Learning 2.0
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- CEO - Founder at Grockit
- Past
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- Academic Director at Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions
- Master Teacher at The Princeton Review
- Founder at Nivix Computer Solutions
- Founder at Vision Computer Solutions
- Education
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- The University of Michigan
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Farbood Nivi’s Summary
To tell you a little about myself...
My passions are progressive learning practices, and developing efficient, sustainable and scalable business models and best practices. To this end, in addition to my study of Organizational Psychology, I have studied and been influenced by the works of...
• Peter Senge - Organizational Learning
• Edward Tufte - Information Design
• Peter Drucker - Business Management
• Russell Ackoff - Systems Thinking, Learning
• Steve Jobs - Product Development
• Sue Miller-Hurst - Progressive Learning
• 37signals - Web Development
• BzzAgent - Buzz Management
• Seth Godin - Marketing
• Ray Kurzweil - Health
• Stephen R. Covey - Organizational Psychology
• W. Edwards Deming - Quality Management
• Brian Greene - Quantum Physics and String Theory
Putting my learning into practice, I am currently developing a web-based education service called GROCKIT. We are creating a revolutionary P2P learning platform that will allow the world to teach itself.
Farbood Nivi’s Specialties:
Learning 2.0, Systems, Management
Farbood Nivi’s Experience
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CEO - Founder
Grockit
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; E-Learning industry)
December 2006 — Present (3 years )
Grockit's mission is to abolish Education and replace it with Learning.
To this end, we aim to utilize the awesome power of the internet to help the world learn. Our first step is leveraging the web to provide live online GMAT test prep classes to anyone with a PC and an Internet connection.
We are currrently developing a P2P Learning Game that will help students from around the world teach each other. We plan to launch a public alpha in Q2 of 2007.
We are also expanding to include LSAT, ACT, SAT, GRE test prep in Q3 of 2007. Grockit is founded on a few principles.
1. Learning should be low cost and high quality.
2. Learning should benefit the student, the teacher, and society.
3. Learning should be engaging, and interactive. -
Academic Director
Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; WPO; E-Learning industry)
January 2006 — September 2006 (9 months)
•Restructured Kaplan’s Southern California SAT business by centralizing the operations of eight centers into one.
.Managed 15,000 sq miles of operations and over 100 employees
•Worked with departments to develop and implement recruitment strategies.
•Worked with departments to develop and implement new-employee training program. -
Master Teacher
The Princeton Review
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; E-Learning industry)
December 1998 — October 2005 (6 years 11 months)
2002 National Teacher of the Year.
Taught and trained in LSAT, GMAT, MCAT, GRE, SAT and ACT.
Developed and published course curriculum and pedagogy.
Developed and ran classes workshops for groups and individuals from varied countries and cultures. -
Founder
Nivix Computer Solutions
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2000 — September 2001 (1 year 4 months)
2001 MIT Sloan Business School 1K Entrepreneurship Winner. With MIT team, researched and developed business plan to scale a national mobile computer technician business.
Developed waponymizer.com the first privacy service for cellular phone web surfing. -
Founder
Vision Computer Solutions
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 1995 — August 1998 (3 years 3 months)
With a partner, developed and ran a 24-hour mobile computer services business for families and small businesses. Performed hardware and software installation, maintenance, networking and training. Developed processes and managed business finances.
Farbood Nivi’s Education
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The University of Michigan
BA , Psychology , September 1995 — May 2000
