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Browse mentor profiles, explore their focus areas, and review the courses they have already published.

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Priya Sharma

Career and Engineering Mentor for Growth-Focused Learners

Engineering Manager at TalentSpring Tech • Colombo

3 published courses0 learners mentored

Priya supports learners who are preparing for role transitions, portfolio upgrades, or technical interviews. Her coaching combines practical coding guidance with clear career positioning so students can present strong evidence of progress. 7 years of mentoring experience.

Expertise

Career GrowthTechnical InterviewsFrontendMentorship

Languages

EnglishSinhala

Education

  • {'id': 'edu_priya_1', 'institution': 'University of Colombo', 'degree': 'Bachelor of Science', 'field': 'Computer Science', 'startDate': '2014', 'endDate': '2018', 'description': 'First-class honors'}
  • {'id': 'edu_priya_2', 'institution': 'Coursera', 'degree': 'Professional Certificate', 'field': 'Meta Front-End Developer', 'startDate': '2021', 'endDate': '2022', 'description': 'Specialization in React and front-end development'}

Certifications

  • {'id': 'cert_priya_1', 'title': 'AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate', 'issuer': 'Amazon Web Services', 'issueDate': '2021-03', 'expiryDate': '2024-03', 'credentialId': 'AWS-SAA-2021-001', 'credentialUrl': 'https://aws.amazon.com/certification/'}
  • {'id': 'cert_priya_2', 'title': 'Certified Scrum Master (CSM)', 'issuer': 'Scrum Alliance', 'issueDate': '2020-07', 'expiryDate': '2026-07', 'credentialId': 'CSM-2020-001', 'credentialUrl': 'https://www.scrumalliance.org/get-certified/scrum-master-path/certified-scrum-master'}

Projects

  • Interview Prep Platform
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Maria Santos

Product Design Mentor for UX and Learning Experiences

Senior Product Designer at Studio North • Manila

3 published courses1 learners mentored

Maria mentors designers and frontend developers who want stronger product intuition. She focuses on research synthesis, interface clarity, conversion-aware UX, and creating learning products that feel polished instead of generic. 8 years of experience at leading design studios.

Expertise

UX DesignProduct StrategyDesign SystemsFrontend UX

Languages

EnglishFilipinoSpanish

Education

  • {'id': 'edu_maria_1', 'institution': 'University of the Philippines', 'degree': 'Bachelor of Fine Arts', 'field': 'Graphic Design', 'startDate': '2014', 'endDate': '2018', 'description': 'Summa Cum Laude'}
  • {'id': 'edu_maria_2', 'institution': 'General Assembly', 'degree': 'Certificate', 'field': 'User Experience Design', 'startDate': '2019', 'endDate': '2020', 'description': 'Intensive UX/UI bootcamp'}

Certifications

  • {'id': 'cert_maria_1', 'title': 'Certified Product Designer (CPD) - Interaction Design Foundation', 'issuer': 'Interaction Design Foundation', 'issueDate': '2021-03', 'expiryDate': 'No expiry', 'credentialId': 'IDF-CPD-2021-001', 'credentialUrl': 'https://www.interaction-design.org/'}
  • {'id': 'cert_maria_2', 'title': 'Google UX Design Professional Certificate', 'issuer': 'Google', 'issueDate': '2022-08', 'expiryDate': 'No expiry', 'credentialId': 'GOOGLE-UX-2022-001', 'credentialUrl': 'https://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/google-ux-design'}

Projects

  • E-Learning Platform Design System
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David Okonkwo

Data and Backend Mentor for Scalable Applications

Backend Architect at DataForge Labs • Lagos

3 published courses0 learners mentored

David works with learners who need stronger backend reasoning and data fluency. Mentoring sessions cover schema design, service boundaries, analytics pipelines, and how to make data-heavy features understandable to both engineers and product teams. 10 years of experience.

Expertise

Backend EngineeringData ModelingAnalyticsPythonSQL

Languages

English

Education

  • {'id': 'edu_david_1', 'institution': 'University of Lagos', 'degree': 'Bachelor of Science', 'field': 'Computer Science', 'startDate': '2013', 'endDate': '2017', 'description': 'Second-class honors (Upper Division)'}
  • {'id': 'edu_david_2', 'institution': 'DataCamp', 'degree': 'Professional Specialization', 'field': 'Data Engineering', 'startDate': '2019', 'endDate': '2020', 'description': '5-course specialization'}

Certifications

  • {'id': 'cert_david_1', 'title': 'Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer', 'issuer': 'Google Cloud', 'issueDate': '2021-12', 'expiryDate': '2024-12', 'credentialId': 'GOOGLE-DATA-ENGINEER-2021', 'credentialUrl': 'https://cloud.google.com/certification/data-engineer'}
  • {'id': 'cert_david_2', 'title': 'AWS Certified Database Specialty', 'issuer': 'Amazon Web Services', 'issueDate': '2022-07', 'expiryDate': '2025-07', 'credentialId': 'AWS-DB-SPECIALTY-2022', 'credentialUrl': 'https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-database-specialty/'}
  • {'id': 'cert_david_3', 'title': 'Databricks Generative AI Engineer Associate', 'issuer': 'Databricks', 'issueDate': '2023-11', 'expiryDate': '2026-11', 'credentialId': 'DATABRICKS-AI-2023', 'credentialUrl': 'https://www.databricks.com/learn/certification'}

Projects

  • Real-time Analytics Engine
  • Data Warehouse Modernization
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Alex Kumar

Cloud Systems Mentor for Modern Web Teams

Principal Platform Engineer at Hyperdim Innovation • Bengaluru

3 published courses0 learners mentored

Alex specializes in helping learners design resilient backends and deployment pipelines. He coaches around API design, observability, performance bottlenecks, and how to move from local development to cloud-ready systems without losing maintainability. 11 years of experience building distributed systems for scale.

Expertise

Cloud ArchitectureAPIsObservabilityDevOpsPostgreSQL

Languages

EnglishHindiTamil

Education

  • {'id': 'edu_alex_1', 'institution': 'Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi', 'degree': 'Bachelor of Technology', 'field': 'Computer Science', 'startDate': '2013', 'endDate': '2017', 'description': 'GPA: 8.2/10'}
  • {'id': 'edu_alex_2', 'institution': 'Linux Academy', 'degree': 'Professional Certification', 'field': 'Cloud Architecture', 'startDate': '2019', 'endDate': '2020', 'description': 'Advanced cloud systems design'}

Certifications

  • {'id': 'cert_alex_1', 'title': 'Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)', 'issuer': 'Cloud Native Computing Foundation', 'issueDate': '2021-08', 'expiryDate': 'No expiry', 'credentialId': 'CKA-2021-001', 'credentialUrl': 'https://www.cncf.io/certification/cka/'}
  • {'id': 'cert_alex_2', 'title': 'AWS Advanced Networking - Specialty', 'issuer': 'Amazon Web Services', 'issueDate': '2022-11', 'expiryDate': '2025-11', 'credentialId': 'AWS-ADVANCED-NET-2022', 'credentialUrl': 'https://aws.amazon.com/certification/'}

Projects

  • Microservices Platform with Kubernetes
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Jordan Rivers

Senior Full-Stack Mentor for AI Product Delivery

Lead Software Engineer at MentorXync Studio • Singapore

4 published courses1 learners mentored

Jordan helps founders and engineers turn product ideas into reliable web platforms. Sessions focus on architecture decisions, delivery planning, code quality, and building AI-assisted workflows that still hold up in production. With 9 years of experience, Jordan combines technical depth with practical business reasoning.

Expertise

ReactNext.jsFastAPIProduct ArchitectureAI Workflows

Languages

EnglishSpanish

Education

  • {'id': 'edu_jordan_1', 'institution': 'National University of Singapore', 'degree': 'Bachelor of Engineering', 'field': 'Computer Engineering', 'startDate': '2015', 'endDate': '2019', 'description': "First-class honors, President's Scholarship recipient"}
  • {'id': 'edu_jordan_2', 'institution': 'Stanford University', 'degree': 'Graduate Certificate', 'field': 'Full-Stack Web Development', 'startDate': '2019', 'endDate': '2020', 'description': 'Advanced program in modern web technologies'}

Certifications

  • {'id': 'cert_jordan_1', 'title': 'AWS Solutions Architect Professional', 'issuer': 'Amazon Web Services', 'issueDate': '2022-06', 'expiryDate': '2025-06', 'credentialId': 'AWS-SAP-2022-001', 'credentialUrl': 'https://aws.amazon.com/certification/verify'}
  • {'id': 'cert_jordan_2', 'title': 'Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect', 'issuer': 'Google Cloud', 'issueDate': '2023-03', 'credentialId': 'GCP-PCA-2023-001', 'credentialUrl': 'https://cloud.google.com/certification/cloud-architect'}
  • {'id': 'cert_jordan_3', 'title': 'Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)', 'issuer': 'Cloud Native Computing Foundation', 'issueDate': '2023-09', 'expiryDate': 'No expiry', 'credentialId': 'CKAD-2023-001', 'credentialUrl': 'https://www.cncf.io/certification/ckad/'}

Projects

  • AI-Powered Content Platform
  • Multi-Tenant SaaS Architecture