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We teamed up to produce this special series to celebrate women leading in Ottawa for International Women’s Month and shine the spotlight on our IWW 2024 featured leaders to unpack their passion and purpose.
Five inspirational leaders are selected each year to represent International Women’s Month. They are role models who significantly impact our economy, community and society and embody the spirit, goals and values of IWM.
For as long as she can remember, Sarah Sedgman has been fascinated by learning, creativity, and innovation. Growing up surrounded by educators and entrepreneurs, she developed a deep curiosity about how people learn best.
From leading global learning strategies and programs at top technology companies, she saw a major problem—training programs were slow to develop, costly to execute, and struggled to keep pace with business needs.
Instead of waiting for a solution, Sarah built one.
LearnExperts is an AI-powered platform that cuts course development time by 67%—helping companies scale training, accelerate onboarding, and retain top talent.
Sarah took a bold leap—leaving the C-suite to launch her own company, bootstrapping her way to success before raising $1.25M to scale. And her risk paid off. Today, LearnExperts is trusted by leading tech companies to instantly transform raw content into structured, high-quality training programs—instantly.
This is the story of how Sarah went from executive to entrepreneur—proving that with a strong vision and the right team, anything is possible.
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This is episode one of a five-part series in collaboration with the incredible team at Invest Ottawa, Ottawa’s lead economic development agency for knowledge-based industries.
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Meet Sarah Sedgman, Founder & CEO of LearnExperts. After years in the C-suite leading global learning strategies, she saw a major problem—training was slow, expensive, and couldn’t keep up with business demands. Instead of waiting for a solution, she built one. Sarah bootstrapped LearnExperts, landed her first customer, and secured $1.25M in funding to scale. Now, her AI-powered platform is transforming how companies train their teams—faster, smarter, and more efficiently.