Summary
Mike Bessuille is a seasoned technology executive and CTO based in Ottawa with a multi-decade track record of building high-performance engineering organizations and shipping reliable, customer-focused software. He blends hands-on technical breadth across languages like Go, C++, R and Java with strategic product and cloud expertise (AWS), driving teams to reduce technical debt through test automation and agile delivery. Mike has scaled and led engineering functions at companies from Adobe and QNX to Posit and Snyk, consistently elevating team morale, recruiting top talent, and presenting clear roadmaps to executives and customers. Known for fostering psychological safety and continuous improvement, he pairs transparent leadership with measurable delivery outcomes and abundant positive recommendations. An engineer at heart with a Systems Design Engineering degree from Waterloo, he now leverages that design-thinking background to guide analytics and platform strategy as CTO of H2 Analytics.
11 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science Systems Design Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science Systems Design Engineering at University of Waterloo
French, English