About us

Two software engineers decided they liked working together: Crystal Parker and Laura Abro. We became friends after working together at a blockchain startup, then took on a project of our own.

Crystal had recently graduated from Dalhousie University with first-class honours as an adult student, after a few years of teaching herself to code. Laura had recently returned to Canada after years abroad and graduated from NSCC as one of the first students to complete the college’s new AI program. She was awarded the Governor General’s Academic Medal.

Retainium started as a side project. It grew out of a cheat-sheet generator Crystal built for a cloud computing course at Dalhousie University — a formula library, with no AI.

We now work together as software engineers at a company focused on accessibility. Retainium is what we build in our spare time, with help from a few friends, and we hope it grows into something lasting.

If you’d like to know more, you can find us on LinkedIn. We also attend local tech events in Halifax to keep our skills current and stay connected to the community.

• Crystal Parker
• Laura Abro