About
Pooja Sankar is the CEO of Piazza. Her background includes work in global alliances, channel development, business development, general management, go-to-market, strategy, and operations at both early-stage and large companies. Her product experience spans EdTech and enterprise software, covering areas such as learning platforms, cloud infrastructure, virtualization, analytics, and database technologies, across multiple partner types and partnership models.
Founder at Piazza
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Experience
- PiazzaCEOcurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- NextGen Venture PartnersVenture Partnercurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Amira LearningPresident Partnerships2018 — 2021
- Minds in MotionExecutive Director, COO & Founder2017 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- HāparaGM Global Alliances and Channels Business Unit2016 — 2017
- EDBVice President Alliances & Channels2013 — 2016
- TechstarsStartup Weekend Education, Oakland - Leader (side passion project)2015Oakland, CA
- Pano Logic (acquired by Samsung)Vice President Alliances & Channel Development2011 — 2012
- ProjectsVarious projects2009 — 2011
- AcronisVP Alliances & OEM Sales2007 — 2009
- MySQL (acquired by Sun)Director Strategic Alliances2004 — 2007
- MySQL (acquired by Sun)Director U.S. Alliances2003 — 2004
- iSpheresDirector Alliances and Channel Business Development; Product and Channel Marketing2000 — 2003
Skills & more
Educational Leadership19Edtech18Education11Educational Management5Education Software7Business Alliances50Cloud Computing27Strategic Partnerships48Educational Administration4Curriculum Innovation4Educational Workshops3Teacher Mentoring3
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Start-upsProduct MarketingPartner ManagementGo-to-market StrategySales OperationsCurriculum DevelopmentVirtualizationCRMEducational TechnologyChannelSchool DistrictsStrategyLanguages English · Light conversational Spansh
- ASU+GSV Summit 2025 Attendee — ASU+GSV Summit
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Pooja Sankar?
- Pooja Sankar is the CEO of Piazza. Her background includes work in global alliances, channel development, business development, general management, go-to-market, strategy, and operations at both early-stage and large companies. Her product experience spans EdTech and enterprise software, covering areas such as learning platforms, cloud infrastructure, virtualization, analytics, and database technologies, across multiple partner types and partnership models.
- Where does Pooja Sankar work?
- Pooja Sankar is Founder of Piazza.
- What companies did Pooja Sankar found?
- Pooja Sankar founded Piazza.
- Where did Pooja Sankar go to school?
- Pooja Sankar studied at Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management (MBA, Strategic Alliances and Entrepreneurship); Columbia University (BA).
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