Category: ‘student success’

WIMTACH Student Profile: Gagandeep Singh

When Gagandeep Singh decided that his career path would be in the Information Technology (IT) sector, he made a strong decision to travel to Canada to follow his dream of making a difference. As a graduate of the Information Technology program, Gagandeep was looking to develop his skills. To achieve this, Gagandeep enrolled in the […] Read more

WIMTACH Student Profile: Hoi Fong (Marcus) Ho

A student in Centennial College’s Software Engineering Technology program, when Hoi Fong (Marcus) Ho learned about a Student Researcher position at WIMTACH, he saw an opportunity to grow his developments skills. As a result, he excitedly applied for a role as a Quality Assurance person to gain entry into the learning environment at WIMTACH. He […] Read more

WIMTACH Student Profile: Ben Maitland

Ben Maitland started his Student Researcher position at WIMTACH in 2020. In the role of a full stack developer, he became a valuable member of the WIMTACH research team and contributed to projects with high profile clients. His combined studies in the Software Engineering Technology Co-op program at Centennial College and his internship at WIMTACH, […] Read more

WIMTACH Student Profile: Toshiv Shrivastava

When Toshiv Shrivastava, a student of the Project Management program at Centennial College, first decided to pursue a career in Project Management, WIMTACH was his first introduction to tangible work experience. “I was so excited,” he said. He found that the open working culture at WIMTACH which is geared towards helping students to attain hard […] Read more

WIMTACH Student Profile: Hyunjong Shin

The end of 2021 marked a new beginning for many but it also marked the end of successful partnerships at WIMTACH which prospered with the contributions of Student Researchers from Centennial College. One of those Student Researcher’s was Hyunjong Shin, who is now a new graduate from the Computer Engineering Technology program at Centennial College. […] Read more

WIMTACH Student Profile: Mohammad Bakir

Mohammad Bakir applied for a Student Researcher position as part of a co-op requirement in January 2020 for his Software Engineering Technology program at Centennial College. Although his co-op term ended, he decided to re-apply for another position because he found his role in WIMTACH invaluable. He explained that WIMTACH has enabled him to gain […] Read more

WIMTACH Student Profile: Subarna Bijaya Khadka

A recent graduate of the Software Engineering program at Centennial College, Subarna Bijaya Khadka fondly remembers his internship opportunity at WIMTACH and how the combined education from Centennial College and WIMTACH, was game changing for his development. “[From WIMTACH], I learned how teams work in the real industry, for hard skills we have assignments and […] Read more

WIMTACH and Xello: A Successful Collaboration

Driven by the motivation to help students with choosing a career path, Xello Inc., formerly Career Cruising, developed an architecture for greater learning and self-discovery to make job searching and passion-driven occupations accessible. In early 2020, Xello required a major framework upgrade to continue to serve students so, their team approached WIMTACH about a collaboration […] Read more

WIMTACH Student Profile: Jarod Lavine

Jarod Lavine decided to apply for a Student Researcher position at WIMTACH in 2020 and he assisted the research team as a Front-End developer. The first project he contributed towards was for an EMR company as part of a team that was updating a website to a new framework. Some of the other Student Researchers […] Read more

WIMTACH Student Profile: Asad Mahmood

In 2018, after many years of working in Construction, Asad Mahmood decided to take a big leap and enroll in the Software Engineering Technology program at Centennial College. “I liked the idea of being able to build everything from scratch and on your own,” he said. Shortly after enrolling at Centennial College, he applied for […] Read more