Our Team
Meet FastBridge Learning
We are values-driven. We strive to tell the truth, respect the teacher, and deliver high-value solutions. These values inform our work, and we measure our successes against them.

TERRI LYNN SOUTOR
President

Theodore J. Christ, Ph.D.
Founder & Chief Scientific Officer

Zoheb Borbora, Ph.D.
Founder & Chief Data Science and Innovation Officer

ERIC ROHY
Chief Product Officer

KENT TANGEN
Chief Technology Officer

JAY ANDERSON
VP of Sales and Marketing

SCOTT POLLEI
Chief Financial Officer

DAN WALLEK
Chief Operating Officer

Rob Cunningham
Director of Engineering

Michael Stoffel
Director of Engineering

KARI HOFER
Accountant

Kim Krol
Senior Director, Customer Success

Will Jech
Implementation Services Manager

Sheila Kennedy
Implementation Manager

Margarette Nevalainen
Implementation Manager

Madeleine Ibes
Lead Customer Support Assessment Specialist

Cheyne Taylor
Knowledge Manager

Heather Wines
Customer Support Technical Specialist

David Hjelmstrom
Customer Support Technical Specialist

Taylor Bullard
Integration Analyst

BEN BICKEL
Software Engineer

Torrey Sorensen
Java Developer

Mark Hillebert
Java Developer

Josh Dubois
Java Developer

Michael Sperry
Software Quality Assurance Lead

JASON LEACH
Front End/UX Developer

Emily Gollaher
Database Developer

Ryan Gustafson
Staff Software Engineer

PRATEEK HIREMATH
Software Engineer

Karen Christenson
Senior Software Engineer

Jehwan Oh, Ph.D.
Senior Software Engineer

Paul Williams
Scrum Master

VIVEK RANJAN
Senior Software Engineer

EVAN EGEMO
HR Generalist

Sarah Brown, Ph.D.
Senior Director, Learning & Development

Rachel Brown, Ph.D.
Senior Academic Officer

Lisa Marquardt
Senior Learning Leader

MASHA BARYSENKA
Senior UX/UI Designer

EMILY ANDERSON
Business Analyst

LIVY TRACZYK
Marketing Manager

Holly Windram, Ph.D.
Professional Development Designer

DERRICK ZAPPA
Product Manager

Danielle Burnett
Event Planner

TERRY BURGE
Business Development Manager

TONI DELINE
Senior Software Quality Assurance Lead

Yogeeta Gajway
Software Quality Assurance Specialist

Adam Thao
Software Quality Assurance Specialist

Sunny Vang
Software Quality Assurance Specialist

John Bielinski, Ph.D.
Sr. Director of Research & Development

Danielle Dupuis, Ph.D.
Psychometrician

Sean Lafontaine
IT Support Technician