Jonathan D. Harber

In 1998, Jonathan D. Harber conceived and co-founded SchoolNet Inc., a company with the mission to help improve the world’s school systems by using data to drive decision-making. Jonathan has spent over 20 years in education technology.

Today, Jonathan’s innovative vision is helping school districts to increase student achievement and to improve institutional efficiency. SchoolNet serves over 50 American cities that educate over 2 million students in 14 states. As a result of his leadership and passion, SchoolNet has won three Codie Awards, has twice won INC Magazine’s Inc. 500 Award, and three times has won Deloitte’s Fast 50 Award. In 2007, Ernst & Young recognized Jonathan with the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year ® Award in the New York region.

At Wesleyan University, he studied Cognitive Science and completed an Honors thesis on education technology. At The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harber earned his M.S. and completed a joint Master's thesis between the MIT Media Lab and the MIT Sloan School of management involving the creation of an environment for multimedia case studies.

Harber was the co-founder and president of Diva, a publisher of multimedia software, which sold over one million units around the world. Diva’s flagship product, VideoShop, was used by students and teachers to create interactive-multimedia projects. Diva was acquired by Avid Technology (NASDAQ: AVID), the world’s leader in digital media technology.

Jonathan was president and founder of the award-winning children’s educational software company KinderActive. The company created interactive reading products for young learners winning the "Teachers Choice - Excellence in Classroom Products" Award from Learning Magazine.

Jonathan was the co-founder and Chairman of NewKidCo the first company to develop and market children’s educational video games including Elmo’s Letter Adventure and Elmo’s Number Journey - for PlayStation and Nintendo N64. NewKidCo was acquired by SoftQuad (NASDAQ: SFQD) in 1998.

As a Board member of New York City Outward Bound and Trail Blazers (not-for-profit organizations), Jonathan has actively worked to help disadvantaged youth in New York City.

A native New Yorker, Jonathan lives in New York City with his wife, daughter and son.