David Jorjani

Long-Term Sessional Lecturer at the Department of Computer Science

Since 2017, I have been teaching courses on software engineering and design at the Department of Computer Science and courses on business and entrepreneurship at other departments at the University of Toronto. I am a strong advocate of experiential learning and focus on involving students in real-life projects with real partners to create more effective learning environments and useful products.

We have worked with over 200 partners, including Harvard Medical School, UNICEF, UN, Engineers Without Borders, 1Password, and numerous founders and social entrepreneurs who have gone to win national and international awards. To learn more about our partnership program, see Connecting learning to industry.

Graduate courses

Communications for Computer Scientists (CSC2701)

As part of the Master of Science in Applied Computing, I developed curriculum around presentation skills and public speaking.

Technical Entrepreneurship (CSC2702)

Similar to CSC2701, I developed this course to teach students how lead technical projects and deliver them successfully.

Storytelling with Data (INF2203)

This course was later added to the core curriculum of Master of Information program.

I created this course from my experience explaining the impact of technical topics like Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Talent Acquisition and Human Resources processes of organizations to their senior executives (Startups to Fortune 500)

Undergraduate courses

Introduction to Software Engineering (CSC301)

If you are a current or future student and have questions about CSC301, they may be answered in our CSC301 Student FAQ

  • Experience

  • Cofounder & CTO - Qatalyst Labs

    Apr 2024 - Present
  • VP of Product & Engineering - Sayge (Acquired)

    Mar 2022 - Apr 2024
  • Director of Product - Ideal.com | AI for Recruiting (Acquired)

    Jul 2019 - Mar 2022

    Building a world where people decisions are fair and accurate

  • Cofounder & CTO - Verified Supply

    Jul 2018 - July 2019

    Led the development of a new business and the platform and gaining early traction

  • Founding Engineer & Team Lead - Kooltra

    Apr 2014 - Jun 2018

    As the founding team lead, I have worn many hats such as software engineer, development manager, product manager, scrum master, customer success engineer

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