About
Joel Kapongo is co-founder and CTO of Pactima, focused on technology and business operations. He was born in Congo and adopted in Canada.
Founder at PactimaYC S21
Intro paths
YC
Joel went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Joel can intro founders to Pactima's investors below.
Pactima's investors · 1
Co-founders at Pactima
MY
Moktar YusufFounder
Experience
- PactimaCo-Foundercurrent2021 — present
- RelomigoCo-Founder & CTO2019 — 2020Ottawa, Canada Area
- TumelloFounder & CEO2016 — 2019Ottawa, Canada Area
- Deloitte CanadaConsultant2018 — 2019Ottawa, Canada Area
- Deloitte CanadaBusiness Technology Analyst2015 — 2018Ottawa, Canada Area
- Founder InstituteFounder in Training (Ottawa Fall 2016 Cohort)2016Ottawa, Canada Area
- leaf campusFounder2015 — 2016Ottawa, Canada Area
- Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)Research Assistant2014Gatineau, Quebec
- HRSDCResearch Assistant2013Gatineau, Quebec
- Adventures in Science and Engineering (University of Ottawa)Teen Coordinator2012Ottawa, Canada Area
Skills & more
Public Speaking33Team Leadership25Leadership13Programming25JavaScript8Node.js2AngularJS2MongoDB2Java13PHP4Git2Matlab10
Languages English · French
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Joel Kapongo?
- Joel Kapongo is co-founder and CTO of Pactima, focused on technology and business operations. He was born in Congo and adopted in Canada.
- Where does Joel Kapongo work?
- Joel Kapongo is Founder of Pactima.
- What companies did Joel Kapongo found?
- Joel Kapongo founded Pactima.
- Where did Joel Kapongo go to school?
- Joel Kapongo studied at University of Ottawa (Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) & Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Biomedical Mechanical Engineering & Computing Technology).
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