A goal of fostering a love of writing in as many schools around the world as possible! They do this through a platform that gives students, teachers, family and friends a way to interact with their work and celebrate it. $4M ARR with 15 people.
Transformed EdTech platform, delivering a cutting-edge solution that empowers students to generate engagement on their work and educators . I defined the technical roadmap and led the agile development process from concept to launch in six months.
- Quickly assembling a talented team of Three engineers and a designer, fostering a collaborative environment that prioritized innovation and quality.
- Architected a modern, cloud-based platform with a focus on scalability, performance, and automated deployment.
- Implementing key technologies like Ruby on Rails, Angular, PostgreSQL, Redis, and ElasticSearch to ensure a robust and reliable solution.
- Migrated all existing users and enjoyed a celebrated launch. Migrated a user base of ~200K users and soon ramped to 230K users 3 months after re-launch. Over that time frame, revenue grew by ~5%, as the new platform offered more touch points and potential revenue streams.