Team

Brad joined EdOps in June 2014 via a merger with GoldStar, a DC-based charter school services firm similar to EdOps. As a partner with GoldStar, Brad has been deeply involved with supporting charter schools since 2005. While experienced in most areas of charter school finance, operations, and governance he currently focuses on facilities transactions, financial analysis, budgeting, strategic/operations consulting, and risk management. Previously he held various senior operating roles focused on building and growing businesses including:  CFO of a private equity firm, COO of a specialty publications consulting and training products firm, and Business Manager at Capital One. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.

Bryan has been involved with D.C. charters since 2004, serving previously as Chief Financial Officer of Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools in D.C. for over five years and helping it grow from 250 to 1,400 students. During his tenure, the school transitioned from a single campus to a CMO-structure and increased its enrollment five-fold while achieving financial surpluses and clean financial audits in all years. In 2009, Bryan co-founded EdOps with Dan. Bryan has a BA in Economics from Yale University and an MBA and Masters in Education from Stanford University.

Dan first became involved with D.C. charters in 2004 as a volunteer tutor. After several years on the west coast working in both real estate development and serving as an outsourced CFO for five charter schools, Dan returned to D.C. in 2009 and co-founded EdOps with Bryan. Dan has a BS in Mathematical Economics from Wake Forest University and an MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.

John joined EdOps in June 2012 after completing his MBA at Howard University. Prior to graduate school, John served as a Teach For America corps member at South Atlanta Computer Animation and Design High School. As an English instructor, he led nearly 120 students to considerable academic gains in reading and language arts. John has also worked on a number of operational and financial consulting projects in the private and nonprofit sectors. More recently, he was a 2011 Education Pioneers Fellow in New York City, serving as an operational consultant to the New York City Department of Education’s Division of School Facilities. John holds a BA in Mass Communications from the University of California, Berkeley.

Josh began working with charter schools in 2001 at the D.C. Charter School Resource Center. Inspired by the passion of the early founders, he founded GoldStar the following year. At that company, he strove to create tools that helped schools understand and act upon previously obtuse financial information. He came to EdOps via merger in 2014. Before working with charter schools, Mr. Marks was an interface designer for a high-tech company in Austin. Mr. Marks holds an MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia, and a dual Computer Science and Math degrees from Carnegie Mellon University.

Paul joined EdOps after 15 years serving school communities as a teacher and school leader, most recently as Executive Director of Creative Arts Charter School in San Francisco and Head of School at Ewing Marion Kauffman School in Kansas City.  During his tenure, Paul improved efficiencies in business, operations, and compliance management to create a path to sustained student achievement and financial sustainability. Paul holds a B.A. in History from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a M.A. in Education Administration from San Francisco State University.