Our Team | MatchED

Andrew Neumann

Founder

Andrew is an educational entrepreneur, championing the advancement of learning opportunities for all children.

As a homeschool dad, school choice advocate and career educator, he has spent the last 25 years building organizations expanding educational opportunities for children in many learning environments.

He began his career as a teacher while obtaining his Ph.D. in educational mathematics. In 2006, Andrew joined Open Sky Education and serves as its Executive Chair/CEO. At OSE he has developed and grown HOPE Christian Schools, EAGLE College Prep charter schools, Compass after school programs, the Character Formation Project, and Soaring Education Services.

In addition to leading Open Sky Education, Andrew is developing two startups, MatchED and HMSS Advocacy. He is a nationally recognized speaker on Macro Trends and Innovation in Education, School Choice, and Scaling Innovation in Education. Andrew also serves on the boards of School Choice Wisconsin, School Choice Wisconsin Action, and the Institute for Missional Visioning.

Advisory Committee

Meet MatchED's growing Advisory Committee.

Corporate Strategy

Paul Snyder

Paul Snyder is an entrepreneur, innovator, and a support of venture philanthropy, a mentor to businesspeople, and a musician, known for being an effective strategist and connector who achieves results through creative, results-oriented strategies.

Paul is the Founder of Charity Builders, an accelerator for social impact companies tied to non-profit organizations and Co-Founder of X Group Capital, an investor in social impact real estate development and operating companies. Paul resides with his dog, Charlie Schnauzer IV, in Florida.

Technology Development

Jason Nelson

Jason is an executive leader with an obsession for high-performing cultures and technology solutions. After a long career as a credit union executive, Jason pivoted to 2 successive startups.

As VP of Customer Success at Mashey, he led teams of engineers and data scientists to create data models and analytics across multiple industry verticals. Along the way, he discovered success and failure patterns in agile software development and data engineering.

As a Value Stream Architect and Systems Engineer at Centil, Jason experimented with agile principles and flat leadership structures to create an environment of curiosity, innovation and continuous learning. Jason introduced a lean design initiative to improve software development speed and quality in a Department of Defense software factory. He also heads up product ownership for collection of space-based user interfaces.

Homeschool Advisor

Dee Dee Emmer

Dee Dee is an experienced homeschool mom and schoolteacher. In addition to her experience in the classroom and teaching her own children, she has mentored dozens of other homeschool parents and educators to help them personalize education for the children in their care. Dee Dee is a passionate educator with a desire to find ways to use her experience to support others who are on a similar path.