Reimagining how schools work

Built in collaboration with educators, we are creating AI-powered infrastructure that unifies fragmented workflows and strengthens accountability across teams. Our founding team combines the heart of educators with the experience of leaders who know how to build, scale, and sustain meaningful change.

Meet the first AI assistant for IEP management: Tandem

Tandem combines AI-powered automation with educator insight to modernize special education infrastructure. A unified system for compliance, collaboration, and student progress that is scalable across districts.

Meet the Team

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Brendan Manley

Co-Founder & CEO

Brendan is a repeat founder with two successful exits and more than $25M in revenue generated. He began as a software developer and later served as CTO of New York’s largest real estate technology company. In 2020, he founded iCAMP, which became the tri-state’s leading STEM youth enrichment provider, serving tens of thousands of students annually across 100+ schools. In 2024, iCAMP was acquired by one of the largest youth enrichment companies in the country. Brendan brings deep product vision, operational discipline, and a proven ability to build, scale, and exit in the education space.

Britt White

Co-Founder & President

Britt’s career spans school leadership, enterprise sales, and SaaS hypergrowth. After turning around two schools as a principal, she joined SmartPass as its first hire to build the revenue engine. She designed, led, and executed the company’s go-to-market strategy, driving $2M in her first year and scaling revenue to $10M over three years while selling and onboarding 4,000 schools. She also developed the CS teams, leveraging automation to scale efficiently, and pioneered the “school-first” SaaS model - proving how to land at the school level and expand across districts. Britt played a central role in the company’s nine-figure exit in 2025.

Kyle Shike

Co-Founder & CTO

Kyle’s career spans engineering leadership, platform scale, and applied AI. With more than a decade of experience, he has architected and scaled systems supporting millions of users while building, mentoring, and up-leveling high-performing teams. He has unified engineering and product functions through modern frameworks and design systems, with a consistent focus on developer efficiency and accelerating innovation from concept to delivery. At the forefront of AI adoption, Kyle has pioneered retrieval-augmented generation and large language models in production, translating cutting-edge research into developer tools and knowledge platforms that improved workflows at scale. He brings a track record of aligning cross-functional stakeholders and driving technical innovation from concept to production.

Ben Colice

Co-Founder & CSO

Ben has a range of experiences across the financial services industry and is an accomplished investor, entrepreneur, and strategic advisor. Most recently, Ben oversaw all operations and was a member of the Management Committee for BARC Partners, an investment firm focused on investing and supporting small publicly traded companies. Prior to co-founding BARC, Ben worked in investment banking as a Managing Director at The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) where he helped build the firm’s Financial Institutions business and spent a significant amount of time working with investors to source investment ideas. With a diverse background across industries, Ben combines strategic insight with hands-on experience to help drive long-term value creation.

Reimagining how schools work

Built in collaboration with educators, we are creating AI-powered infrastructure that unifies fragmented workflows and strengthens accountability across teams. Our founding team combines the heart of educators with the experience of leaders who know how to build, scale, and sustain meaningful change.

Meet the first AI assistant for IEP management: Tandem

Tandem combines AI-powered automation with educator insight to modernize special education infrastructure. A unified system for compliance, collaboration, and student progress that is scalable across districts.

Meet the Team

Brendan Manley

Co-Founder & CEO

Brendan is a repeat founder with two successful exits and more than $25M in revenue generated. He began as a software developer and later served as CTO of New York’s largest real estate technology company. In 2020, he founded iCAMP, which became the tri-state’s leading STEM youth enrichment provider, serving tens of thousands of students annually across 100+ schools. In 2024, iCAMP was acquired by one of the largest youth enrichment companies in the country. Brendan brings deep product vision, operational discipline, and a proven ability to build, scale, and exit in the education space.

Britt White

Co-Founder & President

Britt’s career spans school leadership, enterprise sales, and SaaS hypergrowth. After turning around two schools as a principal, she joined SmartPass as its first hire to build the revenue engine. She designed, led, and executed the company’s go-to-market strategy, driving $2M in her first year and scaling revenue to $10M over three years while selling and onboarding 4,000 schools. She also developed the CS teams, leveraging automation to scale efficiently, and pioneered the “school-first” SaaS model - proving how to land at the school level and expand across districts. Britt played a central role in the company’s nine-figure exit in 2025.

Kyle Shike

Co-Founder & CTO

Kyle’s career spans engineering leadership, platform scale, and applied AI. With more than a decade of experience, he has architected and scaled systems supporting millions of users while building, mentoring, and up-leveling high-performing teams. He has unified engineering and product functions through modern frameworks and design systems, with a consistent focus on developer efficiency and accelerating innovation from concept to delivery. At the forefront of AI adoption, Kyle has pioneered retrieval-augmented generation and large language models in production, translating cutting-edge research into developer tools and knowledge platforms that improved workflows at scale. He brings a track record of aligning cross-functional stakeholders and driving technical innovation from concept to production.

Ben Colice

Co-Founder & CSO

Ben has a range of experiences across the financial services industry and is an accomplished investor, entrepreneur, and strategic advisor. Most recently, Ben oversaw all operations and was a member of the Management Committee for BARC Partners, an investment firm focused on investing and supporting small publicly traded companies. Prior to co-founding BARC, Ben worked in investment banking as a Managing Director at The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) where he helped build the firm’s Financial Institutions business and spent a significant amount of time working with investors to source investment ideas. With a diverse background across industries, Ben combines strategic insight with hands-on experience to help drive long-term value creation.

Reimagining how schools work

Built in collaboration with educators, we are creating AI-powered infrastructure that unifies fragmented workflows and strengthens accountability across teams. Our founding team combines the heart of educators with the experience of leaders who know how to build, scale, and sustain meaningful change.

Meet the first AI assistant for IEP management: Tandem

Tandem combines AI-powered automation with educator insight to modernize special education infrastructure. A unified system for compliance, collaboration, and student progress that is scalable across districts.

Meet the Team

Brendan Manley

Co-Founder & CEO

Brendan is a repeat founder with two successful exits and more than $25M in revenue generated. He began as a software developer and later served as CTO of New York’s largest real estate technology company. In 2020, he founded iCAMP, which became the tri-state’s leading STEM youth enrichment provider, serving tens of thousands of students annually across 100+ schools. In 2024, iCAMP was acquired by one of the largest youth enrichment companies in the country. Brendan brings deep product vision, operational discipline, and a proven ability to build, scale, and exit in the education space.

Britt White

Co-Founder & President

Britt’s career spans school leadership, enterprise sales, and SaaS hypergrowth. After turning around two schools as a principal, she joined SmartPass as its first hire to build the revenue engine. She designed, led, and executed the company’s go-to-market strategy, driving $2M in her first year and scaling revenue to $10M over three years while selling and onboarding 4,000 schools. She also developed the CS teams, leveraging automation to scale efficiently, and pioneered the “school-first” SaaS model - proving how to land at the school level and expand across districts. Britt played a central role in the company’s nine-figure exit in 2025.

Kyle Shike

Co-Founder & CTO

Kyle’s career spans engineering leadership, platform scale, and applied AI. With more than a decade of experience, he has architected and scaled systems supporting millions of users while building, mentoring, and up-leveling high-performing teams. He has unified engineering and product functions through modern frameworks and design systems, with a consistent focus on developer efficiency and accelerating innovation from concept to delivery. At the forefront of AI adoption, Kyle has pioneered retrieval-augmented generation and large language models in production, translating cutting-edge research into developer tools and knowledge platforms that improved workflows at scale. He brings a track record of aligning cross-functional stakeholders and driving technical innovation from concept to production.

Ben Colice

Co-Founder & CSO

Ben has a range of experiences across the financial services industry and is an accomplished investor, entrepreneur, and strategic advisor. Most recently, Ben oversaw all operations and was a member of the Management Committee for BARC Partners, an investment firm focused on investing and supporting small publicly traded companies. Prior to co-founding BARC, Ben worked in investment banking as a Managing Director at The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) where he helped build the firm’s Financial Institutions business and spent a significant amount of time working with investors to source investment ideas. With a diverse background across industries, Ben combines strategic insight with hands-on experience to help drive long-term value creation.