
Hey, I'm Josh - Canadian lawyer, tech cofounder and blogger. I spent the first 3 years of my career building my own law firm as a "regular" immigration lawyer and helped hundreds of individuals and companies navigate the Canadian immigration process. After a few years of filling out the same forms over and over again, I asked myself why there wasn’t a better way? Why wasn’t there any technology to take out the boring and repetitive parts of preparing a Canadian immigration application? That's when I co-founded Visto.ai, a platform that uses automation and AI to make it 3x faster for immigration professionals to do research, document drafting, prepare applications and more. To learn more about the Visto platform, head over here: http://visto.ai/ I also love talking about business and sharing my entrepreneurial journey, so I started a business newsletter and podcast where I share stories and tips as a Canadian tech cofounder and lawyer. To follow along on my business journey, make sure to subscribe to my newsletter here: https://joshschachnow.substack.com/
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
CEO & Co-Founder
Visto.ai
• www.linkedin.com/company/visto-ai
Jul 2019 - Present
Greater Toronto Area, Canada
Canadian Lawyer
Joshua Schachnow Law
• www.linkedin.com/company/joshua-schachnow-law
Sep 2017 - Present
Chair, AI Committee
CILA: Canadian Immigration Lawyers Association
• www.linkedin.com/company/canadian-immigration-lawyers-association
• Permanent Part-time
May 2024 - Present
Mentor
Forum Ventures
• www.linkedin.com/company/forumvc
Mar 2020 - Present
Head of Immigration
VanHack
• www.linkedin.com/company/vanhack
Aug 2018 - Apr 2019
Founder & VP of Business Operations
Pursuit
• www.linkedin.com/company/pursuit-global
Jan 2018 - May 2018
Student at Law
Brazeau Seller Law
May 2015 - Jun 2017
Programming and Youth Supervisor
Camp B'nai Brith of Ottawa
Jul 2010 - Dec 2012
Property Management Assistant
District Realty
Apr 2011 - Jun 2011