About Niche Academy
At Niche Academy, we live and work by one simple motto: We help people solve big problems together.
We’re passionate about delivering immediately accessible online training to mission-driven organizations like yours. We do this with less overhead for learners, instructors, and administrators than you'll find with any other learning platform on the planet.
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Adam Flores
Illustrator
For Adam, art is an obsession and a profession; it's his way to make people's lives better and to tell their stories
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Adam Watson
Storyboard Artist & Motion Coordinator
Adam is a visual wizard. His alchemical skill takes our instructional text and turns it to storyboard gold!
Berin Hamilton
UI/UX Designer
Cybersecurity is a curious field for someone as outdoorsy as Berin, but she has the brains for any challenge.
Bizzah Batool
Senior Product Manager
Bizzah is trying to learn the higher purpose of this world, while unleashing the power of now.
Brent Packer
Partnership Manager
Brent was an all-star athlete in high school. But he doesn't talk about that now.
Clay Christenson
Director of Sales
Clay's wife was relieved when he chose Niche Academy over a career as a Brad Pitt stunt double.
Dan Oldham
Partnership Manager
Dan's job provides for a wife and 6 kids. Which probably explains his work ethic.
Ekaterina (Kate) Kraeva
2D Animator
Kate uses skill and magic (but mostly skill) to bring our training videos to life.
Ibtisam Khalid
Full Stack Developer
If it's a complicated problem or it has to look just right, we lean on Ibtisam.
Jared Oates
Co-Founder and COO
Jared is an English major who needed a job. He tries to make himself useful.
Jeremy Tuttle (JT)
Director of Learning Design
JT is a writer who also happens to make killer videos. And we were looking for someone with a "J" name.
Jeromy Wilson
Founder & CEO
Jeromy started Niche Academy because he had a hard time sitting still at a regular job.
Julie Edwards
Instructional Designer
We lured Julie away from a tenured professorship. We're still not sure how.
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Ken Bonney
Director of Customer Success
Ken brings a spirit of 'Ohana' to support. And an endless supply of Aloha shirts he wears every day.
Margaret Helthaler
Director of Marketing
Margaret is an artist and educator at heart. She uses both sensibilities to inform our marketing content.
Marianne Weyand
Accounting and Bookkeeping
Marianne sounds sweet on the phone, but our CRM obeys her with fear and trembling.
Mubeen Munir
Software Engineer
With an eye for innovation, Mubeen excels in problem-solving and turning challenges into opportunities.
Muslim Munir
Director of Software
Muslim has a supply of patience that's equal to our nit-pickiness. We couldn't live without him.
Pierre Thomas
Customer Success Specialist
When you see Pierre, his shoes will match his watch band, which matches his shirt, which will match his hat.
Rachel Hamilton
Customer Success Specialist
Rachel is our Niche Academy X Games Athlete enjoying surfing, hiking, snowboarding, and skydiving. Not even being chased by mountain goat keeps Rachel from her adventures.
Tracy Furgason
Partnership Manager
If emotional intelligence were measured in dollars, Tracy would be a sovereign wealth fund.
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Vesta Nartey
Video Editor/Animator
Vesta studies subtle things like motion design and Japanese. You'll see her deft touch in our videos.
Westyn Drake
Software Engineer
Westyn believes there are 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
Xenos Mesa
Lead Illustrator
Xenos was born to be a visual alchemist. Happily, he's still willing to draw for Niche Academy.
