Team

Joe Francis | CEO | Founder, 53

Former Senior Master at Eton, twice a Head (HCH London, Stoke College) who has also taught in top state schools (LAE Stratford, Holyport). His academic and editorial pedigree (Keats Shelley Prize, 2002 / Shakespeare in Education, 2005) lie behind the ‘brick’ as a publishing solution for e-learners.

Sasha Walicki | Product Lead | Founder, 26

Cambridge-educated linguist and artist with an exceptional eye for design: Sasha’s intellectual and creative credentials make him the perfect link between content production, dev team and UX/UI.

Lindsay Macvean | CTO | Founder, 35

Experienced international technologist specialising in Analytics and Comms. Founding team member at both FaceTec (US) and CoderDojo (Ireland), with three years as Head of Data Analytics at Invotra (UK), delivering complex software to government clients.

Dr. Tessa Peres

English Lead

Cambridge PhD, editorial role in other Humanities subjects.

Emma Crewe-Read

Finance & Admin Lead

Customer-facing expertise, record-keeping and accounts.

Carlo Zangrandi

Growth Lead

Managing PR and press, social media, advertising and events.

Andriy Romakh

Senior Backend & Infrastructure Developer.

Toby Peres

Maths Lead

First Class St. Andrews Master of Maths, supported by Jon Hind MA.

Rachel Karr

Investor Relations

Client-facing background in hotels, marketing and sales.

Sam Steddy

Library Liaison

University lecturer with a background in publishing.

Ivan Romakh

Senior Frontend Developer.

8 part time content builders and editors in Physics, Biology, Chemistry and Geography

William Gooch

Full Stack Developer who coded our first prototype.