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Aaron Rubens is the Cofounder and Chief Executive Officer of Kudoboard Inc., (www.kudoboard.com/) a platform primarily used for workplace appreciation on special occasions, company events and everything in-between. Rubens, a Tulane graduate with an MBA from Harvard Business School, brings a rich background in education and technology. His early career was focused on education, having taught high school math at Alta Vista Charter School in Kansas City, joining a highly selective national service corps, Teach for America. During this time, he designed and taught the entrepreneurship class and conceived the idea of Kudoboard: at year-end, he would have students write their name and what they liked about each other on notes and pass it around to classmates. After teaching, he led the creation of Khan Academy’s White House–sponsored four-year college admissions technology resource for low-income, high-potential students. As a concerned citizen during college, Aaron established a 501(c)(3) nonprofit called The NOLA Fund dedicated to rebuilding New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, where he raised over $100,000 during the first year of operations through viral marketing and email campaigns. Follow him on LinkedIn.