James Tynan

James leads Khan Academy’s work with educators and education institutions. He drives efforts to bring a free world-class education to more students by developing products, programs and partnerships for and with teachers, schools, districts, and other education networks. At Khan Academy, James has developed a new massive open learning challenge (LearnStorm) and launched partnerships with organizations including Bank of America, Comcast, Disney/Pixar, Crash Course, NASA, MoMA, and the Aspen Institute. James came to Khan Academy from McKinsey & Co by way of Purpose.com, a startup that specializes in building and mobilizing online communities. At Purpose he was the founding General Manager for an advocacy group dedicated to collaborative consumption. At McKinsey he led teams of healthcare and technology professionals to design new modes of care for chronic illness utilizing fiber networks. He also helped develop the Implementation Plan for Australia’s $43 billion fiber-to-the-premises network and delivered the growth strategy for one of Australia’s most popular sports. James is a graduate of the University of Technology, Sydney (Australia). He has a BA in Communication and a Law degree for which he won the University Medal (Valedictorian).