Mark has been an educator for 15 years, working with learners both in the UK and internationally. Mark’s roles in education have included being a Head of Secondary and IB Coordinator along with being a lead teacher of Geography and Humanities in several institutes. Mark is a Chartered Geographer with the Royal Geographical Society and work and supported many governmental and non-governmental organisations in countries such as Portugal, India and Germany. Mark’s enthusiasm and for independent inquiry and technology spurred him on to help co-found Flyp Academy. Supporting students to take ownership and control over their own learning is a real passion of Mark’s, and he looks forward to seeing the Flyp grow and evolve in an ever-changing learning environment to meet the needs of all its learners.

Jonathan first entered the Ed-Tech space in 2016 as a GCSE student working on Temple GCSE; a gamified quizzing app for GCSE students that reached over 100,000 users and ranked #9 in Education on the iOS App Store. He later studied at the University of Chicago, pursuing a double major in Economics and Public Policy, and a minor in Astrophysics, graduating with honours for his Public Policy Thesis "Education Technology in Chicago: Highlighting the Values of Access and Implementation as Crucial to Technological Efficacy Within Chicago High School Education." He is passionate about giving students autonomy over their studies and believes that technological media are the future of education.