The InnoTech Team
Julie Rubin
Chief Executive Officer
Julie has over a decade of experience in coordinating, facilitating, designing and overseeing educational programs. Her passion for innovation within the education sector, along with the drive for aligning education with the economic climate, shapes the work that she does at InnoTech College. Julie holds a Bachelors of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University, along with a Certificate in Adult Education from Mt. Royal University.
Brian Banderk
Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer
Brian is a Chartered Professional Accountant and has been working with innovative and exciting businesses since he graduated from the University of Calgary in 1998 with a Bachelor of Commerce with Distinction. He has held senior roles with PricewaterhouseCoopers, a global professional services firm, and the Alberta Securities Commission, as well as serving on prominent committees and boards that have helped shape the Canadian capital market and the accounting profession in Canada. Brian is extremely excited to be able to combine his knowledge and business experience with his passion for education and operational excellence.
Jarred Berndt
EDUCATION DELIVERY MANAGER
Jarred has been in some form of education or managerial role for the last 14 years. Leading a wide variety of staff and students to achieving great success across industries. Recently he completed a diploma in Curriculum Development and Instructional Design from Mount Royal University. His unique combination of education, experiences and fun loving attitude allows him to assist the InnoTech staff and instructors to create an engaging and creative student experience.
Alex Bymoen
Web Development Diploma Instructor - Calgary
Alex has been working as a developer professionally for the past 5 years, after having graduated from the University of Calgary with a degree in Computer Science with distinction. He grew up loving computers; tearing them down to see what was inside and then seeing if he could put them back together. He started building websites when he was just a wee 13 year old and never stopped. Recently he has enjoyed building VR games and learning Flutter to develop native phone applications and websites. Everyday Alex gets to share his immense knowledge of web development and passion for anything and everything in tech with our Web Development students.
Jamie Kosoy
Web Development Diploma Curriculum Lead
In addition to working with InnoTech College, Jamie Kosoy leads Arbitrary, an award-winning design-minded development studio based just outside of San Francisco. His mindset on the relationship between design and code has been applied to websites, apps, and “other magical stuff” for clients like Google, Nike, Skittles, Strava, and The New York Times. Most recently Jamie co-created the award-winning children’s app Melody Jams, which topped the App Store charts in 130 countries and won Communication Arts 2017 Award of Excellence. He has also taught code to designers at Parsons and the University of San Francisco.
Carey Ogilvie
STUDENT RELATIONS COORDINATOR - CALGARY
With Carey's education background being all in psychology and counselling, she's an excellent support and listening ear to our students. She takes care of all things necessary for students to have a positive experience while attending classes with InnoTech College, whether that be financial, personal, health or other. When not busily supporting current students or answering prospective students' questions, Carey is a big live music fan and loves animals.
Terri Hawthorne
ADMIN & OPERATIONS COORDINATOR
Terri has had extensive experience in Project & Administration/Operations Management over the course
of her career. Both in the government and private sectors. She thrives on the excitement of
seeing an organization grow and know that she had the opportunity to help. Terri is immensely organized and forward thinking, which makes her an invaluable resource to the rest of the team and the students.
Originally from Ontario, her immigrant Irish parents always guided her to raise the bar and challenge her
abilities. Remember “Life is like a cup of tea, it’s all in how you make it”
Angeline Egli
CAREER TRANSITIONS COACH
Angeline joined our team in June 2020 as the Career Transition Coach, bringing in 3 years of experience working in a high organized administrative work within the healthcare industry and 6 years of customer service experience. Angeline enjoys working with others and believes that smart work and positive mindset are keys to success. Angeline wears many hats, from teaching our students how to customize their resumes and cover letters to specifically attend to the local tech industry, to building relationships with industry and connecting those industry contacts with our students.
Angeline is a big animal lover and spends her time outside of work with her family including Prancer and Bobie, her rescue canine and feline, or solving escape rooms around the city.