Toronto Coding Bootcamp - Lighthouse Labs

Toronto Instructors:Learn from Toronto's Top Developers.

Juan Gonzalez

Web Instructor

Lead Instructor, Toronto

Juan is a Software Engineer who allegedly sold his first project in 1988. Whatever language was used to develop it has been forgotten. More recently he has been an entrepreneur with a passion for all things video.
David Mills

Web, iOS, and Intro to iOS Instructor

Instructor, Toronto

David has been working as a Web and Mobile developer for the last 7 years. In that time he’s worked for a Digital Agency, where he helped build, test and launch websites for brands such as Adidas, Sleeman and McCain. Always looking for a challenge, David teaches both Web and iOS at Lighthouse!
Rafal Dittwald

Web Instructor

Instructor, Toronto

Rafal studied systems engineering, but has been developing software since forever. At Lean Pixel he is a partner for the “Meta startup”, housing several different startups within it. Before that, he founded a startup, worked as a consultant developer, and then helped develop curriculum mapping software at U of Toronto.
Jon Salis

Web Instructor

Functional Imperative

Jon has spent five of his ten years focusing on Ruby/Rails. He is currently the CTO of Functional Imperative where he mentors several bootcamp grads, bringing his insight as an employer to the training process. When not working on cryptocurrency projects, you can find Jon having a beer after a competitive hockey game.
James Cash

iOS Instructor

Lean Pixel

James is a Co-Founder and Lead Developer at Lean Pixel. In addition to his expertise in both Web and iOS development, James also competes in various powerlifting & strongman competitions and events throughout Canada. You wouldn't want to mess with this developer.
Rob Jackiewicz

Web Instructor

BrewBox

Rob is a start-up veteran, and is now running his own craft beer and alcohol e-commerce business. BrewBox is like the Dollar Shave Club of craft beer! Rob is also an expert in Rails, Angular, nodeJS, Python, and DevOps.
Jason Liang

iOS Instructor

Z1 LLC

Jason loves to program his own problems away.
Alex Wilmer

Web Instructor

Institute for Cancer Research

Alex currently works as a developer at the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research. When he isn't teaching students to try new things and tackle tricky problems, he spends his free time playing jazz.
Tory Shoreman

Front End Fundamentals Instructor

Beamwork ES

Tory is a history major, turned bank employee, turned dev. She left a career in banking when she discovered her love of web development. Since graduating from Lighthouse, she has worked as a front-end developer and is excited to share her love of all things CSS with the Front-End Fundamentals students!
Charlotte Lopez

Front End Fundamentals Instructor

Corus Entertainment

Charlotte's favourite things are design, dance, and code. She's a self-identified nerd and has recently been learning about finance. Charlotte has 12+ years of experience working in the broadcasting industry and merges her diverse interests by working with external broadcast apps and design!
Carlos Garate

Front End Fundamentals Instructor

Rangle.io

A Web Developer since the time of slow dial-up, Carlos loves mentoring people about Web tech. In order to catch up with the cool web kids, he enrolled in bootcamp in early 2017 and loved every minute of it. He currently works happily for Rangle.io and is a photographer in his spare time.
Martin Laws

Web Instructor

Martin is a designer-developer dedicated to creating beautiful, functional, inclusive, and accessible web experiences. Specializing in front end development, design thinking, product prototyping, and technical strategy; Martin collaborates with an experienced network of UX designers, DevOps professionals

You will also be supported by a community of developers.

Toronto Staff:

Nicole Husain

Director of Operations

Nicole can be found where science, technology & education intersect. After studying blind fruit flies, she spent many years leading small & mighty teams building educational games. You'll find her tinkering in STEM projects and is excited that her daughters are growing up in a world where nerds are cool.
Cassie L. Rhéaume

General Manager, Montreal

Cassie is highly involved in Montreal's vibrant tech community. The issues of diversity and access to digital literacy are particularly close to her heart. Outside LHL, she can be found organizing the next Ladies Learning Code workshop or her bike, on a sprint between two destinations.
Alain Wong

Career Services and Community Lead, Montreal

Alain is passionate about startups and education. At Lighthouse Labs, he helps find talent and bringing people together in the community. In his spare time, he shoots portraits, DJs and dances the Lindy Hop. He once biked from Vancouver down to Tijuana to raise awareness for microcredit.
Tomi Gebelyi

General Manager, Ontario

Tomi credits her nose-to the grind stone mentality to her upbringing in Lagos, Nigeria. Since moving to Canada in 2009, she's pursued interests in education, technology and entrepreneurship. Outside of the office, she can be found testing out new recipes, traveling and running on trails of the Don River
Juan Gonzalez

Lead Instructor, Toronto

Juan is a Software Engineer who allegedly sold his first project in 1988. Whatever language was used to develop it has been forgotten. More recently he has been an entrepreneur with a passion for all things video.
David Mills

Lead Instructor, Toronto

David has been working as a Web and Mobile developer for the last 7 years. In that time he’s worked for a Digital Agency, where he helped build, test and launch websites for brands such as Adidas, Sleeman and McCain. Always looking for a challenge, David teaches both Web and iOS at Lighthouse!
Deniz Kuran

Director of Marketing

Proud Istanbul native, Deniz has 9 years of B2C and B2B marketing experience in consumer goods, e-commerce, SaaS, EdTech and digital content sectors. She loves food & drinks, traveling, interior design and astrology. She can read star maps!
Alexis Fefer

Admissions Manager, Toronto

Alexis is a wannabe techie and podcast enthusiast. Drawing on her background in HR and recruiting, Alexis helps Lighthouse find other wannabe techies and set them on the path to become aspiring web developers. She may be a small person, but she helps people achieve big goals!
Carmen Tsang

Manager of Employer Relations & Partnerships - Eastern Canada

Carmen helped launch a recruitment agency and Fatburger's 1st Burnaby location - she's not sure which was more fun! Now Carmen is proud to put her "headhunting" superpowers to use at Lighthouse Labs, and has managed career services for 5 of our locations!
Alix Ali-Dib

HR & Special Projects, Toronto

Alix eagerly cultivates a community around Lighthouse Labs. Her passion for cultivation extends beyond work – she recently received an in-game award on the Hay Day iPad app for three years of farming excellence.
Emma McPhail

Education Manager, Toronto

Emma took the midnight train to Vancouver to make a career change (but also to meet some nice dogs). Coming from an administrative background she is excited to join Lighthouse and expand on her previous volunteer work creating community experiences in the not-for-profit sector of Prince Edward Island.
Will Fraser

Community Manager, Toronto

After moving to TO from a farm town, Will fell in love with the tech community & is excited to live that daily through Lighthouse and their community! Outside of work he likes to listen to show tunes, read comics, and rewatch episodes of RuPaul's Drag Race.
Olivia Essen

Devhub Community Coordinator, Toronto

Olivia is excited to indulge in the Lighthouse Labs culture and foster a community full of bright & fun go-getters. Always passionate to learn new things, she lets her inner nerd be the lead. When not in the office, you will find her on the search for cute dogs to pet or decent Canadian beers to drink.
Diego Mena

Designer

Diego has worked since 2002 as a graphic designer / Art Director mostly in advertising agencies. Graduated in Brazil in Visual Programming. The last 4 years of his career he formed his own Design / Audiovisual studio before moving to Toronto from his native Dominican Republic. He is also a musician / son
Janelle Stiehl

Student Success Coordinator

Janelle is passionate about developing others and is excited to work with Lighthouse Lab students and staff. She tries to stay active by playing soccer and practicing yoga but likes to balance this out by indulging in junk food.
Kate Clarridge

People & Culture, Toronto

Kate has an eye for talent that she uses to help us recruit the instructors and mentors you see on this page. She is passionate about building learning communities and facilitating knowledge sharing. Her earliest career aspiration was to be rockstar and after seeing her karaoke chops, we believe it!
Tim Huebsch

Promotional Marketing Manager

After 2.5 years in editorial at a national magazine, Tim's broken away from the sports industry to grow and foster LHL's social media presence and assist in everything communications. His favourite pastimes include spending time at the cottage, playing with his Australian shepherd and searching for pizza
Amy Mansell

Product Manager, Toronto

Amy is a rare mixed breed of strategist & executor all wrapped into one. She is responsible for building and iterating on our part-time education products & is known around the office as the reigning queen of reaction gifs
Louisa Smith

Career Services Coordinator

Louisa's main goal is to help people do their best work. Her secondary goal is to make the perfect cup of tea. With a counselling background and a penchant for positivity, Louisa always has a listening ear and finds new ways to problem solve. She loves watching Jeopardy and doing crosswords.
Sherman

Head of Naptime

Sherman is part puppy, part sleepy-head, part nut-job. When Sherman isn't napping under Shaki's desk, you'll find him running around and eating garbage. His most important role is to remind us not to take ourselves too seriously.
Josh Borts

Founder & Advisor

Owner of software development company Functional Imperative. Previously Josh operated a crabbing vessel in Iceland but unfortunately was deported to Canada after his work visa expired. He has reapplied but Iceland has yet to respond.
Jeremy Shaki

Founder & Chief Talking Officer, Toronto

Jeremy Shaki is the Co-Founder and CEO of Lighthouse Labs. He is a Montreal native, Concordia University Poli Sci graduate, former Director of Marketing at Sugar Media, and he plays basketball pretty well. Or at least he says he does. Jeremy is very well versed in Marketing and Brand Strategies, Operational Structures, and Staffing, and has been applying those skills to his first love.. Education. He loves what he does, and he loves to talk about it. Beware.

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What I love about being a dev, is not just the problem solving aspect and feature creation/development, but the culture and community is such a great fit for me. It’s something that's made me realize that this my career path. This is what I'm going to do for the rest of my life.

Previously: Lead Hand, Parker Johnson Roofing
Now: Developer at Unbounce

I gained the fundamentals of software engineering from university, but that doesn't teach you to be a hacker, who is good at developing a product in a fast-paced environment and is always ready to try out new technologies. This is what I learned from LHL.

Previously: Project Manager
Now: Software Engineer at Axiom Zen

Not only do you leave with a new skill set under your belt, you meet a significant amount of super talented and passionate people.

Previously: Designer
Now: Co-Founder of Fetch

Lighthouse Labs kickstarted my career, the curriculum is current, relevant and engaging. It was the best possible use of my time.

Previously: .Net Developer
Now: Developer at Retsly

Intro to Web Development	Jul 9 - Aug 15	Aug 20 - Sep 26	Oct 1 - Nov 7	TBA
Intro to Front-End with JavaScript	Jul 8 - Aug 14	Aug 19 - Sep 25	Sep 30 - Nov 6	TBA
Web Development Bootcamp	Aug 19 - Nov 8	Sep 16 - Dec 6	TBA	TBA

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