Instructors
These are professional instructors who will be teaching this course.
Troy Timmers
Professional Project Manager / Scrum Master / Business Analyst
Troy has several years of professional IT experience to call on. He is a passionate Agilest primarily focused on the Scrum Master position. An enthusiast of scaled agile frameworks of portfolio and program management which use agile (scrum/kanban). Through empirical Advanced Scrum Master facilitation techniques and group exercises, helps to coach and mentor other Scrum Masters, Product Owners, agile teams, management, and stakeholders to enhance release planning, agile ceremonies, continuous integration, and continuous delivery practices. Currently, he is a Scrum Master / Business Analyst at one of the major banks in Canada.
Farhang
Data Analytics Professor
Dr. Farhang Vedadi is a Data Scientist. Farhang has numerous years of experience in analytics, research, and machine learning primarily in the banking sector and he is currently a Sr. Data Scientist at RBC. Through a number of years, he has gained a wide variety of field data experience as well as academic data experience. Working in the bank domain, both retail banking and capital markets, he can also offer what financial institutions are looking for from data analysts. He has earned his Ph.D from University of Toronto in Electrical and Computer Engineering, his Master’s from McMaster, and his Bachelor’s from Sharif University.
Mojdeh
Professional React Developer
Mojdeh works as a freelance web developer as well as being an experienced instructor. She is skilled in SQL, PHP, Microsoft Office, HTML, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Java Script٫ Java and Word Press. She is a strong information technology professional with a focus in Computers Systems Technology and Software Development. She has taught at multiple career colleges during her career.
Joe H.B. Jo, MFA, BA, CHRP Candidate
Principal Career Consultant, President of Operations
Joe is a career consultant. Currently, he is President of Operations and Principal Consultant at Branding Academy, one of the leading online career services firms based in Toronto. He served as Director of the Internship Program at a private University and career college and served as Director of Studies at English Lab Toronto. He has taught numerous university students on career strategy and job interview techniques. He earned an MFA degree from AFI Conservatory in Los Angeles and a BA degree from Temple University in Philadelphia. Additionally, he studied Human Resource Management at George Brown College.
