Ari Bader-Natal

Ari Bader-Natal is the Co-Founder and CTO of Sparkwise, a company that automates live group learning to scale up active engagement for skill-building in business, AI, and leadership.15 He has extensive experience in designing, building, and operating online learning environments.16

Career Highlights

• Sparkwise: Co-founder and CTO since September 20216
• Calbright College: Chief Technology Officer from February 2019 to September 202126
• Minerva Project: Chief Learning Scientist for 7 years, joining as Employee #1 in 20121
• Grockit: Chief Learning Architect from July 2008 to June 20126

Education

Ari holds a B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Brandeis University.24

Achievements

• First inventor on seven U.S. patents4
• Contributing author of "Building the Intentional University" (MIT Press, 2017)4
• Created Studio Sketchpad, a collaborative platform for creative coders, used by over 100 universities, high schools, and coding workshops1

Ari Bader-Natal's work focuses on learning engineering, creating innovative technologies to support education and skill development.13 His LinkedIn profile can be found at linkedin.com/in/aribadernatal.6