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Christine Tutssel

Co-founder, Axonify

Workplace learning software

Christine Tutssel is a co-founder of Axonify, the Waterloo, Ontario company that makes a microlearning training platform for frontline workers. She started it with Carol Leaman. The Globe and Mail described her in April 2021 as Axonify's co-founder and chief revenue officer, and Axonify's own team page lists her as co-founder and board member.

Christine hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Christine co-founded Axonify, which appears in 2 talks in the archive.

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Who is Christine Tutssel?

A co-founder of Axonify, the Waterloo workplace training software company. The Globe and Mail reported in April 2021 that Carol Leaman and her co-founder and chief revenue officer Christine Tutssel would remain board members after Luminate Capital Partners bought control of the company.

When did Christine Tutssel co-found Axonify?

Communitech reported in August 2021 that Axonify was co-founded in 2011 at the Communitech Hub. CVCA's May 2022 award spotlight put the launch by Leaman and Tutssel in 2012, so the sources differ by a year.

What is Christine Tutssel's role at Axonify now?

Axonify's team page, checked in September 2026, lists her as co-founder and board member. The Globe and Mail's April 2021 report said she would stay on the board after the Luminate deal, and in a Communitech Q&A that August, Carol Leaman said her co-founder Christine was not leaving.

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