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Ben Zimmer

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Chief Executive Officer at Sidekick Training
📍 Greater Toronto Area, Canada

Ben Zimmer is the CEO of Enable Education, which creates media-rich learning tools, and Sidekick Training, a learning engagement platform. An experienced educator with a background in applied technology and LabVIEW programming, he excels at transforming complex subjects into engaging learning experiences. He holds an MMath from the University of Waterloo.

Outside of his CEO roles, Ben co-hosts the "Unfinished Minds" podcast with his partner, Amy Leask, exploring topics around curiosity and purposeful learning. He has a deep, nearly two-decade-long involvement with the FIRST Robotics ecosystem, developing curriculum and resources to support young learners in STEM.

Bens extensive partnership with FIRST Robotics began simply by volunteering to help a local high school team with their software.

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Experience
25 Years
Current Role
Chief Executive Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Greater Toronto Area, Canada
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Learning Engagement
As CEO of Sidekick Training, he is building a platform to improve learner engagement for distributed workforces, believing tools like Zoom were not built for training.
STEM Education
He has taught applied technology at the college level and has a long-standing passion for supporting STEM learners, particularly through his work with FIRST Robotics.
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Career

Work history

2-2022
Chief Executive Officer
Sidekick Training
3-2008
CEO & Founder
Enable Training and Consulting Inc. (Enable Education)
3-2006
Founder, CEO
Enable Training and Consulting Inc. (Enable Education)
1-2006 - 12-2011
Professor
Humber College
1-2003 - 1-2006
Project Manager/Programmer
Meikle Automation
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Education
1997 - 1999
MMath
University of Waterloo
1993 - 1997
B.Sc.
McMaster University
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