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The people behind Pantheon.
Former competitors who saw firsthand what these programs gave them, now building the coaching and the platform for schools that don't have them yet.
Abhimanyu Sharma
Founder and CEO
A former top-20 debater in California, Abhi founded Pantheon after seeing firsthand how much competitive extracurriculars gave him.
Veer Prakash
Chief Financial Officer
A Public Forum finalist at NSDA Nationals who now coaches the event at Durham Academy, with private equity experience and AI training-data projects at Mercor. He runs finance, pricing and fiscal planning.
Tanay Jain
Chief Technology Officer
A Computer Science student at Purdue and former software engineering intern at Apple. He leads Pantheon's technical vision, building scalable systems and integrating AI to power the platform's next generation of learning tools.
Hyunwook Choi
Chief Product Officer
A Computer Science and Neuroscience student at UNC Chapel Hill who has designed front ends for Y Combinator startups and trading firms. He shapes, designs and helps build Pantheon's platform, making sure every feature is useful and polished.
Ibrahim Khan
Chief Growth Officer
A Stanford CS student with deep experience working alongside city and school boards and a track record of growth across entrepreneurial ventures. He leads outreach and drives sales nationwide.
Rian Arora
Chief Compliance Officer
An Economics and Political Science major at NYU with law-firm experience in the public and private sectors. He keeps Pantheon within school safety and privacy regulations.
Audrey Huang
Chief Academic Officer
Audrey was the first freshman finalist in Tournament of Champions Congress history before going on to final at Harvard, Yale, Stanford, and California State. She then directed a debate nonprofit delivering 500+ hours of free debate instruction to 300+ students and built free programs for 100+ students at two Title I districts. Audrey now oversees Pantheon's curriculum development.
Dennis Zhou
Lead Developer
Dennis founded Arboris, an environmental focus app that placed Top 100 in the Blue Ocean Entrepreneurship Competition, while also coding the store for his streetwear brand Manif3st and growing it to a following in the tens of thousands. Dennis now architects the Pantheon Portal, the platform teachers and students across our partner schools use every day.
Each program's coaches and what they have won are on its page: Debate, DECA, FBLA, Model United Nations, Science Olympiad, Chess.