Megan Harney is the co-founder and CEO of MIDAS Education. She is a teacher whose experiences in the classroom—which included building her own software applications—showed her the power of student performance analytics and guided practice. Megan believes all students can learn; doing so requires dedication, openness to varying instructional approaches, and an unyielding emphasis on achieving competency. She subsequently invested 15 years in developing the MIDAS platform.

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Megan has previously conducted and published neurodegenerative research and managed developers at Microsoft. She earned her A.B., cum laude, and Ed.M. in Technology, Innovation, and Education from Harvard University.

Patrick is the co-founder Chief Operating Officer of MIDAS Education. He brings nearly three decades of experience in K-12 education. Patrick earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at Western Washington University. Afterwards, he started his career as a high school English teacher and basketball coach before becoming an education technology executive.

 

Patrick has as served as a VP of Curriculum Development, VP of Business Development, Regional Manager of Sales, and Director of US Sales. In every role, he has held one, very basic belief: kids are individuals, and teachers know them best. The goal is to provide the resources, training, and tools to help teachers help kids!

Jason is the Chief Technology Officer of MIDAS Education. He has more than thirty years of experience developing solutions for K-12 and higher education. He has served as the Director of Educational Technology at Duquesne University, Senior Software Engineer and Architect at Apple, Pearson, and Parchment, as well as CTO at MIND Research Institute.

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Jason received his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Math from Duquesne University, earning the University’s first-ever award for Excellence in Computer Science. He also holds a Master of Science in Environmental Science and Management and a doctorate in Instructional Technology, also from Duquesne University.

Brent Husson is the Chief Strategy Officer of MIDAS Education. He is also an entrepreneur and the founder of Nevada Succeeds, a non-profit that focuses on developing and implementing education policies that support systemic reform. In his role with Nevada Succeeds, Brent has learned firsthand how students and teachers suffer because states and districts don’t have good data systems.

 

As an entrepreneur, Brent has played a critical role in building several businesses, including three that he owns or has owned, over the last 20 years. Brent studied business at Arizona State University. He loves building organizations that solve problems and is committed to making education work for students again.