Karl is the President, the CEO, and a co-founder of ePrep, Inc. Based on 25+ years of teaching and private tutoring experience, he led the development of ePrep's unique video-based platform that uses the Internet to deliver expert video instruction to students around the world. Karl graduated from Princeton University in 1990 with a BSE in Civil Engineering and from Seton Hall University in 1993 with a Master’s Degree in Secondary Education. After graduate school, Karl served as an Environmental Science Instructor for the Office of Continuing Education at Rutgers University. Karl also taught, coached, and served as a dorm parent at The Hun School of Princeton from 1994 to 1997. In 2000, Karl earned a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He worked as a corporate lawyer for Dechert LLP until 2002. Karl lives in Rocky Hill, New Jersey, with his wife and three children.
John has served as the Head of Business Development since 2008. John graduated with honors from Princeton University in 1992 with an A.B in Economics. He then spent over 16 years at Lehman Brothers and, subsequently, Barclays Capital in various leadership roles across Fixed Income and Capital Markets. John has co-founded and helped grow various technology companies in the education space, including ePrep, Betterton College Planning and AthletePrep. He lives in Bernardsville, New Jersey with his wife and four children.
Kathy is ePrep’s Director of Curriculum. She is responsible for coordinating the contributions of ePrep’s subject-matter experts in designing the company’s study programs. Kathy graduated from Princeton University in 1993 with an AB from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public Policy. Following graduation, she worked as a business consultant for Andersen Consulting where she specialized in developing training curricula for large corporations. In 1995, Kathy received a Rotary International Scholarship to the University College Cork, Ireland, where she completed a Master’s degree in English. After three years in Cork, Kathy returned to Princeton University, where she worked at the Alumni Office designing educational travel and home-study programs for alumni. In 2001, she decided to return to the for-profit sector, working as a director of sales and marketing for Beacon Management Corporation, an investment manager. Kathy lives in Hopewell, New Jersey, with her husband and three children.
Thomas is an experienced entrepreneur. At 18 he started his first business, Slap Hands Entertainment, while playing power forward for his college basketball team on scholarship. After graduating, he launched a non-profit, Don't Worry Be Happy, in memory of his brother-in-law, raising money for brain cancer research. Recently, in his spare time, he created the world’s first ever standing wave bodysurfing competition at the San Diego Wavehouse, Wompton. He has a BA in communications from Chapman University and lives in Southern California with his wife, three children and two gigantic English Mastiffs.
Julio is an experienced Director of Software development with over 12 years in the field. He has lead projects for the Mayor of his home town in Curitiba Brazil as well as several companies in the private sector; most notably Eudora. As a bilingual self-taught developer, he prides himself on his broad knowledge of both technological and business domains. He has a passion for learning and creating simple yet comprehensive experiences for the end user. Currently living in Brazil, he hopes to one day perform on the Superbowl half-time.