Toronto Coding Bootcamp - Lighthouse Labs

Toronto Instructors:Learn from Toronto's Top Developers.

Juan Gonzalez

Web Instructor

Full Time 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!
Fabio Neves

Web Instructor

Instructor, Toronto

If you travelled back in time to 2007, you’d find Fabio working on one of the first deployments of Amazon AWS. Today he splits his time between freelancing, consulting and producing music. Fact: we keep the tools locked up when he’s around, because his love of hacking hardware has been known to void warranties.
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.
Maggie Moss

Intro to Web and Front End Fundamentals Instructor

SkyVerge

Maggie was part of our rockstar January 2015 cohort in Vancouver, and now she's passing on that knowledge to our students in Toronto. She's moved across the country three times in the last two years and currently works remotely as a Rails Engineer at SkyVerge.
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.
Steve Thompson

iOS Instructor

CocoanutMobile

Steve has a background in academic philosophy. He started programming as a full stack web developer. Five years ago he was abruptly thrown in the deep end when he was hired as a native iOS developer without knowing a line of Objective C! His grit, passion and sympathy for learning is infectious.
Kowsheek Mahmood

Web Instructor

Vectio

Kowsheek has a background in computer engineering, mathematics & philosophy. His first program was a keylogger written in C - but don't tell anyone! He's currently serving as the CTO at Vectio and is the Principal at ArchetypeTech where they love to build great products.
Niall Wingham

Web Instructor

Apsis Labs

Niall is a software developer and consultant at Apsis Labs. He’s worked with a wide variety of clients including fintech, healthcare, education, and even ethereum games! He loves teaching at Lighthouse Labs and chasing pigeons with his two-year-old daughter.
Kareem Sabri

iOS Instructor

Clementine

Kareem is a full-stack web and mobile engineer. After spending 10 years helping build large-scale web applications at Save.ca and Box.com, he ventured into iOS development to create an AI personal trainer, EverActiv. When he’s not instructing, he leads Clementine, a startup focused on the future of work.
Jason Liang

iOS and Intro to iOS Instructor

Z1 LLC

Jason loves to program his own problems away.
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!
Anthony Tulai

Intro to iOS Instructor

TribalScale

Tony is an iOS engineer with a background in nanotechnology engineering. He's passionate about all things cool in tech. You can always pique his interest with a healthy debate - even if he happens to agree with you on the issue. Happy coding!
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.

You will also be supported by a community of developers.

Toronto Staff:

Nicole Husain

General Manager - Eastern Canada

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.
Juan Gonzalez

Full Time 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

Full Time 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!
Sumiya Abdirashid

Education Manager - Toronto

As a self-identified nerd, Sumi feels right at home at Lighthouse Labs. Her background working in student success and community engagement make her job as Education Manager both fulfilling and fun. When she's not chatting with students or mentors she can be found putting her Neuroscience degree to good use by sharing fun-facts about the brain.
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

Career Services Manager, Toronto

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!
Izzy Piyale-Sheard

Community Manager, Toronto

An adventurer at heart and possibly the most positive person on Earth. Izzy's job is to find ways to grow, connect, and diversify Lighthouse Labs within the Toronto tech-community and improve the student experience. He firmly believes space-dinosaurs are real.
Anna Hermansen

Career Services Intern

Anna is an enthusiastic web dev amateur, a co-founder of a community development nonprofit, a dog person, and an advocate for local grassroots change that includes all disciplines and perspectives. She brings her experience with the UBC Arts Co-op Program and human resources to the Career Services team.
Alix Ali-Dib

Special Projects Coordinator, 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.
Olivia Essen

Marketing and Community Intern, 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.
Topaz Glazer

Special Projects & Strategic Initiatives

Topaz was the heart and soul of the HTML500 . Now, she spends her time in Toronto staring out the window and thinking about the Big Picture. She's always baking treats for students and has an inexplicable love of raisins.
Erika Lorenzen

HTML 500 Event Lead

Erika discovered her passion for event planning during her undergrad; the rest is history! She has a love for learning, radiates positivity, and uses her organizing powers for good (mostly). Her training in both classical ballet and Disney movies means she spends most of her free time in dance classes!
Saba Zubair

People and Education Intern

Saba is a Commerce grad from Ryerson U. As a lifelong student, Saba is passionate about learning new things, esp as they relate to health, sustainability & start-ups. When she not in the office, Saba can be found in the kitchen cooking elaborate meals or on a bike enjoing the fresh air.
Kate Ciborowski

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!
Lauren Girdler

Communications Manager, Vancouver

Lauren is a strong believer in the power of the written word. She has previously worked in social media marketing, website development, and branding strategies. When not at the office, Lauren is working on her cartoon-themed food blog or trying new Vancouver restaurants.
Lovemore J

Jr. Full Stack Web Development Intern

A tech enthusiast and Full Stack Dev fresh out of bootcamp. Lovemore has a theory. He thinks codebases would be less buggy if there is less swearing.Try It. If not for anything else, that his daughter can get to watch him code with no PG rating on his desk😉
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 introductory education products & is known around the office as the reigning queen of reaction gifs
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.
Sage Franch

Blockchain Program Builder, Toronto

Sage Franch is a seasoned technology educator, developer, and creator of tech lifestyle blog TrendyTechie.ca. She specializes in emerging technologies including blockchain, mixed reality, and cognitive computing, and is passionate about leveraging new technologies to build a better future.

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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

Start Dates:

Front End Fundamentals with Javascript	Aug 13 - Sep 19	Sep 24 - Oct 31	TBA	TBA
Intro to Web Development	Jul 3 - Aug 9	Aug 14 - Sep 20	TBA	TBA
Intro to iOS Development	Sep 24 - Oct 31	TBA	TBA	TBA
iOS Development Bootcamp	Jul 30 - Oct 5	Sep 24 - Nov 30	TBA	TBA
Web Development Bootcamp	Jul 2 - Sep 7	Jul 30 - Oct 5	Aug 27 - Nov 2	Sep 24 - Nov 30
	Oct 22 - Jan 11	Nov 26 - Feb 8	TBA	TBA
Blockchain for Developers Course	Sep 5 - Nov 21	Oct 31 - Jan 16	TBA	TBA

* This is a post secondary program where high school completion is a prerequisite, or provincial age of majority.

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