Brainscape
Andrew Cohen has a diverse work experience spanning different industries and roles. Andrew is the Founder and CEO of Brainscape, an education platform that uses cognitive science to enhance learning. Andrew has also worked as an Instructor at General Assembly, teaching classes on Business Metrics Fundamentals. Additionally, Andrew has been a Guest Contributor for Entrepreneur Media, writing articles for the entrepreneurial community. Andrew has served as a Mentor for early-stage startups in the Kaplan/TechStars EdTech Accelerator at Techstars, specializing in helping these startups build metrics-driven growth models. Before that, Andrew worked as an eLearning and Management Consultant at Satori Consulting and as an eLearning Analytics Consultant at the United Nations. At The World Bank, they worked as an Economic Development Specialist, collaborating with Panama's cabinet members to develop an online system for public contracting and implementing an eLearning strategy for training stakeholders. Prior to that, Andrew worked as an International Economist at the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Andrew Cohen completed their education at the following institutions:
From 1999 to 2003, they attended The University of Georgia, where they obtained two Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degrees in Economics and Finance.
In 2007 and 2008, they pursued a Master's degree in Education Technology at Columbia University.
Prior to their college education, Andrew attended Lassiter High School, although specific dates and degrees earned are not provided.
Brainscape
Brainscape is an adaptive mobile education platform that is changing the way people study just about any subject. Founded by cognitive neuroscientists, engineers, data junkies, and executives from the education industry, Brainscape is building the foundations of a comprehensive "knowledge graph" that is helping people learn nearly anytopic more efficiently. Brainscape allows professors, thought leaders, and top students to create "smart flashcards" in the Brainscape format and share them within their schools, organizations, and the rest of the world.Brainscape is already installed on several million iOS devices across the K-12, higher ed, corporate training, and lifelong learner markets. The team has developed a successful freemium SaaS revenue model that allows power users to purchase access to advanced content and features. Brainscape's ultimate goal is to map the world of knowledge into bite-sized, learnable chunks -- an initiative it calls the Knowledge Genome Project.