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Emily Lonetto – Voiceflow Oct 04, 2019

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Emily is the Head of Growth at Voiceflow – a platform that helps designers, developers, and creators build voice apps without any code. Before Voiceflow, Emily was the second growth hire at Clio, introducing growth experimentation and hypothesis driven processes to the org. Before joining Clio, Emily led product growth at PartnerStack (formerly GrowSumo) YC'15, and helped automate/scale Tilt (acquired by Airbnb) YC'12 massive ambassador and community program across the globe. In her spare time, Emily is a speaker, advisor and cofounder/co-organizer of GrowthTO.

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Ben Sehl – Kotn Sep 06, 2019

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Ben Sehl is a co-founder of Kotn, an apparel company that creates premium essentials, with a portion of proceeds funding social and environmental impact projects for their partners. Having started with a simple, soft, plain white t-shirt 5 years ago, Kotn now has a full range of clothing for men and women. Ben is also the co-founder of Ordinary Supply, a promotional merchandise company where they’ve applied many of the same principles learned at Kotn to create "swag" that people will actually want to wear. At his companies, Ben leads the growth, digital, and customer experience efforts.

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Tucker Schreiber - Ivy Aug 02, 2019

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Tucker Schreiber is a co-founder of Ivy, a productivity tool focused on helping people get things done in a stress-free way. Prior to founding Ivy, Tucker was a Product Manager at Wealthsimple. Tucker started his career at Shopify, where he worked in customer success, marketing, and product.

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Meg Smith – Manifold Jul 05, 2019

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Meg is a Design Lead at Manifold, a cloud-native marketplace for developer tools and services. With a passion for inclusive, democratic technology, Meg is excited about Manifold’s ability to empower developers by meeting them where they already work.

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Pansy Lee – MLSE Jun 07, 2019

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Pansy has worked in the tech industry for over 15 years and her diverse interests have led to a diverse career. She has held marketing, product management and design roles at Microsoft, IBM, Deloitte and Intuit. She is currently the Director of Product and Design at Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment where she and her team work on bringing the best digital fan experiences to Toronto Maple Leafs, Raptors, TFC, Argos and Live Entertainment fans in and out of the arena.

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Jason Field – Brainstation May 03, 2019

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Jason Field is the Founder & CEO of BrainStation, the global leader in digital skills training and workforce transformation. BrainStation offers diploma programs, certificate courses, events and corporate training through online and in person learning in state-of-the-art campuses in cities such as New York, Chicago, Toronto, Boston and Vancouver.

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Nora Jenkins Townson – Bright + Early Apr 05, 2019

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Nora is the founder of Bright + Early, a modern HR consultancy on a mission to craft the world's best workplaces. Bright + Early works with startups and creative companies to design cutting-edge people programs and policies. Passionate about inclusion in tech, she's also a frequent writer and a contributor to projects like the Parenting Playbook.

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Alec Levin – UXR Collective Mar 01, 2019

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Alec is a co-founder and Director of Partnerships at The UXR Collective, the creators of the UXR Conference. For his day job, Alec is Head of Product at Finaeo, a Toronto-based startup building the tech to power the individual life and health insurance industry. In this episode, we talk about what it takes to get a conference off the ground, and how to do it bigger and better the next time.

Alisha Kassam – Side × Side Collective Feb 08, 2019

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Alisha Kassam is the founder of Side by Side Collective, a not-for-profit that’s effecting change within the technology industry in Toronto by providing women with goal-oriented mentorship and support. Alisha is especially interested in how design can be used as a tool to create social and organizational change. She’s currently a Senior Design Strategist at Shopify and a UX Research instructor and course developer at York University.

Emily Nguyen – Wattpad Jul 17, 2018

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Emily Nguyen is a Product Manager at Wattpad, currently working on building the future of storytelling with Tap. Previously, Emily lead Wattpad's discovery/search product team.