Melissa is an award-winning entrepreneur who has spent her career building organizations that change how people live, learn, and work.

She co-founded and scaled Canada Learning Code into one of the country’s leading tech education organizations, creating more than 1 million learning experiences, raising over $50 million, shaped national policy conversations about the future of skills and work and eventually leading the org to be successfully acquired in 2025.

Today, she is focused on building and investing in the next generation of ventures all while coaching future founders and leaders how to turn their ideas into reality.

At the heart of everything she does is a simple belief: technology and entrepreneurship can unlock extraordinary opportunity for people, communities, and the world.