Steve co-founded Key Curriculum Press in 1971. He is Key’s Publisher and CEO and President of KCP Technologies, an educational technology research and development company.
Professional Vitae

Bill leads the Fathom™ development team.
Professional Vitae

Nick is the original designer and developer of The Geometer’s Sketchpad,.
Professional Vitae

Jon is a Software Tester for both Fathom and Sketchpad. He specializes in finding and researching defects in the software, both from a user's perspective, and by analyzing code. Before coming to KCP Technologies, Jon worked in software QA in the video game industry. Jon's background is in music, and has a degree from Oberlin College in Music Technology. Before working in software QA, he did work as an Audio Engineer.

Lina provides administrative and project-specific support for the software development team. Before joining KCP Technologies, she worked in end-user technical support.  She has eight years of experience in providing technical support for computer software, mobile electronic devices, network connectivity, and web applications. Lina became fascinated with web technology while finishing up her BA at University of California, Davis. She worked as a web technician for over five years, and during those years she earned a Web and Interactive Media Design Certificate and a Software Quality Assurance Achievement Award from University of California Extension, Santa Cruz.

Scott is responsible for the build and release process for both Sketchpad and Fathom. In 2006 he earned an MS in Computer Science from California State University, Hayward, focusing on areas such as operating systems development, computer networks, and cryptography. Before joining KCP Technologies, he received a BA in History from San Francisco State University in 1999 and worked for several years as a web developer for CNET and the US Coast Guard.

Matt is a software engineer with KCP Technologies, where he works on both Sketchpad and Fathom programming projects. Before joining KCP Technologies, Matt graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1994, receiving a BS with a major in Mathematics. In 1997 he received an MS in Mathematics from the University of California, Santa Barbara. As a graduate student he programmed extensively in C and C++ as part of his research into graph theory and modular functions.

Kendra is the Sketchpad Project Coordinator. She coordinates user field tests, maintains the Sketchpad Resource Center, and participates in Sketchpad design and user support. Kendra received both her BA and MA in mathematics from University of Montana, Missoula. Her research has been mostly focused on abstract math, but her interest was more in mathematical education. She taught several undergraduate math courses as a graduate student. After spending two years as an Associate Editor at Key Curriculum Press, Kendra moved to KCP Technologies to work exclusively with Sketchpad, her favorite computer application. She enjoys interacting with Sketchpad users through workshops, user groups, and email correspondence.

Vishakha is the Fathom Project Coordinator. She handles user testing, writes help and documentation, and participates in software design. Her main interest is in studying the impact of technology on math classrooms and how that may influence design of Fathom. She comes from a mixed background in Math, Computer Science and Education. She has prior experience teaching graduate Computer Science and working with young children. Her research interests center around the use of technology to effectively teach in very large school classrooms - especially math classrooms.

Daniel joined KCP Technologies as a full-time curriculum developer for the Sketchpad for Young Learners project after serving as an external project advisor during Phase I. Previously, Daniel was a mathematics curriculum developer with Best Practices in Education, where he specialized in educational technology applications and the adaptation of a Russian mathematics curriculum for first and second graders. He investigated the epistemology and mathematics of Dynamic Geometry® while a researcher at Education Development Center. He is the author of a Sketchpad conic sections module and is the co-author of a geometry textbook and a precalculus Sketchpad module. His scholarly articles on Sketchpad and Dynamic Geometry have appeared in numerous journals. Daniel received a BA in Mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1989, an MS in Mathematics Education from Cornell University in 1993, and a PhD in Mathematics Education from New York University in 2002.

Karleen is lead Quality Assurance Engineer for Fathom and Sketchpad, testing the software at all stages of product development in a variety of environments. Previously, Karleen built the QA team for a large search engine. Her BA in Fine Arts Studio from Indiana University-Bloomington emphasized design of interactive digital media.

Kirk has been Fathom's Lead Programmer for ten years. He is responsible for much of Fathom's architecture, including its cross-platform infrastructure. Before that, he wrote software for running visual perception experiments for three different vision science laboratories. He graduated from Swarthmore College with majors in Physics and Psychology and a concentration in Computer Science and then pursued graduate study in Cognitive Psychology and Vision Science at the University of California, Berkeley under the auspices of a National Science Foundation fellowship before settling on a career as an engineer.