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
Founded in 1995 by three friends fresh out of college, the concept for Xello was inspired by its founders’ determination to help others avoid the all-too-familiar struggles they faced in finding fulfilling careers after graduation. Since its humble beginnings over 25 years ago, Xello has grown and evolved to become the most trusted K-12 college and career readiness partner to states and school districts across the nation.
We help students become future ready
Recognized by industry experts with accolades such as the EdTech Awards’ Cool Tool for Career Planning Solution and the SIAA CODiE Awards for Best Customer Experience in EdTech, Xello continues to set the standard in educational software design and exceptional customer support.
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.
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
Asif Mohamed
VP, Finance
Meredith Beyer-Alldridge
VP, Success & Adoption
Katie Lutes
VP, Culture
Te Thebeau
VP, Product Experience
Jackelyn Skudra
VP, Sales
Ben Pierce
VP, Engineering
Monica Biesok
VP, Marketing
Anthony Abbott
VP, Information Systems
Meghan Foster
Director, Sales
Eric Tennison
Director, Business Development
Laura Commisso
Director, Talent Acquisition
Angie Low
Director, Customer Success
Sofia Rokerya
Director, Client Solutions
Heather Bugden
Director, Onboarding Management
Sarah Brown
Director, Product Management
Marcio Bomfim
Director, Design
Maureen Ariza Paredes
Director, Experience Research
Craig Bell
Director, Content
Jeffrey Taylor
Director, Revenue Operations
Madeleine Starowicz
Director, Product Marketing
Chris Olford
Director, Strategic Territory Management
Ella Bujok
Managing Director
Ginny Weitner
Director, Strategic Accounts
Sharon Preda
Strategic Territory Manager
Amanda Molinaro
Strategic Territory Manager
Noa Lipton
Strategic Territory Manager
Delfina Manocchio
Senior Territory Manager
Matt Krawczyk
Strategic Territory Manager
Mona Hendesi
Strategic Territory Manager
Oliver Brown
Strategic Territory Manager
Angie Low
Director, Customer Success
Sofia Rokerya
Director, Client Solutions
Heather Bugden
Director, Onboarding Management
Mony Pal
Team Lead, Onboarding
Sarah Clanfield
Team Lead, Customer Success
Kari Brouwer
Team Lead, Customer Success
Adrienne Dunn
Team Lead, Customer Success
Julia Fernandes
Team Lead, Customer Success
Trang Le
Key Account Manager, Strategic
Tyler Brown
Key Account Manager
Maggie Amos
Key Account Manager
Owen Jones
Key Account Manager
Idan Firestein
Key Account Manager
Ralph Aiello
Employer Liaison
Gigi Inara
Sr Onboarding Manager
Dani Verot
Sr Success Manager
Kirsten Mahaffy
Sr Onboarding Manager, Strategic
Cecilia Malazdrewicz
Sr Onboarding Manager
Hailey McCaig
Sr Client Solutions Specialist, Integrations
Kira Nguyen
Sr Success Manager
Filipe Dos-Reis Baptista
Sr Onboarding Manager
Mark Luguya
Sr Success Manager
Fae Abdulla
Sr Client Solutions Specialist
Jessica Myshrall
Sr Success Manager
Jhonatan Lopez
Success Manager
Debbie Ward
Success Manager
Sonya Srom
Success Manager
Vidisha Jha
Onboarding Manager
Courtney Mckenzie
Success Manager
Zoe Kilsby
Success Manager
Anil Ramcharan
Client Solutions Specialist, Integrations
Salma El-Sakka
Onboarding Manager
Nero Krishnasamy
Success Manager
John Ngo
Success Manager
David Nkoundjo
Onboarding Manager
Amanda Szpindel
Success Manager
Brian Wismath
Success Manager
Pearl Wyman
Onboarding Manager
Kurlysha Lander
Customer Success Associate
Jossue Williams
Jr Onboarding Manager
Daniel Gwira
Customer Success Associate
Vanessa Di Rocco
Customer Success Associate
Julia Chesney
Jr Onboarding Manager
Brandi Altesse
Customer Success Associate
Lucy Meszaros
Customer Success Associate
Elizabeth Munro
Customer Success Associate
Melissa Wolfe
Jr Onboarding Manager
Sonia Taylor-Miglioni
Customer Success Associate
Shanice Williams
Customer Success Associate
Kim McCaig
Data Management Specialist
Divya Arokiam
Administrative Assistant
Katie Lutes
VP, Culture
Laura Commisso
Director, Talent Acquisition
Stevie Lien
Employee Experience Specialist
Jessica Tan
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Cliona O'Keeffe
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Meredith Beyer-Alldridge
VP, Success & Adoption
Maureen Ariza Paredes
Director, Experience Research
Tonya French
Program Manager, Customer Education
Carol Lopez
Team Lead, Training
Tara Worthey Segal
Educational Content Creator
Christine Mulcahy
Educational Content Creator
Laura Weber
Sr Training Specialist
Anthony Cook
Training Specialist, Strategic
Megan McCoy
Training Specialist, WBL
Diana Rechichi
Training Specialist
Mitch Taylor
Training Specialist
Sophia Obas
Training Specialist
Melissa Hutchison
Training Specialist
Yaa Clark
Training Specialist
Monica Biesok
VP, Marketing
Madeleine Starowicz
Director, Product Marketing
Logan Oullette
Program Manager, Xello Communities
Fatima Stepanian
Senior Proposals and Contracts Manager
Dionne Cheong
Sr Engagement Marketing Manager
Megan Santos
Sr. Content Marketing Manager
Jeff Gluck
Sr. Acquisition Marketing Manager
Farah Hossain
Sr Events and Community Manager
Bugie Lo
Sr Partnerships Development Manager
George Ferrier
Senior Manager, Marketing Operations
Manraj Riat
Product Marketing Manager
Sneha Dhakan
Marketing Engagement Specialist
Neha Sharma
Events Coordinator
Abdulla Wasti
Proposals Writer
Kate Elliott
Product Marketing Manager
Asif Mohamed
VP, Finance
Anthony Abbott
VP, Information Systems
Jeffrey Taylor
Director, Revenue Operations
Carl Pinto
Manager, Systems Operations & Enablement
Angela Mak
Assistant Controller
Wendy Ubaldo
Accounting Assistant
Cathy Abbott
Subscriptions Analyst
Lili Fodor
Revenue Enablement Specialist
Anunay Verma
Revenue Operations Analyst
Drew Woods
Revenue Operations Analyst
Zhanel Mamedaliyeva
Commissions and Planning Analyst
Te Thebeau
VP, Product Experience
Ben Pierce
VP, Engineering
Sarah Brown
Director, Product Management
Marcio Bomfim
Director, Design
Craig Bell
Director, Content
Trishan Gunness
DevOps Engineering Manager
Kevin Li
QA Engineering Manager
Jonatas De Mello
Engineering Manager
Fahad Daryaee
Engineering Manager
Wesley Francis
Engineering Manager
Nick McAuliffe
Engineering Manager
Paul Harapiak
Principal Engineer
George Batalinski
Staff Engineer
Guilherme Dickie
Staff Engineer
Ryan Nickel
Staff Engineer
Natalie Lippey
Data Insights & Analytics Lead
Tyler Almond
Sr Product Manager
Kim Turnbull
Sr Product Manager
Tyler Hurst
Product Manager
Zack Meredith
Product Manager
Catherine Gerow
Lead Content Experience Designer
Lily Beaul
Senior Engineer
Daria Senishina
Sr Engineer
Fabricio Biron Ribeiro
Sr Engineer
Leonardo Ciocari
Sr Engineer
Vrunda Shah
Sr QA Engineer
Gabriela Belmega
Sr QA Engineer
Merion Evangelista
Sr Product Designer
Amy Fox
Sr Content Experience Designer
Anastasiia Radionova
Sr Engineer
Lyssa Gagne
Sr Marketing Designer
Vishal Mehta
Sr Engineer
Anastasiia Marinskaya
Sr Engineer
Katie Lawson
Sr Content Experience Designer
Sarah Kasiske
Sr Product Designer
Natalya Lohnes
Sr Technical Writer
Richard Leuschner
Sr Engineer
Rajendra Babu Natuva
Sr QA Engineer
Ketan Mali
Sr QA Engineer
Alexandra Boldyreva
Sr Engineer
Joao Paulo De Araujo
Sr Engineer
Carlos Darcie
Sr Motions Graphics Designer
Jose Travassos
Sr Engineer
Matthew McLennan
Sr Engineer
Sneha Cecil
Sr Product Designer
Jainam Shah
Sr Engineer
Catherine Smith
Product Design, Lead
Vince Navarrete
IT Systems Administrator
AJ Alcantara
IT Systems Administrator
James Barty
IT System Administrator
Eric Roy
Engineer
Beverly Li
Engineer
Deirdre Morgan
Content Experience Designer
Shruti Jamadagni
Content Experience Designer
Gerard D’Mello
Engineer
Vanessa Townsend
Product Designer
Albert Jung
Content Curator
Bobby Byrne
Engineer
Donna Luangmany
Content Experience Designer
Rangavi Logaratnam
Product Designer
David Brahla
Motion Graphics & Video Editor
Ellen Weiner
Content Experience Designer
Shafeen Manzur
Technical Support Engineer
Rafael Reis
Engineer
Cris LaFortune
QA Engineer
Jarod Lavine
Engineer
Meaghan T'ao
Content Curator
Colin Yoon
Engineer
Victor Esteves
Marketing Designer
Roma Macwan
Engineer
Richard Scott
Engineer
Andy Navarro Zagarra
Engineer
Nelson Murúa
Product Designer
Agustin Gomez
Engineer
Kayla Halonen
Product Designer
Archit Khanna
DevOps Engineer
Jackelyn Skudra
VP, Sales
Meghan Foster
Director, Sales
Eric Tennison
Director, Business Development
Josh Turpin
Team Lead, Sales
Shauna Mann
Strategic Educational Sales Consultant
Katey Wynneck
Sr. Educational Sales Consultant
Ann Devarashetty
Educational Sales Consultant
Jessica Chow
Educational Sales Consultant
Keva Varney
Educational Sales Consultant
Page Mosley
Educational Sales Consultant
Tim Sloos
Educational Sales Consultant
John Abbiéw
Educational Sales Consultant
Yulia Maikher
Educational Sales Consultant
Chris Parry
Sales Consultant
Yazen Nelson
Associate Educational Sales Consultant
Signoree Scully
Business Development Representative
Ukot Umezinne
Business Development Representative
Christina Kelsh
Business Development Representative
Tobias Allen
Business Development Representative
Lindsey Boils
Business Development Representative
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.
Asif Mohamed
VP, Finance
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Professional Baseball Player
Meredith Beyer-Alldridge
VP, Success & Adoption
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.
Jackelyn Skudra
VP, Sales
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Math teacher
Ben Pierce
VP, Engineering
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Construction worker
Monica Biesok
VP, Marketing
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Singer
Anthony Abbott
VP, Information Systems
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
The biggest paper route in GTA
Meghan Foster
Director, Sales
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to be a teacher
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
Laura Commisso
Director, Talent Acquisition
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Teacher
Angie Low
Director, Customer Success
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Archaeologist
Sofia Rokerya
Director, Client Solutions
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
A lawyer
Heather Bugden
Director, Onboarding Management
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Veterinarian
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.
Marcio Bomfim
Director, Design
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Sailor
Maureen Ariza Paredes
Director, Experience Research
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Aerospace Engineer at NASA
Craig Bell
Director, Content
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Architect
Jeffrey Taylor
Director, Revenue Operations
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Professional Wrestler
Madeleine Starowicz
Director, Product Marketing
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
A writer
Chris Olford
Director, Strategic Territory Management
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Professional soccer player or environmental engineer
Ella Bujok
Managing Director
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Interior Designer
Ginny Weitner
Director, Strategic Accounts
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Detective or a lawyer
Sharon Preda
Strategic Territory Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Journalist
Amanda Molinaro
Strategic Territory Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Accountant
Noa Lipton
Strategic Territory Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Architect
Delfina Manocchio
Senior Territory Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Fashion designer
Matt Krawczyk
Strategic Territory Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Firefighter
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)
Oliver Brown
Strategic Territory Manager
Angie Low
Director, Customer Success
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Archaeologist
Sofia Rokerya
Director, Client Solutions
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
A lawyer
Heather Bugden
Director, Onboarding Management
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Veterinarian
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.
Sarah Clanfield
Team Lead, Customer Success
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Police Officer
Kari Brouwer
Team Lead, Customer Success
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Kindergarten Teacher
Adrienne Dunn
Team Lead, Customer Success
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Paleontologist
Julia Fernandes
Team Lead, Customer Success
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Trang Le
Key Account Manager, Strategic
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Making people look pretty
Tyler Brown
Key Account 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!
Maggie Amos
Key Account Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Prima ballerina - a la Karen Kain
Owen Jones
Key Account Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Archaeologist
Idan Firestein
Key Account Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Fighter pilot
Ralph Aiello
Employer Liaison
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Baseball player
Architect
Gigi Inara
Sr Onboarding Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Writer
Dani Verot
Sr Success Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Psychologist
Kirsten Mahaffy
Sr Onboarding Manager, Strategic
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Veterinarian
Cecilia Malazdrewicz
Sr Onboarding Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Movie Director
Hailey McCaig
Sr Client Solutions Specialist, Integrations
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Costume designer
Kira Nguyen
Sr Success Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Martial artist
Filipe Dos-Reis Baptista
Sr Onboarding Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Mechanic
Mark Luguya
Sr 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 :)
Fae Abdulla
Sr Client Solutions Specialist
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
A scientist
Jessica Myshrall
Sr Success Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
artist, writer, comedian
Jhonatan Lopez
Success Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to be an actor
Debbie Ward
Success Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to work with horses
Sonya Srom
Success Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Kindergarten Teacher
Vidisha Jha
Onboarding Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Surgeon
Courtney Mckenzie
Success Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Lawyer
Zoe Kilsby
Success Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Dentist!
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
Salma El-Sakka
Onboarding Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to be a English Teacher!
Nero Krishnasamy
Success Manager
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.
John Ngo
Success Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Fighter Pilot
David Nkoundjo
Onboarding Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Professional Soccer Player
Amanda Szpindel
Success Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
When I was a kid I always wanted to be a teacher
Brian Wismath
Success Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Rockstar!
Pearl Wyman
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.
Kurlysha Lander
Customer Success Associate
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
When I was younger, I wanted to be a flight attendant or a sports journalist
Jossue Williams
Jr Onboarding Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Wildlife Cameraman
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!
Julia Chesney
Jr Onboarding Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
a teacher
Brandi Altesse
Customer Success Associate
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Veterinarian - What's not to love about animals? They always put a smile on my face.
Lucy Meszaros
Customer Success Associate
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Actor
Elizabeth Munro
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!
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
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".
Shanice Williams
Customer Success Associate
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to be a supermodel and a pediatrician
Kim McCaig
Data Management Specialist
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Veterinarian
Divya Arokiam
Administrative Assistant
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
When I was a kid I wanted to be a dentist
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.
Laura Commisso
Director, Talent Acquisition
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Teacher
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
Jessica Tan
Talent Acquisition Specialist
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
veterinarian
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.
Meredith Beyer-Alldridge
VP, Success & Adoption
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Film director, political strategist, or paleontologist
Maureen Ariza Paredes
Director, Experience Research
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Aerospace Engineer at NASA
Tonya French
Program Manager, Customer Education
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Professional Ballerina
Carol Lopez
Team Lead, Training
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.
Tara Worthey Segal
Educational Content Creator
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Teacher
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
Laura Weber
Sr 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.
Anthony Cook
Training Specialist, Strategic
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Ninja, veterinarian, basketball player
Megan McCoy
Training Specialist, WBL
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Actress
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.
Mitch Taylor
Training Specialist
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Musician/Actor
Sophia Obas
Training Specialist
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Teacher
Melissa Hutchison
Training Specialist
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
When I was a kid, I most definitely wanted to be a Doctor
Yaa Clark
Training Specialist
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to be a reporter
Monica Biesok
VP, Marketing
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Singer
Madeleine Starowicz
Director, Product Marketing
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
A writer
Logan Oullette
Program Manager, Xello Communities
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Mechanic
Fatima Stepanian
Senior Proposals and Contracts Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Astronomer
Dionne Cheong
Sr Engagement Marketing Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Astronaut
Megan Santos
Sr. Content Marketing Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Teacher
Jeff Gluck
Sr. Acquisition Marketing Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Firefighter
Farah Hossain
Sr Events and Community Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Accountant
Bugie Lo
Sr Partnerships Development Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
A Doctor or Kindergarten Teacher
George Ferrier
Senior Manager, Marketing Operations
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Microbiologist
Manraj Riat
Product Marketing Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
veterinarian
Sneha Dhakan
Marketing Engagement Specialist
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Cartoonist
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!
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.
Kate Elliott
Product Marketing Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Asif Mohamed
VP, Finance
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Professional Baseball Player
Anthony Abbott
VP, Information Systems
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
The biggest paper route in GTA
Jeffrey Taylor
Director, Revenue Operations
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Professional Wrestler
Carl Pinto
Manager, Systems Operations & Enablement
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Military
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.
Wendy Ubaldo
Accounting Assistant
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
A doctor
Cathy Abbott
Subscriptions Analyst
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Architect
Lili Fodor
Revenue Enablement Specialist
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Film Director
Anunay Verma
Revenue Operations Analyst
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Join the Army
Drew Woods
Revenue Operations 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
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.
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.
Ben Pierce
VP, Engineering
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Construction worker
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.
Marcio Bomfim
Director, Design
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Sailor
Craig Bell
Director, Content
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Architect
Trishan Gunness
DevOps Engineering Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Graphic designer
Kevin Li
QA Engineering Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Video Game shop owner
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.
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!
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)
Nick McAuliffe
Engineering Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Computer games programmer
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
George Batalinski
Staff Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Tennis Player
Guilherme Dickie
Staff Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Software engineer
Ryan Nickel
Staff Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Fireman
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
Tyler Almond
Sr 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.
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.
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.
Zack Meredith
Product Manager
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
1. Muscleman
2. Pet shop owner
3. Teacher
Catherine Gerow
Lead Content Experience Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Teacher or marine biologist
Lily Beaul
Senior Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Game Designer
Daria Senishina
Sr Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to solve mysteries, so being a detective seemed like the perfect fit.
Fabricio Biron Ribeiro
Sr Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Musician
Leonardo Ciocari
Sr Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to work with computers and electronics!
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!
Gabriela Belmega
Sr QA Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Elementary School Teacher
Merion Evangelista
Sr Product Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Singer
Amy Fox
Sr Content Experience Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Treehouse designer
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.
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.
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 Marinskaya
Sr Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to be a Lego builder
Katie Lawson
Sr Content Experience Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Actress
Sarah Kasiske
Sr Product Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Professional Musician
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.
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.
Rajendra Babu Natuva
Sr QA Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Pilot
Ketan Mali
Sr QA Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Cricketer or Actor
Alexandra Boldyreva
Sr Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
A teacher or a doctor
Joao Paulo De Araujo
Sr Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Anything that would allow me to explore the wonders of technology!
Carlos Darcie
Sr Motions Graphics Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Plastic surgeon
Jose Travassos
Sr Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Stuntman
Matthew McLennan
Sr Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
NHL Player
Sneha Cecil
Sr Product Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Teacher
Jainam Shah
Sr Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Physics Teacher
Catherine Smith
Product Design, Lead
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Mountain climber
Vince Navarrete
IT Systems Administrator
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Paleontologist
AJ Alcantara
IT Systems Administrator
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Police Officer
James Barty
IT System Administrator
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Striker for Liverpool FC
Eric Roy
Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Astronaut
Beverly Li
Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Ballerina
Deirdre Morgan
Content Experience Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Air Hostess
Shruti Jamadagni
Content Experience Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Author
Gerard D’Mello
Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Electronic engineer
Vanessa Townsend
Product Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Marine Biologist
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
Bobby Byrne
Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Photographer, environmentalist
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!
Rangavi Logaratnam
Product Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Artist or Detective
David Brahla
Motion Graphics & Video Editor
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Writer
Ellen Weiner
Content Experience Designer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
veterinarian
Shafeen Manzur
Technical Support Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Ice Cream Truck Driver
Rafael Reis
Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Astronaut
Cris LaFortune
QA Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
musician
Jarod Lavine
Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Pilot
Meaghan T'ao
Content Curator
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
An author or poet
Colin Yoon
Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
President
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.
Roma Macwan
Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Doctor or Lawyer
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
Andy Navarro Zagarra
Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to be an architect.
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.
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.
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!
Archit Khanna
DevOps Engineer
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to be a pilot :)
Jackelyn Skudra
VP, Sales
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Math teacher
Meghan Foster
Director, Sales
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to be a teacher
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
Josh Turpin
Team Lead, Sales
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
A Police Officer.
Shauna Mann
Strategic Educational Sales Consultant
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
WNBA Player
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
Jessica Chow
Educational Sales Consultant
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Actress
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!
Page Mosley
Educational Sales Consultant
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to be a movie director
Tim Sloos
Educational Sales Consultant
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Cartoonist
John Abbiéw
Educational Sales Consultant
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.
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
Associate Educational Sales Consultant
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
I wanted to be a lawyer when I grew up.
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.
Ukot Umezinne
Business Development Representative
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Air hostess
Christina Kelsh
Business Development Representative
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
Farming
Tobias Allen
Business Development Representative
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
As a kid growing up at the beach all the time I wanted to be a Marine Biologist and work at the Miami Seaquarium.
Lindsey Boils
Business Development Representative
When you were a kid, what career did you want to have?
A veterinarian! Of course until I found out everything that entailed later on in life!