CV — Priten Soundar-Shah

Executive Director, PedagogyFutures 501c3 Pending Featured

January 2022 – Present

Mission: Building a Responsible, Ethical, Human-centered Future for Educational Technology. Programs: Develop AI professional development resources for teachers, reaching over 50,000 teachers through courses, lesson plans, workshops, research, guidebooks, and innovative AI-powered classroom tools, including Socrat.ai.

50,000+ teachers reached
Accredited: Graduate-Level Course by SNHU
State PD Credit in MA, NY, TX, PA, NJ, MT, AR
Includes Socrat.ai student-facing AI literacy tool
Major Clients: Paramus Public Schools, Cedar Grove Public Schools, Essex County Schools of Technology, NC Dept of Technology Education

Chief Technology Officer, ThinkerAnalytix 501c3

July 2018 – Present

Mission: Scaling Critical Thinking Instruction at Education Institutions Around the World. Role: Lead technology and finance for non-profit working on scaling critical thinking education through argument mapping with custom course development (mastery learning), game and application development, business development and strategy, and financial strategy.

Major Clients: Georgia State University, Notre Dame, University of Johannesburg, UT Austin, San Diego Community College District, NC State, Rutgers, NYU, UBC

Co-Founder & Chair, Academy 4SC Academy 4SC

2018 – Present

Mission: Training the Next Generation of Civic Leaders Using an Interdisciplinary Curriculum. Programs: Research (white paper on civics education), Video Library (100+ topics, 2M+ views), Lesson Plans (50,000 views/month), Student Programs (7,500+ students from 5th grade to graduate school).

Chief Executive Officer, Pedagogy Ventures

January 2014 – Present

Mission: Empowering Educational Organizations to Use Technology Effectively and Ethically. Services: Consulting (marketing and website development for academic institutions, including custom CRMs, user management, billing systems, and custom course systems) and Classrooms.Cloud (custom technology for virtual synchronous education events, serving over 300,000 students with 200+ organizations).

Major Consulting Clients: NYC Urban Debate League, National Debate Tournament, Harvard Debate Council, Gonzaga University, Harvard Law School, Harvard Chan School
Classrooms.Cloud: 200+ organizations, 300,000+ students served
Awards: NDCA Service Award, NSDA Frank Sferra Director's Commendation, ADA Founders Award for Service
Major Classrooms.Cloud Clients: Georgetown, U of Kentucky, Dartmouth, Northwestern, Yale, Harvard, Stanford

Board Member/Secretary, The Boarding School 501c3

August 2019 – September 2025

Mission: Advocating For & Training Youth For Board Positions. Role: Led the organization from an operating board to hiring an ED and merger with Academy 4 Social Civics. Supported candidates won board seats at Harvard University, Pennsylvania State University, and National Soccer Association.

Founder, Teach to Learn Foundation 501c3

September 2010 – May 2015

Mission: Providing Educational Opportunities for Underserved Youth. Programs: In-person peer tutoring and free classes (50+ classes, avg 20 students), Reading Campaign (500+ young students, 5,000 book donations), Online Academic Portal (1,000+ students from 49 states and 10 countries).

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