About BloomBoard
Our Leaders
Sanford Kenyon
Chief Executive Officer
Sanford joined BloomBoard in October 2015 as Chief Revenue Officer and assumed the CEO role in February of 2017. He has twenty-five years experience in software and technology-based businesses, including executive roles at eBay, PayPal, and other Silicon Valley startups. For the last ten years he has been focused on education technology businesses including Blackboard and SchoolMessenger.
Jason Lange
Co-founder and President
Jason Lange is the co-founder and President of BloomBoard. Prior to founding BloomBoard, Jason worked in private equity and was also an early member of the NewSchools Venture Fund team, where he supported the development of the initial edtech investment thesis for the NewSchools Seed Fund (now Reach Capital). Jason received his BA from Yale University, and is also a graduate of Stanford’s joint MA/MBA in Education and Business Administration program.
Michael Rutkowski
Head of Education Marketing
Michael leads the education marketing team at Bloomboard, helping to promote educator growth and advancement via micro-credentials. His calling in life is to help education companies grow. He started his career at Imagine Learning and later joined Instructure (Canvas LMS) as an early stage employee that served as a member of their marketing leadership team through their IPO and beyond.
Jim Martin
Head of District Partnerships
Jim leads our district partnerships team, which is focused on developing authentic relationships with school districts throughout the U.S. to support educators in their growth. With over 20 years of leadership experience at companies including Blackboard and BrightBytes, he is passionate about building effective teams that support educators with innovative solutions aimed at driving student success.
Kelly Montes De Oca
Chief Learning Officer
Kelly is the lead architect of BloomBoard’s learning model and oversees the development of all micro-credentials. She brings more than 25 years of experience as a transformational educator, a leader at both the school and district levels, and as a thought partner to drive instructional and systematic change in districts across the country. Kelly has served as a consultant with the Center for Educational Leadership, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and several other districts and organizations.
Pete Cordero
Director, Customer Success
Pete leads the client success team, which supports BloomBoard partner organizations in implementing their micro-credential programs. After spending the first 12 years of his career in sales and marketing leadership roles, Pete shifted his focus to the K-12 education sector and has spent the last 13 years in various operational, instructional and people leadership roles.
Juan Valencia
Head of Engineering
Juan took the helm of engineering at BloomBoard in 2017 to lead the evolution of the BloomBoard platform. His experience as both an educator and engineering leader drives his passion for building strong engineering teams that develop and implement world-class solutions for educators. Prior to BloomBoard, Juan worked with technology companies including ShareThis and Symmetricom. He graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Engineering and Computer Science and formerly taught Physics at Gordon College.
Molly Latinova
Director, Product
Molly leads Product Management at BloomBoard. She joined the company in 2014 and spent her former years supporting various state-wide and district implementations across the country. As a former educator, an entrepreneur, a mother of two, and a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, Molly brings a unique perspective to her role that strengthens how BloomBoard serves educators.
BloomBoard’s Journey
