Training the next generation of leading entrepreneurs in Canada.

We are an experienced team of driven individuals who provide free business training, funding and peer mentorship to young people so that they can make their business ideas become realities. Our goal is to help make them see how bright their futures can be.

Young entrepreneurs inspire us.

Here’s the truth about us: Young entrepreneurs inspire us so much with their hearts and their “I will only work on stuff that I actually like” energy. But we know how hard it is to launch a business. Youth have exciting business ideas, but feel discouraged—like they’re missing something. At BITS, we strive to change that story. If youth have an idea or want to create a business, they know that BITS has their back.

Meet The BITS Team

  • Kyle Monczak

    Executive Director

  • Anthonia Enigbokan

    Programs Manager

  • Hewan Wossene

    Programs Administrator

  • Martin Mangulabnan

    Program Coordinator - Ottawa

  • Felicia Falconer

    Marketing & Outreach Coordinator

  • Vlad Kvon

    BITS Bucks Coordinator

  • Laura Graham

    Partnerships & Fundraising

  • Sarah-Jane Gwira

    YCEO Facilitator
    (Co-Founder, HER Ad Agency)

  • Prince Ukoha-Obasi

    YCEO Facilitator - Ottawa (Founder, Lone Star Commerce and Map & Bean)

  • Hammad Fasih

    Boot Camp Facilitator
    (Ex-co-founder, Citruslace)

  • Kim Goodman

    Momentum Facilitator (Founder & CEO, BOURGIE Branding & JUBILEE 5785)

BITS Board of Directors

  • Jason Murray

    Board Chair
    (President & Managing Partner, BES Executive Search)

  • Leslie Kellen

    Director and
    Past Board Chair
    (Partner, Director of Operations, XYZ Storage)

  • Valerie Munn

    Vice-Chair of the Board
    (Vice-President, Human Resources, Regional Banking RBC)

  • Yat Nagpal

    Treasurer
    (Director, Financial Planning & Analysis, ERCO Worldwide)

  • Jennifer Long

    Board Secretary
    (Head, Treasury Client Sales and New Business, Central 1)

  • Emma Grant

    Director and Chair, Fundraising Committee
    (Advancement & External Relations Executive)

  • Mojisola Kehinde-Okitika

    Director
    (Senior Vice President, Finance & Corporate Services, FHCP)

  • Michael McEown

    Director
    (Associate Portfolio Manager, TD Bank)

  • Barry Peters

    Director
    (Group Retirement Plans Consultant, RBC)

  • Anvesh Rai

    Director and Chair,
    Programs Committee
    (Venture Capitalist)

  • Hashmat Rohian

    Director and Chair,
    IT Committee
    (Vice President, Enterprise, Tech, & Data, EQ Bank)

  • Daniel Shear

    Director and Chair, Governance and Nominating Committee
    (Senior Legal Counsel, Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario)