Matthew Pittinsky

Matthew Pittinsky
Nationality	American
Alma mater	American University, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Occupation	CEO of Parchment
Known for	Co-founder of Blackboard Inc along with Michael Chasen, Stephen Gilfus, Daniel Cane

Matthew Pittinsky is an American technology entrepreneur, educator and academic. He is the CEO of Parchment and a co-founder of Blackboard Inc. Pittinsky is also affiliated with Arizona State University as an assistant research professor.

The youngest of four children, Matthew Pittinsky grew up in a family of educators. His father worked as a university administrator, and was the president of the local school board. Pittinsky's mother was a teacher at a public elementary school.

As a child, Pittinsky was interested in technology and used his family's Atari 800 computer to program in BASIC and later learned to program on an Atari 1040st. He was also active in Boy Scouts, earning the rank of Eagle Scout. Pittinsky wanted to become a teacher from an early age, though he initially struggled as a student and had to repeat failed classes in summer school. After high school, he attended American University with the goal of becoming a social studies teacher. At American, Pittinsky served as student body president his senior year. He graduated in 1994 with a bachelor's degree in political science. While at American, Pittinsky met Michael Chasen, who would later become his business partner. The two met after Pittinsky borrowed a printer from Chasen. They later became roommates and fraternity brothers. After graduating from American, Pittinsky earned a Master's of Education in 1995 from Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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