Springboard
Springboard is an online education platform focused on career-oriented skills training, with $66M in funding and a team of 51-200 people. The company has helped place alumni at major tech firms including Google, Meta and Amazon.
About
Springboard provides online courses and mentorship programs designed to help professionals acquire new skills and transition careers. Its programs focus on in-demand fields like data science, software engineering and UI/UX design, with project-based learning guided by industry experts.
The company has raised $66M, most recently in June 2023, with backing from education technology firm 2U and venture capital firms like Costanoa Ventures. While current headcount growth is unclear, Springboard has built a substantial alumni network, with nearly 1,000 analyzed profiles showing career progression into major tech companies.
Founders and leadership
Springboard's largest functional group is Arts and Design, accounting for 46 analyzed profiles. The company has a median employee tenure of 3 years, suggesting moderate retention in the competitive edtech sector.
The Springboard org chart
Gautam Tambay (CEO & Co-Founder) leads 35 mapped leaders with 15 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Talent flow
Springboard draws talent from a mix of tech companies like Amazon and Accenture, as well as unexpected sources like the US Navy. Its alumni frequently move to top tech firms, with Google, Meta and Amazon being the most common destinations.
Most common previous employers of Springboard staff: Amazon (7), Accenture (4), CareerFoundry (4), JPMorganChase (4), US Navy (4), Infosys (3). Former Springboard employees most often moved to Google (13), Meta (11), Amazon (8), Microsoft (7), CVS Health (5), Salesforce (4).
Alumni worth knowing
The Springboard mafia
Springboard alumni have founded 65 companies, including Meritshot (160 employees) and Ripple Operations (111 employees). One founder went on to LinkedIn, which now employs over 23,000 people.
65Daniel Shapero, was Advisor until 2018Andrew Moers, was President, Consumer Business until 2025Roshan Sharma, was Data Scientist until 2020Kara S., was Advisor until 2025Sanam Raza, was Advisor until 2024Shantanu Gangal, was Mentor until 2016
Reza Farahani, was Mentor until 2019
Manish Poduval, was Mentor until 2022
Ankur Verma, was Mentor ML/DL until 2021
Devina Coutinho (Designcoz), was User Experience Specialist until 2017
Rahul Gupta, was ML mentor until 2021
Andy Bandyopadhyay, PhD, CUDE, was Foundations of Data Science Mentor until 2017
Luka Anicin, was AI Advisor & Consultant until 2021
Kevin Minhphuc A. Nguyen, was Senior Director of Product until 2024
Girish Gore, was Data Science Mentor until 2020
Ijeoma Ofonagoro, was People Business Partner until 2023
Abdullah Karasan, PhD, was Data Science Mentor/Instructor until 2022
Abhay Mishra, was Marketing until 2019
Edwin KAY, Ph.D., was Springboard Machine Learning Career Track until 2021
Owen Henkel, was Board Observer until 2020
David Fagg, was Student Mentor (UX/UI Track) until 2021
Aron Mutekulwa Ngoy, was Customer Service Representative until 2023
Hallie Bregman, PhD, was Data Science Mentor until 2020
Deepak Masand, was Vice President, Growth & Marketing until 2019
Ihsan Salleh, was Strategy Instructor / Mentor until 2022
Helmut Neher, was Mentor - Machine Learning until 2022
Mak Khan, was Springboard Data Analyst Career Track - Full Time Fellow until 2021
Mohamed Raouf Seyam, was Director of Operations & Analytics until 2025
Luca Longo, was Senior UX Mentor & Career coach until 2020
Pradeep Sharma, was Program Director, Business Launch & Customer Growth until 2019
Eric Abrom, was UX Design Mentor until 2022
Amar Kumar, was Software Engineer until 2022
Kyle Ueckermann, was Mentor - Software Engineering until 2022
Acie Douglas, was Tech Sales until 2023
James Hizon, was Data Engineer until 2021
Alison Cossette, was Advisory Board Member - School of Data until 2021
Mariam S., was Director of Employer Partnerships until 2026
Colin Lumsden, was Strategic Advisor - University Partnerships Business Unit until 2024
Michael Lambert Jr MBA, MA, was Fellow until 2025
Murali Pavithran Vasudevan, was Advisor/Mentor, Data Analytics for Business Program until 2018
Nicole Eisdorfer, PhD, was Data Analytics Fellow until 2022
Alex Chao, was Data Science Mentor until 2020
Lucky Rathore, was Mentor until 2022
Wyatt Feaster, was UX/UI Design Mentor until 2022
Oliver Choy, was Software Engineering Mentor until 2022
Fatemeh Kamyab, was Data Scientist Fellow until 2023
Azade Sanjari, was Data science Fellow until 2020
Daria Kosheleva, was UX Mentor until 2024
Alice Phuong Le, was Data Science Career Track until 2022
Chalita Lertlumprasert, was Data Science Enthusiast until 2018
Kristo Peterson, was Growth Specialist until 2019
Blaise Kepple, was UI/UX Design Fellow (Professional Certificate) until 2024
Tracey Nelsen, was Sales Enablement Manager, University Partnerships until 2024
Eido Gat, was Product Design Mentor until 2020
Lai-Jing Chu, was UX/UI Career Track Mentor until 2024
Prasad Seemakurthi, was ML instructor until 2021
Abdulhamid Sonaike, was work experience- cloud development until 2024
Chris Lele, was Data Science and Machine Learning Fellow until 2023
Rutvi Gohel, was Data Science Career Track Fellow (with Deep Learning Specialisation) until 2022Web traffic
Traffic mix: 58% direct, 33% search, 3% social, 1% paid.
Where the team actually sits
Springboard people are concentrated in California, United States (46), Texas, United States (24), San Francisco Bay Area (21), Karnataka, India (17).
Search footprint
Springboard attracts about 2,487,000 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $7M a month if bought through ads. It gained 192,139 ranking keywords and lost 147,146 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.50 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.50 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.70 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 4.20 / 5
Frequently asked
Springboard has raised $66M in total, most recently a Series Unknown round in June 2023.
Springboard was founded in 2013 by Parul Gupta, Gautam Tambay.
Gautam Tambay (CEO & Co-Founder) sits at the top of Springboard's reporting structure, with 15 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Springboard staff are Amazon (7 people), Accenture (4 people), CareerFoundry (4 people).
Former Springboard employees most often move to Google (13), Meta (11), Amazon (8).
At least 65 companies have a founder who previously worked at Springboard, including LinkedIn, Institute for Integrative Nutrition, Meritshot.
Springboard attracts about 2,487,000 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $7M a month in equivalent ad spend.
Springboard staff are concentrated in California, United States (46), Texas, United States (24), San Francisco Bay Area (21).
Computed from 382 current and 986 former Springboard profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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