The BoomWriter team is a group of dedicated educators, technology wizards and parents - all of whom share the same passion for reading, writing, teaching, learning and technology - with offices in Cambridge, MA and Nottingham, UK. Founded in 2010, BoomWriter now has a presence in thousands of schools spread throughout more than 20 different countries.
BoomWriter began on a rainy Saturday under an umbrella during a charity walk. A parent (Chris) pitched an idea to his daughter’s teacher (Ken). Ken was looking to incorporate more technology into his classroom and loved the idea, and it just so happened that Chris, the CEO of a technology company, had the development team (Ian) to make it happen. Ken tried it, and his students loved it! After some tweaking, BoomWriter is now used by educators all around the world!
This is Chris’s second venture. After a career working for two of the largest software companies, Chris formed Zapoint, an HR technology company based in Cambridge, MA. Then, after a cold, long walk under an umbrella with Ken Haynes, he started BoomWriter.
Chris has an MBA and a Masters in International Marketing along with a Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering and Quantity Surveying.
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Ian has worked in the design and technology world for over 10 years. Solid experience in both web design and traditional print makes him ideal for the challenge of a web app that creates published books!
After graduating with a BA in Graphic Design, Ian has worked for a variety of agencies in London and more recently in the northern half of the UK. He matches strong technical abilities with a love of design and interaction, in his own words: “My favorite colour is black which makes me a designer, but I do like Star Wars which makes me a coder, so I guess I'm somewhere in-between.
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Ken was the first teacher to ever use BoomWriter with students. Prior to joining BoomWriter, Ken spent ten years in public education in Massachusetts in a variety of roles.
Most recently Ken served as an elementary-level assistant principal within the Waltham Public Schools. Prior to that Ken was a 6th Grade Teacher at the Pierce School in Brookline, MA where he taught English Language Arts, Math and Science. While at Pierce Ken also served as the Girls Basketball Coach, Math League Coach, and as the Co-Director of Pierce School’s after-school program. Ken was also a special education teacher within the Lincoln Public Schools.
During his summers, Ken has been the Director of the Writers’ Express Summer Ink camp at Simmons College as well as a program Director at The Park School’s Summer at Park camp. Ken received his B.A. from the University of Massachusetts and M.S. from Wheelock College.
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Tara is a marketing evangelist of web start-ups, interactive education programs, video games, toys, software, consumer products, multimedia productions, cooking shows, and more. Tara is a successful marketing executive specializing in multimedia properties including games, iOS apps, virtual goods, film, videos, web content and consumer goods. Tara excels at leading organizations, building brands, mining research for insights, and developing new platforms as she has for BoomWriter, Plaor, Bare Tree Media, Turbine (Warner Bros.), Stride Rite, Atari, Crayola, Infonautics, eGames, Mattel, Tyco Toys, and K’NEX.
Tara holds an MBA in Marketing from Temple University and a BS in Business from Skidmore College.
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Wendy Mejia joined BoomWriter Media, Inc. in 2012 and has more than seven years of PR industry experience and five years experience implementing marketing initiatives that encompass special events and video production.
Prior to joining BoomWriter, Wendy worked as a senior account executive at Schwartz Communications, where she was part of the firm’s healthcare practice and was responsible for generating national, regional and trade media coverage for a variety of healthcare and biotechnology accounts, as well as managing physician and patient relationships to launch and drive local and national media coverage. During her time at Schwartz, Wendy secured feature coverage in publications such as Woman's Day, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Saturday Evening Post, Forbes, Business 2.0, BioTechniques, Drug Delivery Technology, Drug Discovery & Development, Medical Device Daily, Bio-IT World, MIT Technology Review, Univision and Telemundo. She also generated coverage in People Magazine, USA Today, and Live with Regis and Kelly prior to joining Schwartz.
Wendy earned a B.A. in Communications from Northeastern University.
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