Dezmon Beckford, business development representative at Nimbus Learning, loves having the opportunity to help people solve problems and enjoys finding new approaches for unique challenges. Having played competitive soccer for most of his life, Dezmon says he is passionate about helping his team succeed — whether that be his team on the field, at Nimbus, or the educational institutes we partner with.
“I was drawn to Nimbus because I love to help people and I believe in Nimbus’ mission to help student achieve success,” says Dezmon. “The software Nimbus has developed makes sense for both students and schools and I want to help get it out to as many people in need as possible.”
Uyi is a former university athlete who previously started his own business helping high school athletes prepare for the demands of post-secondary education. Now as a Business Development Representative, Uyi focuses on developing solutions for potential Nimbus partners.
“What drew me to Nimbus was the connection to helping people learn,” says Uyi. “My job is to help people solve their problems; that makes it rewarding and very fulfilling.”
William Liu is the Founder and CEO of Nimbus Learning. Having a mind for entrepreneurship, William started his first business when he was 14. Now, Will directs his passion for business towards supporting educational communities.
“People who have a passion for teaching can make a difference in people who are wanting to better themselves,” William says. “These things and these experiences along with my passion for entrepreneurship just kind of made me say, you know what, let’s build something. Let’s build this learning platform where people that want to teach and learn can connect with each other.”
Ben Attal is the co-founder and COO of Nimbus. Playing a role in the leadership team of Nimbus, Ben is an advocate for finding technology-driven ways to build relationships between teachers and students.
“In about October of 2017 when Nimbus first launched to students at McGill…literally, my only job for the first three or four months was doing class announcements in every classroom at McGill and handing out hundreds upon hundreds, maybe thousands of flyers,” Ben remembers. “I saw that what Nimbus was doing was really filling a void at the university that I really aligned with.”
Aaron Lee is the Lead Software Developer for Nimbus. Focusing on the user interface designs, Aaron has been with Nimbus since the very beginning. He majored in Mathematics and Computer Science at McGill University when he was approached by Will to start a tutoring company.
“At the beginning it went from just the whiteboard…just drawing everything down,” Remembers Aaron. “[Now] I like…working with users and getting direct feedback. It’s always pretty cool. They’ll give us feedback because they work really closely with our customer support. So whenever there’s a bug or there’s anything that the users don’t like we get the feedback and we’ll have a meeting about it and go through all the bugs … depending on what feed-backs we get we’ll pump out different features”.
Haruki Moriguchi is the Chief Technology Officer for Nimbus Learning. Focusing mainly on making the behind-the-scenes development for the Nimbus platform, Haruki has been with Nimbus since the very start.
Haruki loves building the Nimbus offerings. Identifying ways to improve on the application, finding ways to implement these improvements, and then making them happen is what he thrives on.
Abhinav Bhandari is a Software Developer for Nimbus Learning. Hailing from Tokyo, Japan, Abhi originally heard of Nimbus while studying computer science at McGill University.
Abhi is passionate about using technology to make education more accessible & affordable for students around the world. Before he formally joined Nimbus, and while working as a data scientist in Tokyo, Abhi developed a tool to help teachers correct grammar in students’ essays.
Patrick Arevalo is a Partnership Associate with Nimbus Learning, playing a large role in ensuring that Nimbus’s partners have everything they need to support their tutoring and mentorship programs. Previously the Peer Tutoring Coordinator for the University of Manitoba Student Union, Patrick knows first-hand what it takes to develop and run a good program.
“It’s amazing, the versatility of it and the system and how everything flows from one thing to another,” says Patrick of how he likes working with the Nimbus platform. “That’s what I really enjoy.”