Our Guiding Values and Principles at Zetane

Our moral compass that guides our growth and company culture.

Jason Behrmann, PhD
Zetane
3 min readJun 15, 2020

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When it comes to choosing people to work with, you have a lot of choices out there. On our end, our team is composed of honest, hardworking, creative, curious, and humble folks. We make a continued effort to listen to each other first, and talk second. Our source of joy springs forth from seeing each other succeed. Zetane is a place where you will be technically challenged and personally supported. If that sounds like your type of place, consider joining our team.

At Zetane we are passionate contributors who want to commit to a start-up that will grow into the type of organization we will all be proud of. We all want to contribute in our own way to our mission: to drive the democratization and explainability of AI and facilitate collaboration between diverse professionals and AI specialists. In the long-term, we strive to build the foundation needed to promote positive innovation in all walks of life. The following a set of values and principles will define how we hire, work and interact with people as we work towards these goals.

Our top five core values

Engage curiosity in order to fuel the exchange of great ideas that compel us to never stop innovating.

Embrace diversity in all its form to produce great teams that provide diverse perspectives ideal for problem-solving; striving to include others goes hand-in-hand with promoting personal growth.

Remain adaptive by feeling true empathy for our clients and their evolving needs. Our adaptations stem from learning from our failures and successes.

Seek out highly skilled contributors who are driven by excellence and collaboration so together we can achieve new heights.

Do good around us and in the world for the benefit of all beings.

Our stance on diversity and inclusion

We value diversity and inclusivity because they are a key engine to innovation and team performance. Diversity comes in many forms and we ensure anyone on these various spectrums can thrive at Zetane:

  • Culture
  • Religion
  • Gender identity
  • Age
  • Race
  • Sexual orientation
  • Being a member of any other recognized minority group.

The traits of a Zetane team member

On top of being honest and hardworking, our team is a mix of introverts and extroverts who are humble enough to know that we all must work hard to improve the following shared traits:

  • Self-starter
  • Collaborative
  • Encourages the sharing of ideas
  • Autonomous
  • Agile and adapts to change
  • Strong and clear communicator
  • Solutions-oriented
  • Organized
  • Analytical
  • Strong troubleshooting skills
  • Forever curious

The core motivations of our founders

Patrick St-Amant, CTO

Bring the utmost benefit to beings with a long-term focus on medicine and health.

Guillaume Hervé, CEO

Be a catalyst for positive change around us and strive to develop future leaders.

Jonathan Magoon, Chief IT Architect

To empower all people to use technology to improve their lives and the lives of others.

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Jason Behrmann, PhD
Zetane

Marketing, communications and ethics specialist in AI & technology. SexTech commentator and radio personality on Passion CJAD800. Serious green thumb and chef.