Tinker
Hands-on practice, explore the unknown.
About TTW
Curious minds.
Capable makers.
Tinker Tech World is built around a simple idea: learners understand technology more deeply when they use it to make, test and improve something of their own.
Tech
Master technology, change the future.
World
Embrace the world, connect the future.
The people behind TTW
Roland Lang
Founder and Program Director
- Ph.D. in Robotics and Automation, the University of British Columbia
- Registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in Ontario
- Over 20 years of higher education experience
- Former Software Engineer at Motorola Cellular Equipment Company
Welcome
A note from our founder
Tinker Tech World is built on a simple belief: young learners understand technology most deeply when they build, test and improve something of their own. Our programs are shaped around this cycle—imagine, build, test, explain—so that every learner comes away with more than a working robot: the confidence and reasoning skills to take on the next problem. As TTW grows, our goal stays the same—to give young minds in Markham a hands-on, engineering-minded path from curiosity to capability.
— Roland Lang, Founder
Rice Rao
FLL and WRO Program Leader
- M.Sc., Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Alberta
- B.Sc. Mathematics, Peking University
- Head Coach and Founder, Explorer Robotics
- Led teams in winning multiple national and international robotics awards
- Over 20 years of IT industry experience as a software engineer working internationally
Lisa Li
Language Program Leader
- Master of Education, the University of British Columbia
- Former New Oriental 20th Anniversary Distinguished Teacher; Group Teaching Trainer
- Over 20 years of experience teaching IELTS, TOEFL, GRE and GMAT
- Over 10,000 hours of teaching, nearly 100,000 students across many countries worldwide, highly rated by students
Kevin Wang
Adult Robotics Program Leader
- M.A.Sc, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
- Former Chief Engineer at ESI Robotics Company
- Over 30 years of experience in the robotics industry