Lenka Pitonakova, PhD

I am a freelance software developer, a clinical counsellor and a mentor in one.

As a software developer, I do contract work through my Vancouver-based company Qubiq Interactive (https://www.qubiqinteractive.ca). My main focus in on custom-built applications that require a unique engineering approach, although I have extensive experience with working on more traditional consumer apps and websites as well. I am especially passionate about agent-based modeling and games development.

As a tech counsellor at my private practice Treerock Therapy (https://www.treerocktherapy.ca), I provide career counselling to individuals and team mental health consulting to tech companies. My mission is to facilitate transformation of burnout, anxiety and depression into self-actualization in my clients.

I started my career in the engineering industry in 2009 and received a PhD in Simulation of Complex Systems from the University of Southampton, United Kingdom in 2017. I have developed autonomous robot simulations, distributed data processing systems, games and websites. I trained and mentored junior programmers, led development teams and maintained strong relationships with clients. I taught software development at higher education institutions in Europe and in Canada.