ETEC 522 – September 2012

Twitter: @Knewton_Jose Jose Ferreira Fou…

Jose Ferreira Founder and CEO

Jose Ferreira is the founder and CEO of Knewton, the world’s leading adaptive learning company. Knewton personalizes any publisher or school’s online learning courses. In October 2011, Knewton announced a partnership with Pearson to power their complete line of MyLab and Mastering products, currently used by nearly 10 million students.

Jose earned his MBA from Harvard and was formerly an executive at Kaplan, where he led a company-wide to redesign the company’s courses. Most recently, he was a Partner at New Atlantic Ventures (formerly Draper Atlantic), investing in new media and SaaS companies.

“When you look back at history, all the great moments that defined the human race were about education – Greco-Roman civilization, the Renaissance, the Industrial Revolution. I’m convinced that we’re on the verge of the fourth big revolution”.
-JOSE FERREIRA, KNEWTON FOUNDER & CEO

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Knewton is a technology company that uses data to continuously personalize online learning content for individual students. Knewton analyzes data about the performance of each student, as well as the relevance of the educational content for each student at a particular moment in time.
The platform is continuously adaptive, meaning it responds in real time to each student’s activity on the system and adjusts to provide the most relevant content. The platform refines its recommendations through network connecting all the data collected, for all students, to optimize learning for each individual student.

Executive Team is very experienced and all have very impressive credentials.

David Liu Chief Operating Officer – 10 years senior leadership, B.S. in industrial Engineering from Purdue University and MBA from Columbia Business School

Ryan Prichard Chief Technology Officer – Bachelor’s Degree in Information Decision Systems and Masters in Software Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University

Brian Fitzgerald Vice President, Product Development – received an M.A. in Instructional Technology and Media from Columbia University’s Teachers College and a B.S. in Entrepreneurship from Babson College.

Patricia Gabriel Vice President, Finance -holds a B.A. in Economics from McGill University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Ken Goldstein Vice President, Sales-received a dual Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Journalism from the University of Colorado-Boulder and also has a Master’s degree in Organizational Management and Development from the University of Colorado-Denver.

David Kuntz Vice President, Research-holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Brown, an M.A. in Philosophy from Rutgers, and an MBA from Wharton.

Katie Kurtz Vice President, Business Development-received a B.A. in Art History from Vassar College and an M.A. in Media Studies from The New School for Social Research