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Chicago, IL, October 2, 2024 – Hāpara a business unit of Cordance Operations and the global edtech company that provides educators and learners with tools that enhance learning in digital environments, today announced the appointment of Brennan Petar as President of Hāpara. Brennan, an MBA graduate from the USC Marshall School of Business, is a proven leader and trusted partner to customers with 20 years of experience growing sustainable companies that lead to greater innovation and better value to customers. As President, Brennan will spearhead all operations with the goal of innovating Hāpara products to enrich student learning.
Brennan has held leadership roles at successful companies such as Sage and IBM. Most recently he served as Vice President of Revenue Operations and Strategy at GoGuardian. At GoGuardian Brennan helped grow the company from a small startup to one of the most recognizable brands in edtech.
In addition to his success in business ventures, Brennan is the parent to four children and comes from a family of educators. He spends his spare time giving back to the community through coaching youth sports.
“I’m excited to lead Hāpara in advancing our mission to provide technology that maximizes teacher and learner engagement. I look forward to continuing to drive innovation that supports the evolving needs of K-12 education.”
About Hāpara
Hāpara began in New Zealand in the Manaiakalani school cluster in 2011 and now has offices in Auckland and Chicago, Illinois. Our team is dedicated to building great products for schools.
After adopting Google Apps for Education in 2010, Manaiakalani educators realized they needed a more effective way of managing learner work in this new digital environment. They collaborated to design a dream tool to streamline teacher workflow and deepen personalized learning and student engagement. They emphasized a straightforward design that would empower teachers of all technical abilities to track learner progress, provide ongoing feedback, disseminate files, and facilitate collaboration and differentiation through flexible groupings. From this, Hāpara’s original Teacher Dashboard was born.
Today, Hāpara has a range of products all built to support educators as they create authentic, personalized learning experiences.
Contact:
Lindsay Dixon Garcia Director of Marketing & Customer Communications
Telephone: 682-365-8258
Email: lindsay.garcia@hapara.com
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