Jason Brooks

Jason Brooks is the founder and CEO of harkness.ai. Prior to starting his company, he served for 18 years as a teacher and administrator in public, private, charter, and parochial schools, teaching Spanish, Mandarin, and Mathematics. During his time as a student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Jason was first exposed to Data Science & Machine Learning as a member of several research teams.

During COVID, Jason was a teacher who enjoyed teaching online and began thinking more about the role of engagement. In order to help students interact with each other, he used his machine-learning background to build an app that visualized student engagement. The technology transformed his classroom culture. In October 2021, he founded harkness.ai - an early-stage startup that uses conversational intelligence to show how individual interactions affect meeting dynamics.

Education

• Harvard Graduate School of Education
  M.A., Learning and Teaching

• Glendale Community College
  Mathematics

• FourthBrain
  Machine Learning Engineer, Educational/Instructional Technology

• Valparaiso University
  M.A., Mandarin Chinese

• Trinity University
  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Spanish

Companies

• Founder harkness.ai (2021)
• Spanish Teacher Maranatha High School (2020 — 2022)
• Head Of Upper School The Episcopal School of Los Angeles (2017 — 2020)
• Dean Of Students The Episcopal School of Los Angeles (2016 — 2017)
• World Language Department Chair Brooklyn Prospect Charter School (2013 — 2016)
• Graduate Student Harvard Graduate School of Education (2012 — 2013)
• Language Teacher - (Mandarin Chinese, Spanish) McCallie School (2004 — 2012)
• Adjunct Professor - (Mandarin Chinese) Covenant College (2009 — 2011)
• Mathematics/Spanish Teacher, Lacrosse Coach Fountain Valley School (2003 — 2004)