In 2024, Jim Holm joined the Stukent crew as its new Chief Executive Officer. Jim exemplifies Stukent’s core values, leading with intelligence, humility, and heart. With more than two decades of executive experience, Jim is a seasoned leader in the edtech field. He’s sure to pilot Stukent to even greater heights, and we’re thrilled to have him on the team!
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 helps to guide the company as founder, author, and board member — forever a champion of Stukent’s mission, vision, and sterling culture.
Jon is a seasoned technology leader with over 20 years of experience in SaaS product development. He is passionate about building technology and teams and brings an unusual blend of creative and technical skills. Jon is excited to help Stukent innovate and fulfill its 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.
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.
LEARN MORE
A Simternship goes beyond your average business simulation, giving your students the opportunity to put the concepts you’re teaching them to work.
A Stukent Simternship packs months of role-specific training into a single semester. Your students will step into real-world positions, allowing them to gain experience, master marketable skills, increase their knowledge retention, and yes, even make mistakes in a low-risk environment.
Stukent’s digital courseware is a cutting-edge educational solution that provides up-to-date content through a yearly update process. With comprehensive resources including lesson plans, videos, instructor notes, case studies, quizzes and more, this courseware offers a wealth of tools and resources for educators.
Bring industry perspective into your classroom through recorded video lectures by knowledgeable professionals, saving you the expense and scheduling concerns that come with arranging guest speakers. Click below for a sneak peek.
Authors
Subject Matter Experts
Peer Reviewer 
Focus Group Member