At BenchPrep, our mission is to empower every organization to become a great learning organization.
We prioritize the happiness and well-being of our people. We carry humility. We are empathetic and respectful. We embrace different perspectives, prioritize an inclusive culture, and recognize our success is correlated to our diversity as a team. We care more about the greater good of the team than our individual selves.
The impact we make on learners, their communities, and society at large is what inspires us to do great work. We believe in life-long learning, a growth mindset, and intellectual curiosity - for our people, our customers, and our learners. Our intrinsic drive around continuous learning propels our success.
We act with integrity and transparency. We value ethics. We lack hidden agendas, say what we mean, and act with pure intentions. We collaborate in pursuit of the truth. We have no tolerance for egos, entitlement, hierarchical thinking, or me > we. We believe building trust means building a better company.
Our customers are our partners. We work to transform their online learning experience. Their success depends on our ability to deliver outstanding results. We view our customers as colleagues and we win together. We build solutions they love. We are fans of our customers and they are fans of ours.
We make ideas reality. We resist paralysis by analysis. We take calculated risks, and we are thoughtful of long term impact. We experiment. We hustle as we did when we were a fresh startup. We move quickly, learn fast, and pivot. We are intentional in learning for the future.
BenchPrep started in 2009 when Ashish was preparing for the GMAT in New York City and had a revelation. He called his friend Ujjwal to vent about how difficult it was to find time to study while working a full-time job, and how he was forced to lug around these heavy test prep textbooks everywhere he went to take advantage of any free time. This annoying inconvenience led him to ask Ujjwal, “Why isn’t there a better way to study on the go?”
They decided to develop a mobile app for GMAT prep; this was the first ever test prep app of any kind for the iPhone. More than 1,000 test takers purchased the app in the first month (an “aha!” moment), which helped them immediately realize there were likely many more people who could benefit from an interactive, personalized online learning experience on their mobile devices.
One mobile app led to 100+ apps and an omni-channel, enterprise-level SaaS LMS platform that BenchPrep now offers today. BenchPrep has helped several credentialing bodies and test publishers develop digital learning programs that deliver an exceptional, unmatched experience to learners. Through industry-leading partnerships with the world’s leading education and training organizations, BenchPrep has helped more than 6 million learners and continues to be at the forefront of technological innovation and improving learning outcomes far beyond what you can achieve with an LMS platform.
Organizations are now starting to realize that the needs of today’s learners have changed. They need so much more than an LMS platform can provide: they need personalization, gamification, and real-time omni-channel access to learning content. BenchPrep is helping these organizations digitally transform their approach to online learning and training to align their methods and systems to today’s learner and drive more successful outcomes.
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Varvara Alva
Chief Financial Officer
Ujjwal Gupta
Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer
Julie Gurican
Senior Director
People
Brad Hainer
VP Sales
Emily Leary
Senior Director
Customer Operations
Celeste Martinell
VP Customer Success
Joe Miller
VP Learning, Design & Strategy
Ashish Rangnekar
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer
Nish Ravichandran
Director Business
Strategy & Operations
Nickolay Schwarz
Chief Technology Officer
Kristen Shaheen
General Counsel
Amanda Wynne
VP Marketing
BenchPrep is being recognized for awards that celebrate both our online learning platform and our company.
Follow a decade-long journey of innovative online learning.
2020
BenchPrep continues to bring lifelong learning to the forefront with launch of BenchPrep Engage™.
2019
Recognized for 8 industry award distinctions, continued to sign marquee customers and reached 6M learners.
2018
Doubled revenue for 4th year in a row, 100% increase in client launches, and named a finalist for 5 leading industry awards.
2017
Doubled revenue for the 3rd consecutive year, doubled the BenchPrep team, reached 3M learners, and relocated our headquarters to Willis Tower.
2016
Named a Tyton Partners Growth50 Company.
2015
Launched our 1st B2B program, beginning ACT partnership. This is also known as The Pivot.
2014
Reached 1M learners and 30 partners including publishers, training organizations, test prep organizations and K-12.
2013
Expanded into 21st century learning skills, vocational training, and technology verticals. Signed up 15 more partners.
2012
Raised $6M in series B funding from NEA and Revolution Ventures. Added Peter Barris and David Golden to the Board of Directors. Launched partnership with The Princeton Review.
2011
Launched the cross-platform learning solution: web, mobile and tablet. Signed up two of the largest academic publishers: McGraw Hill and Cengage.
2010
Raised $2.2M in series A funding from Lightbank. Awarded Best in Class Assessment Platform award at Education Innovation Summit.
2009
Launched the first-ever exam prep app for the iPhone. Apple featured multiple apps as “Featured Edu App” on the iTunes Store.