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Websiteedumetrix.com
Blogblog-education.bl...
Twitter@jstuppy
BirthplaceLos Angeles
Birthdate4/25/55

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Stanford University, BS 1977
Biological Sciences
Stanford University, AM 1977
Curriculum Studies & Teacher Education
Kent College, MBA 1991
Management
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Ph.D. 1994
Education Policy Analysis

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John Stuppy

John Stuppy was recently the president of TutorVista.com, a start-up education services firm which raised over $30M from Sequoia and other top VC’s, grew 825% a year to be the world largest online tutoring company and sold to Pearson for $213 million.

John is now the CEO of EDUMETRIX and an expert in education, technology, products & services. He helps companies raise money, grow quickly, differentiate, build value, dominate their market and exit with the best package.

In operational roles, John hits aggressive revenue & profit goals, creates revolutionary products & services and leads companies to industry dominance. He has driven startups that soared like TutorVista.com & industry-dominating companies like Sylvan/Educate.

In the mid 90’s, John envisioned the first online tutoring system, earned 21 patents and pioneered its use to launch eSylvan (now Educate Online).

John is a proven education leader who gets funding, grows companies fast and leads them to dominate & maximize their sell price. He is an expert in education, technology, management & intellectual property. He hits aggressive revenue & profit goals, creates revolutionary products & services and leads companies to industry leadership. He’s driven startups that soared like TutorVista.com & built industry-dominating companies including Educate.com & ETS.org.

John is a:

  • Proactive global education technology leader who consistently increases revenues & profitability
  • Insightful acquisition expert
  • #1 brand-builder
  • Accomplished leader who attracts, develops & retains top quality talent

He deftly manages expenses while maximizing sales, holding full P&L responsibility & achieving corporate objectives.

John’s specialties:

  • Experienced ed-tech exec from startups to public companies
  • Raising capital; architecting exit & selling businesses
  • Diagnostic/prescriptive assessment, student management, professional development
  • Tutoring, test prep & virtual learning
  • Profitable consultative selling & recurring revenues programs
  • Business development, licensing, bundling
  • Re-engineering & process improvement
  • Innovative methods to shorten the sales cycle
  • Balanced Scorecard implementation to hit short & long-term goals
  • Creating lucrative intellectual property
  • e-Commerce/transaction strategies
  • Consumer & institution marketing
  • Securing patents to protect processes

Specialties: Industry leadership, management, product development, business models, funding, strategy, international, sales, marketing, media relations, brand development, business development, press strategy, education technology, mergers, acquisitions, start-ups, software development, customer retention; Recurring revenues; Consultative selling, PR; B2B & consumer marketing; Hit aggressive sales/profit goals, Patents for competitive advantage; Shortening the sales

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