Boston–Based. Worldwide talent.
Leadership
Steve Shapiro
Chief Executive OfficerSteve is a serial entrepreneur, having founded three companies in education, international travel, and workforce development.
Sara Vispoel, PhD
Chief Assessment & Learning OfficerSara is a psychometrician who has 17 years of senior-management experience in the high-stakes testing industry, most recently at ACT.
Simmy Ziv-el
Chief Strategy & Business Development OfficerBusiness Strategist and Executive for education and workforce products and services across cultures around the world.
Charles Foster
Lead AI Scientist, Core TechnologyCharles loves interfacing with emerging research, to bring forward the very best tech for AI-human solutions.
Steven Maggs
Chief Technology OfficerSteven blends both hands-on and management experience building and maintaining large-scale Internet services and properties.
Steve Picciano
VP of EngineeringTechnology leader with an entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for leveraging innovation and analytics to make a difference.
Wendy Gavin
Senior Product ManagerWendy is a former math teacher, and spent over 17 years developing content at ACT. Wendy also coordinated cross-functional teams in the development and delivery of the ACT test.
Lance Hunt
Engineering Manager
Jay Trommer
Head of Quality AssuranceJay has over 20 years of experience combining data analytics and user feedback to help create high quality, user friendly experiences.
Maggie Lavery
Senior AI ScientistMaggie thrives on combining NLP research with scalable technologies to deliver innovative,
AI-powered solutions for real-world challenges.
Geoff Converse
Senior AI ScientistGeoff is a dedicated researcher with experience blending machine learning and psychometrics, now focusing on the latest advancements in AI.
Nick Koprowicz
Senior AI ScientistExperienced in software development and machine learning. Nick is a former teacher with a background in statistics and is passionate about AI and human-centric solutions.
Seung Chong
Head of Product DesignSeung loves complex design challenges. With her team, she creates thoughtful, engaging and elegant design solutions that add value to users.
CP Knerr
ArchitectCP loves to ask questions which uncover the “why” behind an end user’s goals and apply appropriate technologies that deliver value beyond those goals.
Kat Heath
Technical Project ManagerKat leverages her technical know-how to optimize organizations and challenge them to deliver best-in-class products.
Lucas Cezimbra
Team LeadLucas is passionate about technology and solving real problems through it, having years of experience in different
software development projects.
Claudio Davi
Lead Machine Learning EngineerPassionate about bringing ideas from cutting edge research all the way to production, Claudio thrives in an environment where he can ask questions and build things.
Advisors
Dr. Peter Foltz
Peter has over twenty five years’ experience researching and applying Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning in academic and industry, with a history of leading innovative research and development teams resulting in scientific insights and revenue generating products.
Matt Doherty
For more than 20 years, Matt has helped build education companies in executive, operational, and sales leadership roles.
Richard Varn
Richard has over forty years of experience in advancing technology and innovation in education and government, most recently at ETS.
Bill Hughes
Bill is president of Open4 Learning, an education-based venture advisory company. He serves as a partner with Milamber Ventures.
Julie Yoo
Julie has years of experience in data science and AI. She is founder of a healthcare data analytics startup and co-founder of pymetrics.
Martin Scaglione
Martin is President and CEO of Hope Street Group since 2014, and has made it his life’s work to create access to learning for those in need.
Jeffrey Sugarmen
Jeffrey brings more than 25 years of experience in executive management, within the technology, training and publishing industries.
Linda G. Roberts
Linda brings her commitment to advancing the effective use of technology in education, advising companies, foundations and government agencies.
Jeffrey True
Jeffrey brings more than 30 years of financial and operations leadership across a range of industries. He is COO of Integrity Holdings, LLC.
