Aliya Amershi is currently the CEO and Founder of AskaTechie.com, a tech talent 2.0 marketplace that intelligently matches companies with vetted, top-tier technical talent best suited for their urgent business needs. AskaTechie will soon be rebranding to the Techie Concierge that will offer a full-service concierge combining IT consulting, matchmaking, and recruiting all-in-one. With a specialty in premium-grade technology services, such as Blockchain Development for funded startups. Since launch, they have been able to bootstrap their way to six figures in sales and were selected to participate in the Canadian Technology Accelerator in Silicon Valley.

Aliya is also offering tech startup workshops catered to aspiring female founders as well as non-tech founders. Her goal is to “empower more women with the necessary technology and startup knowledge needed to get their idea to launch faster”. Aliya Amershi is a technologist and visionary with over 20 years of international experience leading the development and deployment of cutting-edge mobile apps, rich media web applications, and multi-platform video games for Viacom Networks in New York and Electronic Arts in Canada. Some of the popular products that she has lead the charge on include SpongeBob.com, NBA Live, and the Emmy Award-Winning Nick App. Prior to that, she earned her Bachelor's in Computer Science from The University of British Columbia.