At COO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based COO’ operating in the Higher Education space. If you think a COO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Doug Barry
Co-Founder, COO and CFO of PORTL Hologram
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About MSMCi, PopJax, PORTL Hologram: PORTL Hologram offers at-home hologram machines.
Rahul Siddharth
COO Co-Founder, Board of Verifcient Technologies
Rahul Siddharth is the Chief Marketing Officer of Verificient Technologies. As CMO, Rahul is responsible for the overall branding and marketing strategy, while also supporting our business development efforts. His background experiences in creative consulting, print design, emarketing, web 2.0 strategies, multimedia design, motion graphics, rich-media design, photography, digital video production, advertising, copywriting, marketing, art directing, and project management. Rahul has won seventeen Creative Excellence Awards while working at SCG Creative, Grey Advertising, Bernard Hodes Group (Omnicom), Jack Morton Worldwide (IPG), Zoecom, RSVPdesign, Bayard Advertising and One Source. He has an MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons School of Design and a BS in Marketing from Fairfield University.
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About Alignkraft, Proctortrack Pro, RemoteDesk- Employee Monitoring Software, Siddharth Creative Group, Verifcient Technologies: Trusted Identity-as-a-Service (TIaaS), platform for identity verification and authentication.
Nitzan Cohen Arazi
Co Founder and COO of Jolt
Nitzan is a life long learner, passionate about using technology to connect people, ideas and cultures. Investor turned entrepreneur, Nitzan is the co founder of Jolt, with the mission to disrupt adult education. Prior to Jolt, Nitzan was the investment manager at the early stage venture arm of Deutsche Telekom in Tel-Aviv, and Managing Director of “The Junction”, Israel’s first start-up accelerator. In 2016, Nitzan was named Forbes 30 under 30.
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About Jolt: Jolt is a network of learning spaces curated for people in the workforce seeking to gain a competitive business edge.
David Colozzi
COO of Boca Beauty Academy
David Colozzi serves as CEO at Boca Beauty Academy.
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About Boca Beauty Academy: Boca Beauty Academy is a beauty school for aspiring beauty, health and wellness professionals.
Mary Nisbet
Founder and Chief Operating Officer of K16 Solutions
Mary’s business acumen spans her career in healthcare administration and higher education, with aggressive business development, focused strategic advancement, streamlined operations, and core process improvement that have generated and saved millions.
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About K16 Solutions: Technology Software and Solutions for Higher Ed
Felipe Lamounier
COO, Partner & Board Member of StartSe
Felipe Lamounier is the COO, Partner, and Board Member at StartSe.
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About StartSe: We are the Business Knowledge Platform that simplifies the complexity that exists in the world.
Cameron Sorsby
COO of Praxis
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About Praxis: Praxis is a startup apprenticeship program. It pairs a 6-month remote professional bootcamp with 6-month paid apprenticeships at startups.
Ankit Dhir
Co-Founder, COO of Yellowbrick
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About Yellowbrick: Empowering the next generation of talent to achieve their calling by tapping into passion points
Don Wostmann
COO of n2y
Don Wostmann is the COO at n2y. He is also the owner and founder of Wostmann Real Estate and an investor at Bravura Press. Don has held positions at Burton Group, Darwin Networks, WCR Incorporated, Iron Mountain, and Qualatex/Cintas. He holds a BSBA degree in marketing from Castleton University.
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About n2y: N2y is a developer of education curricula and teaching materials for K-12 students with special needs.
Benjamin Bradley
President & Chief Operating Officer of AMOpportunities
Benjamin Bradley is the co-founder at AMOpportunities.
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About AMOpportunities: AMOpportunities connects international medical students and graduates with U.S. physicians and institutions for clinical experiences.
John Sandoval
Chief Operating Officer of ProctorU
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About ProctorU: ProctorU provides distance proctoring services using webcams and screen-sharing technology.
Paula Sansburn
COO of GreenFig
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About GreenFig: GreenFig is a micro education company that provides digital skills training in applied business science.
Matt Lemke
Chief Operating Officer of Atlantic BT
Matt Lemke joined Atlantic BT as President in 2019.
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About Atlantic BT, Atlantic BT: Atlantic BT builds award-winning web solutions across a multitude of industries.
Matt Lemke
Chief Operating Officer of Atlantic BT
Matt Lemke joined Atlantic BT as President in 2019.
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About Atlantic BT, Atlantic BT: Atlantic BT builds award-winning web solutions across a multitude of industries.
Susan Houlihan
COO, Faculty, Executive Coach of Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute
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About Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute, Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership, University of California Berkeley: Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute offers leadership development, executive coaching and culture transformation courses for students.
Ed Powers
Chief Operating Officer of RefactorU
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ed-powers-ab5315
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About RefactorU: RefactorU accelerates the learning and development of the world’s aspiring creatives, makers, and technologists.