Heather Payne
Co-Owner at F45 Training Parkdale
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolHeather Payne is a founder and mission-driven entrepreneur with 13+ years building programs that open pathways into tech—most notably founding Juno College (formerly HackerYou), Canada’s original programming bootcamp, and co-founding Ladies Learning Code (now Canada Learning Code). She grew Juno from startup to a registered private career college serving thousands, led its outcomes function to place grads in jobs, and navigated complex operational wind-down while continuing to support alumni. An early-stage investor and board member (including Sheertex), she pairs hands-on community-building and education design with savvy venture instincts. Heather’s career spans non-profit, education, and consumer ventures, and she brings a practical, equity-focused approach to scaling learning programs that aren’t often founded by women. Based in Toronto, she combines business training from Ivey with international study experience and a track record of securing major grants and investor capital to fuel impact.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
HBA Business Adminstration General Management, HBA Business Adminstration General Management at Ivey Business School at Western UniversityInternational Baccalaureate Diplma & OSSD, International Baccalaureate Diplma & OSSD at Turner Fenton Secondary SchoolManagement and Organizational Studies Finance and Administration Stream, Management and Organizational Studies Finance and Administration Stream at The University of Western Ontario, LondonHong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)General Scholar - International Relations, General Scholar - International Relations at Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, P.R. China
Github Skills (5)
meta8
css7
javascript6
question-answering6
react1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
pearlchen/LLC-HTML-CSS
May 2013 - Sep 2013
Ladies Learning Code - Introduction to HTML & CSS
Contributions:23 commits in 3 months
cssjavascriptcss3html-css
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