Alan H. Tripp is an American businessman. Tripp founded multiple venture-backed education companies, including SCORE! Educational Centers, InsideTrack, and Motimatic.[1] As of about 2011, he was a regular speaker and contributor to the national discourse on educational technology, motivation and improving student outcomes.[2][3][4]
Alan H. Tripp | |
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 Alan Tripp (right) in 1993 with William Hewlett, an early mentor and investor in SCORE! | |
| Born | United States |
| Occupations | Founder and CEO of Motimatic |
Entrepreneur
editIn 1992, Tripp launched SCORE!, featuring an adaptive learning system originally developed by Stanford University professor Patrick Suppes[5] for children in kindergarten through seventh grade. On April 17, 1996, SCORE! was acquired by The Washington Post Company. Tripp stayed on as general manager and helped open nearly 100 centers with more than 1,500 employees. More than 1 million students participated in the SCORE! program.
In 2001, Tripp co-founded InsideTrack[6] with Kai Drekmeier. He served as CEO for 12 years and Chairman for 16 years. InsideTrack was acquired by Strada[7] in 2017, at which point the company had served more than 1.5 million students[8] at 1600 university programs.
Education and business background
editTripp received a bachelor's degree in Economics in 1985 and an MBA in 1989, both from Stanford University. He was a management consultant with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and worked as an analyst for H&Q Technology Partners. He has also worked as a reporter and editor for The Wall Street Journal.[citation needed]
Lecturer and education industry roles
editTripp was appointed as a lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Stanford Graduate School of Education from 1999 to 2004, where he co-taught the core course for education entrepreneurs.[9] He also served as Board Chair of GreatSchools.net[10] from 2004 to 2011 and as Entrepreneur in Residence at Penn State University from 2014 to 2016.
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Motimatic Secures $3.4M Series A Funding to Further Automated Motivation for Students - EdSurge News". EdSurge. February 28, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
- ↑ The Economist: The Ideas Economy: Human Potential When the world grows up (September 2010). "The Economist" (PDF). The Economist.
- ↑ de Vise, Daniel, and Tripp, Alan. ""Winter break is high season for dropouts". The Washington Post. December 22, 2010, Retrieved March 21, 2011
- ↑ Hoover, Eric. "A Close-Up Look at Student Coaching". The Chronicle of Higher Education. March 9, 2011. Retrieved March 21, 2011
- ↑ Markoff, John (December 2, 2014). "Patrick Suppes, Pioneer in Computerized Learning, Dies at 92". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
- ↑ "Outside Help for 'Coaching' Students". Retrieved March 29, 2018.
- ↑ "College Coaching Startup InsideTrack Joins Nonprofit Strada Education Network - EdSurge News". EdSurge. May 8, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
- ↑ GmbH, finanzen.net. "InsideTrack Joins Strada Education Network | Markets Insider". markets.businessinsider.com. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
- ↑ "Alan Tripp" Inside Higher Education September 2006 Retrieved April 18, 2011 [verification needed][dead link]
- ↑ "GreatSchools, Inc.: Board of Directors - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved March 28, 2018.[dead link]