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Venture Analysis
ETEC522 for Dr. Vogt and Dr. Porter
by Leah R (leahbio)
Clay is the Co-Founder, Co-CEO, and chief student advocate at PresenceLearning. Clay was inspired to found PresenceLearning in part by the role of technology in his own struggles with learning disabilities as a young child. Clay holds a B.A. from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.
Founders
Clay Whitefied
Co-CEO and Co-founder
Jack Lynch
Co-CEO & Co-Founder
Melissa Jakubowitz
M.A. CCC-SLP Vice President of SLP Clinical Services
A SLP with over 20 years of clinical and managerial experience, Melissa is a Board Recognized Specialist in Child Language. She is the past-president of the California Speech-Language-Hearing Association, which, with over 5,000 SLP members, is the largest SLP state association in the country. She is also active in ASHA, serving as a Legislative Counselor for 12 years. Melissa began her career working in the public schools. She has also operated a successful, multi-office private practice and is a past Director of the Scottish Rite Institute for Childhood Language Disorders in Stockton.
For more information on the Team and Advisors of PresenceLearning, refer to their website:
Jack has experienced the SLP shortage firsthand. His cousin Rory, who was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, struggled to become verbal because he could not access the SLP services he needed as a child. Inspired by Rory’s story, Jack is determined to expand access to high quality SLP services for children. While Jack was working at Lumosity, Jack and Clay conceived of the idea of a web platform for speech language pathologists that would integrate top-notch video conferencing technology with engaging games and activities. Jack holds a B.A. from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.
SLP Services V.P.
SLP Advisors and OT Advisors as part of their online service team to support the venture and in choosing the SLP and OT specialists that are chosen to give therapy. There are numerous advisors within the PresenceLearning team.
Dr. Judith Montgomery With 23 years of experience as an educator and administrator in both general and special education, Dr. Judith Montgomery Ph.D., CCC-SLP, has books, peer-reviewed articles, and over 50 other scholarly publications.