SkillHat

Our Story

We Built SkillHat for the Part Most Programs Leave Out.

Information is everywhere. The harder part is turning what you know into something the market can see, trust and pay for. That is the gap SkillHat was built to close.

Before co-founding SkillHat with Deborah Solape, Mo Ekujumi spent more than a decade across technology, product, digital transformation and consulting. Their work exposed the same problem again and again: capable professionals were collecting knowledge, credentials and experience, but still struggling to translate that value into better opportunities.

SkillHat co-founder leading a session with participants

So SkillHat took a more practical approach.

For professionals moving into GRC, that means building real project experience, learning how to speak about the work and translating an existing background into credible GRC positioning. For experienced professionals and service-based founders, it means turning expertise into a clear offer, sharper positioning and a repeatable way to win clients.

Different destinations. Same principle: knowledge becomes valuable when you can apply it, communicate it and create an outcome with it.

Built Around Outcomes

SkillHat has supported thousands of professionals across Canada and the United States. The work spans career transition, practical experience and expertise-led business building.

2,000+professionals helped
$20M+reported alumni earnings
Canada + USAProfessionals served
2023Obsidi Product Innovator of the Year

Independent feedback reinforces the same practical theme: SkillHat is rated 4.8/5 from 51 reviews on TrustAnalytica, where reviewers highlight hands-on learning, knowledgeable instructors, supportive coaching and practical application.

SkillHat participants working through a practical session

Our Philosophy

Don’t Learn Forever. Build What Moves You Forward.

We are not interested in adding information for the sake of information. We focus on the missing piece between where you are and where you want to go: the experience you can discuss, the positioning that makes your background make sense, the offer a buyer understands, or the system that turns expertise into opportunity.

The goal is movement: from theory to proof, from expertise to offer, from uncertainty to a clearer next step.