What Happened?
San Francisco, CA-based AltSchool has Appointed Bharat Mediratta as Chief Technology Officer
About the Company
We live in a changing world - yet education looks exactly like it did 100 years ago. AltSchool is on a mission to change that. Our goal is to enable all children to reach their full potential through a personalized education that equips them for the world of tomorrow. Our teachers draw on students` passions, talents and learning styles to create an education that cultivates the whole child -- academically, socially and emotionally. We combine educational best practices with the most innovative learning tools available to provide an outstanding educational experience that prepares children for the world of 2030 and beyond.
About the Person
Bharat Mediratta was Google’s Distinguished Engineer in charge of the Google.com homepage and search results experience. As such, he was responsible for the technology underpinning a decade of major feature and infrastructure launches in Search. From inheriting a legacy system in 2004, Bharat built an organization of over two hundred to create a platform that today supports over one thousand engineers contributing to a product with over one billion users. During this time, he established an engineering culture widely recognized and respected within Google. Bharat brings a deep understanding of how to successfully build and scale complex systems and organizations. He joins AltSchool’s founding team as a transformative CTO, taking a pivotal role in AltSchool`s growth over the next ten years.
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