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We’re welcoming another amazing teammate this week—Nina Eiböck joins us as Chief of Staff and Finance Lead! 🎉 As our team continues to grow, we’re excited to have Nina bring her expertise and leadership to Ello. Can’t wait to see the impact she’ll make! 🚀 Before Ello, Nina was an investment banker at J.P. Morgan and worked in financial planning & analysis for a solar developer. Some of her other experience includes being a fractional CFO for a neurotech startup and a financial advisor for a Tanzanian Energy company, working on affordable fuel solutions in the region. She mostly grew up in Austria and eventually made her way to San Francisco. The journey included doing a BA in Economics & Management at Oxford, and MSc in Management Science & Engineering at Stanford (always focusing on finance of course). In her free time, Nina loves to ski, sometimes attempts whitewater kayaking and hangs out with her pet rabbits, Napoleon Bunnyparte and Warren Fluffet. Favorite Children’s Book: Das Magische Baumhaus (= “The Magic Treehouse” series) 📚

Exciting news! Please join us in welcoming Jermon W. to the team as our Lead Technical Recruiter! 🎉 Jay is a seasoned recruiter specializing in talent acquisition for tech startups. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley and brings over 15 years of experience in recruiting across diverse industries including EdTech, HealthTech, Micro-mobility, and Gaming. Jay has played a pivotal role as a Founding Recruiter for multiple companies, including the EdTech startup Abl Schools. Beyond his work in recruitment, he has a strong commitment to community engagement and education. He has worked with children in various capacities, from running tutoring programs and volunteering at preschools to coaching children’s sports. Additionally, he served as an Advisor at ClimbHire, a nonprofit dedicated to training and empowering young adults to secure careers in the tech industry. He is a committed supporter of DonorsChoose and the National MS Society, contributing regularly to their initiatives. Favorite Children’s Book: Giraffes Can’t Dance 📚

Meet Abbey Zeiser, our new Executive Assistant to the CEO! 🎉 We're thrilled to have her join the team and bring her expertise to Ello. Welcome aboard, Abbey! 🚀 Before joining Ello, Abbey built a diverse professional background with experience in administration, retail management, accounting supervision, and customer service. Her varied career has honed her ability to adapt and excel in dynamic environments. Outside of work, Abbey enjoys hiking, attending live music performances, and exploring local breweries. She resides in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, with her partner and two beloved cats. Favorite Children’s Book: Stellaluna 📚

👋 Join us in welcoming Brent Johnson, our newest teammate and Learning Designer! Brent Johnson is an innovative educational leader with over 15 years of experience as an EdTech entrepreneur, product leader, learning designer, and teacher. He is passionate about leveraging emerging technologies to craft learning experiences that are both effective and delightful while ensuring accessibility. Previously, Brent developed a comprehensive ESL curriculum, which got acquired by a Fortune 500. He then led a team to refine, expand, and scale it across southern China. Over his career, he has authored more than 300 children’s storybooks, developed hundreds of learning games, and designed workbooks for literacy and language learning. At Stanford, he developed Quizeo.ai, a team-based quiz platform designed to foster collaboration in K-12 classrooms. By leveraging computer vision, it enables an entire class to participate using a single device, making interactive learning more accessible—especially for under-resourced schools. Brent holds a Master’s in Learning, Design, and Technology from Stanford University, speaks Mandarin and Spanish, and has lived internationally for over a decade. He currently resides in Stanford, California, with his wife and two children. Favorite Children’s Book: Harold and the Purple Crayon 📚

We’re #hiring a Finance Lead & Chief of Staff in San Francisco to drive financial strategy, lead high-impact initiatives, and work directly with our CEO! Apply today or share with your network. At Ello, we’re building the world’s first complete AI teacher to maximize the potential of all children. We've been recognized on Fortune’s “Change the World” and Time’s 2024 Best Inventions lists. If you’re a strategic thinker with exceptional finance skills and an entrepreneurial mindset, this is your chance to make a real impact on child development at scale.

Welcoming Team Honeycomb to Team Ello! 🤝

If you're at Stanford, meet Ello Co-Founder Catalin Moreno Voss and our ML Team PM Andrew Wooler at the StartX Campus Demo Day tomorrow!

Why did the elephant win an award? Because it never forgets to make reading fun! 🐘✨ We're thrilled to share that Ello has received a Special Mention in TIME’s Best Inventions of 2024. It's a huge milestone for our mission to help children develop a lifelong love of reading, and we couldn't be more excited. Every day, we're working to empower kids with personalized, joyful reading experiences—and we’re just getting started. To everyone who has supported us along the way, thank you for believing in Ello and helping us reach new heights. We’re looking forward to making reading magic for even more young readers! https://lnkd.in/eHuPSqnD #TIMEBestInventions

Check out Ello co-founder Catalin Moreno Voss sharing about Ello’s journey on the new Education Entrepreneurship Hub from the Stanford Accelerator for Learning! #EducationInnovation #Entrepreneurship #EdLeaders