About Modanoa
The first platform built around how learning centers actually work.
Why we exist
Every LMS, CRM, and school platform organizes around courses and semesters. Learning centers organize around students and seats. That mismatch means directors are forced to use tools that fundamentally don't understand their business. We built the platform that does.
Who We Are
Education & Product
- Grew up attending hagwons in Korea
- Taught at learning centers in Korea and the US
- Understands the student-parent-director dynamic firsthand
- Drives product decisions from real classroom experience
Engineering
- Full-stack engineering background
- Built and shipped production systems from scratch
- Focused on reliability, speed, and clean UX
- Handles everything from database to deployment
Strategy & Growth
- Experience in tutoring and academic consulting
- Understands the business side of running a center
- Drives partnerships and go-to-market strategy
- Bridges the gap between product and market
All three cofounders are Vanderbilt University alumni with real experience in the learning center world.
Why now
Standardized testing is going digital and adaptive. The SAT, SSAT, ISEE, state assessments. Formats are changing every year. The centers that have a student-centric data foundation will adapt. Everyone else will be stuck retrofitting tools that were never built for them.
We built Modanoa because this platform should have existed years ago. Not a school LMS repackaged. Not a CRM with education labels. A platform where the student is the center, and everything flows from there.