Noam GersteinFounder & CEO
We are a team of educators, researchers, and technologists and parents who believe the future of learning is joyful, rigorous, and built around your child.
Attentive schooling for every family. That's why bina exists.
Start your bina journeyOur mission
To give every child a school that challenges them, knows them, and helps them reach their potential.
We call it precision education read more here
Some builders look for problems to solve, others are haunted by one. I am the second type. Millions of families need attentive education that fits who they are. We sequenced the genome; we can make quality education accessible and fun. I am privileged to dedicate my life to this challenge
Noam Gerstein, Founder and CEOMeet the bina leadership team
Ian SatoChief School Officer
Juli SontgerathDirector of Family Experience
Akis LaopodisGrowth Lead
Dima ChizhevskyR&D Lead
Monét SmithAcademic Affairs Lead
Xiang WangHR & Operations Specialist
Kelly BorgesTimezone Lead — APAC/CET
Natalie Paproski-RubianesTimezone Lead — ET/PT
Our Values
Through the practice of self-awareness and self-control, we maintain an atmosphere of honesty and genuineness.
We operate in a system that values empowerment over hierarchy. We practice distributed leadership, where everyone shapes our direction, and everyone’s voice holds equal weight.
In our quest for knowledge, we practice open-mindedness, withholding judgment until ample evidence is presented, and accepting other views with grace.
We actively engage with the world, practising goal setting, strategic exploration, and considering potential consequences.
We practice empathy, treating each other’s experiences with sensitivity, kindness, and respect.
We practice expressing our thoughts, feelings, and values deliberately and work constructively with others, respecting all perspectives.
We understand the importance of humour in learning and life, and we practice incorporating levity into our everyday interactions, fostering a joyful and engaging environment.
We embrace uncertainty and the unknown with resilience and creativity, practising innovative problem-solving and mental adaptability to overcome challenges.
We are mindful of our societal role and constantly explore ways to contribute to a better world.
We practice focused inquiry, adapting and organizing our approach to feed our thirst for knowledge.
The people behind bina.
From engineering to family success, every person on this team is here because they believe education can be better.
Noam GersteinFounder and CEO
Ian SatoChief School Officer
Dima ChizhevskyR&D Lead
Juli SontgerathDirector of Family Experience
Eugene KusiakEngineer
Ihor KosseEngineer
Tica ChalmersAdmissions Specialist
Aditya SwaminathanFamily Success Specialist
Ayesha IftikharFamily Success Specialist
Chidinma UnegbuFamily Success Specialist
Jaclyn FalconettiFamily Success Specialist
Samuel BenjiFamily Success Specialist
Allison MiddletonContent Creator
Gabe NorlandContent Developer
Krystal McKenzieContent Creator
Monet SmithAcademic Affairs Lead
Yuko ThorntonContent Creator
Maheem JiwaniPeople Ops Specialist
Xiang WangHR and Operations Specialist
Charlotte ParishSupport Educator
Kathryn Marie AntleSupport Educator
Kayla GarciaSupport Educator
Alicia FindlayTeacher
Alva GlynnTeacher
Brittany BartakTeacher
Casey HurstTeacher
Chris YoungTeacher
Dan StraffonTeacher
Dina BolanTeacher
Emma JeronimusTeacher
Fernanda BeiraoTeacher
Grace AldridgeTeacher
Heidi FowlerTeacher
Jessica WatsonTeacher
Kelly BorgesTimezone Lead for APAC/CET + Teacher in ET
Laura PeltomakiTeacher
Lauren McCarthyTeacher
Marcus HolthoffTeacher
Natalie Paproski-RubianesTimezone Lead for ET/PT
Nico MeiringTeacher
Sarah JordaanTeacher
Silvia GomesTeacher
Stefanie GraingerTeacher
Teresa JimenezTeacher
Zita StrydomTeacher
Abby RileyCo-Teacher
Belle DeMontCo-Teacher
Brittany HourstonCo-Teacher
Cathy de CosterCo-Teacher
Charlotte AdelakunCo-Teacher
Danelle van der LindeCo-Teacher
Eleni KakaliantiCo-Teacher Lead CET/APAC
Ella PienaarCo-Teacher
Esmari KotzéCo-Teacher
Gary WeirCo-Teacher
Julia MaloneCo-Teacher
Katherine SteenCo-Teacher
Seonaid WeightmanCo-Teacher
Shazia AngessenCo-Teacher
Tamara ValentinoCo-Teacher lead for ET/PT
Yvonne LambCo-Teacher
Zainab MlongoCo-Teacher
