James Kenigsberg

“I am drawn to Learning Ally by a profound sense of purpose – I believe that every child’s ability to read is not just a skill but the key to unlocking their limitless potential. It’s not about changing the world; it’s about empowering the world’s future creators, thinkers, and leaders.”

Mr. Kenigsberg has served as Senior Strategic Advisor to 2U Inc., the world’s leading education technology company, since January 2022, and before that served as 2U’s Chief Technology Officer, a role in which he was integral in starting and growing the company from a start-up to a global, publicly traded company, since 2008. Mr. Kenigsberg has since August 2022 also served as a Venture Partner with Emerge Education, a European seed fund investing in startup education companies. Prior to 2U, Mr. Kenigsberg’s served as a Product Development Manager and later Vice President of Application Development at The Princeton Review, an education services company, from 2000 to 2008, where he led technology and product development teams. He was also formerly a part of technology and product development teams at Thomson Reuters and Ogilvy & Mather, and has served and continues to serve as an outside advisor to a number of education and technology companies.