Entrepreneur. Edtech innovator. Educator. Stuart Draper saw a need in higher education and acted upon it, creating Stukent to bring simulation-based learning and up-to-date instructional materials into classrooms all over the world.
Today, Stuart leads the company as founder— not only does he set our course, but he champions the company’s mission, vision, and sterling culture.
Rafi Seddiqi brings a wealth of experience in e-learning platforms to the Stukent team. Over the last decade, Rafi helped build world-class learning platforms for Lynda.com and LinkedIn Learning. Now, Rafi works to develop the next generation of e-learning platforms to accelerate Stukent’s mission to help educators help students help the world.
A true force of nature, Liz Wildes brings two decades’ worth of experience in executive sales in higher education to the Stukent team. Liz leads our marketing, branding, and customer success and support teams with her dynamic, incisive leadership skills and customer-centric mindset. She elevates everything we do, bringing a new level of professionalism to the company.
Mike Andrus has been with Stukent since the company’s inception. As an experienced financial professional with a rich background in guiding early-stage, venture, and private equity-backed companies, Mike brings invaluable insights to Stukent. With his leadership, the company continues its mission to revolutionize education for the higher education and high-school markets.
Brady Adams’ zest for life inspires everyone around him. A clear-sighted leader with nearly a decade of experience in edtech, Brady manages the team of instructional designers, portfolio managers, writers, and editors who develop Stukent’s Simternships and courseware. Few people embody our mission to help educators help students help the world quite as passionately as Brady does.
Warm, funny, and dynamic, Kevin Sumter brings twenty years of experience in managing sales teams and territories to Stukent. Now, he leads a vibrant group of course consultants who take Stukent’s mission to campuses all across the country. Kevin works to develop lasting relationships with educators and industry professionals alike, helping to transform the landscape of high school and higher education.
A cornerstone of the Stukent team, Hailey Voorhies does more than keep the company on track — she’s coauthored one of our courseware, too! Hailey oversees Stukent’s human resources, operational management, and facilities management, making her one of the busiest (and yet most dependable) people at Stukent.
Authors bring our courseware to life — they’re educators and industry experts who write authoritative texts, create engaging assignments, build embedded interactions, and more. Our authors often function as subject matter experts for our Simternships, too!
Stukent subject matter experts guide the work on our Simternships — they give our product and development teams insights into their fields, helping us develop authentic, true-to-life experiences for your students.
Our peer reviewers evaluate our courseware and Simternships, ensuring that your materials aren’t just engaging and effective, but that they’re also current with industry trends and strategies.
We subject Stukent Simternships and courseware to rigorous testing and continuous iteration, relying on focus groups and in-classroom testing to ensure you get high-quality instructional materials.
We laugh at our mistakes, promoting humility and positivity.
We always look for ways to improve
and discover our potential.
Even if we experience a setback,
we find a way to move forward.
We have integrity in our behaviors and actions with our coworkers and customers.
We meet deadlines, complete tasks,
and uphold commitments.
We strive to bring our best selves to work every day.
We lift others up and learn from
the mistakes we make.
We ask for help, admit our mistakes,
and focus on the needs of others.
We express our appreciation and
return acts of kindness.
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