Parul is equal parts engineer, entrepreneur and a doer at heart. As a founder at her education startup, Springboard, she has built many teams from scratch including engineering, product, operations and is most recently focusing on growing revenue through new markets. Springboard helps people learn in-demand technical skills with 1-on-1 mentorship and career support from industry experts. It is based in Sanfrancisco / Bangalore and has served over 12,000 students from over 100 countries. Before starting Springboard in 2013, Parul studied engineering at IIT Bombay in India and UCLA, and spent a decade working on several cool technologies. She is a recipient of MIT Technology Review India's Top Innovators under 35 award, the first woman recipient of the IIT Bombay Distinguished Service Award and the Foundation of Youth Social Entrepreneurship's fellowship for 100 changemakers under 30yrs in the Asia-Pacific region.