Tess Michaels

Chief Executive Officer

• Serial entrepreneur 

• Goldman Sachs

• Vista Equity

• MBA, Harvard Business School

• Impact Investing at Wharton​

David Kafafian

Chief Operating Officer

• Serial entrepreneur - Early entrant into ISA space

• Investment banking at JPMorgan

• Senior Watson Analytics Consultant at IBM

• Harvard Law School graduate

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Kamen Madjarov

Vice President of Data Science

• Data Science leadership experience that spans multiple industries

• Focused on building full-stack Data Science teams that deliver scalable ML solutions

• Ph.D. in Economics

Jan Jaro

Senior Manager, Partnerships & Finance

• ISAs and tech employment pathways at Opportunity@Work

• 2 years of consulting at Strategy& and 2 years of private equity at H.I.G. Capital

• Northwestern Industrial Engineering & Economics

Brendan Florez

Senior Technology Consultant

• Serial entrepreneur 

• Early entrant into ISA space as founder of Base Capital

• Former CEO of Lumni USA

Aidan O'Gara

Data Scientist

• Predictive income and financial models expert

• AI Researcher

• Winner of Amazon's 2019 Alexa Hackathon

Patrick J. Conner

Chief Revenue Officer

• Student financing veteran   

• 20+ years managing student loan portfolios at banks (Wells Fargo, JPMorgan, Santander)

• Early hire at SoFi

Andrew Kenney

Vice President of Engineering

• 15 years experience scaling teams and systems

• Led engineering at multiple Boston unicorn companies

• Deep expertise in analytics, fintech, and data systems

Scott Russian

Director of Finance

• Finance Executive and Credit Expert

• Liberty Mutual Insurance

• Intel Corporation

• Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

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Graham Opie

Senior Operations and Program Manager

• 5+ years growing operations teams

• Focus on alternative education and boot camps

• Career readiness and financial literacy expert

• PMP certified

Brynlin Curry

Business Operations Manager

• 5+ years management experience

• SMU Cox MBA 2023

• Graduate Saint Edward's University, including Semester at Sea (SAS)

Ellyse Spromberg

Customer Success Associate

• 5+ years of customer support

• Graduate from Arizona State University

• Organizer for ASU 2019 PowHer conference