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    Jacob Klein

    Jacob Klein

    Creating delightful digital tools since 2010. Looking to contribute to an ambitious mission-driven AI startup.

    Product Designer San Francisco Bay Area Stanford University '02
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    Experience
    Curriculum Associates
    Curriculum Associates
    Senior Director of Learning Games 2017 - Present (almost 9 years)
    • Directed integration of math game suite into core product, synthesizing corporate strategy, customer feedback, implementation and technical constraints to serve six million... more K-8 students
    • Improved educator Net Promoter Score 20% in first year
    • Led expansion of suite to serve middle school, Spanish-speaking, and non-digital students
    • Launched company’s first use of student-generated content and digital social learning
    • Leading product development for a major new component of our math offering
    Motion Math
    Motion Math
    CEO, Co-founder 2010 - 2017 (over 7 years)
    • Launched edtech startup from grad school thesis project
    • Led design and production for nine award-winning learning games that make elementary
    math concepts visual,... more interactive, and delightful
    • Raised funds from angel and institutional investors including Kapor Capital
    • Awarded $1.9M in grants, including from the Gates Foundation
    • Created first platform in industry to behaviorally measure and improve growth mindset
    • Grew to 5M+ app downloads; expanded to cross-platform classroom subscription solution
    • Ran acquisition process; sold to mission-aligned edtech publisher Curriculum Associates
    KIPP Schools
    KIPP Schools
    7th Grade English Teacher 2009 (5 months)
    • Created and taught project-based curriculum
    • Raised class score on year-end STAR test by 15%
    Obama for America
    Obama for America
    Regional Field Director 2008 (10 months)
    • Trained and managed 13 field organizers covering suburban Atlanta region
    • Led two-day training in organizing, persuasion, and viral growth for 200 volunteers
    Self Employed
    Self Employed
    Independent Video Producer/Editor 2002 - 2008 (over 5 years)
    • Won a Loeb, business journalism’s top award, for PBS NewsHour series on China
    • Other clients included Slate.com, Comedy Central, Def Jam, Intel, and Seed Media Group
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    Self Employed, Obama for America, KIPP Schools, Motion Math, Curriculum Associates
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    About
    Achievements

    • Created, grew, and sold learning games startup that helped millions of kids learn math
    • Created first platform in education industry to behaviorally measure and improve growth mindset
    • American Association of School Librarians’ Best App for Learning, a Common Sense Media On Learning Award, a Serious Play Gold Medal, and 6 Children's Technology Review Editor's Choice Awards.

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    Skills
    Entrepreneurship Product Strategy Product Development Product Design Educational Technology Game Design Fundraising Business Strategy User Experience Design User Research Prototyping
    Locations
    San Francisco Bay Area
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