Jean-Michel Lemieux has worked in tech for almost 30 years, building software and then building teams and companies. Educated at the University of Ottawa, he was a founding member on the Eclipse platform and open-source teams. He then led and grew the engineering organizations at Atlassian and Shopify and prepared both companies to scale and IPO. He is a published author, investor, and advisor and has a passion for community and education, co-founding Canadian Tech @ Scale which brings together tech leaders from across Canada, and DevDegree.ca, an accredited work-integrated computer science degree.