YouTube Channel | SAT Prep | General Math | Register | Setup | Login

   People

Salman Khan (Sal) founded the Khan Academy with the hope of using technology to foster new learning models. He is currently working at a hedge fund based in Menlo Park, CA. Prior to this, Sal was one of the initial employees at MVC Venture Capital. He has also worked as a Technical Architect at Scient Corporation and as a Senior Product Manager at Oracle Corporation.

Sal received his MBA from Harvard Business School where he was president of the student body. He also holds a Masters in electrical engineering and computer science, a BS in electrical engineering and computer science, and a BS in mathematics from MIT where he was president of the the Class of 1998. While at MIT, Sal was the recipient of the Eloranta Fellowship which he used to develop web-based math software for children with ADHD. He was also an MCAT instructor for the Princeton Review and volunteered teaching gifted 4th and 7th graders at the Devotion School in Brookline, MA.

Jonathan Goldman is an Analytics Scientist at Linkedin.com where he uses mathematical models to help improve user experience. He has always loved learning math and applying these skills to interesting problems. He has taught courses at Stanford in the physics department and has been tutoring students at different levels (middle school through university) since high school. He sees great opportunity in improving the learning tools available to students of all ages.

Jonathan received a PhD in physics from Stanford University in 2005 and a BS in physics from MIT in 1998.

Vivek Mohta is on the research staff at an organization that provides analytical advice to the Federal government on a variety of science and technology policy issues. He recently spent a year on Capitol Hill as an American Physical Society Congressional Fellow in the office of Representative Adam Schiff.

Vivek earned a PhD in mathematics from Harvard University in 2005. While at Harvard, he was lecturer for a multi-variable calculus course for non-math majors. He also taught middle and high school students on the weekends in a discovery-oriented math program. Vivek received BS degrees in mathematics and physics from MIT in 1999. He tutored students regularly in mathematics and physics.

 

SAT Prep | General Math | Register | People | Setup | Login

©2008 Khan Academy