Andrew R. Coulson led the non-profit MIND Research Institute’s Education Division for 12 years, as the division’s reach grew from 30 schools in Southern California to more than 1,700 in 30 states. As Chief Strategist since 2013, Andrew promotes MIND’s mission to ensure every student is mathematically equipped to solve the world’s most challenging problems, and leads a team of data analysts evaluating the visual ST Math program. Prior to joining the MIND, Andrew was an education foundation program officer, and his relatively boring prior career was 17 years in upper management as a STEM professional in high-tech manufacturing engineering. Andrew earned his Bachelor of Science and Master’s degrees in physics at UCLA and is a proud graduate of Santa Monica High School.