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.
2018
Interactive and fully integrated lessons are released.
2018
We launch a mobile version of Xello.
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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
Jackelyn Skudra
VP, Sales
Mona Hendesi
Strategic Territory Manager
Chris Olford
Director, Strategic Territory Management
Anthony Abbott
VP, Information Systems
Meredith Beyer-Alldridge
VP, Customer Experience
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
Monica Biesok
VP, Marketing
Andrew Shannon
CFO
Noa Lipton
Strategic Territory Manager
Sharon Preda
Strategic Territory Manager
Idan Firestein
Senior Success Manager
Cathy Abbott
Administrative Assistant
Fae Abdulla
Integrations Specialist
Maggie Amos
Senior Success Manager
Tyler Brown
Onboarding Manager
Lisa Dunn
Subscription Manager
Trang Le
Senior Success Manager
Kirsten Mahaffy
Senior Onboarding Manager
Jerome Martin
Senior Success Manager
Hailey McCaig
Onboarding Manager
Mony Pal
Onboarding Manager
Polina Samson-Doel
Onboarding Manager
Heather Bugden
Director, Onboarding Management
Delfina Manocchio
Senior Territory Manager
Sofia Rokerya
Director, Client Solutions
Noelle Zletni
Training Specialist
Myriam Lamontagne
Bilingual Client Success Associate
Gigi Inara
Client Solutions Specialist
Deanne Bozzo
Client Success Associate
Nabeelah Karim
Administrative Assistant
Cecilia Malazdrewicz
Onboarding Manager
Subhanki Sivakumar
Customer Success Manager
Camila Villareal
Client Success Associate
Andrew Carrier
Training Specialist
Amanda Molinaro
Jr. Client Success Associate
Dani Verot
Client Success Associate
Stephenie Hui
Key Accounts Manager
Filipe Dos-Reis Baptista
Client Solutions Specialist
Laura Commisso
Talent Acquisition, Team Lead
Katie Lutes
VP, Culture
Meredith Beyer-Alldridge
VP, Customer Experience
Maureen Ariza Paredes
CX Researcher
Marah Angara
Motion Graphics & Video Editor
Danielle Sheahan
Service Designer
Madeleine Starowicz
Senior Manager, Product Marketing
George Ferrier
Head of Marketing, UK
Bugie Lo
Sr Partnerships Development Manager
Vanessa Townsend
Designer
Farah Hossain
Events and Community Manager
Logan Oullette
Director, Higher Ed Marketing
Angela Londono Acevedo
Proposals Specialist
Jeff Gluck
Acquisition Marketing
Rachel Wilmshurst
Sr. Designer
Monica Biesok
VP, Marketing
Megan Santos
Sr. Content Marketing Manager
Dionne Cheong
Sr. Customer Marketing Manager
Fatima Stepanian
Proposal Manager
Dana Gulas
Accounting Analyst
Carl Pinto
Salesforce Project Manager
Anthony Abbott
VP, Information Systems
Wendy Ubaldo
Accounting Assistant
Lili Fodor
Revenue Operation Analyst
Asif Mohamed
Senior Finance Manager
Andrew Shannon
CFO
Tyler Almond
Senior Product Manager
James Barty
System Administrator
Alexandra Boldyreva
UI Engineer
Gerard D’Mello
Software Engineer
Fahad Daryaee
Engineering Q.A.
Jonatas DeMello
Full Stack Engineer
Amy Fox
Senior Content Experience Designer
Wesley Francis
Front-End Engineer
Catherine Gerow
Lead Content Experience Designer
Trishan Gunness
Solutions Architect
Shruti Jamadagni
Content Experience Designer
Katie Lawson
Content Experience Designer
Natalya Lohnes
Technical Writer
Ketan Mali
Engineering Q.A.
Ardavan Mirhosseini
Senior Product Designer
Deirdre Morgan
Content Experience Designer
Andre Rajfura
Engineering Q.A.
Eric Roy
Software Engineer
Catherine Smith
Senior Product Designer
Jose Travassos
UI Engineer
Kim Turnbull
Product Manager
Te Thebeau
VP, Product Experience
Craig Bell
Director, Content
Marcio Bomfim
Director, Design
Ben Pierce
VP, Engineering
George Batalinski
Senior Front End Engineer & ScrumMaster
Lily Beaul
Senior Front End Engineer
Gabriela Belmega
Senior QA Engineer
Jules Carney
Full Stack Engineer
Dan Epstein
UX Researcher
Matthew McLennan
Back End Developer
Victor Montalvão
Lead Designer
Fabricio Biron Ribeiro
UI Engineer
Alex Grant
Senior Mobile Engineer
Beverly Li
UI Engineer
Carlos Darcie
Motion Graphics Designer
Dinesh Kotha
QA Automation Engineer
Guilherme Dickie
Solutions Architect
Luiza Pimenta
UX Researcher
Kevin Newman
Front End Engineer
Merion Evangelista
Product Designer
Jainam Shah
Full Stack Engineer
Sneha Cecil
Product Designer
Jessica Chow
Educational Sales Consultant
Jackelyn Skudra
VP, Sales
Ginny Weitner
Director, Strategic Sales
Katey Wynneck
Educational Sales Consultant
Ann Devarashetty
Educational Sales Consultant
Sandra Mastronardi
Business Development Representative
Shauna Mann
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.
Jackelyn Skudra
VP, Sales
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Math 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
Meredith Beyer-Alldridge
VP, Customer Experience
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Film director, political strategist, or paleontologist
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
Monica Biesok
VP, Marketing
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Singer
Andrew Shannon
CFO
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Veterinarian
Noa Lipton
Strategic Territory Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Architect
Sharon Preda
Strategic Territory Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Journalist
Idan Firestein
Senior Success Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Fighter pilot
Cathy Abbott
Administrative Assistant
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Architect
Fae Abdulla
Integrations Specialist
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
A scientist
Maggie Amos
Senior Success Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Prima ballerina - a la Karen Kain
Tyler Brown
Onboarding 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!
Lisa Dunn
Subscription Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Veterinarian
Trang Le
Senior Success Manager
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
Senior Success 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
Onboarding Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Costume designer
Mony Pal
Onboarding Manager
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.
Polina Samson-Doel
Onboarding Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Diplomat
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
Sofia Rokerya
Director, Client Solutions
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
A lawyer
Noelle Zletni
Training Specialist
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
An astronaut, because I have always been (and still am) intrigued by outer space and the Universe.
Myriam Lamontagne
Bilingual Client Success Associate
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Orthodontist
Gigi Inara
Client Solutions Specialist
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Writer
Deanne Bozzo
Client Success Associate
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Librarian
Nabeelah Karim
Administrative Assistant
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Artist
Cecilia Malazdrewicz
Onboarding Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Movie Director
Subhanki Sivakumar
Customer Success Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Veterinarian
Camila Villareal
Client Success Associate
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Doctor
Andrew Carrier
Training Specialist
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Professional hockey player
Amanda Molinaro
Jr. Client Success Associate
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Accountant
Dani Verot
Client Success Associate
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Psychologist
Stephenie Hui
Key Accounts Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Marine biologist
Filipe Dos-Reis Baptista
Client Solutions Specialist
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Mechanic
Laura Commisso
Talent Acquisition, Team Lead
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.
Meredith Beyer-Alldridge
VP, Customer Experience
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Film director, political strategist, or paleontologist
Maureen Ariza Paredes
CX Researcher
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Aerospace Engineer at NASA
Marah Angara
Motion Graphics & Video Editor
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Movie director
Danielle Sheahan
Service Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
WNBA Player
Madeleine Starowicz
Senior Manager, Product Marketing
George Ferrier
Head of Marketing, UK
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
Vanessa Townsend
Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Marine Biologist
Farah Hossain
Events and Community Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Accountant
Logan Oullette
Director, Higher Ed Marketing
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Mechanic
Angela Londono Acevedo
Proposals Specialist
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Psychologist
Jeff Gluck
Acquisition Marketing
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Firefighter
Rachel Wilmshurst
Sr. Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Veterinarian
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. Customer Marketing Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Astronaut
Fatima Stepanian
Proposal Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Astronomer
Dana Gulas
Accounting Analyst
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Teacher
Carl Pinto
Salesforce Project Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Military
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
Lili Fodor
Revenue Operation Analyst
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Film Director
Asif Mohamed
Senior Finance Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Professional Baseball Player
Andrew Shannon
CFO
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Veterinarian
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
System Administrator
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Striker for Liverpool FC
Alexandra Boldyreva
UI 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 Q.A.
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 DeMello
Full Stack Engineer
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
Front-End Engineer
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
Solutions Architect
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
Content Experience Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Actress
Natalya Lohnes
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
Engineering Q.A.
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Cricketer or Actor
Ardavan Mirhosseini
Senior Product Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Inventor
Deirdre Morgan
Content Experience Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Air Hostess
Andre Rajfura
Engineering Q.A.
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Fighter pilot
Eric Roy
Software Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Astronaut
Catherine Smith
Senior Product Designer
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
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
Senior Front End Engineer & ScrumMaster
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
Jules Carney
Full Stack Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Developer
Dan Epstein
UX Researcher
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Photographer
Matthew McLennan
Back End Developer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
NHL Player
Victor Montalvão
Lead Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Navy Engineer
Fabricio Biron Ribeiro
UI Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Musician
Alex Grant
Senior Mobile Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Musician
Beverly Li
UI Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Ballerina
Carlos Darcie
Motion Graphics Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Plastic surgeon
Dinesh Kotha
QA Automation Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Businessman
Guilherme Dickie
Solutions Architect
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Software engineer
Luiza Pimenta
UX Researcher
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Judge
Kevin Newman
Front End Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Game tester
Merion Evangelista
Product Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Singer
Jainam Shah
Full Stack Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Physics Teacher
Sneha Cecil
Product Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Teacher
Jessica Chow
Educational Sales Consultant
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Actress
Jackelyn Skudra
VP, Sales
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Math teacher
Ginny Weitner
Director, Strategic Sales
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Detective or a lawyer
Katey Wynneck
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
Sandra Mastronardi
Business Development Representative
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Author
Shauna Mann
Educational Sales Consultant
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
WNBA Player