Ethan Beard

Ethan Beard is a member of the Beyond 12 board of directors. He has served as senior vice president at Xpring. He was a member of the board of directors at Raised In Space Enterprises. Member of the board of directors at Chosen. He is an advisor at BetterLesson. Serves as an advisor at VoterCircle. Was a resident entrepreneur at Greylock Partners. He has also served as an advisor at Resolute Ventures. He was director of developer relations at Facebook. He works as an advisor at Handle. He has been with Facebook for nearly five years, starting as Director of Business Development in April 2008, moving up to Director of Platform Product Marketing and then Director of Developer Relations. In his last position at Facebook, he oversaw worldwide developer relations, operations and product marketing for Facebook’s APIs. He comes to Facebook from Google, where he held positions ranging from director of new business development to director of social media for five years. He joined the Parchment board at a time of rapid growth for the Scottsdale-based digital credentials platform company. As a member of Parchment’s board of directors, he will provide strategic leadership based on his extensive experience transforming consumer Internet services into industry platforms. He will join a Parchment board of directors with extensive experience in education and SaaS, including Parchment CEO Matthew Pittinski, who previously co-founded global education technology pioneer Blackboard. Earlier in his career, he co-founded BigSoccer, an online community and store for soccer fans, and structured derivatives at Bank of America. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Wharton School of Business and a master’s degree in business administration from New York University Stern. He supports various non-profit organizations, including serving on the board of directors of Beyond 12 and represent.us.