Rohan Mahimker- CEO and CoFounder of Prodigy Education (Math & English)
*Note: This is an updated and add-on to the post by Johnny Wu on May 28, 2019 https://virtual.educ.ubc.ca/wp/etec522/2019/05/28/roham-mahimker-ceo-and-co-founder-of-prodigymath-games/ Mission: To help every student in the world love learning. Prodigy Math is an online learning adventure that uses game-based learning to motivate students to practice their math skills which are aligned with the curriculum. The games […]
Darren Winterford: Workplace Learning
“Changing the way the world learns at work” Darren Winterford, Founder & CEO at EdApp (via Linkedin) Founder: Darren Winterford Darren Winterford is the Founder and CEO of EdApp, ” a cloud-based training platform dedicated to offering innovative, low-cost, mobile-first learning to workplaces across the globe” (Winterford, Linkedin). Winterford is a graduate of the University of […]
Mark Gainey: Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Strava
Strava is an American internet service that tracks users’ exercises and shares them with some social media features. Strava records an user’s activities, including distance, average speed, elevation, time, and heart rate, which can then be shared with others. The results are compiled and a leaderboard is made, so that users are then competing against […]