Summary
Tristan Toye is a founder and hands-on CTO with 13 years of experience building career- and job-search platforms from the ground up. Based in Toronto, he co-founded Thrive Career Wellness and careerJSM, blending product, UX and full-stack engineering to create a marketplace-driven approach to outplacement and modern job search management. Technically fluent in Ruby on Rails, React and Ember, he ships end-to-end solutions while maintaining a designer’s attention to user experience from his early career as a freelancer and accelerator design lead. Tristan’s teams focus on measurable career outcomes—employers fund employee accounts and job-seekers redeem services—demonstrating a creative business model as well as technical execution. He hires and mentors full-stack developers, keeping recruitment and team-building tightly coupled to product velocity.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Multimedia & Philosophy, Bachelor's Degree, Multimedia & Philosophy at McMaster University
High School, High School at Peterborough Collegiate Vocational School
Communication and Media Studies, Communication and Media Studies at Mohawk College
English