2025 HĀPARA MEDIA KIT
Explore our media kit for an in-depth look into our brand, vision, and impact.
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Our story
Over ten years ago, Hāpara began the journey to provide teachers with simple solutions to deliver digital instruction and personalized learning. When a group of educators in New Zealand started working with Google Apps in their schools, they found a need to better organize digital classroom routines and gain greater visibility into learners’ work. They collaborated with developers to create the first Hāpara product: Teacher Dashboard.
Since then, Hāpara has expanded to the United States, Canada and Australia, and 40+ other countries to offer a one-stop solution for digital teaching and learning. We empower educators to empower their learners. Students develop agency in their learning and in the wider world. Today Hāpara tools keep learners safe, instill digital citizenship, build executive function skills, help educators provide formative feedback and meet the unique needs of every learner.
Hāpara
( How to pronounce hā • pa • ra )
Language: Māori
(noun) dawn.
Our values
The Hāpara Instructional Suite is reflective of how we think about learning and its role in creating a better world.
People
When educators engage more deeply with learners and strengthen connections with them, collaboration and teamwork become second nature in the classroom.
Empowerment
By empowering educators, they empower students to become involved in their own learning.
Equity
Creating a school experience that is more collaborative and engaging nurtures social equity, equipping learners to impact the world in a positive way.
Transparency
Understanding exactly what students are doing allows educators to set goals and improve learning experiences.
Technology
We believe technology should support the human relationships that define educational experiences.
Our leadership team
Brennan Petar, President
Brennan Petar is a passionate leader dedicated to enhancing K–12 education through innovative technology. With over 20 years of experience at companies like Sage, IBM, and GoGuardian, he brings a wealth of knowledge to Hāpara, where he leads efforts to deliver tools that empower educators and engage students. Outside of work, Brennan enjoys coaching youth sports and spending time with his four children. Coming from a family of educators, he is deeply committed to supporting the learning community.
Nara Chilluvuri, VP Product Engineering
Nara has close to two decades of product management experience. He has held numerous roles in software companies including directing engineering teams and product architecting. Nara heads product direction, design & development at Hāpara. In his spare time he coaches cricket, volunteers for social causes, and experiments with cooking at the expense of his family.
Anthony Dell, Head of Account Management
Anthony Dell leads Hāpara’s Account Management team, supporting K-12 educators and IT administrators in maximizing digital learning. With a background in customer success and edtech, he focuses on retention, growth, and seamless adoption. Previously at Elevate K-12 and GoGuardian, Anthony excels in customer satisfaction and operational efficiency. He is passionate about building strong relationships and helping schools create engaging, collaborative learning experiences through Hāpara’s innovative tools.
Lindsay Dixon-Garcia, Director of Marketing and Customer Communications
Lindsay started her career as a Spanish teacher. After 12 years of teaching kids of all ages, Lindsay merged her love of words and educating others into a career in technical communication. Her focus at Hāpara is helping educators love its digital tools as much as she does. When Lindsay isn’t working she is usually spending time with her kids and hubby, playing with her two very naughty dogs or out for a run.
Jean Luc Nishimwe, Head of People and Culture (NZ), Implementation and Support
Jean Luc has a decade worth of experience in Customer Service. He has held numerous roles in information Technology companies including leadership roles in Training, Support, and Engineering. Jean Luc heads the Customer Support and Implementation teams in Hāpara. In his spare time, he enjoys lifting heavy objects and enjoys playing sports.
Juan Herbst, Director of Engineering
Juan Herbst is the Director of Engineering at Hāpara, where he leads efforts to enhance digital learning experiences for educators and students. With a background in software engineering and leadership, Juan is passionate about improving engineering practices and fostering innovation. Outside of work, he enjoys New Zealand’s outdoor activities, especially fishing, and is excited to collaborate with his team to drive Hāpara’s mission forward.
Tony Montoya, Global Head of Sales
Tony Montoya leads Hāpara’s global sales team with over 15 years of edtech experience. He’s helped grow companies like Mind Education, Schoology, and Canvas, specializing in go-to-market strategy and scalable sales. Passionate about partnering with schools, Tony is focused on expanding Hāpara’s impact and supporting personalized digital learning worldwide.
Our style
We ask that you keep our logo, font styles and brand colors intact. Please do not make your own modifications.
Name
You’ll notice that Hāpara is spelled with a macron (horizontal line) over the first “a.” That’s because our name comes from the Maori word meaning dawn. We kindly ask that you include the macron when referring to our company name.
Logo
Fonts
Hāpara Highlights
We use the Aleo font for all primary text.
A Chrome browser monitoring tool
For secondary text, we use Open Sans.
Our brand colors
#334158
(51, 65, 88)
#F0411D
(240, 65, 29)
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(78, 154, 115)
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Classroom management solution
Our classroom management solution provides educators with real-time visibility into learning to help them easily manage the digital classroom.
Hāpara Highlights
This Microsoft Edge and Chrome browser monitoring tool gives teachers real-time visibility into learners’ browsing activity. Teachers can guide learners’ browsing, open links and Google Classroom content onto their screens, close tabs, send personalized messages and access learners’ Google Drives. These features allow teachers to easily support the development of digital citizenship and executive functioning skills.
Hāpara Teacher Dashboard
Teachers can view and access learners’ Google Workspace for Education files in one central hub making it easy for teachers making it easy to give personalized feedback to learners. Teachers can also create differentiated groups and quickly share Google Drive files.
Hāpara Workspace
This tool allows educators to find or build digital assignments and projects they can differentiate for groups or individual learners. It also gives learners a simple yet interactive interface to manage assignments, choose how they want to show their learning and collaborate across the class.
Hāpara Student Dashboard
This online planner is a one-stop hub for learners to manage their assignments and class communication. Student Dashboard provides learners with direct access to their Google Classroom assignments, Google Drives, Hāpara Workspaces, class announcements and emails. It also supports executive function by helping learners stay organized, manage due dates and keep track of assignments without due dates.
Student safety and wellness tools
We offer a web filter and wellness tool through our partnership with Gaggle, a veteran in student safety. This gives schools and districts the option to create an all-in-one solution to provide safe and engaging digital learning spaces.
Gaggle Web Filter
Gaggle Web Filter leverages advanced machine learning and Gaggle IQ to provide real-time protection. The dynamic content filter instantly evaluates and categorizes web content as students browse, blocking harmful or inappropriate material before it can be accessed.
Gaggle Safety Management (available in the Southern Hemisphere)
Gaggle Safety Management is a student mental wellness tool that uses machine learning and human review to alert schools so they can proactively provide support to students. In severe cases when a student needs immediate attention, an expert will notify designated district or school team members by phone, even after school hours.