Introducing Our New VP, People Ops & Culture: Ara Cruz

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We’ve worked hard as a team at Cognota to create a strong culture and lay the foundation for successfully striving towards our shared goals together. Now that the team is growing (and growing quickly!), the time was right to welcome a new team member who could take our People Ops and the company culture to […]

Cognota 2021: A Year in Review

What a year it’s been! Full of challenges, surprises, celebrations, and opportunities, 2021 was a true rollercoaster. Through it all, the Cognota team has been busy working hard and enjoying the journey together. So, while we’re preparing for the year ahead, we wanted to take a look back at all the exciting developments and causes […]

Going Global: How Cognota Celebrated the Holidays

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Here at Cognota, we were pretty accustomed to collaborating remotely before working from home became an absolute necessity. Our team has been split between Toronto and Merida, Mexico for a long time, so we’ve always had a focus on digital collaboration.  But throughout 2020 and 2021, our team became even more dispersed. Not only did […]

Introducing Cognota’s New VP, Engineering: Jason Primeau

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We’ve had some exciting times at Cognota recently, from establishing new partnerships to welcoming amazing new customers and earning industry recognition. There are two other areas of start-up life that really get us excited at Cognota: building an exceptional product and user experience for our customers and adding the best in the biz to our […]

Cognota Receives Certification from the Great Place to Work Program

We’re so excited to announce that Cognota has officially been certified as a Great Place to Work! Over the past few years, we’ve been busy building a team that we are super proud to work with every day. And providing a great place for our team to work together is an important part of our […]

Happy Birthday to Us! Celebrating 6 Years of Cognota

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Today marks six years of Cognota growing and maturing into the company, culture and product that it is today. We’re so proud of how far we’ve come and so excited to see what the next six years holds too! In celebration of this birthday, we’re taking a little trip down memory lane to look back […]

Introducing Cognota’s new VP, Product: Darren Card

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Over the last couple of years at Cognota, we’ve been busy growing a dynamic and driven team. From sales and marketing to client success and engineering, we’re proud of the team we’ve assembled and can’t wait to continue adding to it. As a start-up, we’re used to a fast pace and constant change. In fact, […]

Black History Month: The Journey to VP, Engineering in the Tech Industry

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In honour of Black History Month, we sat down with Lumi, our VP, Engineering here at Cognota to hear about how he has navigated the tech industry and how his success has driven him to give back.  From his family roots in computer science, to getting his first start in the industry, Lumi’s journey through […]

Black History Month: How Tech Companies Are Honouring BHM

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Although lockdowns due to the ongoing pandemic have put a hold on many in-person events, tech companies around the world are finding new and innovative ways to celebrate Black History Month online in 2021.  Here at Cognota, we’ve been (virtually) celebrating Black History Month by sharing facts, stories and additional resources that honour and celebrate […]

Cognota 2020: A Year in Review

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Even though we’re all glad to be saying goodbye to 2020, it wasn’t all bad. In fact, when we take the time to look back, despite all the “downs” that have happened this year, we were lucky enough to experience a whole lot of “ups”, too! 2020 was a year of milestones and celebration for […]