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Shir Ekerling – Founder of AccessiBe

AccessiBe offers a suite of services: Some free and others paid. They advertise powerful tools such as their AccessWidge that use AI to go in and fix issues of accessibility directly within the code of the website. It has an easy-to-use interface that allows users to customize their approach to accessibility. AccessiBe also offer a […]

Empowering people, Bridges to Health and Equity

Empowering people, Bridges to Health and Equity

Due to its clinical severity, the Coronavirus outbreak declared in January 2020 was an international public health emergency. The term “pandemic” refers to the geographic distribution of disease, reaching all continents, data from the World Health Organization. In the health area, in addition to exposing access problems and system equipment, the pandemic acted as a […]

Dylan Field – Co-founder and CEO of Figma

Dylan Field – Co-founder and CEO of Figma

Venture Description: Figma is a cloud-based design tool that allows team collaborative designs. Similar to many other online design tool in functionality and features, Figma simplifies the tools and design process but more productive and effective than other programs at helping designers to work collaboratively and efficiently. Figma is founded by Dylan Field, who is […]

Rohan Mahimker- CEO and CoFounder of Prodigy Education (Math & English)

Rohan Mahimker- CEO and CoFounder of Prodigy Education (Math & English)

*Note: This is an updated and add-on to the post by Johnny Wu on May 28, 2019 https://virtual.educ.ubc.ca/wp/etec522/2019/05/28/roham-mahimker-ceo-and-co-founder-of-prodigymath-games/ Mission: To help every student in the world love learning.  Prodigy Math is an online learning adventure that uses game-based learning to motivate students to practice their math skills which are aligned with the curriculum. The games […]

Mark Gainey: Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Strava

Mark Gainey: Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Strava

Strava is an American internet service that tracks users’ exercises and shares them with some social media features. Strava records an user’s activities, including distance, average speed, elevation, time, and heart rate, which can then be shared with others.  The results are compiled and a leaderboard is made, so that users are then competing against […]