Newsela believes the best instruction starts with the best content. But finding great content that’s engaging, accessible to every student and aligned to teaching standards isn’t easy. Since our founding in 2013, Newsela has been obsessed with taking authentic, real-world content from the most trusted original content providers in the world and turning it into learning materials that are classroom-ready.Today, over 2 million teachers and 25 million students in 90% of U.S. schools turn to Newsela for content that’s personalized to student interests, accessible to everyone, aligned to instructional standards, and attached to activities and reporting that hold teachers accountable for implementation and students accountable for their work. With over 10,000 texts in our library and 10 new texts published every day across 20+ genres, Newsela enables educators to go deep on any subject they choose. Teachers love the structured choice Newsela provides, and administrators love having the assurance that every content choice teachers make is vetted, aligned to standards, and contributing to learning.

Proud to have led Nearpod, where we brought engagement and joy to every classroom.Nearpod grew 10X across every metric since 2019, reaching well over 1M teachers a year. We grew 300% in SaaS ARR, and were able to drive a successful exit to Renaissance Learning/Francisco Partners in 2021.

Led VitalSource, (exited to Francisco Partners), serving more than 20M+ learners per year globally. Grew the overall business by 10X, scaling to over 200M in revenue in a combined SaaS and content distribution platform that successfully transformed how the Higher Education industry delivers core learning materials.

Led the technology practice, including P&L and engineering responsibility. Was able to create deep engineering and product management expertise while successfully transitioning RAPP from a pure professional services company to a SaaS product company. Drove 5x growth in revenue with a successful licensing of technology to HP.