Leadership team

Founded by pioneers of education technology, driven by a passion for teaching and learning.

Michael Chasen
Co-founder & CEO
Michael Chasen
Co-founder & CEO
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Irina Denisenko
SVP Operations
Irina Denisenko
SVP Operations
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Brian Bharwani
CFO
Brian Bharwani
CFO
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Wes Boyer
Co-founder & CTO
Wes Boyer
Co-founder & CTO
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Kris Stokking
SVP Product Development
Kris Stokking
SVP Product Development
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Matt Baker
SVP International
Matt Baker
SVP International
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Mike Lovell
SVP Marketing
Mike Lovell
SVP Marketing
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Jonas Hirshfield
SVP Business Technology Operations
Jonas Hirshfield
SVP Business Technology Operations
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Tess Frazier
SVP Contracts & Compliance
Tess Frazier
SVP Contracts & Compliance
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Jim Seaman
VP Corporate & Government Sales & CRO, CoSo Cloud
Jim Seaman
VP Corporate & Government Sales & CRO, CoSo Cloud
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Chris Johnson
Chief Services Officer, CoSo Cloud
Chris Johnson
Chief Services Officer, CoSo Cloud
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Sabina Cramer
SVP Collaborate Renewals
Sabina Cramer
SVP Collaborate Renewals
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Russell Teter
VP Partnerships & Business Development
Russell Teter
VP Partnerships & Business Development
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Our investors

Class is honored to be backed by thought leaders and industry pioneers who share our vision for education technology.

Santi Subotovsky
General Partner, Emergence Capital
Santi Subotovsky
Santi serves as a member of Zoom’s Board of Directors and led a seed round with Deborah Quazzo for Class.
Jim Scheinman
Founding Managing Partner, Maven Ventures
Jim Scheinman
Jim was an early investor in Zoom—and is also credited with providing its name.
Bill Tai
Venture Capitalist
Bill Tai
Bill has over thirty years of experience as a venture capitalist and was Zoom’s first committed backer.
Deborah Quazzo
Managing Partner, GSV Ventures
Deborah Quazzo
Deborah led a seed round for Class with Santi Subotovsky.
Lev Gonick
CIO, Arizona State University
Lev Gonick
Lev previously served as CIO for Case Western University.
Steve Case
Chairman and CEO, Revolution
Steve Case
Steve leads Revolution’s Rise of the Rest seed fund and was co-founder of America Online (AOL).
Jessie Woolley-Wilson
CEO, DreamBox
Jessie Woolley-Wilson
Jessie previously served as president of Blackboard’s K-12 division.
Fred Schaufeld
Co-Founder and Managing Director, SWaN & Legend Venture Partners
Fred Schaufeld
Fred is the founder of NEW Corp., the world’s largest consumer product protection company.
Jeff Lieberman
Managing Director, Insight Partners
Jeff Lieberman
Jeff is an avid investor in both SaaS and consumer internet companies.
Ian Chiu
Managing Director, Owl Ventures
Ian Chiu
Ian is an investor, entrepreneur, and advisor to education and technology companies.
Tom Brady
Entrepreneur and Former NFL Quarterback
Tom Brady
Tom previously played quarterback in the National Football League, earning seven Super Bowl titles.

Our organizational backers

In addition to the thought leaders and industry pioneers who help make Class possible, we’re honored to be supported by forward-thinking organizations, as well.

Class empowers over 10 million users in more than 75 countries to transform the way they teach, learn, train, and develop through intuitive, powerful features that make the virtual classroom of the future available today.

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