Our team of advisors brings a wealth of insights into how to teach caluclus in the correct way and how to determine the fit market.

Jo Boaler
Professor, Mathematic Education,  Stanford University,  co-founder of Youcubed.org
Dr Jo Boaler is the Nomellini & Olivier Professor of Education at Stanford University. Former roles have included being the Marie Curie Professor of Mathematics Education in England, and a maths teacher in London comprehensive schools. Her PhD won the national award for educational research in the UK. She is an elected fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain), and a former president of the International Organization for Women and Mathematics Education (IOWME). She is the recipient of a National Science Foundation ‘Early Career Award’, the NCSM Kay Gilliland Equity Award (2014) and the CMC Walter Denham Mathematics Leadership award (2015). She is the author of eighteen books and numerous research articles. She is a White House presenter on women and girls. She co-founded www.youcubed.org to give teachers, parents and students the resources and ideas they need to inspire and excite students about mathematics. Her work has been published in the New York Times, TIME magazine, The Telegraph, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal and many other news outlets. Her latest book is: Limitless Mind: Learn, Lead & Live without Barriers, published by Harper Collins. She is currently co-leading a K-12 Data Science Initiative and was named as one of the 8 educators “changing the face of education” by the BBC.

Jun Shan Wey
Advisor of CoMotion at University of Washington
Jun Shan has been part of the Optical Communications industry in the past many, many year specializing in connecting technology innovations to products and customers. In roles such as consultant, network architect, and standards manager, she helps companies define and create technology strategies and roadmap.

 

She enjoy working on creative projects! Whether it’s researching innovative technologies, developing standards, writing journal publications, implementing business strategies, or organizing technical workshops, she enjoy the creative processes in all these activities.

Specific areas of expertise:
• Full lifecycle standards development in international standards bodies
• Emerging technology and market research
• Cross-functional team leadership in large-scale technical programs
• Strategic business development and partnership formation

Industry knowledge spans Broadband Optical Access Networks, Coherent Optical Communication Technologies, Mobile Backhaul/ Fronthaul, Cloud-RAN, Connected City IoT, and High Speed Optoelectronics.

Haresh Ved
Investor, Entrepreneur, Adviser, Mentor, Board Member, ex-Microsoft
Haresh Ved is the founder and Chair of TiE Angels Groups Seattle (TAGS), an angel investment group that promotes collaboration between angel groups across all TiE chapters globally. He is also a Board Member of TiE Seattle.

Haresh is also Managing General Partner at Cronus Ventures LLC, an early stage investment firm he founded in 2000. Prior to founding Cronus, he spent more than a decade holding key development and leadership roles at Microsoft Corporation, working on pen-centric computing and mobility technologies and products including Windows for Pen Computing, Windows CE, Handheld, Pocket PC’s and Tablet PC’s. He also played a key role early on in developing tools and strategies to take Microsoft products to international markets.

An active angel investor, Haresh brings 30+ years of experience from the corporate and startup world. He enjoys working with entrepreneurs in advisory roles and helps them incubate and develop companies from ideas to implementations.

Haresh has a passion for Big Data Analytics, Machine Learning, Mobility, Education & eLearning, and Healthcare solutions. In his spare time he loves to travel and build lifelong memories with his wife and two kids.

 

Beth Etscheid
Now retired former Director of Grant Programs at Washington Research Foundation

Washington Research Foundation

(26 yrs)

• Director of Grant Program
  (6 yrs)

• Director of Licensing
  (24 yrs)