Shawn Jansepar

Director of Engineering, Learning Platform at Khan Academy

Shawn first developed a passion for education by watching Sal's TED talk, which led him to become a TA at a coding bootcamp and teaching a course on Web Application Development at Simon Fraser University. Coming full circle, he now leads a team of Engineers building amazing education software for learners around the world!

Prior to joining Khan Academy, Shawn led Engineering at Mobify in Vancouver, growing it from a tiny startup to a large 100+ person team which was eventually acquired by Salesforce. When he's not building products, Shawn likes to go cycling, play hockey & video games, try new plant-based food, and travel! He received his Bachelors in Computing Science from Simon Fraser University.

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