What Happened?
Austin, TX-based Skills-Fund Appointed Rick O'Donnell as Chief Executive Officer
About the Company
Our goal is simple. We want to build the best financing tools for the best bootcamps and their students. We put together a team of leaders in student lending, higher education, and consumer protection that all see the great potential bootcamps bring to the learning community. Your students will benefit greatly from our approach, and so will your school.
About the Person
With more scars than he cares to count from fighting the good fight to reform higher education, our Founder and CEO Rick O`Donnell previously founded his own ed-tech start-up for college students to certify their skills to prospective employers… Which was acquired by a bootcamp. Earlier in his career he oversaw all consumer protection in Colorado, with the banking, financial services, securities, and insurance commissioners reporting to him. As the cabinet secretary overseeing all of Colorado`s public colleges and universities – and regulation of private and occupational schools – Rick privatized the state`s student loan servicing business. He currently serves on the U.S. Department of Education`s committee (NACIQI) that oversees all college accrediting agencies.
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