reports and dashboards for educators are released.
2005
Hola! Bonjour! Spanish and French languages are introduced.
2007
We outgrow our office and move to new digs.
2008
High school course planning is introduced.
2014
Research and development on a next generation product begins.
2016
We welcome our 100th employee. Woot!
2017
Hello Xello! We introduce a brand-new program and, at the same time, rebrand the company from Career Cruising to Xello.
2017
Xello and UK future readiness platform, CASCAID, join forces.
2018
Interactive and fully integrated lessons are released.
2018
We launch a mobile version of Xello.
2019
Xello for Elementary launches.
2020
Xello and Common App partner up.
2020
Xello launched its Work-Based Learning module.
2021
Xello's Family Portal launches for parents and guardians.
2021
Xello acquires Awato, a personalized career pathfinding platform.
2022
Xello Wins the CODiE Award for Best Customer Experience.
2023
Xello Launches Pre-Inquiry Marketing Platform for Higher Education.
2023
Xello honored with 2023 Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence.
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The Passionate People Behind Xello
We’re a dynamic and diverse group of people united by our mission to help every student become future ready. We believe the best way to achieve success is through creativity, authenticity, and collaboration -- plus having a lot of fun along the way!
- Leadership
- Leadership
- Client Success
- Culture
- Customer Experience
- Marketing
- Operations
- Product
- Sales
Matt McQuillen
CEO & Founder
Jeff Harris
President & Founder
Meredith Beyer-Alldridge
VP, Success & Adoption
Meghan Foster
Director, Sales
Sarah Brown
Director, Product Management
Florian Mukuta
Director, Demand Generation
Jeffrey Taylor
Director, Revenue Operations
Matt Krawczyk
Strategic Territory Manager
Ella Bujok
Managing Director
Eric Tennison
Director, Business Development
Madeleine Starowicz
Director, Product Marketing
Jackelyn Skudra
VP, Sales
Angie Low
Director of Customer Success
Oliver Brown
Strategic Territory Manager
Laura Commisso
Director, Talent Acquisition
Mona Hendesi
Strategic Territory Manager
Chris Olford
Director, Strategic Territory Management
Anthony Abbott
VP, Information Systems
Katie Lutes
VP, Culture
Te Thebeau
VP, Product Experience
Craig Bell
Director, Content
Marcio Bomfim
Director, Design
Heather Bugden
Director, Onboarding Management
Delfina Manocchio
Senior Territory Manager
Ben Pierce
VP, Engineering
Sofia Rokerya
Director, Client Solutions
Ginny Weitner
Director, Strategic Accounts
Monica Biesok
VP, Marketing
Maureen Ariza Paredes
Director, Experience Research
Noa Lipton
Strategic Territory Manager
Amanda Molinaro
Strategic Territory Manager
Sharon Preda
Strategic Territory Manager
Lucy Meszaros
Customer Success Associate
Melissa Wolfe
Jr Onboarding Manager
Amanda Szpindel
Customer Success Associate
Sonia Taylor-Miglioni
Customer Success Associate
Julia Fernandes
Success, Team Lead
Pearl Wyman
Jr Onboarding Manager
Nero Krishnasamy
Customer Success Associate
Salma El-Sakka
Onboarding Manager
Mark Luguya
Success Manager
David Nkoundjo
Onboarding Manager
Daniel Gwira
Customer Success Associate
Vanessa Di Rocco
Customer Success Associate
Megan Lee
Administrative Assistant
Julia Chesney
Client Solutions Specialist
Owen Jones
Key Account Manager
Kim McCaig
Administrative Assistant
Courtney Mckenzie
Success Manager
Vidisha Jha
Onboarding Manager
Zoe Kilsby
Success Manager
John Ngo
Success Manager
Debbie Ward
Success Manager
Jossue Williams
Jr Onboarding Manager
Sonya Srom
Success Manager
Anil Ramcharan
Client Solutions Specialist, Integrations
Gilbert Ho
Customer Success Associate
Kari Brouwer
Sr Success Manager
Kira Nguyen
Sr Success Manager
Adrienne Dunn
Team Lead, Customer Success
Brian Wismath
Success Manager
Sarah Clanfield
Team Lead, Customer Success
Jhonatan Lopez
Customer Success Associate
Kaavia Kanesalingam
Success Manager
Jessica Myshrall
Success Manager
Filipe Dos-Reis Baptista
Onboarding Manager
Camila Villareal
Success Manager
Angie Low
Director of Customer Success
Idan Firestein
Senior Success Manager
Fae Abdulla
Client Solutions, Interim Team Lead
Maggie Amos
Key Account Manager
Tyler Brown
Sr Success Manager
Trang Le
Key Account Manager, Strategic
Kirsten Mahaffy
Senior Onboarding Manager
Jerome Martin
Key Account Manager
Hailey McCaig
Sr Client Solutions Specialist, Integrations
Mony Pal
Team Lead, Onboarding
Heather Bugden
Director, Onboarding Management
Sofia Rokerya
Director, Client Solutions
Gigi Inara
Sr Onboarding Manager
Cecilia Malazdrewicz
Onboarding Manager
Dani Verot
Sr Success Manager
Cliona O'Keeffe
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Jessica Tan
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Stevie Lien
Employee Experience Specialist
Laura Commisso
Director, Talent Acquisition
Katie Lutes
VP, Culture
Yaa Clark
Training Specialist
Meredith Beyer-Alldridge
VP, Success & Adoption
Carol Lopez
Training Specialist, Strategic
Anthony Cook
Training Specialist, Strategic
Sophia Obas
Training Specialist
Julia Corcoran
Team Lead, Training
Mitch Taylor
Training Specialist
Laura Weber
Training Specialist
Christine Mulcahy
Educational Content Creator
Diana Rechichi
Training Specialist
Tara Worthey Segal
Educational Content Creator
Tonya French
Program Manager, Customer Education
Maureen Ariza Paredes
Director, Experience Research
Ryan Perry
Sr Partnerships Development Manager
Abdulla Wasti
Proposals Writer
Neha Sharma
Events Coordinator
Sneha Dhakan
Marketing Engagement Specialist
Florian Mukuta
Director, Demand Generation
Manraj Riat
Product Marketing Manager
Madeleine Starowicz
Director, Product Marketing
George Ferrier
Senior Manager, Marketing Operations
Bugie Lo
Sr Partnerships Development Manager
Farah Hossain
Sr Events and Community Manager
Logan Oullette
Program Manager, Xello for Higher Education
Jeff Gluck
Sr. Acquisition Marketing Manager
Monica Biesok
VP, Marketing
Megan Santos
Sr. Content Marketing Manager
Dionne Cheong
Sr Engagement Marketing Manager
Fatima Stepanian
Senior Proposals and Contracts Manager
Zhanel Mamedaliyeva
Commissions and Planning Analyst
Drew Woods
AR Analyst
Angela Mak
Assistant Controller
Yashashree Hardikar
Revenue Operations Analyst
Almabek Mamedaliyev
Revenue Operations Analyst
Jeffrey Taylor
Director, Revenue Operations
Anunay Verma
Revenue Operations Analyst
Lili Fodor
Revenue Enablement Specialist
Carl Pinto
Manager, Systems Operations & Enablement
Cathy Abbott
Subscriptions Analyst
Anthony Abbott
VP, Information Systems
Wendy Ubaldo
Accounting Assistant
Asif Mohamed
Senior Finance Manager
Sean Goresht
Sr Engineer I
Lyssa Gagne
Sr Marketing Designer
Kayla Halonen
Product Designer
Agustin Gomez
Engineer
Paul Harapiak
Principal Engineer
Vrunda Shah
Sr QA Engineer
Nelson Murúa
Product Designer
Anastasiia Marinskaya
Sr Engineer
Sarah Brown
Director, Product Management
Andy Navarro Zagarra
Engineer
Richard Leuschner
Sr Engineer
Richard Scott
Engineer
Roma Macwan
Front End Engineer
Kevin Li
QA Engineering Manager
Vishal Mehta
Sr Engineer
Anastasiia Radionova
Sr Engineer
Zack Meredith
Product Manager
Tyler Hurst
Product Manager
Victor Esteves
Marketing Designer
Colin Yoon
Software Engineer
AJ Alcantara
IT Systems Administrator
Meaghan T'ao
Content Curator
Sarah Kasiske
Sr Product Designer
Jarod Lavine
Engineer
Cris LaFortune
QA Engineer
Rafael Reis
Engineer
Rajendra Babu Natuva
Sr QA Engineer
Neven Jeftimija
Sr Software Engineer
Shafeen Manzur
Technical Support Engineer
Vince Navarrete
IT Systems Administrator
Joao Paulo De Araujo
Senior Engineer
Natalie Lippey
Data Insights & Analytics Lead
Ellen Weiner
Content Experience Designer
David Brahla
Motion Graphics & Video Editor
Rangavi Logaratnam
Product Designer
Nick McAuliffe
Engineering Manager
Leonardo Ciocari
Senior Engineer
Donna Luangmany
Content Experience Designer
Bobby Byrne
Engineer
Albert Jung
Content Curator
Vanessa Townsend
Product Designer
Merion Evangelista
Sr Product Designer
Guilherme Dickie
Staff Engineer
Fabricio Biron Ribeiro
Sr Engineer
Tyler Almond
Senior Product Manager
James Barty
IT System Administrator
Alexandra Boldyreva
Sr Engineer
Gerard D’Mello
Software Engineer
Fahad Daryaee
Engineering Manager
Jonatas De Mello
Engineering Manager
Amy Fox
Senior Content Experience Designer
Wesley Francis
Engineering Manager
Catherine Gerow
Lead Content Experience Designer
Trishan Gunness
DevOps Engineering Manager
Shruti Jamadagni
Content Experience Designer
Katie Lawson
Sr Content Experience Designer
Natalya Lohnes
Sr Technical Writer
Ketan Mali
Sr QA Engineer
Deirdre Morgan
Content Experience Designer
Eric Roy
Software Engineer
Catherine Smith
Product Design, Lead
Jose Travassos
UI Engineer
Kim Turnbull
Sr Product Manager
Te Thebeau
VP, Product Experience
Craig Bell
Director, Content
Marcio Bomfim
Director, Design
Ben Pierce
VP, Engineering
George Batalinski
Staff Engineer
Lily Beaul
Senior Front End Engineer
Gabriela Belmega
Senior QA Engineer
Matthew McLennan
Full Stack Engineer
Beverly Li
UI Engineer
Carlos Darcie
Sr Motions Graphics Designer
Jainam Shah
Full Stack Engineer
Sneha Cecil
Sr Product Designer
Jessica Sung
Account Executive
Tim Sloos
Educational Sales Consultant
Keva Varney
Educational Sales Consultant
Christina Kelsh
Business Development Representative
Ukot Umezinne
Business Development Representative
Meghan Foster
Director, Sales
Shanice Williams
Business Development Representative
Signoree Scully
Business Development Representative
Chris Parry
Sales Consultant
Yazen Nelson
Sr Business Development Representative
Peter LeBlanc
Business Development Representative
Eric Tennison
Director, Business Development
Yulia Maikher
Educational Sales Consultant
John Abbiéw
Educational Sales Consultant
Brittany Bailey
Educational Sales Consultant
Jackelyn Skudra
VP, Sales
Jessica Chow
Educational Sales Consultant
Katey Wynneck
Sr. Educational Sales Consultant
Ann Devarashetty
Educational Sales Consultant
Shauna Mann
Strategic Educational Sales Consultant
Matt McQuillen
CEO & Founder
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to be a forest ranger. Probably because I read a lot of books and magazines about animals. I loved Ranger Rick!
Jeff Harris
President & Founder
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Cowboy, hockey player, gardener, landscape architect.
Meredith Beyer-Alldridge
VP, Success & Adoption
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Film director, political strategist, or paleontologist
Meghan Foster
Director, Sales
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to be a teacher
Sarah Brown
Director, Product Management
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
As a kid I wanted to be a race horse veterinarian, art teacher and entrepreneur. I actively pursued each of these on the farm where I grew up, caring every day for my ponies and other farm animals, undertaking constant arty projects and pursuing various money making schemes, even presenting business plans to my parents several of which involved selling goats and pet baby rats. Those childhood passions are pretty closely connected to how my career path has unfolded, which lead me to the creative and business-oriented world of product management. With the exception of a vet - as it turns out I'm super squeamish about the insides of any living thing.
Florian Mukuta
Director, Demand Generation
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
An Accountant
Jeffrey Taylor
Director, Revenue Operations
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Professional Wrestler
Matt Krawczyk
Strategic Territory Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Firefighter
Ella Bujok
Managing Director
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Interior Designer
Eric Tennison
Director, Business Development
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to be a Marine Biologist and have always been fascinated with how much we just don't know about our oceans
Madeleine Starowicz
Director, Product Marketing
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
A writer
Jackelyn Skudra
VP, Sales
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Math teacher
Angie Low
Director of Customer Success
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Archaeologist
Oliver Brown
Strategic Territory Manager
Laura Commisso
Director, Talent Acquisition
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Teacher
Mona Hendesi
Strategic Territory Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Flight attendant - (even as a kid I loved to travel)
Chris Olford
Director, Strategic Territory Management
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Professional soccer player or environmental engineer
Anthony Abbott
VP, Information Systems
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
The biggest paper route in GTA
Katie Lutes
VP, Culture
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
An archaeologist. I was always digging up my parents backyard to see what I could unearth from history.
Te Thebeau
VP, Product Experience
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to become an underwater explorer like Jacques Cousteau. I used to pull my pajamas over my head (my drysuit), jump off the edge of the couch, and explore the tunnels I had made from blankets and various pieces of furniture. I never did become an oceanographer, but I did take up scuba diving and underwater exploration.
Craig Bell
Director, Content
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Architect
Marcio Bomfim
Director, Design
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Sailor
Heather Bugden
Director, Onboarding Management
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Veterinarian
Delfina Manocchio
Senior Territory Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Fashion designer
Ben Pierce
VP, Engineering
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Construction worker
Sofia Rokerya
Director, Client Solutions
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
A lawyer
Ginny Weitner
Director, Strategic Accounts
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Detective or a lawyer
Monica Biesok
VP, Marketing
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Singer
Maureen Ariza Paredes
Director, Experience Research
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Aerospace Engineer at NASA
Noa Lipton
Strategic Territory Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Architect
Amanda Molinaro
Strategic Territory Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Accountant
Sharon Preda
Strategic Territory Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Journalist
Lucy Meszaros
Customer Success Associate
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Actor
Melissa Wolfe
Jr Onboarding Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
When I was a kid, I wanted to be a lawyer, or professional rugby player
Amanda Szpindel
Customer Success Associate
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
When I was a kid I always wanted to be a teacher
Sonia Taylor-Miglioni
Customer Success Associate
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
When I was a kid I wanted to be a Vet when I grew up because "I loved animals".
Julia Fernandes
Success, Team Lead
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Pearl Wyman
Jr Onboarding Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
When I was younger, I wanted to be a physicist… until I took AP calculus in high school.
Nero Krishnasamy
Customer Success Associate
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
When I was a kid, I wanted to be a Pokémon Trainer! I really thought I could catch em' all.
Salma El-Sakka
Onboarding Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to be a English Teacher!
Mark Luguya
Success Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Engineer! I didn't know what engineers did but I liked that it was a big word that sounded cool :)
David Nkoundjo
Onboarding Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Professional Soccer Player
Daniel Gwira
Customer Success Associate
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Doctor or a Fighter Pilot
Vanessa Di Rocco
Customer Success Associate
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
When I was a kid, I wanted to be an actress!
Megan Lee
Administrative Assistant
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
When I was a kid, I wanted to be a singer. It was my dream. Now, I just sing in the shower!
Julia Chesney
Client Solutions Specialist
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
a teacher
Owen Jones
Key Account Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Archaeologist
Kim McCaig
Administrative Assistant
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Veterinarian
Courtney Mckenzie
Success Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Lawyer
Vidisha Jha
Onboarding Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Surgeon
Zoe Kilsby
Success Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Dentist!
John Ngo
Success Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Fighter Pilot
Debbie Ward
Success Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to work with horses
Jossue Williams
Jr Onboarding Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Wildlife Cameraman
Sonya Srom
Success Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Kindergarten Teacher
Anil Ramcharan
Client Solutions Specialist, Integrations
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to be a movie director, inspired by George Lucas and Akira Kurosawa
Gilbert Ho
Customer Success Associate
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
An NBA Player. I had hoop dreams
Kari Brouwer
Sr Success Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Kindergarten Teacher
Kira Nguyen
Sr Success Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Martial artist
Adrienne Dunn
Team Lead, Customer Success
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Paleontologist
Brian Wismath
Success Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Rockstar!
Sarah Clanfield
Team Lead, Customer Success
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Police Officer
Jhonatan Lopez
Customer Success Associate
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to be an actor
Kaavia Kanesalingam
Success Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
pilot, NASCAR driver
Jessica Myshrall
Success Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
artist, writer, comedian
Filipe Dos-Reis Baptista
Onboarding Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Mechanic
Camila Villareal
Success Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Doctor
Angie Low
Director of Customer Success
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Archaeologist
Idan Firestein
Senior Success Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Fighter pilot
Fae Abdulla
Client Solutions, Interim Team Lead
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
A scientist
Maggie Amos
Key Account Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Prima ballerina - a la Karen Kain
Tyler Brown
Sr Success Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to be the starting Quarterback for the New England Patriots. Dream big!
Trang Le
Key Account Manager, Strategic
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Making people look pretty
Kirsten Mahaffy
Senior Onboarding Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Veterinarian
Jerome Martin
Key Account Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
A pilot. I was obsessed with airplanes and would build planes out of wood, paper, whatever materials I could find!
Hailey McCaig
Sr Client Solutions Specialist, Integrations
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Costume designer
Mony Pal
Team Lead, Onboarding
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
An Architect. I loved seeing the high rise buildings and was curious about how they were built.
Heather Bugden
Director, Onboarding Management
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Veterinarian
Sofia Rokerya
Director, Client Solutions
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
A lawyer
Gigi Inara
Sr Onboarding Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Writer
Cecilia Malazdrewicz
Onboarding Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Movie Director
Dani Verot
Sr Success Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Psychologist
Cliona O'Keeffe
Talent Acquisition Specialist
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to be a vet when I was younger.
Jessica Tan
Talent Acquisition Specialist
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
veterinarian
Stevie Lien
Employee Experience Specialist
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to be a teacher because I loved learning about so many subjects
Laura Commisso
Director, Talent Acquisition
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Teacher
Katie Lutes
VP, Culture
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
An archaeologist. I was always digging up my parents backyard to see what I could unearth from history.
Yaa Clark
Training Specialist
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to be a reporter
Meredith Beyer-Alldridge
VP, Success & Adoption
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Film director, political strategist, or paleontologist
Carol Lopez
Training Specialist, Strategic
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
When I was a kid, I wanted to be a teacher and singer.
Anthony Cook
Training Specialist, Strategic
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Ninja, veterinarian, basketball player
Sophia Obas
Training Specialist
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Teacher
Julia Corcoran
Team Lead, Training
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to be a professional Figure Skater when I was little
Mitch Taylor
Training Specialist
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Musician/Actor
Laura Weber
Training Specialist
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to be a backup dancer for either the Backstreet Boys, until I realized I cannot dance at all.
Christine Mulcahy
Educational Content Creator
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted my own store so I could work the cash register and count all the money
Diana Rechichi
Training Specialist
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to be Cher - not like her. I wanted to BE her.
Tara Worthey Segal
Educational Content Creator
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Teacher
Tonya French
Program Manager, Customer Education
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Professional Ballerina
Maureen Ariza Paredes
Director, Experience Research
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Aerospace Engineer at NASA
Ryan Perry
Sr Partnerships Development Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
When I was a kid, I wanted to be a comedian. I watched hours of Jerry Seinfeld standup (VHS tapes rented from the local library), where I would then shamelessly steal his material and perform at birthday parties. What's the deal with plagiarism?
Abdulla Wasti
Proposals Writer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Growing up, I wanted to be either a wrestler or a cricket player.
Neha Sharma
Events Coordinator
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
When I was a kid, I wanted to be a Fashion Designer!
Sneha Dhakan
Marketing Engagement Specialist
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Cartoonist
Florian Mukuta
Director, Demand Generation
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
An Accountant
Manraj Riat
Product Marketing Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
veterinarian
Madeleine Starowicz
Director, Product Marketing
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
A writer
George Ferrier
Senior Manager, Marketing Operations
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Microbiologist
Bugie Lo
Sr Partnerships Development Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
A Doctor or Kindergarten Teacher
Farah Hossain
Sr Events and Community Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Accountant
Logan Oullette
Program Manager, Xello for Higher Education
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Mechanic
Jeff Gluck
Sr. Acquisition Marketing Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Firefighter
Monica Biesok
VP, Marketing
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Singer
Megan Santos
Sr. Content Marketing Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Teacher
Dionne Cheong
Sr Engagement Marketing Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Astronaut
Fatima Stepanian
Senior Proposals and Contracts Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Astronomer
Zhanel Mamedaliyeva
Commissions and Planning Analyst
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to be a surgeon when I was a kid.
Drew Woods
AR Analyst
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
And as for what I wanted to be when I was a kid, laugh all you want, but it was true, I wanted to be a statue
Angela Mak
Assistant Controller
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
My first career dream ignited when I passed through the cross-border customs counter for the first time. I remembered vividly that the customs officer had this blank face and coldly said "Passport" to my parents. My parents handed him our passports, and he glanced through each of us and the passports with laser eyes --- as if he could read our minds. Then, he would put the passports under a red-light scanner that *beeped*. He then made multiple typing on the keyboard and asked each of us for our names. At that time, I thought he could see EVERYTHING we did in the past from that computer. That's when I thought -- I wanted to be a customs officer, so that I could see everyone else's life.
Now that I’ve grown up, I could find out everyone else’s life by google or other social media platform — no longer needs to become a customs officer holding the red-light scanner.
Yashashree Hardikar
Revenue Operations Analyst
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
When I was a kid I was always fascinated with business women, and I always wanted to become a 'CEO' of a billion dollar company :)
Almabek Mamedaliyev
Revenue Operations Analyst
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Magician :)
Jeffrey Taylor
Director, Revenue Operations
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Professional Wrestler
Anunay Verma
Revenue Operations Analyst
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Join the Army
Lili Fodor
Revenue Enablement Specialist
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Film Director
Carl Pinto
Manager, Systems Operations & Enablement
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Military
Cathy Abbott
Subscriptions Analyst
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Architect
Anthony Abbott
VP, Information Systems
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
The biggest paper route in GTA
Wendy Ubaldo
Accounting Assistant
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
A doctor
Asif Mohamed
Senior Finance Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Professional Baseball Player
Sean Goresht
Sr Engineer I
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to be a writer when I was a kid -- more specifically, a poet.
Lyssa Gagne
Sr Marketing Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to be three things: a forensic scientist, a marriage/family counselor, or a comedic actor.
I idolized Dana Scully, I loved helping others, and I wanted to be the next Jim Carrey or Robin Williams.
Kayla Halonen
Product Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
When I was a kid (not knowing all the jobs out there that exist) I thought I wanted to be a nurse, because my mom was a nurse. I quickly realized as I got into high school, that that was not a career path that I should pursue :D I found UIUX design through my brother; who is now an urban planner. He introduced a course to me and urged me to apply as he’d heard a lot about it and thought I’d be a good fit. I followed his advice, and I’m so glad I did!
Agustin Gomez
Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
When I was a kid, I wanted to be a video-game tester so I could spend all day playing video games.
Paul Harapiak
Principal Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
First, I wanted to be an engineer -- the kind that drives the train.
Then I wanted to be an archeologist, or an anthropologist; the deep past is pretty fascinating.
Eventually, I wanted to be an engineer like my dad, because I liked building things, like models and go-karts
Vrunda Shah
Sr QA Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Interestingly, as a child, I aspired to become a professor, and that dream still resonates with me; who knows, I might pursue that path in the future!
Nelson Murúa
Product Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
When I was a kid, I wanted to be a musician.
Anastasiia Marinskaya
Sr Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to be a Lego builder
Sarah Brown
Director, Product Management
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
As a kid I wanted to be a race horse veterinarian, art teacher and entrepreneur. I actively pursued each of these on the farm where I grew up, caring every day for my ponies and other farm animals, undertaking constant arty projects and pursuing various money making schemes, even presenting business plans to my parents several of which involved selling goats and pet baby rats. Those childhood passions are pretty closely connected to how my career path has unfolded, which lead me to the creative and business-oriented world of product management. With the exception of a vet - as it turns out I'm super squeamish about the insides of any living thing.
Andy Navarro Zagarra
Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to be an architect.
Richard Leuschner
Sr Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
As child I wanted to be a helicopter pilot.
Richard Scott
Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I remember wanting to be a mad scientist at one point? Haha
Roma Macwan
Front End Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Doctor or Lawyer
Kevin Li
QA Engineering Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Video Game shop owner
Vishal Mehta
Sr Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
When I was a kid, I wanted to become an automobile engineer.
Anastasiia Radionova
Sr Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
At school, I wanted to be a journalist so that I could be at the epicenter of the most interesting things happening in the world.
Zack Meredith
Product Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
1. Muscleman
2. Pet shop owner
3. Teacher
Tyler Hurst
Product Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
As all small children who saw Jurassic Park, I wanted to be a paleontologist. Then I wanted to be a CSI agent.
Victor Esteves
Marketing Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to become a plane pilot. I used to spend hours reading an illustrated encyclopedia of aircraft and having awake dreams about stories and adventures on that planes.
Colin Yoon
Software Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
President
AJ Alcantara
IT Systems Administrator
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Police Officer
Meaghan T'ao
Content Curator
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
An author or poet
Sarah Kasiske
Sr Product Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Professional Musician
Jarod Lavine
Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Pilot
Cris LaFortune
QA Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
musician
Rafael Reis
Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Astronaut
Rajendra Babu Natuva
Sr QA Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Pilot
Neven Jeftimija
Sr Software Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Astronaut
Shafeen Manzur
Technical Support Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Ice Cream Truck Driver
Vince Navarrete
IT Systems Administrator
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Paleontologist
Joao Paulo De Araujo
Senior Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Anything that would allow me to explore the wonders of technology!
Natalie Lippey
Data Insights & Analytics Lead
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I always wanted to be an Engineer. I didn't know what that meant so decided to find out be getting a degree in Electrical Engineering
Ellen Weiner
Content Experience Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
veterinarian
David Brahla
Motion Graphics & Video Editor
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Writer
Rangavi Logaratnam
Product Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Artist or Detective
Nick McAuliffe
Engineering Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Computer games programmer
Leonardo Ciocari
Senior Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to work with computers and electronics!
Donna Luangmany
Content Experience Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Interior designer or writer. I wanted a creative career!
Bobby Byrne
Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Photographer, environmentalist
Albert Jung
Content Curator
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
A gas station attendant, a fast food restaurant employee, a fireman, and an astronaut in sequential order
Vanessa Townsend
Product Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Marine Biologist
Merion Evangelista
Sr Product Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Singer
Guilherme Dickie
Staff Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Software engineer
Fabricio Biron Ribeiro
Sr Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Musician
Tyler Almond
Senior Product Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
A rockstar, pro snowboarder, or skateboarder. Knowing these were not very realistic careers I thought a design related career would be a good fallback.
James Barty
IT System Administrator
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Striker for Liverpool FC
Alexandra Boldyreva
Sr Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
A teacher or a doctor
Gerard D’Mello
Software Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Electronic engineer
Fahad Daryaee
Engineering Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I always wanted a career in Engineering, but wasn't sure which specialization. I ended up with Software and I am loving it!
Jonatas De Mello
Engineering Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I always wanted to work with computers and electronic devices.
Amy Fox
Senior Content Experience Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Treehouse designer
Wesley Francis
Engineering Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Pilot (I used to dream that I could fly. Sometimes still do)
Catherine Gerow
Lead Content Experience Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Teacher or marine biologist
Trishan Gunness
DevOps Engineering Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Graphic designer
Shruti Jamadagni
Content Experience Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Author
Katie Lawson
Sr Content Experience Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Actress
Natalya Lohnes
Sr Technical Writer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
It varied all the time and was usually dependent on which book I was reading. So anything from a wizard, to a horse trainer, to a novelist.
Ketan Mali
Sr QA Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Cricketer or Actor
Deirdre Morgan
Content Experience Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Air Hostess
Eric Roy
Software Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Astronaut
Catherine Smith
Product Design, Lead
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Mountain climber
Jose Travassos
UI Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Stuntman
Kim Turnbull
Sr Product Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Wonder Woman. Teacher. Cartoonist. Writer. Maybe a cat if I really applied myself.
Te Thebeau
VP, Product Experience
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to become an underwater explorer like Jacques Cousteau. I used to pull my pajamas over my head (my drysuit), jump off the edge of the couch, and explore the tunnels I had made from blankets and various pieces of furniture. I never did become an oceanographer, but I did take up scuba diving and underwater exploration.
Craig Bell
Director, Content
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Architect
Marcio Bomfim
Director, Design
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Sailor
Ben Pierce
VP, Engineering
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Construction worker
George Batalinski
Staff Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Tennis Player
Lily Beaul
Senior Front End Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Game Designer
Gabriela Belmega
Senior QA Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Elementary School Teacher
Matthew McLennan
Full Stack Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
NHL Player
Beverly Li
UI Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Ballerina
Carlos Darcie
Sr Motions Graphics Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Plastic surgeon
Jainam Shah
Full Stack Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Physics Teacher
Sneha Cecil
Sr Product Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Teacher
Jessica Sung
Account Executive
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
When I was a kid I wanted to be an interior designer / professional organizer. I loved reorganizing and decluttering my parents home growing up and even to this day I will still secretly move things around in their home. Now having my own home, my favourite thing to do is shop for home decor and look at Pinterest boards of home design. I love decorating and the creative aspect of it.
Tim Sloos
Educational Sales Consultant
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Cartoonist
Keva Varney
Educational Sales Consultant
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
When I was a kid I wanted to be a Veterinarian!
Christina Kelsh
Business Development Representative
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Farming
Ukot Umezinne
Business Development Representative
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Air hostess
Meghan Foster
Director, Sales
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to be a teacher
Shanice Williams
Business Development Representative
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to be a supermodel and a pediatrician
Signoree Scully
Business Development Representative
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to be a family lawyer or social worker.
Chris Parry
Sales Consultant
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
As a kid I always wanted to be a footballer
Yazen Nelson
Sr Business Development Representative
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to be a lawyer when I grew up.
Peter LeBlanc
Business Development Representative
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
When I was younger I always wanted to be a professional hockey player
Eric Tennison
Director, Business Development
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to be a Marine Biologist and have always been fascinated with how much we just don't know about our oceans
Yulia Maikher
Educational Sales Consultant
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Librarian, pastry chef, jewelry maker, athlete, photographer, journalist... plus a bunch more that I can't even remember.
John Abbiéw
Educational Sales Consultant
Brittany Bailey
Educational Sales Consultant
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Marine Biologist
Jackelyn Skudra
VP, Sales
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Math teacher
Jessica Chow
Educational Sales Consultant
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Actress
Katey Wynneck
Sr. Educational Sales Consultant
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Cosmotologist
Ann Devarashetty
Educational Sales Consultant
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Journalist
Shauna Mann
Strategic Educational Sales Consultant
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
WNBA Player